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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 FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% 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
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $210k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
$25,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$50,000
MANNA FOODBANK$50,000
ADELA$40,000
AKTION DEUTSCHLAND HILFT EV$25,319
GLOBAL RENEWAL INC$25,000
MAKE A WISH PUERTO RICO$25,000
FUNDACION PAIS 21$25,000
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF EASTERN MA$25,000
Individual grant recipient$25,000
BUFFALO NIAGARA HONOR FLIGHT$20,000
MISSION SAFE$5,000
SOLARIS CANCER CARE$4,991
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.

US giving: 76% of grant dollars ($643k). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 24% that went abroad ($200k) is mapped below.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $110k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 9% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%HOPE & COMFORT: $25k → 7%GLOBAL RENEWAL INC: $25k → 5%MIDWEST FOOD BANK: $10k → 11%STEP BY STEP SUPPORTIVE SERVICES: $25k → 7%CRITTENTON SERVICES OF GREATER WASHINGTON: $25k → 8%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

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

Beyond the US: 24% of all-years giving ($200k)

6 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore
Australia$60k · 4 grants
Spain$40k · 1 grant
Germany$25k · 1 grant
United Kingdom$25k · 1 grant
Puerto Rico$25k · 1 grant
Colombia$25k · 1 grant
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. International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same 990 filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 6% of Gordon Brothers Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Gordon Brothers Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 25% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its 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.

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Handicap International

Handicap international dba humanity & inclusion (hi) works with people with disabilities and people living in situations of vulnerability, including poverty, exclusion, conflict, and disaster.

International
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Nourishing Hope

Nourishing hope provides food, mental health support, and social services to help all our neighbors thrive.

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3
Greater Boston Food Bank Inc

Our costs consist of acquiring, sorting and distributing food to 617 member agencies, transportation and logistics, and community outreach to 69 direct distribution sites such as gbfb mobile markets, and federal distributions for low…

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4
Northshore Food Bank

Serving the northshore by providing access to basic needs.

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5
Brighton Marine Inc

Brighton marine, inc. provides military and veteran families with comprehensive campus-based quality health care, as well as affordable and supportive housing for at-risk veterans and their families.

Health
6
Moveable Feast Inc

Moveable feast's mission is to improve the health of marylanders experiencing food insecurity and chronic illness by preparing and delivering medically tailored meals and providing nutrition education, thereby achieving racial, social, and…

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7
Rise Against Hunger Inc

Rise against hunger, inc. is an international hunger relief non-profit organization that is driven by a vision of a world without hunger and a mission to end hunger in our lifetime. rise against hunger distributes food and other…

International
8
Love the Hungry Inc

The corporation is organized to provide nutritious fortified meals throughout the world to children and families that are most vunerable to hunger and malnutriion.

Food & Nutrition
9
Mercy Health

Mercy Health will provide assistance, support and direction to all of the health care institutions and activities operated and maintained by its Subsidiaries. The mission of Mercy Health in performing these activities shall be to provide a…

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10
Marin Humane Society

Marin humane transforms lives through exceptional animal care, humane education, and advocacy. every day, marin humane inspires compassion and positive relationships between people and animals.

Animals
11
Foodshot Global Inc

Accelerate the transformation to a healthy, sustainable and equitable food system.

Food & Nutrition
12
Northeast Business Group On Health Inc

Empowering our members to drive excellence and achieve the highest value in healthcare delivery and the consumer experience.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Convoy of Hope; the most unlike its peers is American Kidney Fund Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

23 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. 23 of the 42 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
22/23
Grantees still filing
15/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ADELA: $40,000 · OtherADELAAKTION DEUTSCHLAND HILFT EV: $25,319 · OtherAKTION DEUTSCHLAND HILFT EVBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF EASTERN MA: $25,000 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF EASTERN MAIndividual grant recipient: $25,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $25,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $25,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientFUNDACION PAIS 21: $25,000 · OtherFUNDACION PAIS 21MAKE A WISH PUERTO RICO: $25,000 · OtherMAKE A WISH PUERTO RICOCANCERCARE LUNG CANCER WALK FOR HOPE: $25,000 · OtherCANCERCARE LUNG CANCER WALK FOR HOPECOMMUNITY AGAINST POVERTY ASSOCIATION INC: $20,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $20,000 · OtherFORE INC: $15,000 · OtherMILWAUKEE AREA DOMESTIC ANIMAL CONTROL: $15,000 · OtherPEPPERELL HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $15,000 · OtherLEILANI REIGNS FOUNDATION: $15,000 · OtherBUFFALO - NIAGARA HONOR FLIGHT INC: $20,000 · Other+10 more: $77,491 · Other+10 moreGlobal Renewal Inc: $25,000 · Human ServicesGlobal Renewal…HOPE AND COMFORT INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesHOPE AND COMFO…STEP BY STEP SUPPORTIVE SERVICES INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesSTEP BY STEP S…Florence Crittenton Services of Greater Washington: $25,000 · Human ServicesFlorence Critt…MIDWEST FOOD BANK NFP: $10,000 · Human ServicesMIDWEST FOOD B…WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $50,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL…CONVOY OF HOPE: $32,000 · InternationalCONVOY OF HOP…HEART TO HEART INTERNATIONAL INC: $18,000 · InternationalHEART TO HEAR…MANNA FOOD BANK INC: $50,000 · Food & NutritionMANNA FOOD…HOUSE OF BREAD: $25,000 · Food & NutritionHOUSE OF B…MELS CHARITIES INC: $25,000 · PhilanthropyMSI US: $25,000 · PhilanthropyAcoustic Neuroma Association: $25,000 · HealthNational Stuttering Association: $10,000 · HealthMary Health of the Sick Convalescent & Nursing Hospital Incorporated: $10,000 · HealthENGLISH FOR NEW BOSTONIANS INC: $25,000 · Education
Other$437,810Human Services$110,000International$100,000Food & Nutrition$75,000Philanthropy$50,000Health$45,000Education$25,000

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 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
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.

Boston Foundation IncThe Pfizer Foundation…The Blackbaud Giving …Paypal Charitable Giv…The Bank of America C…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Gordon Brothers Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Gordon Brothers Foundation Inc. 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 3%
  • Missionsafe a New Beginning Inc: 38% of income from government
  • English for New Bostonians Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Step By Step Supportive Services Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Hope and Comfort Inc: 1% of income from government
  • The Bottom Line Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
5report 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.
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How do I get to Gordon Brothers Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Gordon Brothers Foundation Inc 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 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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