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Gochnauer Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$313k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
39
Grants FY2024
38
Organizations funded FY2023
42%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$3,500
Largest grant, FY2024
$40,000
Organizations funded a year
27 to 41
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
6
Total assets, FY2024
$15M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 42% of the organizations Gochnauer Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
InternationalHuman ServicesHealthEducationArts & CultureCrime & LegalOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving39$313k23%
FY202338$198k42%
FY202239$316k38%
FY202138$318k37%
FY202027$276k41%
FY201941$258k49%
FY201829$212k28%
FY201729$232kn/a
92% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$404kInternational$390kHuman Services$286kHealth$211kArts & Culture$150kCivil Rights$144kCrime & Legal$120kHousing & Shelter$76kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 72 grantees
All grantees of Gochnauer Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Opportunity International Inc D/B/A Opportunity International-Us$235,76770%
Laura's House$152,93651%
The Wooden Floor for Youth Movement$107,30071%
Jf Shea Therapeutic Riding Center Inc Fka Fran Joswick Therap Riding Ctr Inc$98,44060%
Unsilenced Project Inc$90,000413%
University of Wisconsin - Green Bay Foundation Inc$87,05031%
University of California Irvine Foundation$78,00070%
Onegoal$75,00070%
Ebenezer Foundation Inc$65,00065%
Chicago House & Social Service Agency$61,00080%
Free Wheelchair Mission$45,00080%
United States Association for UNHCR$45,00010%
Vocel Viewing our Children as Emerging Leaders$43,60031%
Rush University Medical Center$32,50060%
Family Equality$20,50030%
Safe Families for Children Alliance$20,00030%
Sudara Freedom Fund$20,00046%
Floresta USA Incorporated$18,00040%
Ryan Banks Academy$15,00031%
March of Dimes Inc$15,00010%
Art With Impact$15,00021%
Friendship Shelter Inc$14,00070%
Francis W Parker School$12,90040%
Cradles to Crayons Inc$11,50040%
Serving People In Need Inc$10,00070%
St Anne School$10,00010%
Decorative Arts Society$9,00031%
Orange County Museum of Art$8,00030%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Orange County and the Inland Empire Inc$5,50030%
Laguna Dance Festival$5,05051%
A Step Beyond$5,00011%
Howard Brown Health Center$3,50010%
Northwestern University$3,45940%
Encompass Early Education & Care Inc$3,00030%
Codenow Inc$3,00011%
Designs for Dignity$3,00011%
Green Bay Botanical Garden Inc$2,50010%
Chapman University$2,50010%
High Jump$2,50010%
Hoag Hospital Foundation$2,00020%
Daisy May Films$2,00013%
Globalgiving Foundation Inc$2,00010%
Orangewood Foundation$1,64820%
Saint Mary's Foundation$1,50030%
Laguna Art Museum$1,20010%
Dravet Syndrome Foundation Inc$1,03010%
The Impact Fund$1,00310%
Brazil Foundation$1,00010%
Covenant House California$1,00010%
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation$1,00010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$1,00010%
Visionary Foundation Inc$1,00013%
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$75020%
Friends of Santa Ana Zoo$69510%
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc$55010%
Magical Bridge Foundation$52510%
Bold Foundation$51511%
Paws Chicago$50010%
Little Giraffe Foundation Ltd$50010%
Spark Ventures$50010%
Boardsource$50010%
Friends of New Franken Fire Department Inc$5001n/a
Olive Crest$50010%
Carroll College$50010%
AIDS Foundation of Chicago$40520%
Tears of Eden$3001n/a
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center$30010%
Wicker Park Lutheran Church$2571n/a
Capo Girls Fast Pitch Softball Corp$20610%
PEO Educational Loan Fund$20020%
Bunker Hill Charities$10010%
Bounce Children's Foundation$9510%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 50 recipients with no EIN on record ($643k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Gochnauer Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOpportunity International Inc D/B/A Opportunity International-Us: $235,767 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetLaura's House: $152,936 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetThe Wooden Floor for Youth Movement: $107,300 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetJf Shea Therapeutic Riding Center Inc Fka Fran Joswick Therap Riding Ctr Inc: $98,440 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetUnsilenced Project Inc: $90,000 over 4y, 13% of budgetUniversity of Wisconsin - Green Bay Foundation Inc: $87,050 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetUniversity of California Irvine Foundation: $78,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetOnegoal: $75,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetEbenezer Foundation Inc: $65,000 over 6y, 4.6% of budgetChicago House & Social Service Agency: $61,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetFree Wheelchair Mission: $45,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR: $45,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVocel Viewing our Children as Emerging Leaders: $43,600 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetRush University Medical Center: $32,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFamily Equality: $20,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSafe Families for Children Alliance: $20,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSudara Freedom Fund: $20,000 over 4y, 5.6% of budgetFloresta USA Incorporated: $18,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetRyan Banks Academy: $15,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetMarch of Dimes Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArt With Impact: $15,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetFriendship Shelter Inc: $14,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetFrancis W Parker School: $12,900 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCradles to Crayons Inc: $11,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetServing People In Need Inc: $10,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetSt Anne School: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDecorative Arts Society: $9,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetOrange County Museum of Art: $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Orange County and the Inland Empire Inc: $5,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLaguna Dance Festival: $5,050 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetA Step Beyond: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHoward Brown Health Center: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwestern University: $3,459 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEncompass Early Education & Care Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCodenow Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetDesigns for Dignity: $3,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetGreen Bay Botanical Garden Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChapman University: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHigh Jump: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHoag Hospital Foundation: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDaisy May Films: $2,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetGlobalgiving Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOrangewood Foundation: $1,648 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSaint Mary's Foundation: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLaguna Art Museum: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDravet Syndrome Foundation Inc: $1,030 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Impact Fund: $1,003 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBrazil Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 69.

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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.

Orange County Community FoundationCA21.1× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Orange County Community Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · The Hanauer Family Foundation · Macgillivray Family Foundation · The William Gillespie Foundation · Croul Family Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · California Community Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America

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.

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How do I get to Gochnauer Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Gochnauer Family Foundation 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.

About Gochnauer Family Foundation

How much does Gochnauer Family Foundation give?
Gochnauer Family Foundation reported 39 grants totaling $312,728 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 27 and 41 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Gochnauer Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (19%), International (18%), Human Services (13%).
Who are Gochnauer Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Opportunity International Inc D/B/A Opportunity International-Us ($236k), Laura's House ($153k), The Wooden Floor for Youth Movement ($107k).
Does Gochnauer Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 42% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Gochnauer Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Gochnauer Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Orange County Community Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust, The Hanauer Family Foundation.
Where is Gochnauer Family Foundation based?
Gochnauer Family Foundation is based in CA.

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 123 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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