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Goecke Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$27k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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.

Health$302kReligion$56kEducation$40kHousing & Shelter$20kInternational$13kRecreation & Sports$10kArts & Culture$5kHuman Services$4kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k12 grants · $12k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
$1,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CARE FOR FRIENDS$15,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF CLEVELAND$1,500
WESTLAKE CHINESE CULTURE ASSOCIATION$1,500
UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON$1,000
LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO$1,000
SANIBEL-CAPTIVA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC$1,000
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY$1,000
FISH OF SANIBEL-CAPTIVA INC$1,000
ROCKY RIVER HISTORICAL SOCIETY$1,000
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY$1,000
ST EDWARD HIGH SCHOOL$500
CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$500
CSU LAW ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ALUMNI ASSOCIATION$500
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $36k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 93% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CCAI DBA CHINESE CHILDREN ADOPTION INTERNATIONAL: $1k → 8%CARE FOR FRIENDS: $15k → 14%CCAI DBA CHINESE CHILDREN ADOPTION INTERNATIONAL: $500 → 8%CARE FOR FRIENDS: $15k → 14%FISH OF SANIBEL-CAPTIVA INC: $1k → 11%CCAI DBA CHINESE CHILDREN ADOPTION INTERNATIONAL: $500 → 8%FISH OF SANIBEL-CAPTIVA INC: $1k → 11%CCAI DBA CHINESE CHILDREN ADOPTION INTERNATIONAL: $250 → 8%CCAI DBA CHINESE CHILDREN ADOPTION INTERNATIONAL: $250 → 8%FISH OF SANIBEL-CAPTIVA INC: $1k → 11%ST AUGUSTINE MANOR: $250 → 17%FISH OF SANIBEL-CAPTIVA INC: $500 → 11%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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$458k · 18 repeat orgs$26k to everyone else

18 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
13

Total granted

$458k
$23k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+30%

Still filing today

83%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterInternationalHealthPublic BenefitOther
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

  • SM
    STELLA MARIS INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $302k · revenue +172%
  • CF
    CARE FOR FRIENDS
    2× · 2024–2025 · $30k · revenue +17%
  • CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
    8× · 2018–2025 · $6k · revenue +44%

Funded once

  • RR
    ROCKY RIVER CITY SCHOOLS
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
  • LP
    LINCOLN PARK COMMUNITY SERVICESgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue +30%
  • SI
    ST ISABEL PARISH IN SANIBEL INC
    one grant, 2023 · $3k
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
John Carroll University

As a jesuit catholic university committed to academic rigor, inclusive excellence, and care for the whole person, john carroll university inspires individuals of intellect and character to learn, lead and serve in the community and…

Education
2
The Central European University

Ceu is committed to promoting the values of open society and self-reflective critical thinking. it aims at excellence in the mastery of established knowledge, courage to pursue the creation of new knowledge in the humanities, the social…

International
3
The Catholic University of America

As the national university of the catholic church in the united states, founded and sponsored by the bishops of the country with the approval of the holy see, the catholic university of america is committed to being a comprehensive…

Education
4
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education
5
Capital University

Capital university transforms lives by empowering an inclusive community of learners through engaging academic, co-curricular, and professional experiences.

Education
6
California Lutheran University

The mission of the university is to educate leaders for a global society who are strong in character and judgment, confident in their identity and vocation, and committed to service and justice.

Education
7
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
8
St Marys University of Minnesota

Enriched by the lasallian catholic heritage, saint mary's university of minnesota awakens, nurtures, and empowers learners to ethical lives of service and leadership.

Education
9
La Roche University

La roche university advances learning informed by ethical and service-oriented values, reflecting its catholic heritage and the charism of the sisters of divine providence.

Education
10
Lumen Christi Institute

To make the catholic intellectual tradition a vital part of the culture of universities. to enrich academic communities at the university of chicago, across the nation, and the world with the insights of catholic thought. to dialogue with…

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11
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Group Return

Caring for life, researching for health and educating those who serve.

Health
12
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Caring for life, researching for health and educating those who serve.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greater Cleveland Food Bank Inc; the most unlike its peers is Westlake Chinese Culture Association. 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

26 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. 26 of the 34 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
16/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

STELLA MARIS INC: $302,000 · HealthSTELLA MARIS INCST CHRISTOPHER PARISH: $53,400 · OtherST CHRISTOPHER PARISHMAGNIFICAT HIGH SCHOOL: $15,750 · OtherMAGNIFICAT HIGH SCHOOLROCKY RIVER CITY SCHOOLS: $10,000 · OtherROCKY RIVER CITY SCHOO…ST EDWARD HIGH SCHOOL: $3,700 · OtherROCKY RIVER HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $3,250 · Other+11 more: $11,100 · Other+11 moreCARE FOR FRIENDS: $30,000 · Human ServicesFISH OF SANIBEL-CAPTIVA INC: $3,500 · Human ServicesCCAI: $2,500 · Human Services+1 more: $250 · Human ServicesCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $5,750 · EducationOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $5,100 · EducationUniversity of Dayton: $4,500 · EducationWESTLAKE CHINESE CULTURE ASSOCIATION: $4,500 · EducationLOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: $4,400 · EducationCLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $3,750 · Education+1 more: $500 · EducationRAZOM INC: $10,500 · International+1 more: $250 · InternationalLINCOLN PARK COMMUNITY SERVICES: $5,000 · Housing & ShelterHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF CLEVELAND INC: $1,500 · Housing & ShelterVILLA ST BENEDICT: $250 · Housing & ShelterSANIBEL-CAPTIVA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $2,750 · Environment
Health$302,000Other$97,200Human Services$36,250Education$28,500International$10,750Housing & Shelter$6,750Environment$2,750

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSTELLA MARIS INC: $302,000 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetCARE FOR FRIENDS: $30,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetRAZOM INC: $10,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $5,750 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $5,100 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLINCOLN PARK COMMUNITY SERVICES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUniversity of Dayton: $4,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWESTLAKE CHINESE CULTURE ASSOCIATION: $4,500 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetLOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: $4,400 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $3,750 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFISH OF SANIBEL-CAPTIVA INC: $3,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetROCKY RIVER HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $3,250 over 3y, 9.8% of budgetSANIBEL-CAPTIVA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $2,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCCAI: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDING DARLING WILDLIFE SOCIETY INC: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF CLEVELAND INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FIRST TEE OF CHICAGO FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRHONDA'S KISS: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCSU LAW ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLEGAL AID SOCIETY OF CLEVELAND: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOneSky: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVILLA ST BENEDICT: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST AUGUSTINE MANOR: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART: $100 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.

Coltman Thomas J Foun…John P Murphy Foundat…Community West Founda…The Cleveland Foundat…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Baird Foundation IncThe Blackbaud Giving …Charities Aid Foundat…Raymond James Charita…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…
Coltman Thomas J Foundation TaOH13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Coltman Thomas J Foundation Ta · John P Murphy Foundation · Community West Foundation · The Cleveland Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 Goecke Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Goecke Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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

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How do I get to Goecke Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Goecke 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.

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 34 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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