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Germeshausen Foundation Inc at a glance

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Germeshausen Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.6M
Granted FY2024still arriving
32
Grants FY2024still arriving
12
States reached
$185k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0189% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Youth Development$1.3MArts & Culture$1.1MEnvironment$853kFood & Nutrition$809kReligion$488kEducation$402kInternational$337kScience & Tech$165kOther$0
02FY2024 · 32 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k15 grants · $32k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $117k
  • $50k–250k12 grants · $1.4M
$21,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$24M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WGBH$185,000
PEACE FIRST$180,000
HARVARD UNIVERSITY$165,000
GRIST$160,000
THOMAS BERRY FOUNDATION$150,000
FOOD CORPS INC$100,000
UPSTANDER PROJECT INC$100,000
GATEWAY HORSEWORKS$91,000
FULL FRAME INITIATIVE$85,000
Individual grant recipient$75,000
FOOD TANK$60,000
CHARLIE CART PROJECT$55,000
RESOURCE RENEWAL INSTITUTE$30,000
FOOD CONNECT CO$30,000
CHESTER COUNTY FUND FOR WOMEN & GIRLS$26,000
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 (FY20–24, $115k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 9% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CHESTER COUNTY FUND FOR WOMEN & GIRLS: $26k → 6%CHESTER COUNTY FUND FOR WOMEN & GIRLS: $24k → 6%CHESTER COUNTY FUND FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS: $19k → 6%CHESTER COUNTY FUND FOR WOMEN & GIRLS: $19k → 6%CHESTER COUNTY FUND FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS: $18k → 6%CHESTER COUNTY FUND FOR WOMEN & GIRLS: $1k → 6%PARENT INFANT CENTER: $5k → 22%PARENT INFANT CENTER: $5k → 22%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

WA
NY
MA
OR
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MD
NC
SC
DC
LA
GA
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.1M · 41 repeat orgs$425k to everyone else

41 repeat relationships: 28 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

41
18

Total granted

$6.1M
$312k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+11%
+17%

Still filing today

51%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $113k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentArts & CultureFood & NutritionEducationInternationalReligionOther
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

  • Grist Magazine Inc
    5× · 2020–2024 · $695k · revenue +196%
  • FOODCORPS INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $375k · revenue +11%
  • GH
    GATEWAY HORSEWORKS
    3× · 2022–2024 · $123k · revenue +88%

Funded once

  • YU
    YALE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2022 · $100k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
  • D
    DECORDOVA
    one grant, 2020 · $25k
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
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
2
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…

International
3
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
4
Foreign Policy Research Institute

The foreign policy research institute (frpi) is dedicated to producing the highest quality scholarship and nonpartisan policy analysis focused on crucial foreign policy and national security challenges facing the united states. we educate…

International
5
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
6
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
7
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
8
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
9
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
10
Institute of Food Technologists

As an organization, the institute of food technologists is focusing its work in four main areas, or "roles and goals." each is wide-reaching and helps to advance our mission.steward for the profession and its community - provide learning,…

—
11
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
12
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Soul Fire Farm Institute Inc; the most unlike its peers is Nature Sacred. 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

33 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 33 of the 64 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/33
Grantees still filing
19/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WGBH: $515,000 · OtherWGBHHKS CULTURAL BRIDGE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM: $330,000 · OtherHKS CULTURAL BRIDGE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMIndividual grant recipient: $330,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientUPSTANDER: $325,000 · OtherUPSTANDERTHE FULL FRAME INITIATIVE INC: $315,000 · OtherTHE FULL FRAME INITIATIVE INCYALE UNIVERSITY: $250,000 · OtherYALE UNIVERSITYIndividual grant recipient: $225,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientFOOD TANK: $215,000 · OtherFOOD TANK+37 more: $695,640 · Other+37 morePEACE FIRST INC: $1,260,000 · Youth DevelopmentPEACE FIRST INCGrist Magazine Inc: $695,000 · EnvironmentGrist Magazin…RESOURCE RENEWAL INSTITUTE: $60,000 · EnvironmentRESOURCE RENE…RIVERBEND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER: $41,000 · Environment+2 more: $10,500 · EnvironmentFOODCORPS INC: $375,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD CONNECT CO: $60,000 · Food & NutritionSOUL FIRE FARM INSTITUTE INC: $20,000 · Food & NutritionPhilabundance: $19,000 · Food & NutritionTHE THOMAS BERRY FOUNDATION: $465,000 · Religion+1 more: $2,500 · ReligionPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $165,000 · EducationUPSTANDER PROJECT INC: $100,000 · EducationThe Charlie Cart Project: $90,000 · EducationSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $50,000 · Education+2 more: $1,650 · EducationGATEWAY HORSEWORKS: $123,000 · Health
Other$3,200,640Youth Development$1,260,000Environment$806,500Food & Nutrition$474,000Religion$467,500Education$406,650Health$123,000

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 budgetPEACE FIRST INC: $1,260,000 over 5y, 22% of budgetGrist Magazine Inc: $695,000 over 5y, 3.9% of budgetTHE THOMAS BERRY FOUNDATION: $465,000 over 5y, 57% of budgetFOODCORPS INC: $375,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetTHE FULL FRAME INITIATIVE INC: $315,000 over 5y, 3.7% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $165,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGATEWAY HORSEWORKS: $123,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetTHE FUND FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS: $105,000 over 5y, 4.1% of budgetUPSTANDER PROJECT INC: $100,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetThe Charlie Cart Project: $90,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetFOOD CONNECT CO: $60,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetRESOURCE RENEWAL INSTITUTE: $60,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRIVERBEND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER: $41,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetNATURE SACRED: $41,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetCOLLEGE FOR SOCIAL INNOVATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSOUL FIRE FARM INSTITUTE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetVITAL VOICES GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPhilabundance: $19,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWHYY INC: $16,040 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART: $12,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDOCUMENTARY EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE PARENT-INFANT CENTER: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWillistown Conservation Trust Inc: $7,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEcoHealth Alliance Inc: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ORION SOCIETY INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CELL THEATRE COMPANY LTD: $3,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCRS LEARNING CENTER: $2,500 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetTrustees of Tufts College: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOXFAM-AMERICA INC: $1,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE USA INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WINSOR SCHOOL: $150 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.

  • Who funds PEACE FIRST INC ↗
  • Who funds Grist Magazine Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE THOMAS BERRY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FOODCORPS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FULL FRAME INITIATIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds President and Fellows of Harvard College ↗
  • Who funds GATEWAY HORSEWORKS ↗
  • Who funds THE FUND FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS ↗
  • Who funds UPSTANDER PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds The Charlie Cart Project ↗
  • Who funds FOOD CONNECT CO ↗
  • Who funds RESOURCE RENEWAL INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds SOCIAL GOOD FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds RIVERBEND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER ↗
  • Who funds NATURE SACRED ↗
  • Who funds COLLEGE FOR SOCIAL INNOVATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUL FIRE FARM INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds VITAL VOICES GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP INC ↗
  • Who funds Philabundance ↗
  • Who funds WHYY INC ↗
  • Who funds PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART ↗

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.

Claneil Foundation IncVanguard Charitable E…The Pfizer Foundation…American Online Givin…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Morgan Stanley Global…Fidelity Investments …Network for GoodAmazonsmile Foundation
Claneil Foundation IncPA13.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Claneil Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Network for Good · 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 Germeshausen Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Germeshausen Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 13%
  • Upstander Project Inc: 33% of income from government
  • College for Social Innovation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • EcoHealth Alliance Inc: 24% of income from government
  • Foodcorps Inc: 21% of income from government
  • Trustees of Tufts College: 13% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • The Orion Society Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Documentary Educational Resources Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Oxfam-America Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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.

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 64 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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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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