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George Isaac 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.

$425k
Granted FY2024still arriving
75
Grants FY2024still arriving
12
States reached
$46k
Largest
01What you fund
0199% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172024.

Health$512kEducation$427kReligion$426kArts & Culture$333kPhilanthropy$268kHuman Services$107kInternational$85kFood & Nutrition$57kOther$0
02FY2024 · 75 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k63 grants · $155k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $271k
$2,500
Median grant
12
States reached
$9.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EL MONTECITO PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$46,000
WESLEY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$35,000
EPWORTH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$35,000
TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART$26,000
SANTA BARBARA COTTAGE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$25,000
UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO FOUNDATION$24,296
YMCA OF GREATER TOLEDO$20,000
WESTERN RESERVE ACADEMY$18,000
GLOBAL DOWN SYNDROME FOUNDATION$11,500
TOLEDO TOMORROW$10,000
UCLA JONSSON CANCER CENTER FOUNDATION$10,000
CHILDRENS HOSPITAL COLORADO FOUNDATION$10,000
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE$5,800
EASY LIFT TRANSPORTATION$5,000
VNA HEALTH FOUNDATION$5,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $62k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MICHAEL E THORNTON FOUNDATION: $1k → 14%MONTESSORI ACADEMY OF COLORADO: $1k → 12%HEALTH NETWORK FOUNDATION: $8k → 17%EARTH SANGHA: $500 → 6%HEALTH NETWORK FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%EARTH SANGHA: $500 → 6%HEALTH NETWORK FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%HEALTH NETWORK FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%HEALTH NETWORK FOUNDATION: $4k → 17%MOM'S HOUSE: $500 → 18%MOM'S HOUSE: $500 → 18%DIABETES YOUTH SERVICES: $3k → 18%EASY LIFT TRANSPORTATION: $5k → 14%US TOGETHER: $1k → 18%EASY LIFT TRANSPORTATION: $5k → 14%EASY LIFT TRANSPORTATION: $5k → 14%US TOGETHER: $500 → 18%EASY LIFT TRANSPORTATION: $3k → 14%US TOGETHER: $500 → 18%EASY LIFT TRANSPORTATION: $3k → 14%EASY LIFT TRANSPORTATION: $3k → 14%EASY LIFT TRANSPORTATION: $3k → 14%EASY LIFT TRANSPORTATION: $1k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

IL
WI
MI
NY
OR
IN
OH
CA
CO
VA
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$2.0M · 95 repeat orgs$120k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +37% since the first grant, against +32% for the ones you funded once.

95 repeat relationships — 60 still active in FY2024, 35 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

95
35

Total granted

$2.0M
$79k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+32%

Still filing today

58%
49%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $41k 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
EducationHealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureInternationalPhilanthropyOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • TT
    THE TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART
    8× · 2017–2024 · $156k · revenue +34%
  • SB
    Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation
    6× · 2019–2024 · $135k · revenue +32%
  • THE UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO FOUNDATION
    7× · 2017–2024 · $131k · revenue +37%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $25k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • NS
    NORTHWEST STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
    one grant, 2021 · $10k

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

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…

Education
2
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
3
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
4
Ohio State Bar Association

The ohio state bar association (the "association") is an unincorporated voluntary non-profit organization. the association was formed to promote justice and advance the interests of the legal profession.

5
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
6
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
7
California Dental Association Foundation

The foundation's mission is to improve the oral health of all californians by supporting the dental profession and its efforts to meet community needs.

Science & Tech
8
The Northern Michigan University Foundation

The nmu foundation will establish and foster relationships to generate resources that benefit the strategic goals of northern michigan university.

Education
9
California Dental Association

The california dental association is committed to the success of our members in service to their patients and the public.

Community Improvement
10
Arbor Research Collaborative for Health

Arbor research collaborative for health is committed to improving patient care through research that shapes medical policies and practice. in particular, arbor research conducts health outcomes research on chronic disease and end-stage…

Health
11
Boston Architectural College

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

12
Uc Riverside Foundation

To support educational, research and public functions and programs of the riverside campus of the university of california.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Toledo Community Foundation Inc and the most unlike its peers is Earth Sangha. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyCommunity FoundationsCancer Support ServicesCommunity FoundationsHealth Access Advocacy and …Community Arts CentersSchool District FoundationsWomen & Girls Leadership De…Faith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Independent K-12 SchoolsLocal History MuseumsYouth Sports ProgramsYouth Development CentersImmigrant Worker SupportEnvironmental Conservation …Food Banks and PantriesDance Arts OrganizationsPolicy Research and AdvocacySenior Support Services
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 45 years old; the field is 19. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number18%0%<5yr12%7%5–10yr21%16%10–20yr14%23%20–35yr16%16%35–55yr20%39%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value18%0%<5yr12%3%5–10yr21%7%10–20yr14%11%20–35yr16%22%35–55yr20%57%55yr+

The field is 18% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.0% lost their exemption, against 11% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/101
the rest of the field
11%
8,037/74,205

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

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

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 91 of the 152 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
89/91
Grantees still filing
66/91
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

EPWORTH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — $164,975 · OtherEPWORTH UNITED METHODIST CHURCHEL MONTECITO PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — $123,500 · OtherEL MONTECITO PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHWESLEY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — $123,340 · OtherWESLEY UNITED METHODIST CHURCHUniversity of Michigan — $84,852 · OtherUniversity of MichiganTHE JONSSON CANCER CENTER FOUNDATION — $70,000 · OtherTHE JONSSON CANCER CENTER FOUNDATIONYoung Men's Christian Association of Greater Toledo — $60,000 · Other+86 more — $525,475 · Other+86 moreSanta Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation — $135,000 · HealthSanta Barbara …GLOBAL DOWN SYNDROME FOUNDATION — $59,500 · HealthGLOBAL DOWN SY…CANCER FOUNDATION OF SANTA BARBARA — $26,500 · HealthCANCER FOUNDAT…SANTA BARBARA NEIGHBORHOOD CLINICS — $22,000 · HealthSANTA BARBARA …VNA HEALTH FOUNDATION — $15,000 · HealthChildren's Hospital Colorado Foundation — $10,000 · Health+7 more — $25,000 · Health+7 moreTHE UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO FOUNDATION — $130,581 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY…WESTERN RESERVE ACADEMY — $72,100 · EducationWESTERN RESERV…DEFIANCE COLLEGE — $23,000 · EducationDEFIANCE COLLE…UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — $10,000 · EducationOTTAWA HILLS SCHOOLS FOUNDATION — $10,000 · EducationTOLEDO TOMORROW — $10,000 · Education+13 more — $36,900 · Education+13 moreBRYAN AREA FOUNDATION INC — $157,750 · PhilanthropyBRYAN AREA FO…WAUKESHA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $55,000 · PhilanthropyWAUKESHA COUN…SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION — $13,000 · PhilanthropyMontecito Community Foundation — $12,500 · PhilanthropyTOLEDO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $11,350 · PhilanthropyBAY HARBOR FOUNDATION — $9,900 · Philanthropy+3 more — $17,750 · Philanthropy+3 moreTHE TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART — $156,250 · Arts & CultureCARPINTERIA ARTS CENTER — $18,500 · Arts & Culture+5 more — $10,875 · Arts & CultureINTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS — $62,500 · InternationalDIRECT RELIEF — $22,000 · InternationalJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NORTHWESTERN OHIO — $3,600 · International+1 more — $500 · InternationalEASY LIFT TRANSPORTATION INC — $27,500 · Human ServicesHEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION FKA HEALTH NET FOUNDATION INC — $26,000 · Human ServicesDIABETES YOUTH SERVICES — $2,500 · Human Services+5 more — $6,000 · Human Services
Other$1,152,142Health$293,000Education$292,581Philanthropy$277,250Arts & Culture$185,625International$88,600Human Services$62,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetBRYAN AREA FOUNDATION INC — $157,750 over 6y, 5.4% of budgetTHE TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART — $156,250 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetSanta Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation — $135,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO FOUNDATION — $130,581 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Michigan — $84,852 over 6y, 12% of budgetWESTERN RESERVE ACADEMY — $72,100 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JONSSON CANCER CENTER FOUNDATION — $70,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS — $62,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Greater Toledo — $60,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGLOBAL DOWN SYNDROME FOUNDATION — $59,500 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetWAUKESHA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $55,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetEASY LIFT TRANSPORTATION INC — $27,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCANCER FOUNDATION OF SANTA BARBARA — $26,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION FKA HEALTH NET FOUNDATION INC — $26,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FIRST TEE OF LAKE ERIE — $25,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetDEFIANCE COLLEGE — $23,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSANTA BARBARA NEIGHBORHOOD CLINICS — $22,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF — $22,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCARPINTERIA ARTS CENTER — $18,500 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetSt Anne's Episcopal School Inc — $17,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetVNA HEALTH FOUNDATION — $15,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFoodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc — $14,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION — $13,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION OF SANTA BARBARA — $12,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMontecito Community Foundation — $12,500 over 6y, 12% of budgetTOLEDO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $11,350 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF TOLEDO AND THE TOLEDO NEWSBOYS ASSOCIATION — $10,750 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOTTAWA HILLS SCHOOLS FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetChildren's Hospital Colorado Foundation — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTOLEDO TOMORROW — $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetBAY HARBOR FOUNDATION — $9,900 over 6y, 4.4% of budgetGOOD GRIEF OF NORTHWEST OHIO INC — $9,500 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetTHE TOLEDO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY — $9,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY INC — $8,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY — $8,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN'S FUND OF SANTA BARBARA — $7,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetYoung America's Foundation — $7,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION — $7,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGreat Lakes Center for the Arts — $6,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY INSTITUTE — $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPROMEDICA FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOhio Northern University — $5,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA BARBARA FIREFIGHTERS ALLIANCE — $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetONE805 INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY — $5,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPERRYSBURG ROTARY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetNATIONAL DOWN SYNDROME SOCIETY — $4,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

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

  • Who funds BRYAN AREA FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds THE TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART
  • Who funds Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO FOUNDATION
  • Who funds University of Michigan
  • Who funds WESTERN RESERVE ACADEMY
  • Who funds THE JONSSON CANCER CENTER FOUNDATION
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS
  • Who funds Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Toledo
  • Who funds GLOBAL DOWN SYNDROME FOUNDATION
  • Who funds WAUKESHA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
  • Who funds EASY LIFT TRANSPORTATION INC
  • Who funds CANCER FOUNDATION OF SANTA BARBARA
  • Who funds HEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION FKA HEALTH NET FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds THE FIRST TEE OF LAKE ERIE
  • Who funds DEFIANCE COLLEGE
  • Who funds SANTA BARBARA NEIGHBORHOOD CLINICS
  • Who funds DIRECT RELIEF
  • Who funds CARPINTERIA ARTS CENTER
  • Who funds St Anne's Episcopal School Inc
  • Who funds VNA HEALTH FOUNDATION
  • Who funds Foodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc
  • Who funds SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION
  • Who funds SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION OF SANTA BARBARA
  • Who funds Montecito Community Foundation
  • Who funds TOLEDO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Toledo Community Foundation IncOH58.2× affinity28 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Toledo Community Foundation Inc · Hylant Family Foundation Inc · The O-I Charities Foundation · Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation · Promedica Health System Inc · Ann Jackson Family Foundation · John Henry Eldred Jr Foundation · Santa Barbara Foundation · Walter E Terhune Memorial Fund · Robert C and Susan M Savage Family Foundation · United Way of Greater Toledo · Premier Bank Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization George Isaac Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 0%
  • Western Rivers Conservancy0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
25report 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, FY2025

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 152 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

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

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