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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
4
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

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

2
’17
6
’18
4
’19
0
’20
0
’21
3
’22
3
’23
0
’24

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

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$359kHealth$282kArts & Culture$41kInternational$25kFood & Nutrition$15kRecreation & Sports$8kPhilanthropy$7kReligion$3kOther$0
02FY2018 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2018

  • Under $10k8 grants · $22k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $55k
$2,500
Median grant
4
States reached
$202k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CURE INTERNATIONAL$25,000
SHAWNEE PUBLIC SCHOOLS$20,000
YORK SCHOOL$10,000
SHASTA REGIONAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$6,000
CSU DOMINGUEZ HILLS$5,000
REACHING SOULS INTERNATIONAL$2,500
CAL POLY SAN LUIS OBISPO$2,500
GIRL SCOUTS OF AMERICA TROOP 61712$2,000
HOPE HORSES & KIDS$1,800
NORTH VALLEY ANIMAL DISASTER GROUP$1,500
NAT WATSON SCHOLARSHIP FUND OAEE HALL OF FAME INC$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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 48% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 9%CURE INTERNATIONAL: $25k → 8%STANFORD UNIVERSITY: $25k → 7%TEEN KITCHEN PROJECT: $2k → 8%CAL POLY SAN LUIS OBISPO: $3k → 12%FOOD BANK FOR MONTEREY COUNTY: $10k → 12%UC DAVIS FOUNDATION: $50k → 12%SHASTA REGIONAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $6k → 14%CSU DOMINGUEZ HILLS: $5k → 14%THE LILY POND SANCTUARY: $500 → 11%REACHING SOULS INTERNATIONAL: $3k → 13%SHAWNEE PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $20k → 19%SWIM ACROSS AMERICA: $500 → 14%STANFORD UNIVERSITY: $25k → 7%SAN JOSE SPORTS HALL OF FAME A PROJECT OF THE SAN JOSE SPORTS AUTHORITY: $5k → 8%CAL POLY SAN LUIS OBISPO: $3k → 12%YORK SCHOOL: $10k → 12%NAT WATSON SCHOLARSHIP FUND OAEE HALL OF FAME INC: $1k → 13%SHAWNEE PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $20k → 19%INTUIT THE CENTER FOR INTUITIVE & OUTSIDER ART: $24k → 14%LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $158k → 8%YORK SCHOOL: $10k → 12%SHAWNEE PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $20k → 19%CAMEL IDEAS FOUNDATION: $10k → 12%CARL CHERRY CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $10k → 12%CARL CHERRY CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $8k → 12%BIG SUR FASHION SHOW A PROJECT OF THE BIG SUR FOOD AND WINE FOUNDATION: $4k → 12%HOPE HORSES & KIDS: $2k → 12%HOPE HORSES & KIDS: $1k → 12%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.
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.

27%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$105k · 5 repeat orgs$290k to everyone else

5 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2018, 1 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2018 (too recent to call). Read against FY2018, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
1

Total granted

$105k
$500

Still filing today

40%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 5% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $190k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’21’22’23
Arts & CultureEducationAnimalsFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentInternationalOther
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

  • SP
    SHAWNEE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
    3× · 2017–2019 · $60k
  • TY
    THE YORK SCHOOL
    2× · 2017–2018 · $20k · revenue -6%
  • CC
    CARL CHERRY CENTER FOR THE ARTS
    2× · 2021–2023 · $18k

Funded once

  • SA
    SWIM ACROSS AMERICA
    one grant, 2017 · $500
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
Foundation of California State University Monterey Bay

To further the scientific, literary, educational and charitable purposes of california state university, monterey bay, including fundraising, development, endowment management, financial assistance, public relations and other support.

Education
2
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
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
University of California San Francisco Foundation

Organization's mission ====================== the university of california, san francisco(ucsf) is among the world's leading universities dedicated to advancing health worldwide through biomedical research, graduate-level education in the…

Education
5
Food Forward Inc

Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.

Food & Nutrition
6
Califonia State University East Bay Foundation Inc

Csu east bay foundation is an auxiliary organization of california state university east bay and the california state university system. the organization's mission is to provide services that aid, supplement, and advance the educational…

Education
7
Community Foundation Santa Cruz County

To promote philanthropy to make santa cruz county a better place to live, now and in the future.we bring together people, ideas, and resources to inspire philanthropy and accomplish great things.

Philanthropy
8
Cal State East Bay Educational Foundation

To accept and manage restricted and unrestricted gifts benefiting california state university east bay. additionally, the trustees support the university through advocacy, development, personal contributions and counsel to the university's…

Education
9
The International School of San Francisco

Guided by the principles of academic rigor and diversity, the international school of san francisco offers programs of study in french and english to prepare its graduates for a world in which the ability to think critically and to…

Education
10
Uc Santa Cruz Foundation

To benefit the university of california santa cruz.

Education
11
California State University Foundation

Established in 1962, the foundation is the central foundation for the california state university (csu) system and serves the office of the chancellor. the foundation exists to support excellence in teaching and learning, and to serve the…

Philanthropy
12
Ucla Foundation

The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hope Horses & Kids; the most unlike its peers is Big Sur Food & Wine Foundation 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

14 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. 14 of the 24 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
8/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $342,863 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYTHE UC DAVIS FOUNDATION: $50,000 · EducationTHE UC DAVIS FOUNDATIONTHE YORK SCHOOL: $20,000 · EducationSTANFORD MEDICINE UNIVERSITY HALL: $147,409 · OtherSTANFORD MEDICINE UNIVERSITY HALLSHAWNEE PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $60,000 · OtherSHAWNEE PUBLIC SCHOOLSCARL CHERRY CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $17,500 · OtherCARL CHERRY CENTER FOR THE ARTSFOOD BANK FOR MONTEREY COUNTY: $10,000 · Other+11 more: $25,500 · Other+11 moreIntuitCenter for IntuitiveOutsider Art: $23,675 · Arts & CultureCarmel Ideas Foundation: $10,000 · Arts & CultureCURE INTERNATIONAL INC: $25,000 · InternationalCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE NORTH STATE: $6,000 · PhilanthropyBIG SUR FOOD & WINE FOUNDATION INC: $3,500 · Food & NutritionHOPE HORSES & KIDS: $2,800 · Recreation & Sports
Education$412,863Other$260,409Arts & Culture$33,675International$25,000Philanthropy$6,000Food & Nutrition$3,500Recreation & Sports$2,800

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 budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $342,863 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UC DAVIS FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCURE INTERNATIONAL INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIntuitCenter for IntuitiveOutsider Art: $23,675 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE YORK SCHOOL: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR MONTEREY COUNTY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCarmel Ideas Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetBIG SUR FOOD & WINE FOUNDATION INC: $3,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetHOPE HORSES & KIDS: $2,800 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetREACHING SOULS INTERNATIONAL INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTEEN KITCHEN PROJECT: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNORTH VALLEY ANIMAL DISASTER GROUP: $1,500 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.

National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA8× affinity5 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Gibson Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Gibson Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Gibson Family Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Gibson Family Foundation Inc 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 24 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 2018, released 2018. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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