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Gordon Foundation Inc

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$36k
Granted FY2023
1
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$36k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

100% of Gordon Foundation Inc’s FY2023 grant dollars went to Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2023 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.

Organizations named directly on the return

12
’21
5
’22
0
’23

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2023.

Philanthropy$1.7MEducation$17kHealth$15kReligion$13kInternational$12kArts & Culture$2kRecreation & Sports$2kCivil Rights$2kOther$0
02FY2023 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$35,611
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Fidelity Charitable$35,611
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 (FY21–21, $200) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Darien YMCA: $200 → 9%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

ME
MI
NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
CO
AL
TX
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.

35%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$22k · 3 repeat orgs$41k to everyone else

3 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2022, 0 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
24

Total granted

$22k
$34k

Still filing today

0%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22
EducationCommunity ImprovementArts & CultureHealthCrime & LegalHuman ServicesOther
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

  • DW
    Doctors Without Borders
    2× · 2021–2022 · $10k
  • SF
    SINAI FREE SYNAGOGUE
    2× · 2021–2022 · $7k
  • BS
    BROTHERHOOD SYNAGOGUE
    2× · 2021–2022 · $5k

Funded once

  • BU
    Boston University School of Medicine
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • CC
    Columbia College Fund
    one grant, 2021 · $6k
  • The Trustees of Princeton University
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue -34%
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
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
2
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
3
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
4
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
5
Trustees of Boston University

Organization's mission: boston university is an international, comprehensive, private research university, committed to educating students to be reflective, resourceful individuals ready to live, adapt, and lead in an interconnected world.…

—
6
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education
7
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
8
Seton Hall University

Seton hall university is a catholic institution of higher education

—
9
Fairleigh Dickinson University

Fairleigh dickinson university is a center of academic excellence dedicated to the preparation of world citizens through global education. the university strives to provide students with the multi-disciplinary, intercultural, and ethical…

Education
10
Cornell University

Education, research, medical services and other public services.

Education
11
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

—
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Trustees of Princeton University; the most unlike its peers is American Friends of the Ocean Cleanup Foundation. 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

18 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. 18 of the 38 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
13/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $1,741,368 · Community ImprovementFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND+2 more: $3,000 · Community ImprovementDoctors Without Borders: $10,000 · OtherBoston University School of Medicine: $10,000 · OtherSINAI FREE SYNAGOGUE: $6,800 · OtherColumbia College Fund: $6,000 · OtherBROTHERHOOD SYNAGOGUE: $5,200 · OtherUSATT: $2,000 · OtherPlanned Parenthood: $2,000 · Other+17 more: $8,602 · OtherThe Trustees of Princeton University: $5,100 · EducationSUPPORTERS OF SUMMIT INC: $1,250 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $1,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $1,000 · Education+3 more: $450 · EducationAMERICAN YOUTH TABLE TENNIS ORGINC: $2,000 · Recreation & SportsNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $1,000 · Arts & CultureThe Stamford Hospital: $500 · HealthSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $500 · Crime & Legal
Community Improvement$1,744,368Other$50,602Education$8,800Recreation & Sports$2,000Arts & Culture$1,000Health$500Crime & Legal$500

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 budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $1,741,368 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $5,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBoca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN YOUTH TABLE TENNIS ORGINC: $2,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSUPPORTERS OF SUMMIT INC: $1,250 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBROWN UNIVERSITY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Stamford Hospital: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCarnegie Mellon University: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDARIEN COMMUNITY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE OCEAN CLEANUP FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE: $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.

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.

National Philanthropi…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA9.7× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Gordon Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Mount Holyoke College: 1% of income from government
  • The Stamford Hospital: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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

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How do I get to Gordon Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Gordon 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 38 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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