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Gipson Family Foundation at a glance

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Gipson Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$140
Granted FY2024still arriving
1
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$140
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, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$797kHealth$64kReligion$56kFood & Nutrition$16kInternational$10kHuman Services$9kPhilanthropy$3kPublic Safety & Disaster$3kOther$0
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$140
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DONOR ADVISED FUND HELD AT LPL FINANCIAL$140
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–23, $12k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 10% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION: $6k → 9%St Joseph Institute for the Deaf: $5k → 11%NEW HORIZONS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA: $200 → 11%PEDAL THE CAUSE: $1k → 21%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

IL
PA
CO
MO
MD
TN
SC
FL
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$862k · 9 repeat orgs$96k to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
20

Total granted

$862k
$96k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+28%

Still filing today

44%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $140 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
HealthHuman ServicesEducationFood & NutritionInternationalArts & CultureOther
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

  • FU
    FONTBONNE UNIVERSITY
    3× · 2020–2023 · $699k · revenue -76%
  • SC
    SAINT CECILIA SCHOOL AND ACADEMY
    3× · 2021–2023 · $70k
  • SA
    ST AGNES CATHOLIC CHURCH
    3× · 2020–2022 · $28k

Funded once

  • CG
    CARDINAL GLENNON CHILDREN'S FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue +72%
  • OF
    OPERATION FOOD SEARCH INC
    one grant, 2020 · $14k · revenue +7%
  • JA
    JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER ST LOUIS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +39%
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 Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
2
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

University of the sciences prepares students to become leaders, innovators, and skilled practitioners in the sciences, the health professions, and related disciplines. we deliver excellence in teaching, research, and service through a safe…

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3
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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4
Curesearch for Children's Cancer

Curesearch's mission is to fund & support targeted & innovative cancer research with measurable results, & to be the authoritative source of information & resources for all those affected by children's cancer. see schedule o for…

Health
5
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
6
Seattle Biomedical Research Institute

We conduct fundamental infectious disease research to generate critical new knowledge about pathogens and their interactions with see schedule o for continuationhumans to enable the discovery and development of novel interventions,…

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7
All Children's Research Institute Inc

The corporation is organized and is operated exclusively for charitable, educational and scientific purposes. all children's research institute supports, encourages, and engages in and conducts medical research and other research in…

Health
8
St Marys Healthcare System for Children Inc

To serve as the sole member of the various health care and supporting organizations that comprise st. mary's healthcare system for children

Health
9
Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital Inc

Mission: johns hopkins all children's hospital (all children's), a member of johns hopkins medicine, strives to provide the highest quality care to improve the health of our entire community through innovation, collaboration, service…

Health
10
Stony Brook Childrens Services University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
11
Lurie Children's Surgical Foundation Inc

Provide pediatric and subspecialty surgical, research, and educational services.

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12
St Marys Hospital for Children Inc

St. mary's hospital for children ("smh"), the flagship of st. mary's healthcare system for children, is committed to improving the health and quality of life for children and young adults with special healthcare needs. a nationally…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Missouri and Kansas; the most unlike its peers is Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago. 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

17 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. 17 of the 30 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
12/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FONTBONNE UNIVERSITY: $698,719 · EducationFONTBONNE UNIVERSITYSAINT CECILIA SCHOOL AND ACADEMY: $70,000 · OtherSAINT CECILIA SCHOOL A…ST AGNES CATHOLIC CHURCH: $27,500 · OtherST AGNES CATHOLIC CHUR…CHURCH OF THE ANNUNZIATA (LADUE): $20,000 · OtherCHURCH OF THE ANNUNZIA…CARDINAL GLENNON CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $20,000 · OtherCARDINAL GLENNON CHILD…Fontbonne University Promise Scholarship: $17,000 · OtherFontbonne University P…St Cecelia School: $10,000 · OtherChuch of the Annunziata (Ladue): $7,500 · Other+9 more: $19,140 · Other+9 moreAnn & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago: $14,200 · HealthSLC6A1 CONNECT: $11,000 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $5,000 · Health+2 more: $1,250 · HealthOPERATION FOOD SEARCH INC: $14,000 · Food & NutritionMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MISSOURI AND KANSAS: $6,000 · Human ServicesST JOSEPH INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF: $5,000 · Human ServicesPEDAL THE CAUSE: $1,000 · Human Services+1 more: $200 · Human ServicesJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC: $10,000 · InternationalTHE QEQCHI PARTNERS INC: $500 · Community ImprovementTHE REPERTORY THEATRE OF ST LOUIS: $500 · Arts & Culture
Education$698,719Other$191,140Health$31,450Food & Nutrition$14,000Human Services$12,200International$10,000Community Improvement$500Arts & Culture$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 budgetFONTBONNE UNIVERSITY: $698,719 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetCARDINAL GLENNON CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAnn & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago: $14,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION FOOD SEARCH INC: $14,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSLC6A1 CONNECT: $11,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MISSOURI AND KANSAS: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BACKSTOPPERS INC FKA POLICEMEN & FIREMEN FUND OF ST LOUIS: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetST LOUIS AREA FOOD BANK INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPEDAL THE CAUSE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASE FOUNDATION INC: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE QEQCHI PARTNERS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE REPERTORY THEATRE OF ST LOUIS: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW HORIZONS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $200 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.

Enterprise Holdings F…Morgan Stanley Global…The Blackbaud Giving …The Ayco Charitable F…National Philanthropi…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Enterprise Holdings FoundationMO13.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 Gipson Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Gipson Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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 30 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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