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Gordon Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$92k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$273kHealth$122kEnvironment$90kYouth Development$73kEducation$56kInternational$54kRecreation & Sports$50kPublic Safety & Disaster$41kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $31k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $61k
$5,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FUND FOR THE ARTS$40,000
UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE FOUNDATION$21,000
MARYHURST$5,700
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$5,000
RAINN$5,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$5,000
WHITSTRONG$5,000
NAMI$5,000
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 (FY20–21, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 67% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%NATIONAL FEDERATION OF FAMILIES FOR CHILDRENS MENTAL HEALTH INC: $3k → 8%GIRLS WHO CODE: $5k → 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

WA
MN
NY
IN
OH
NJ
CA
UT
MO
KY
VA
MD
AR
DC
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.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$620k · 16 repeat orgs$255k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against +27% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
39

Total granted

$620k
$255k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+27%

Still filing today

88%
41%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
EnvironmentArts & CultureHealthYouth DevelopmentInternationalHuman 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

  • LO
    LOUISVILLE OLMSTED PARKS CONSERVANCY IN
    2× · 2017–2018 · $50k · revenue +156%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2021–2024 · $40k · revenue +13%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE ENVIRONMENT INC
    5× · 2019–2023 · $40k · revenue +426%

Funded once

  • MM
    Maker Mobile Inc
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue -54%
  • TC
    THE CLINIC A ROADIE ADVOCACY GROUP
    one grant, 2020 · $18k
  • TH
    TORONTO HUMANE SOCIETY
    one grant, 2023 · $15k
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
Eastern National

Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.

Recreation & Sports
2
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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3
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
4
Bioindustrial Manufacturing and Design Ecosystem Inc

Biomade's mission is to enable domestic bioindustrial manufacturing at all scales, develop technologies to enhance u.s. bioindustrial competitiveness, de-risk investment in relevant infrastructure, and expand the biomanufacturing workforce…

Community Improvement
5
Feedback Labs

Feedback labs' mission is to support philanthropy, nonprofits, and other social sector organizations to regularly listen and act on feedback in high-quality, equitable, and inclusive ways. these supported organizations will exchange…

Philanthropy
6
Health Care Without Harm

The mission of health care without harm (hcwh) is to transform health care worldwide so that it reduces its environmental footprint, becomes a community anchor for sustainability and a leader in the global movement for environmental health…

Environment
7
America's Health Insurance Plans Inc

Ahip is the national trade association representing the health insurance industry. ahip's members provide health care coverage, services and solutions to more than 200 million americans. we are committed to market-based solutions and…

Membership Benefit
8
Glasstire

Glasstire is a website about visual art in Texas. Our mission is to expand the conversation about visual art in Texas.

Arts & Culture
9
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
10
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
11
Common Future

Common future is a network of pioneering leaders across the u.s. and canada who work deeply within their communities to create alternative approaches to business, philanthropy, and investing. we envision an economy that has transitioned…

Community Improvement
12
United States Artists Inc

To invest in america's finest artists and illuminate the value of artists to society.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Girls Who Code Inc; the most unlike its peers is Kmac Museum. 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

31 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. 31 of the 56 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/31
Grantees still filing
20/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LOUISVILLE OLMSTED PARKS CONSERVANCY IN: $50,000 · OtherLOUISVILLE OLMSTED PARKS CONSERVANCY …PLANNED PARENTHOOD: $22,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOODWHITSTRONG: $20,000 · OtherWHITSTRONGTHE CLINIC A ROADIE ADVOCACY GROUP: $17,500 · OtherTHE CLINIC A ROADIE ADVOCACY GROUPCHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK: $16,000 · OtherCHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORKTORONTO HUMANE SOCIETY: $15,000 · OtherDIAMOND DERBY INC BARNSTABLE BROWN PARTY: $14,400 · OtherTHE KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN AT SPALDING UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · OtherACTORS THEATRE: $10,000 · OtherST JOSEPH CATHOLIC ORPHAN SOCIETY: $10,000 · Other+26 more: $102,515 · Other+26 moreFUND FOR THE ARTS INC: $225,000 · Arts & CultureFUND FOR THE ARTS INC+3 more: $10,600 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF THE ENVIRONMENT INC: $40,000 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF T…OCEANA INC: $35,000 · EnvironmentOCEANA INCENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $7,600 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTA…FUND TEXAS CHOICE: $7,500 · EnvironmentFUND TEXAS C…FAMILIES IN NATURE: $5,000 · Environment+1 more: $2,500 · EnvironmentThe Green Turtle Cay Foundation: $54,000 · InternationalThe Green T…WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $38,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTR…Maker Mobile Inc: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentMaker Mob…MARYHURST INC: $15,700 · Youth DevelopmentMARYHURST…African American Youth Harvest Foundation: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentAfrican A…NAMI National: $28,000 · HealthRape Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN): $15,000 · HealthREKLAIMED: $5,000 · HealthTHE DREAM FACTORY INC: $5,000 · HealthUNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 · Education
Other$287,415Arts & Culture$235,600Environment$97,600International$92,000Youth Development$70,700Health$53,000Education$40,000

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 budgetFUND FOR THE ARTS INC: $225,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetThe Green Turtle Cay Foundation: $54,000 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetLOUISVILLE OLMSTED PARKS CONSERVANCY IN: $50,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetMaker Mobile Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ENVIRONMENT INC: $40,000 over 5y, 3.6% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $38,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetOCEANA INC: $35,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNAMI National: $28,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK: $16,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMARYHURST INC: $15,700 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRape Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN): $15,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $7,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFUND TEXAS CHOICE: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetVIRGINIA CHANCE SCHOOL INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILIES IN NATURE: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetGIRLS WHO CODE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAfrican American Youth Harvest Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCARITAS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL FEDERATION OF FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL NETWORK OF ABORTION FUNDS LILITH FUND: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTISBEST PHILANTHROPY: $2,015 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLEE INITIATIVE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBAHAMA VILLAGE MUSIC PROGRAM INC: $600 over 1y, 0.4% 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 FUND FOR THE ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds The Green Turtle Cay Foundation ↗
  • Who funds LOUISVILLE OLMSTED PARKS CONSERVANCY IN ↗
  • Who funds Maker Mobile Inc ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE ENVIRONMENT INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds OCEANA INC ↗
  • Who funds NAMI National ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds MARYHURST INC ↗
  • Who funds Rape Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN) ↗
  • Who funds DIAMOND DERBY INC BARNSTABLE BROWN PARTY ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds FUND TEXAS CHOICE ↗
  • Who funds VIRGINIA CHANCE SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds KMAC MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds FAMILIES IN NATURE ↗
  • Who funds REKLAIMED ↗
  • Who funds GIRLS WHO CODE INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC ↗
  • Who funds THE DREAM FACTORY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA INC ↗

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.

The Community Foundat…Snowy Owl Foundation …The Gheens Foundation…The Community Foundat…Mightycause Charitabl…Nicklies Foundation I…The Brooke Brown Barz…Lift a Life Foundatio…Fund for the Arts IncW L Lyons Brown Found…Cralle Foundation IncLG&E and Ku Foundatio…
The Community Foundation of Louisville IncKY23.1× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · Snowy Owl Foundation Inc · The Gheens Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Nicklies Foundation Inc · The Brooke Brown Barzun Philanthropic Foundation Inc · Lift a Life Foundation Inc · Fund for the Arts Inc · W L Lyons Brown Foundation · Cralle Foundation Inc · LG&E and Ku Foundation Inc

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%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 54%
  • National Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health: 54% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
9report 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 56 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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