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Goerlich Family Foundation at a glance

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Goerlich Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$94k
Granted FY2025still arriving
30
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$17k
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 2025.

Health$279kEducation$144kEnvironment$18kAnimals$16kArts & Culture$16kReligion$16kPhilanthropy$10kHuman Services$7kOther$0
02FY2025 · 30 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k28 grants · $64k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $30k
$1,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN$17,000
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL$13,000
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI HEMOPHILIA TREATMENT$9,000
NATIONAL BLEEDING DISORDERS FDN$9,000
AUTOMOTIVE HALL OF FAME$8,000
CULVER MILITARY ACADEMY$5,000
UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO FOUNDATION$5,000
HOLLINS UNIVERSITY INST ADVANCEMENT$5,000
CONGREGATION ZICHRONE BINYAMIN$4,000
CHABAD HOUSE$3,000
CAPTAINS FOR CLEAN WATER$2,000
SIGHT CENTER OF NW OHIO$2,000
BEDFORD PUBLIC SCHOOLS$1,500
WGTE PUBLIC MEDIA$1,000
EATWELL CAFE$1,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 74% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%SO ALL MAY EAT: $1k → 12%SO ALL MAY EAT: $500 → 12%ABILITY CENTER OF GREATER TOLEDO: $5k → 18%SO ALL MAY EAT: $500 → 12%SO ALL MAY EAT: $500 → 12%ABILITY CENTER OF GREATER TOLEDO: $1k → 18%ABILITY CENTER OF GREATER TOLEDO: $500 → 18%ABILITY CENTER OF GREATER TOLEDO: $500 → 18%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

VT
MI
NY
WY
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CA
CO
VA
NC
DC
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$460k · 31 repeat orgs$47k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.

31 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

31
9

Total granted

$460k
$24k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+6%

Still filing today

65%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationAnimalsArts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesEnvironmentOther
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

  • UO
    University of Michigan
    6× · 2020–2025 · $105k · revenue +139%
  • LU
    LYNN UNIVERSITY INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $65k · revenue +18%
  • UO
    University of Miami
    3× · 2020–2022 · $21k · revenue +66%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI HEMOPHILIA
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF BISCAYNE BAY INC
    one grant, 2022 · $6k
  • HF
    HEMOPHILIA FEDERATION OF AMERICA
    one grant, 2022 · $4k · revenue -19%
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
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
2
International Academy of Oral Medicine & Toxicology Inc

The organization provides peer reviewed scientific research and education in the field of biological dentistry.

Health
3
University Hospital & Clinics Inc

The organization provides medical care to improve, maintain, and restore the health of the people in the communities we serve.

Health
4
Thomas University

Thomas university is an independent, not for profit, institution of higher education with undergraduate and graduate programs that prepare students for successful careers and responsible citizenship in a rapidly changing and complex world.

Education
5
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
6
University of Toledo Physicians Clinical Faculty Inc

To improve the human condition through excellence in patient care and medical discovery.

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7
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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8
University of Toledo Alumni Association

Supporting the university of toledo by fostering a spirit of loyalty among its alumni.

Education
9
Atlantic University Inc

Provide post-secondary education of excellence.

Education
10
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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11
Ohio State Bar Association

The ohio state bar association (the "association") is an unincorporated voluntary non-profit organization. the association was formed to promote justice and advance the interests of the legal profession.

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12
University Associates in Obstetrics and Gynecology University Faculty Pract ice Corporation

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

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The University of Toledo Foundation; the most unlike its peers is University of Miami. 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

30 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. 30 of the 49 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/30
Grantees still filing
22/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

University of Michigan: $105,000 · OtherUniversity of MichiganNATIONAL BLEEDING DISORDERS FOUNDATION: $81,000 · OtherNATIONAL BLEEDING DISORDERS FOUNDATIONUNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL: $25,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPELUNIVERSITY OF MIAMI HEMOPHILIA TREATMENT: $18,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MIAMI HEMOPHILIA TREATMENTSIGHT CENTER OF NW OHIO: $14,200 · OtherPROMEDICA GOERLICH CENTER: $13,600 · Other+21 more: $71,250 · Other+21 moreLYNN UNIVERSITY INC: $65,000 · EducationLYNN UNIVERSITY INCUniversity of Miami: $21,000 · EducationUniversity of MiamiTHE UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO FOUNDATION: $15,500 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY OF TOLED…UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT AND STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 · Education+1 more: $100 · EducationTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $20,000 · HealthHEMOPHILIA FEDERATION OF AMERICA: $4,000 · Health+1 more: $100 · HealthCAPTAINS FOR CLEAN WATER INC: $9,000 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF BISCAYNE BAY INC: $6,000 · EnvironmentHUMANE OHIO: $4,500 · AnimalsPeggy Adams Animal Rescue League of the Palm Beaches Inc: $4,500 · AnimalsTOLEDO HUMANE SOCIETY: $2,600 · AnimalsTHE TOLEDO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $2,500 · AnimalsTHE HUMANE SOCIETY OF NEW YORK: $700 · AnimalsAUTOMOTIVE HALL OF FAME INC: $8,000 · Arts & CultureAREA STAGE INC: $4,700 · Arts & CultureTHE TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART: $1,350 · Arts & CultureINTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FOUNDATION INC: $500 · Arts & CultureTHE ABILITY CENTER OF GREATER TOLEDO: $7,000 · Human ServicesSO ALL MAY EAT INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesELARA CARING HOSPICE FOUNDATION: $500 · Human Services
Other$328,050Education$105,600Health$24,100Environment$15,000Animals$14,800Arts & Culture$14,550Human Services$10,000

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 budgetUniversity of Michigan: $105,000 over 6y, 7.4% of budgetNATIONAL BLEEDING DISORDERS FOUNDATION: $81,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetLYNN UNIVERSITY INC: $65,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Miami: $21,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO FOUNDATION: $15,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCAPTAINS FOR CLEAN WATER INC: $9,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAUTOMOTIVE HALL OF FAME INC: $8,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE ABILITY CENTER OF GREATER TOLEDO: $7,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPROMEDICA FOUNDATION: $6,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAREA STAGE INC: $4,700 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHUMANE OHIO: $4,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPeggy Adams Animal Rescue League of the Palm Beaches Inc: $4,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF VERMONT AND STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHEMOPHILIA FEDERATION OF AMERICA: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLEADERSHIP TOLEDO: $3,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF ROOKERY BAY INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTOLEDO HUMANE SOCIETY: $2,600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TOLEDO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSO ALL MAY EAT INC: $2,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLEADERS IN FURTHERING EDUCATION INC: $2,250 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART: $1,350 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HUMANE SOCIETY OF NEW YORK: $700 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJENNINGS CENTER FOR OLDER ADULTS: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $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.

  • Who funds University of Michigan ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL BLEEDING DISORDERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LYNN UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds University of Miami ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CAPTAINS FOR CLEAN WATER INC ↗
  • Who funds AUTOMOTIVE HALL OF FAME INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ABILITY CENTER OF GREATER TOLEDO ↗
  • Who funds PROMEDICA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF BISCAYNE BAY INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE ↗
  • Who funds AREA STAGE INC ↗
  • Who funds HUMANE OHIO ↗
  • Who funds Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League of the Palm Beaches Inc ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT AND STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HEMOPHILIA FEDERATION OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds LEADERSHIP TOLEDO ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF ROOKERY BAY INC ↗
  • Who funds TOLEDO HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds THE TOLEDO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds SO ALL MAY EAT INC ↗
  • Who funds LEADERS IN FURTHERING EDUCATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART ↗

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.

Toledo Community Foun…The Andersons Fund Su…The O-I Charities Fou…Elsie and Harry Baumk…Edward Lamb Foundatio…Jocarno FundRobert C and Susan M …John Henry Eldred Jr …Baird Foundation IncEnterprise Holdings F…The Ayco Charitable F…The Pfizer Foundation…
Toledo Community Foundation IncOH23.5× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Toledo Community Foundation Inc · The Andersons Fund Supporting Organization · The O-I Charities Foundation · Elsie and Harry Baumker Charitable Foundation Inc · Edward Lamb Foundation Inc · Jocarno Fund · Robert C and Susan M Savage Family Foundation · John Henry Eldred Jr Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • University of Miami: 5% of income from government
  • Area Stage Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Friends of Rookery Bay Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Lynn University Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get 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
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 49 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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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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