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Gordon Family Foundation

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.

$3.5M
Granted FY2024still arriving
17
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$7.9MEducation$5.1MPhilanthropy$4.0MCivil Rights$3.0MYouth Development$1.0MHousing & Shelter$887kReligion$503kRecreation & Sports$491kOther$0
02FY2024 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $40k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $945k
  • $250k+4 grants · $2.5M
$100,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$63M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL$1,000,000
FOUNDATION TO COMBAT ANTI SEMITISM$900,000
CHILDRENS HOSPITAL TRUST BOSTON$400,000
WOMEN'S FOUNDATION OF BOSTON$250,000
DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE THE JIMMY FUND$212,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD LEAGUE OF MA$200,000
FOUNDATION FOR NEUROLOGIC DISEASES$125,000
TEMPLE OHEBEI SHALOM (TOS)$108,000
ROSIE'S PLACE$100,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BOSTON$100,000
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA - ATHLETICS$50,000
TRUSTEES OF TUFTS UNIVERSITY BACOW-GORDON ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP$50,000
BIG SISTER ASSOCIATION OF GREATER BOSTON$20,000
THE SANCTUARY GOLF CLUB FOUNDATION$10,000
NATIONAL MS SOCIETY$10,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–22, $223k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%WISE: $900 → 10%PINE STREET INN: $100k → 16%PINE STREET INN: $100k → 16%MASSACHUSETTS WONDERFUND: $20k → 16%ROGERSON COMMUNITIES: $3k → 16%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

NH
IL
NY
MA
IA
PA
CT
CA
VA
AZ
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.
$20M · 34 repeat orgs$1.9M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +53% since the first grant, against +36% for those funded once.

34 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 23 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

34
47

Total granted

$20M
$1.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+53%
+36%

Still filing today

68%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $228k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyOther
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

  • FT
    FOUNDATION TO COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $3.0M · revenue ×19
  • WF
    WOMEN'S FOUNDATION OF MASSACHUSETTS INC
    6× · 2018–2024 · $2.7M · revenue +280% · 48% of their budget
  • Trustees of Tufts College
    5× · 2017–2021 · $1.9M · revenue +50%

Funded once

  • BC
    BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2017 · $650k
  • TO
    TRUSTEES OF TUFTS UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2022 · $200k
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $200k · revenue +63%
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
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
2
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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3
Trustees of Boston College

Mission strengthened by more than a century and a half of dedication to academic excellence, boston college commits itself to the highest standards of teaching and research in undergraduate, graduate and professional programs and to the…

Education
4
Mass General Brigham Incorporated & Affiliates Group Return

Mass general brigham incorporated is developing an integrated health care delivery system throughout the region that offers patients a continuum of coordinated, high-quality care.

Health
5
Bentley University

Organization's mission bentley university believes good business can impact more than the bottom line - it can change the world. bentley is a community of future business leaders who will deliver value in the marketplace and lasting…

Education
6
Trustees of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.

Education
7
Wentworth Institute of Technology Inc

Wentworth institute of technology is a nationally recognized private coeducational and residential university of higher education with a mission to empower, inspire and innovate through experiential learning with a core purpose of career…

Education
8
Mass General Brigham Health Plan Inc

Mass general brigham health plan's mission is to promote the health and wellness of our members, and to help ensure equitable, affordbale health care for the diverse communities we serve.

Health
9
Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education
10
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
11
The Broad Institute Inc

The mission of the broad institute is to propel progress in biomedicine, through research aimed at the understanding and treatment of disease and the dissemination of scientific knowledge to the scientific community to benefit the public.…

Health
12
Bmc Affiliated Physicians Inc

Boston university affiliated physicians, inc.'s (buap) primary mission is to provide health care services in a manner that promotes health for the benefit of the community, to perform medical and clinical research in the public interest,…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fenway Community Health Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is Foundation to Combat Anti-Semitism Inc. 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

56 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. 56 of the 91 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
56/56
Grantees still filing
47/56
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: $1,660,000 · OtherMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITALDANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE THE JIMMY FUND: $1,032,000 · OtherDANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE TH…CHILDRENS HOSPITAL TRUST BOSTON: $800,000 · OtherCHILDRENS HOSPITAL TRUST BOSTONBOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $650,000 · OtherBOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITALTEMPLE OHABEI SHALOM: $324,300 · OtherNorthwestern University: $357,142 · OtherNorthwestern University+56 more: $1,687,924 · Other+56 moreTrustees of Tufts College: $1,860,000 · EducationTrustees of Tufts Colle…THE BEAVER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC: $1,355,000 · EducationTHE BEAVER COUNTRY DAY …MILTON ACADEMY: $570,000 · EducationMILTON ACADEMYTHE WINSOR SCHOOL: $475,000 · EducationTHE WINSOR SCHOOLBELMONT HILL SCHOOL INC: $450,000 · EducationBELMONT HILL SCHOOL INC+4 more: $132,686 · EducationWOMEN'S FOUNDATION OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $2,708,650 · PhilanthropyWOMEN'S FOUNDATION…Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc: $834,000 · PhilanthropyCombined Jewish Ph…BROOKLINE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $356,000 · PhilanthropyBROOKLINE COMMUNIT…+2 more: $36,562 · PhilanthropyDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $1,650,915 · HealthDana-Farber Cance…Children's Hospital Corporation: $800,000 · HealthChildren's Hospit…PLANNED PARENTHOOD LEAGUE OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $577,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOO…Foundation for Neurologic Diseases Inc: $250,000 · HealthFoundation for Ne…FENWAY COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC: $175,000 · Health+5 more: $215,000 · Health+5 moreFOUNDATION TO COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM INC: $3,000,000 · Civil RightsFOUNDATION TO …BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BOSTON INC: $912,500 · Youth Development+2 more: $20,500 · Youth DevelopmentROSIE'S PLACE INC: $682,286 · Housing & Shelter
Other$6,511,366Education$4,842,686Philanthropy$3,935,212Health$3,667,915Civil Rights$3,000,000Youth Development$933,000Housing & Shelter$682,286

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 budgetFOUNDATION TO COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM INC: $3,000,000 over 5y, 7.8% of budgetWOMEN'S FOUNDATION OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $2,708,650 over 6y, 48% of budgetTrustees of Tufts College: $1,860,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $1,650,915 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BEAVER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC: $1,355,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BOSTON INC: $912,500 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetCombined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc: $834,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation: $800,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetROSIE'S PLACE INC: $682,286 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD LEAGUE OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $577,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetMILTON ACADEMY: $570,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE WINSOR SCHOOL: $475,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetBELMONT HILL SCHOOL INC: $450,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetNorthwestern University: $357,142 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBROOKLINE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $356,000 over 4y, 8.8% of budgetFoundation for Neurologic Diseases Inc: $250,000 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $200,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPINE STREET INN INC: $200,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFENWAY COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC: $175,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBIG SISTER ASSOCIATION OF GREATER BOSTON INC: $80,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetTHE ORPHAN DISEASE PATHWAY PROJECT: $75,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetLAKE TANGANYIKA FLOATING HEALTH CLINIC: $55,000 over 2y, 6.0% of budgetBOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE RED SOX FOUNDATION INC: $26,562 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCALLISTO: $25,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS WONDERFUND INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE FESSENDEN SCHOOL: $18,686 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MARANYUNDO INITIATIVE INC: $13,500 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $12,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SANCTUARY GOLF CLUB FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetMUSEUM OF SCIENCE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEO Philanthropy Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHOOTING TOUCH INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFRIENDS OF IR DAVID INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SECOND STEP INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBOSTON COMMUNITY PEDIATRICS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVALLEY OF THE SUN JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDream Big Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLONGWOOD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetPROJECT BREAD-THE WALK FOR HUNGER INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROGERSON COMMUNITIES INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $1,500 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 FOUNDATION TO COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM INC ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN'S FOUNDATION OF MASSACHUSETTS INC ↗
  • Who funds Trustees of Tufts College ↗
  • Who funds Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE BEAVER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BOSTON INC ↗
  • Who funds Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc ↗
  • Who funds Children's Hospital Corporation ↗
  • Who funds ROSIE'S PLACE INC ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD LEAGUE OF MASSACHUSETTS INC ↗
  • Who funds MILTON ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds THE WINSOR SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds BELMONT HILL SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds Northwestern University ↗
  • Who funds BROOKLINE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Foundation for Neurologic Diseases Inc ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC ↗
  • Who funds PINE STREET INN INC ↗
  • Who funds FENWAY COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ↗
  • Who funds BIG SISTER ASSOCIATION OF GREATER BOSTON INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ORPHAN DISEASE PATHWAY PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds LAKE TANGANYIKA FLOATING HEALTH CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY ↗

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 IncCombined Jewish Phila…Eastern Bank Foundati…Cummings Foundation G…Gs Donor Advised Phil…American Tower Corpor…The Red Sox Foundatio…Rockland Trust Charit…Fidelity FoundationHSJK Foundation IncBushrod H Campbell & …The Hamilton Company …
Boston Foundation IncMA28.6× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Tower Corporation Foundation Inc · The Red Sox Foundation Inc · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Foundation · HSJK Foundation Inc · Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall Charity Fund · The Hamilton Company Charitable 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 Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Gordon Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 150%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • The Maranyundo Initiative Inc: 85% of income from government
  • Fenway Community Health Center Inc: 27% of income from government
  • The Second Step Inc: 26% of income from government
  • Boston Medical Center Corporation: 23% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Trustees of Tufts College: 13% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
  • Pine Street Inn Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Boston Community Pediatrics Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Rogerson Communities Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Longwood Symphony Orchestra Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The Red Sox Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Brookline Teen Center: 0% of income from government
  • Museum of Science: 0% of income from government
  • Rosie's Place Inc: 0% of income from government
  • The Fessenden School: 0% of income from government
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Milton Academy: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
15get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Gordon Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Gordon 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 91 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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