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Gilbert Family Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Gilbert Family Charitable 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.

$475k
Granted FY2024still arriving
2
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$386k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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$1.2MHealth$304kRecreation & Sports$287kPhilanthropy$92kYouth Development$45kInternational$500
02FY2024 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $50k–250k1 grant · $89k
  • $250k+1 grant · $386k
$385,587
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNION COLLEGE$385,587
RENAISSANCE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC$89,115
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 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 96% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%VAIL MEDICAL CENTER: $99k → 15%BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY (WHIPPOORWILL CLUB): $5k → 8%TEAM KIDS: $8k → 10%THE MASTERS SCHOOL: $3k → 9%ADAPTIVE SPORTS FOUNDATION: $205k → 11%UNION COLLEGE: $386k → 12%CORNELL UNIVERSITY: $10k → 16%PROJECT MAIN STREET CHARITY: $2k → 17%AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION - GO RED FOR WOMEN: $1k → 14%VILLA MARIA SCHOOL: $20k → 9%YOUTH POWER 365: $20k → 7%RENAISSANCE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $89k → 16%THE LINDSEY VONN FOUNDATION: $3k → 17%VAIL MEDICAL CENTER: $96k → 15%HANDS UP FOR HAITI: $500 → 9%ADAPTIVE SPORT FOUNDATION: $53k → 11%UNION COLLEGE: $254k → 12%PROJECT MAIN STREET CHARITY: $621 → 17%VILLA MARIA SCHOOL: $10k → 9%YOUTH POWER 365: $5k → 7%VAIL MEDICAL CENTER: $94k → 15%ADAPTIVE SPORT FOUNDATION: $29k → 11%UNION COLLEGE: $250k → 12%PROJECT SUNSHINE: $10k → 17%YOUTH POWER 365: $5k → 7%UNION COLLEGE: $250k → 12%PROJECT SUNSHINE: $3k → 17%YOUTH POWER 365: $5k → 7%TRUSTEES OF UNION COLLEGE: $10k → 12%PROJECT SUNSHINE: $1k → 17%TRUSTEES OF UNION COLLEGE: $10k → 12%TRUSTEES OF UNION COLLEGE: $10k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
IN
OH
CT
CA
CO
AZ
TX
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.8M · 8 repeat orgs$29k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +48% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
7

Total granted

$1.8M
$29k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+48%
+23%

Still filing today

50%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
EducationYouth DevelopmentRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyHealthInternationalOther
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

  • Y
    YOUTHPOWER365
    4× · 2018–2021 · $35k · revenue +65%
  • TO
    TRUSTEES OF UNION COLLEGE IN THE TOWN OF SCHENECTADY IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK
    3× · 2018–2020 · $30k · revenue +28%
  • PROJECT SUNSHINE INC
    3× · 2018–2020 · $14k · revenue +48%

Funded once

  • Cornell University
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +23%
  • TK
    TEAM KIDS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $8k · revenue +110%
  • BU
    BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY (WHIPPOORWILL CLUB)
    one grant, 2019 · $5k
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
The Winsor School

Our mission: the winsor school prepares young women to pursue their aspirations and contribute to the world.

Education
2
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
3
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
4
Lewis & Clark College

Lewis & clark is a premier private higher education institution offering an exceptional education in an inclusive environment. by fostering critical thinking, innovation, creativity, civic engagement, and leadership, both inside and…

Education
5
The Peak School

The peak school seeks to ignite a passion for learning, to develop students of diverse talents and backgrounds who think critically and act with integrity, and to graduate compassionate, confident, capable students who will embrace their…

Education
6
The Trustees of the Smith College

Smith college educates women of promise for lives of distinction and purpose. a college of and for the world, smith college links the power of the liberal arts to excellence in research and scholarship, developing leaders for society's…

Education
7
Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education
8
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
9
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
10
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
11
Future Problem Solving Program International Inc

Future problem solving proudly celebrates more than 50 years of placing close to a million young people at the core of a dynamic, purposeful learning experience. each year k-12 students from around the world participate in a variety of…

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12
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is YOUTHPOWER365; the most unlike its peers is Masters School. 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

10 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. 10 of the 16 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
7/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNION COLLEGE: $1,139,222 · OtherUNION COLLEGEVAIL MEDICAL CENTER: $289,308 · OtherVAIL MEDICAL CENTER+5 more: $40,774 · OtherADAPTIVE SPORTS FOUNDATION INC: $286,778 · Recreation & SportsADAPTIVE SPORTS …Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc: $89,115 · PhilanthropyYOUTHPOWER365: $35,000 · PhilanthropyTRUSTEES OF UNION COLLEGE IN THE TOWN OF SCHENECTADY IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK: $30,000 · EducationCornell University: $10,000 · EducationPROJECT SUNSHINE INC: $13,500 · HealthTEAM KIDS INC: $7,666 · Youth DevelopmentTHE LINDSEY VONN FOUNDATION: $2,500 · Youth DevelopmentHANDS UP FOR HAITI INC: $500 · International
Other$1,469,304Recreation & Sports$286,778Philanthropy$124,115Education$40,000Health$13,500Youth Development$10,166International$500

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 budgetADAPTIVE SPORTS FOUNDATION INC: $286,778 over 3y, 7.4% of budgetRenaissance Charitable Foundation Inc: $89,115 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUTHPOWER365: $35,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetTRUSTEES OF UNION COLLEGE IN THE TOWN OF SCHENECTADY IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT SUNSHINE INC: $13,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCornell University: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEAM KIDS INC: $7,666 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetTHE LINDSEY VONN FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetMASTERS SCHOOL: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHANDS UP FOR HAITI INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramPA10.2× affinity5 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Gilbert Family Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Gilbert Family Charitable Foundation. 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.

    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 16 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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