California · Private foundation
Gibson Family Foundation Inc
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.
- $77k
- Granted FY2018
- 11
- Grants FY2018
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2018
- 70%
- First-time grantees FY2018
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Gibson Family Foundation Inc’s FY2024 grant dollars went to The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2018, the last year Gibson Family Foundation Inc named its own grantees at scale: 6 organizations, $77k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2018
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2018
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 10
- FY2017 to FY2018
- States reached, FY2018
- 4
- Total assets, FY2018
- $202k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2018, 70% of the organizations Gibson Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 54% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2018 | 10 | $71k | 70% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $33k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shawnee Public Schools | $60,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The Uc Davis Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cure International Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| IntuitCenter for IntuitiveOutsider Art | $23,675 | 1 | 1% |
| The York School | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Food Bank for Monterey County | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Carmel Ideas Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Big Sur Food & Wine Foundation Inc | $3,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Hope Horses & Kids | $2,800 | 2 | 1% |
| Reaching Souls International Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shawnee Public Schools | $60,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The Uc Davis Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cure International Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| IntuitCenter for IntuitiveOutsider Art | $23,675 | 1 | 1% |
| The York School | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Food Bank for Monterey County | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Carmel Ideas Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Big Sur Food & Wine Foundation Inc | $3,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Hope Horses & Kids | $2,800 | 2 | 1% |
| Reaching Souls International Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Teen Kitchen Project | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| North Valley Animal Disaster Group | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Mpsrc Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Lily Pond Sanctuary Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($183k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Gibson Family Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
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About Gibson Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Gibson Family Foundation Inc give?
- Gibson Family Foundation Inc reported 11 grants totaling $77,300 in its FY2018 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2018.
- What does Gibson Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Education (48%), Health (38%), Arts & Culture (6%).
- Who are Gibson Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Shawnee Public Schools ($60k), The Uc Davis Foundation ($50k), Cure International Inc ($25k).
- Does Gibson Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2018, 70% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Gibson Family Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Gibson Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is Gibson Family Foundation Inc based?
- Gibson Family Foundation Inc is based in CA.
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