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Gordon Brothers Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$320k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
12
Grants FY2024
29
Organizations funded FY2022
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Median grant, FY2024
$25,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$50,000
States reached, FY2024
5
Total assets, FY2024
$1.5M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Health$170kFood & Nutrition$117kHuman Services$90kInternational$88kYouth Development$75kPublic Safety & Disaster$73kArts & Culture$65kPhilanthropy$65kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
WI
NY
MA
OH
NJ
CT
CA
MO
MD
KS
NC
DC
GA
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 25 grantees
All grantees of Gordon Brothers Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Manna Food Bank Inc$50,00010%
World Central Kitchen Inc$50,00010%
Mels Charities Inc$25,00014%
Msi US$25,00010%
Acoustic Neuroma Association$25,00013%
Global Renewal Inc$25,00016%
Hope and Comfort Inc$25,00011%
Step by Step Supportive Services Inc$25,00011%
English for New Bostonians Inc$25,00011%
Florence Crittenton Services of Greater Washington$25,00011%
House of Bread$25,00011%
Buffalo - Niagara Honor Flight Inc$20,00016%
Heart to Heart International Inc$18,00010%
Fore Inc$15,0001n/a
Pepperell Historical Society$15,0001n/a
Leilani Reigns Foundation$15,0001n/a
Liberty Corner Fire Company$12,50015%
Midwest Food Bank Nfp$10,00010%
National Stuttering Association$10,00011%
The Bottom Line Inc$10,00010%
Mary Health of the Sick Convalescent & Nursing Hospital Incorporated$10,00010%
West Side Benevolent Circle Inc$10,00015%
American Kidney Fund Inc$5,00010%
Missionsafe a New Beginning Inc$5,00010%
North Shore Animal League America Inc$5,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($325k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Gordon Brothers Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetManna Food Bank Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMels Charities Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetMsi US: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAcoustic Neuroma Association: $25,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetGlobal Renewal Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetHope and Comfort Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetStep by Step Supportive Services Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetEnglish for New Bostonians Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetFlorence Crittenton Services of Greater Washington: $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetHouse of Bread: $25,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetBuffalo - Niagara Honor Flight Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetHeart to Heart International Inc: $18,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLiberty Corner Fire Company: $12,500 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetMidwest Food Bank Nfp: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Stuttering Association: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetThe Bottom Line Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMary Health of the Sick Convalescent & Nursing Hospital Incorporated: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWest Side Benevolent Circle Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetAmerican Kidney Fund Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMissionsafe a New Beginning Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNorth Shore Animal League America Inc: $5,000 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 22.

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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.

Boston Foundation IncMA11.9× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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.

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About Gordon Brothers Foundation Inc

How much does Gordon Brothers Foundation Inc give?
Gordon Brothers Foundation Inc reported 12 grants totaling $320,310 in its FY2024 IRS filing.
What does Gordon Brothers Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (20%), Food & Nutrition (14%), Human Services (11%).
Who are Gordon Brothers Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: Manna Food Bank Inc ($50k), World Central Kitchen Inc ($50k), Mels Charities Inc ($25k).
Does Gordon Brothers Foundation Inc 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 Brothers Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, The Pfizer Foundation Inc, The Blackbaud Giving Fund.
Where is Gordon Brothers Foundation Inc based?
Gordon Brothers Foundation Inc 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 42 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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