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Gensler Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$59k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$1.4MHealth$1.1MArts & Culture$176kInternational$60kRecreation & Sports$12kFood & Nutrition$8kEmployment$5kHousing & Shelter$3kOther$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k10 grants · $29k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $30k
$2,500
Median grant
4
States reached
$2.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE CHATHAM ORPHEUM THEATER INC$15,000
CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS$15,000
BELMONT DAY SCHOOL$7,500
US ADAPTIVE RECREATION CENTER$4,000
ST GEORGE'S SCHOOL$3,500
CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION$2,500
NORTH COUNTY JUNIOR GOLF TOURNAMENT$2,500
GREEN MUSIC CENTER AT SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY$2,500
WOODBURY UNIVERSITY$2,000
MAGEE WOMEN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE & FOUNDATION$2,000
HEADING HOME$1,250
DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE$1,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY23–23, $500) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%YOUTH ENRICHMENT SERVICES: $500 → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
NH
NY
MA
OH
PA
CT
RI
CA
UT
VA
AZ
HI
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.6M · 17 repeat orgs$85k to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

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18

Total granted

$2.6M
$75k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+47%

Still filing today

76%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureHealthSocial SciencePhilanthropyRecreation & SportsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • BI
    BUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGING
    3× · 2017–2023 · $1.1M · revenue +64%
  • Cornell University
    3× · 2017–2023 · $912k · revenue +59%
  • CC
    CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS
    6× · 2017–2024 · $363k · revenue +33%

Funded once

  • PA
    President and Fellows of Middlebury Collegegraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $20k · revenue +47%
  • SO
    SCHOOL OF LEADERSHIP-AFGHANISTAN INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue +73%
  • CO
    CHATHAM ORPHEUM THEATRE
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
2
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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3
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education
4
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
5
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
6
Pomona College

Throughout its history, pomona college has educated men and women of exceptional promise. we gather individuals, regardless of financial circumstances, into a small residential community that is strongly rooted in southern california yet…

Education
7
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
8
Dickinson College

Dickinson college provides a useful, innovative and interdisciplinary education in the liberal arts and sciences to prepare students to lead rich and fulfilling lives of engaged global citizenship

Education
9
Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education
10
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
11
Hillsdale College

Hillsdale college is a private liberal arts college with approximately 1,500 students. founded in 1844, the college remains, in the words of its articles of association, "grateful to god for the inestimable blessings resulting from the…

Education
12
The Trustees of the Smith College

Smith college educates women of promise for lives of distinction and purpose. a college of and for the world, smith college links the power of the liberal arts to excellence in research and scholarship, developing leaders for society's…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Woodbury University; the most unlike its peers is Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

31 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 31 of the 42 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/31
Grantees still filing
21/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Cornell University: $912,000 · EducationCornell UniversityCALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS: $362,500 · EducationCALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS+10 more: $63,743 · EducationBUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGING: $1,056,000 · Social ScienceBUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGINGSAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $80,000 · Arts & CultureTHE CHATHAM ORPHEUM THEATER INC: $23,000 · Arts & CultureSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY: $20,000 · Arts & CultureASIAN ART MUSEUM FOUNDATION OF SAN FRANCISCO: $17,500 · Arts & CultureSanta Rosa Players DBA 6th Street Playhouse: $10,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $7,000 · Arts & CultureINITIATIVE TO EDUCATE AFGHAN WOMEN: $60,000 · OtherSCHOOL OF LEADERSHIP-AFGHANISTAN INC: $20,000 · OtherCHATHAM ORPHEUM THEATRE: $10,000 · OtherGREEN MUSIC CENTER AT SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY: $5,000 · OtherSTAGE HARBOR SAILING SCHOOL INC: $5,000 · OtherUS ADAPTIVE RECREATION CENTER: $4,000 · Other+11 more: $15,300 · OtherMAGEE-WOMENS RESEARCH INSTITUTE AND FOUNDATION: $2,000 · HealthDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $2,000 · HealthHUNTSMAN CANCER FOUNDATION: $1,000 · HealthMAUI FOOD BANK INC: $4,000 · Food & NutritionUNITED WAY INC: $1,250 · Philanthropy
Education$1,338,243Social Science$1,056,000Arts & Culture$157,500Other$119,300Health$5,000Food & Nutrition$4,000Philanthropy$1,250

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGING: $1,056,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetCornell University: $912,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS: $362,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $80,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetINITIATIVE TO EDUCATE AFGHAN WOMEN: $60,000 over 2y, 49% of budgetTHE CHATHAM ORPHEUM THEATER INC: $23,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Middlebury College: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSCHOOL OF LEADERSHIP-AFGHANISTAN INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBELMONT DAY SCHOOL INC: $17,510 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetASIAN ART MUSEUM FOUNDATION OF SAN FRANCISCO: $17,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSanta Rosa Players DBA 6th Street Playhouse: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetST GEORGE'S SCHOOL: $6,896 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Dartmouth College: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSTAGE HARBOR SAILING SCHOOL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCareer Technical Education Foundation Sonoma County: $5,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetMarin Theatre Company: $4,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMAUI FOOD BANK INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCORPORATION OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget10000 DEGREES: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOODBURY UNIVERSITY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAGEE-WOMENS RESEARCH INSTITUTE AND FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE: $1,837 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY INC: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArchitectural Foundation of San Francisco: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUNTSMAN CANCER FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUTH ENRICHMENT SERVICES INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMarin Rowing Association: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Marin Community Found…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Network for GoodFidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Marin Community FoundationCA16.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Marin Community Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Network for Good · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Gensler Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Gensler Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Middlebury College: 1% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Mount Holyoke College: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Gensler Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Gensler Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 42 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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