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Gordon & Llura Gund 1993 Charitable 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.

$9.8M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
30
Grants FY2025
27
Organizations funded FY2024
22%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$200,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$2,000,000
Organizations funded a year
19 to 27
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
17
Total assets, FY2025
$751k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 22% of the organizations Gordon & Llura Gund 1993 Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.1M went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthArts & CultureEnvironmentHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentOther
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
FY2025still arriving28$8.8M21%
FY202427$8.6M22%
FY202327$7.1M30%
FY202222$4.7M14%
FY202126$4.6M12%
FY202024$4.2M21%
FY201924$2.9M58%
FY201819$4.5M47%
96% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$17MEducation$12MEnvironment$12MArts & Culture$3.7MInternational$2.6MRecreation & Sports$1.8MPhilanthropy$740kAnimals$275kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
IA
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
NC
DC
OK
AL
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 39 grantees
All grantees of Gordon & Llura Gund 1993 Charitable Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Earthjustice$10,000,00082%
The Foundation Fighting Blindness Inc$5,895,325410%
The Full Frame Initiative Inc$2,400,000352%
The Bolles School$2,250,00052%
Shatterproof a Nonprofit Corporation$2,200,00049%
Grounds for Sculpture Inc$2,000,00045%
University of Vermont and State Agricultural College Foundation Inc$2,000,00041%
Mothers Out Front Inc$1,500,000324%
Researchamerica$1,100,00063%
Say Yes to Education Inc$1,000,000624%
Studio in a School Association Inc$1,000,00053%
Autism Speaks Inc$860,00021%
Drake University$750,00050%
Athletes for Hope$700,000415%
Miraclefeet$700,00062%
Achilles International Inc$500,00024%
The Center for Mind-Body Medicine$500,00022%
The College of Physicians of Philadelphia$300,00031%
American Foundation for the Blind Inc$250,00013%
Greater Cleveland Sports Hall of Fame$250,000221%
Princeton National Rowing Association$250,00056%
Himalayan Cataract Project Inc$250,00071%
The Epiphany School Inc$220,00051%
The Carroll Center for the Blind Inc$215,00042%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$200,00020%
Spay First Inc$200,000481%
Center at 353 Inc$150,00033%
The Decency Foundation$150,000140%
The Watershed Institute Inc$140,00071%
United States Association of Blind Athletes Inc$135,00062%
Isles Inc$125,00011%
Nantucket Conservation Foundation Inc$100,00012%
Museum of the American Revolution$100,00020%
Fight for Children Inc$100,00017%
The Max Warburg Courage Curriculum Inc$75,00038%
Future Vision Foundation Inc$75,000227%
Wildaid Inc$75,00011%
Whittier College$50,00010%
The Childrens Scholarship Fund$50,00050%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 28 recipients with no EIN on record ($9.6M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Gordon & Llura Gund 1993 Charitable Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 39 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEarthjustice: $10,000,000 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetThe Foundation Fighting Blindness Inc: $5,895,325 over 4y, 10% of budgetThe Full Frame Initiative Inc: $2,400,000 over 3y, 52% of budgetThe Bolles School: $2,250,000 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetShatterproof a Nonprofit Corporation: $2,200,000 over 4y, 8.6% of budgetGrounds for Sculpture Inc: $2,000,000 over 4y, 5.4% of budgetUniversity of Vermont and State Agricultural College Foundation Inc: $2,000,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetMothers Out Front Inc: $1,500,000 over 3y, 24% of budgetResearchamerica: $1,100,000 over 6y, 3.4% of budgetSay Yes to Education Inc: $1,000,000 over 6y, 24% of budgetStudio in a School Association Inc: $1,000,000 over 5y, 3.2% of budgetAutism Speaks Inc: $860,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetDrake University: $750,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAthletes for Hope: $700,000 over 4y, 15% of budgetMiraclefeet: $700,000 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetAchilles International Inc: $500,000 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetThe Center for Mind-Body Medicine: $500,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetThe College of Physicians of Philadelphia: $300,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetAmerican Foundation for the Blind Inc: $250,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetGreater Cleveland Sports Hall of Fame: $250,000 over 2y, 21% of budgetPrinceton National Rowing Association: $250,000 over 5y, 5.8% of budgetHimalayan Cataract Project Inc: $250,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetThe Epiphany School Inc: $220,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetThe Carroll Center for the Blind Inc: $215,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $200,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSpay First Inc: $200,000 over 4y, 81% of budgetCenter at 353 Inc: $150,000 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetThe Decency Foundation: $150,000 over 1y, 40% of budgetThe Watershed Institute Inc: $140,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetUnited States Association of Blind Athletes Inc: $135,000 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetIsles Inc: $125,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetNantucket Conservation Foundation Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetMuseum of the American Revolution: $100,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFight for Children Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetThe Max Warburg Courage Curriculum Inc: $75,000 over 3y, 8.4% of budgetFuture Vision Foundation Inc: $75,000 over 2y, 27% of budgetWildaid Inc: $75,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetWhittier College: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Childrens Scholarship Fund: $50,000 over 5y, 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 39.

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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.

Gordon and Llura Gund FoundationNJ32.6× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Gordon and Llura Gund Foundation · Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc · Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Verizon Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · 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.

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About Gordon & Llura Gund 1993 Charitable Foundation

How much does Gordon & Llura Gund 1993 Charitable Foundation give?
Gordon & Llura Gund 1993 Charitable Foundation reported 30 grants totaling $9,814,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 27 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Gordon & Llura Gund 1993 Charitable Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (31%), Education (23%), Environment (23%).
Who are Gordon & Llura Gund 1993 Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Earthjustice ($10M), The Foundation Fighting Blindness Inc ($5.9M), The Full Frame Initiative Inc ($2.4M).
Does Gordon & Llura Gund 1993 Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Gordon & Llura Gund 1993 Charitable Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Gordon & Llura Gund 1993 Charitable Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Gordon and Llura Gund Foundation, Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc, Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Inc.
Where is Gordon & Llura Gund 1993 Charitable Foundation based?
Gordon & Llura Gund 1993 Charitable Foundation is based in MA.

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 70 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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