· Private foundation
Gidwitz Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What you funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2024.
Where the money goes
Your grants by size, and where they go.
The 53 grants below total $141,554 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $173,487 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $31,933 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.
By grant size · FY2023
- Under $10k49 grants · $34k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $45k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $63k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Steppenwolf Theater | $62,500 |
| Jewish United Fund | $20,000 |
| Brown University | $15,000 |
| New Bedford Light Report for America | $10,000 |
| N.B. Star Kids Scholarship | $6,000 |
| Unicef | $4,000 |
| Nativity Preparatory School | $2,500 |
| Buzzards Bay Coalition | $2,000 |
| South Coast Community Fd | $2,000 |
| US Ukraine Foundation | $2,000 |
| Gifford Law Center | $2,000 |
| Planned Parenthood | $2,000 |
| Salvation Army | $1,500 |
| National Audubon Society | $1,000 |
| Boys & Girls Club | $1,000 |
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.
42 repeat relationships — 32 still active in FY2023, 10 since wound down; 21 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 26% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $105k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
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
- BBBuzzards Bay Coalition3× · 2020–2023 · $247k
- BUBrown University4× · 2019–2023 · $167k
- ZTZeiterion Theater2× · 2019–2021 · $108k
Funded once
BUZZARDS BAY COALITIONgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $80k · revenue +83%- BMBastogne Memorial Fundone grant, 2019 · $50k
- JUJewish United Fund of Metroone grant, 2019 · $20k
Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
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.
Organization's mission statement true to the ambitious vision of its founder and her spirit of creative risk-taking, the mission of the isabella stewart gardner museum is: - to bring to life and preserve the rich historic collection; - to…
The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."
New england museum association's mission is to connect a community engaged in learning, collaboration, and action to cultivate a better museum world.
Our mission is to spark people's curiosity to explore, steward, and find peace and joy in nature. in service to this, norman bird sanctuary inspires, builds, and engages a community of stewards who preserve, protect, enjoy, and learn from…
The museum's mission statement is "turn on the science: inspire learning. inform policy. improve lives."
It is the mission of the seacoast science center to spark curiosity, enhance understanding, and inspire conservation of our blue planet. the center's programming and exhibits encourage visitors and other program participants to recognize…
The uss constitution museum engages all ages in the story of "old ironsides" to spark excitement about maritime heritage, naval service, and the american experience.
To connect people to the past, present, and future of Maine's waterways and their global reach.
Nmoa mission statement is: we welcome everyone with inclusive experiences that spark curiosity and foster community.
The new york botanical garden is a museum of plants and a scientific research center devoted to the study of plants and their uses. it is the garden's mission to improve public understanding of the natural world, horticulture, and the…
New england historic genealogical society's mission is to advance the study of family history in america and beyond. we educate, inspire, and connect people through our scholarship, collections, and expertise. we conduct business under the…
The newport art museum's mission is to share a diversity of art and experiences that spark reflection, inspiration, and connection within our newport community and beyond. the museum was founded in 1912 on the belief that arts and culture…
For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Native Plant Trust Inc and the most unlike its peers is Middle East Media and Research 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.
14 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 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 14 of the 148 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.
Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee
Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing
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.
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.
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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 Gidwitz Family 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, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.
- Northstar Learning Centers Inc — 63% of income from government
- Buzzards Bay Coalition — 37% of income from government
- Whitfield-Manjiro Friendship Society Inc — 31% of income from government
- Native Plant Trust Inc — 3% of income from government
- Old Dartmouth Historical Society — 2% of income from government
- American Littoral Society — 1% of income from government
- Museum of Fine Arts — 0% of income from government
- Our Sisters School — 0% of income from government
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.
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