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Gottstein Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$278k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
52
Grants FY2025
44
Organizations funded FY2024
11%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$18,000
Organizations funded a year
2 to 44
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
12
Total assets, FY2025
$4.4M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 11% of the organizations Gottstein Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $33k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureInternationalRecreation & SportsFood & NutritionCivil RightsHousing & ShelterOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving49$274k16%
FY202444$276k11%
FY202343$239k2%
FY202243$275k12%
FY202144$330k52%
FY202029$189k90%
FY20192$63k0%
FY20185$102k20%
89% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

International$314kFood & Nutrition$290kArts & Culture$224kHuman Services$152kPhilanthropy$150kHousing & Shelter$145kReligion$87kCrime & Legal$72kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
NH
WA
MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
OR
NJ
CT
CA
MD
DC
AL
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 42 grantees
All grantees of Gottstein Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
American Friends of Leket Israel Inc$97,00060%
Beans Cafe Inc$93,00060%
Friends of United Hatzalah Inc$85,00050%
American Friends of Bat Melech Inc$57,50054%
One Family$57,500515%
Israel Emergency Alliance$55,00060%
Feeding America$50,00030%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$45,00020%
StandUp for Kids$45,00051%
Equal Justice Initiative$40,00050%
Food Bank of Alaska$40,00060%
The Koby Mandell Foundation Inc$39,00052%
World Central Kitchen Inc$35,00030%
Catholic Social Services$32,00090%
Congregation Beth Sholom$27,0006n/a
Alaska Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired$26,00043%
Anchorage Library Foundation$23,50053%
Alaska Center for the Performing Arts$20,00060%
Alaska Public Media Inc$16,00060%
American Friends of Orr Shalom Inc$15,00031%
Farestart$15,00010%
Star Inc$14,00060%
Providence Alaska Foundation$13,50060%
University of Alaska Foundation$13,50060%
Alaska Native Justice Center$13,00060%
Alaska Native Heritage Center Inc$12,50060%
Anchorage Museum Foundation$12,00050%
Alaska Junior Theater Inc$11,00061%
Brothers for Life$10,00020%
American Friends of Natal Inc$10,00020%
MAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger$10,00010%
Innovation Africa$10,00020%
First Alaskans Institute$10,0001n/a
Zero to Three National Center for Infants Toddlers and Families$5,00010%
Anchorage Park Foundation$5,00040%
Alaska Dressage Association$4,00043%
Chai Lifeline Inc$1,00010%
See Stories$1,0001n/a
David Horowitz Freedom Center$1,00010%
Anchorage Symphony Orchestra$1,00010%
Save a Child's Heart Foundation US Inc$1,00010%
Smile Train Inc$25010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 44 recipients with no EIN on record ($864k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Gottstein Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAmerican Friends of Leket Israel Inc: $97,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetBeans Cafe Inc: $93,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetFriends of United Hatzalah Inc: $85,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Bat Melech Inc: $57,500 over 5y, 3.9% of budgetOne Family: $57,500 over 5y, 15% of budgetIsrael Emergency Alliance: $55,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetFeeding America: $50,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Magen David Adom: $45,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetStandUp for Kids: $45,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetEqual Justice Initiative: $40,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFood Bank of Alaska: $40,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Koby Mandell Foundation Inc: $39,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $35,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCatholic Social Services: $32,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetAlaska Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired: $26,000 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetAnchorage Library Foundation: $23,500 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetAlaska Center for the Performing Arts: $20,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetAlaska Public Media Inc: $16,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Friends of Orr Shalom Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetFarestart: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetStar Inc: $14,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetProvidence Alaska Foundation: $13,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Alaska Foundation: $13,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAlaska Native Justice Center: $13,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetAlaska Native Heritage Center Inc: $12,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetAnchorage Museum Foundation: $12,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetAlaska Junior Theater Inc: $11,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetBrothers for Life: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Natal Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetInnovation Africa: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetZero to Three National Center for Infants Toddlers and Families: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAnchorage Park Foundation: $5,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAlaska Dressage Association: $4,000 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetChai Lifeline Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDavid Horowitz Freedom Center: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAnchorage Symphony Orchestra: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSave a Child's Heart Foundation US Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSmile Train Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 39.

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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.

Rasmuson FoundationAK39.2× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Rasmuson Foundation · The Alaska Community Foundation · The Carr Foundation Inc · Frances & David Rose Foundation · Atwood Foundation Inc · Richard L and Diane M Block Foundation · Providence Health & Services - Washington · Alaska Children's Trust · Halcro Family Foundation · The Sholton Foundation · Barney and Rachel Gottstein Caritable Foundation · Swanson Family 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.

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Find your warmest path to Gottstein 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.

About Gottstein Family Foundation

How much does Gottstein Family Foundation give?
Gottstein Family Foundation reported 52 grants totaling $278,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 44 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Gottstein Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (15%), Food & Nutrition (14%), Arts & Culture (11%).
Who are Gottstein Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: American Friends of Leket Israel Inc ($97k), Beans Cafe Inc ($93k), Friends of United Hatzalah Inc ($85k).
Does Gottstein Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Gottstein Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Gottstein Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Rasmuson Foundation, The Alaska Community Foundation, The Carr Foundation Inc.
Where is Gottstein Family Foundation based?
Gottstein Family Foundation is based in AK.

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 89 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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