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Gordon Foundation Inc at a glance

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Gordon 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.

$23k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Crime & Legal$48kPhilanthropy$36kHousing & Shelter$16kInternational$15kHuman Services$14kEducation$12kHealth$9kArts & Culture$9kOther$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$455k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COLORADO GIVES 365$6,239
NEXT GALLERY$3,000
FREEDOM READS$2,000
JUVENILE LAW CENTER$2,000
BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION$2,000
LIBRARIES WITHOUT BORDERS$2,000
NATIONAL KIDNEY DONATION ORG$2,000
THE MARSHALL PROJECT$2,000
THE BLACK DEAF PROJECT$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $29k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $3k → 14%FREEDOM READS: $2k → 12%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $3k → 14%FREEDOM READS: $2k → 12%THE MIDNIGHT MISSION: $4k → 14%ASYLUM SEEKER ADVOCACY PROJECT: $3k → 17%FREEDOM READS: $1k → 12%THE MIDNIGHT MISSION: $3k → 14%ASYLUM SEEKER ADVOCACY PROJECT: $3k → 17%THE MIDNIGHT MISSION: $3k → 14%ASYLUM SEEKER ADVOCACY PROJECT: $2k → 17%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

NY
PA
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
DC
GA
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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$130k · 13 repeat orgs$21k to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
8

Total granted

$130k
$16k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+44%

Still filing today

62%
88%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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
Human ServicesArts & CultureEducationCivil RightsInternationalCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • TM
    THE MARSHALL PROJECT INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $22k · revenue +133%
  • LW
    LIBRARIES WITHOUT BORDERS
    5× · 2020–2024 · $11k · revenue +45%
  • THE MIDNIGHT MISSION
    3× · 2018–2021 · $10k · revenue +21%

Funded once

  • PA
    PEN AMERICAN CENTER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue +110%
  • PRO PUBLICA INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue +48%
  • GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $3k · revenue +44%
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
Npr International Operations Inc

Npr international operations, inc. ("nprio") supports the international newsgathering activities of national public radio, inc. through bureaus and offices established locally in foreign countries.

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2
Migration Policy Institute

The nonpartisan migration policy institute seeks to improve immigration and integration policies through authoritative research and analysis, opportunities for learning and dialogue, and the development of new ideas to address complex…

Civil Rights
3
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
4
World Justice Project

The world justice project (wjp) is a non-profit organization, incorporated in the state of washington with its headquarters in washington, d.c. an office in mexico city. wjp is an independent, multidisciplinary organization working to…

Crime & Legal
5
Partnersglobal

Partnersglobal (partners) works through a global network to support local leaders and create partnerships that transform conflict, strengthen democratic institutions, and achieve sustainable development.

International
6
Fuller Project for International Reporting Inc

The fuller project is the global newsroom dedicated to groundbreaking reporting that catalyzes positive change for women.

International
7
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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8
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

A nonprofit scientific research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.

International
9
Women Donors Network

Women donors network advances a just, equitable, and sustainable world through the power of philanthropy, women's leadership, and collective and individual action.

Philanthropy
10
New America Foundation

New america foundation is dedicated to renewing america by continuing the quest to realize our nation's highest ideals, honestly confronting the challenges caused by rapid technological and social change, and seizing the opportunities…

Unclassified
11
Indigenous Peoples Rights Inc

To lead and coordinate the global initiative to address and prevent criminalization, violence, and impunity against indigenous peoples towards strengthening their collectives, solidarity, and actions.

Human Services
12
National Veterans Legal Services Program Inc

To provide at no cost legal assistance to veterans of the u.s. armed forces and current service members.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Immigration Law Center; the most unlike its peers is Next Gallery 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

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 25 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)
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

COLORADO GIVES 365: $19,757 · OtherCOLORADO GIVES 365Individual grant recipient: $6,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCOLORADO COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS: $6,000 · OtherCOLORADO COALITION FOR THE HOMELESSBRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION: $5,650 · OtherBRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATIONNATIONAL KIDNEY DONATION ORG: $3,650 · OtherNATIONAL KIDNEY DONATION ORGRESCUEORG: $2,781 · OtherPEN AMERICAN CENTER INC: $3,000 · OtherNEXT GALLERY INC: $3,000 · OtherPRO PUBLICA INC: $3,000 · Other+5 more: $5,700 · Other+5 moreTHE MIDNIGHT MISSION: $10,445 · Human ServicesTHE MIDNIGHT MISSIO…ASYLUM SEEKER ADVOCACY PROJECT INC: $8,000 · Human ServicesASYLUM SEEKER ADVOC…WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $6,000 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PRO…FREEDOM READS INC: $4,650 · Human ServicesFREEDOM READS INCTHE MARSHALL PROJECT INC: $22,400 · Community ImprovementTHE MARSHALL PR…JUVENILE LAW CENTER: $20,650 · Crime & LegalJUVENILE LAW …COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION: $16,422 · PhilanthropyCOLORADO GI…LIBRARIES WITHOUT BORDERS: $10,774 · EducationThe Black Deaf Project: $1,000 · EducationHIAS INC: $6,000 · InternationalGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 · International
Other$58,538Human Services$29,095Community Improvement$22,400Crime & Legal$20,650Philanthropy$16,422Education$11,774International$9,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE MARSHALL PROJECT INC: $22,400 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetJUVENILE LAW CENTER: $20,650 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCOLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION: $16,422 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLIBRARIES WITHOUT BORDERS: $10,774 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetTHE MIDNIGHT MISSION: $10,445 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetASYLUM SEEKER ADVOCACY PROJECT INC: $8,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHIAS INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFREEDOM READS INC: $4,650 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPEN AMERICAN CENTER INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEXT GALLERY INC: $3,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetPRO PUBLICA INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNCIL: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Black Deaf Project: $1,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetWomen's Reproductive Rights Assistance Project: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW GEORGIA PROJECT INC: $700 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 …
National Philanthropic TrustPA9.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 1 of 1Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
  • Freedom Reads Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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.

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 25 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home