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GPD Charitable Trust

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.

$525k
Granted FY2025still arriving
40
Grants FY2025still arriving
11
States reached
$50k
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, FY2021 to 2025.

International$1.3MArts & Culture$408kSocial Science$250kEducation$209kHuman Services$168kPublic Benefit$141kCommunity Improvement$45kHealth$30kOther$0
02FY2025 · 40 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k14 grants · $69k
  • $10k–50k24 grants · $357k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
$10,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$20M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Brooklyn Museum$50,000
Individual grant recipient$50,000
Macadonia 2025$25,000
Foundation for Aids Research AMFAR$25,000
Chicago Council on Global Affairs$25,000
The Metropolitan Museum of Art$25,000
Zeitz Mocaa Foundation USA$20,000
Serpentine Americas Foundation$20,000
Warriors Rugby Football Club$15,234
Foreign Policy Research Institute$15,000
Bike Share Pittsburgh Inc$15,000
University of Chicago$15,000
The Policy Circle$15,000
Artadia$14,500
Anderson Ranch Arts Center$12,500
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 (FY21–25, $175k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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%Chicago Architecture Biennial: $8k → 14%Illinois Joining Forces Foundation: $75k → 14%Illinois Joining Forces Foundation: $58k → 14%Illinois Saint Andrew Society: $13k → 14%Illinois Saint Andrew Society: $12k → 14%Illinois Saint Andrew Society: $10k → 14%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

IL
NY
MA
IN
PA
CA
CO
TN
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.3M · 30 repeat orgs$421k to everyone else

30 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 18 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
13

Total granted

$2.3M
$198k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-10%
0%

Still filing today

60%
77%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $223k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureInternationalHuman ServicesEducationAnimalsReligionOther
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

  • IJ
    ILLINOIS JOINING FORCES FOUNDATION
    2× · 2021–2022 · $133k · revenue +43%
  • University of Chicago
    5× · 2021–2025 · $106k · revenue +34%
  • TC
    THE CIVIC FEDERATION
    4× · 2021–2025 · $30k · revenue +4%

Funded once

  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE ORPHANS D/B/A NPH-USA
    2× · 2021–2022 · $97k · revenue +24%
  • AA
    ASPEN ART MUSEUM
    one grant, 2024 · $26k · revenue -79%
  • UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF
    one grant, 2024 · $15k · revenue +16%
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
Museum of Arts and Design

To collect, display and interpret objects in craft art and design.

Arts & Culture
2
The International Institute for Strategic Studies - Us

To provide accurate, objective information and analysis on international strategic issues for legislators, diplomats, foreign affairs analysts, international business leaders, economists, the military, defense commentators, journalists,…

International
3
Museum of Modern Art

The Museum of Modern Art is a private, non-profit institution chartered by the State of New York Department of Education in 1929 to foster public awareness of modern and contemporary art. (Continued in Schedule O)

Arts & Culture
4
Boston Architectural College

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

—
5
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

—
6
National Academy of Design

The mission of the national academy of design is to promote the fine arts in america through exhibition and education.

Education
7
New Museum of Contemporary Art

A center for exhibitions, information, and documentation about living artists since 1977, which continues to be a place of experimentation and a hub of new art and new ideas.

Arts & Culture
8
The American Federation of Arts Inc

The american federation of arts initiates and organizes a national and international program of art exhibitions, publications, and educational activities to benefit the museum community and enrich the public's experience and understanding…

Arts & Culture
9
Kadist Collection Manager Inc
Arts & Culture
10
Center for Arts Design and Social Research Incorporated

The center for arts, design and social research is a private, nonprofit institution of higher education that provides instruction in and conducts research on the relationship of art and design to global societies. the center offers…

Education
11
Berggruen Institute
Education
12
Museum of American Finance

Finance impacts everyone. as a socially relevant organization, the museum of american finance seeks to improve understanding of the influence of financial institutions and capital markets on the u.s. and global economies, and on…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Museum of Contemporary Art; the most unlike its peers is Metropolitan Museum of Art. 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

42 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. 42 of the 61 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
42/42
Grantees still filing
13/42
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DT INSTITUTE: $948,724 · InternationalDT INSTITUTETHE CHICAGO COUNCIL ON GLOBAL AFFAIRS: $170,500 · InternationalTHE CHICAGO COUNCIL ON GLOBAL AFFAIRSFRIENDS OF THE ORPHANS D/B/A NPH-USA: $97,000 · InternationalFRIENDS OF THE ORPHANS D/B/A NPH-USA+4 more: $82,835 · International+4 moreIndividual grant recipient: $242,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientBENS: $55,500 · OtherBENSDenver University: $55,000 · OtherDenver UniversityIndividual grant recipient: $50,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $50,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMuseum Associates LA County Art: $41,750 · OtherSerpentine Americas Foundation: $38,500 · OtherThe Renaissance Society: $37,500 · OtherTHE CIVIC FEDERATION: $30,000 · OtherZeitz Mocaa Foundation USA: $30,000 · Other+20 more: $192,374 · Other+20 moreTHE BROOKLYN INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES: $80,000 · Arts & CultureTHE BROOKL…MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART: $30,520 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF …ASPEN ART MUSEUM: $26,000 · Arts & CultureASPEN ART …PIONEER WORKS ART FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Arts & CulturePIONEER WO…METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $25,000 · Arts & CultureMETROPOLIT…New Wave Artist Residency Inc: $17,115 · Arts & CultureNew Wave A…ANDERSON RANCH ARTS CENTER: $12,500 · Arts & CultureSociety for Contemporary Art C-O The Art Institute of Chicago: $12,000 · Arts & CultureTHE FOUNTAINHEAD RESIDENCY INC: $10,000 · Arts & Culture+5 more: $17,000 · Arts & Culture+5 moreILLINOIS JOINING FORCES FOUNDATION: $133,000 · Human ServicesTHE ILLINOIS SAINT ANDREW SOCIETY: $34,750 · Human ServicesCHICAGO ARCHITECTURE BIENNIAL INC: $7,500 · Human ServicesUniversity of Chicago: $106,000 · EducationTHE CHERYL RABINE FOUNDATION: $25,411 · EducationINSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF WAR INC: $20,000 · EducationTHE POLICY CIRCLE CO: $30,000 · Social ScienceTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $7,000 · Social ScienceILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE: $10,000 · Public BenefitCenter for US Global Leadership: $10,000 · Public Benefit
International$1,299,059Other$823,124Arts & Culture$255,135Human Services$175,250Education$151,411Social Science$37,000Public Benefit$20,000

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 budgetDT INSTITUTE: $948,724 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetTHE CHICAGO COUNCIL ON GLOBAL AFFAIRS: $170,500 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetILLINOIS JOINING FORCES FOUNDATION: $133,000 over 2y, 24% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $106,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ORPHANS D/B/A NPH-USA: $97,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetTHE BROOKLYN INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES: $80,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ILLINOIS SAINT ANDREW SOCIETY: $34,750 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART: $30,520 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE POLICY CIRCLE CO: $30,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetMACEDONIA 2025: $30,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetTHE CIVIC FEDERATION: $30,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetFOREIGN POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $27,435 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetASPEN ART MUSEUM: $26,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CHERYL RABINE FOUNDATION: $25,411 over 5y, 6.0% of budgetPIONEER WORKS ART FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF WAR INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetARTCOUNCIL INC DBA ARTADIA: $17,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNew Wave Artist Residency Inc: $17,115 over 2y, 16% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $15,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSociety for Contemporary Art C-O The Art Institute of Chicago: $12,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetTHE FOUNTAINHEAD RESIDENCY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetNATIONAL ABLE NETWORK INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for US Global Leadership: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MIDDLE EAST INSTITUTE: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHICAGO ARCHITECTURE BIENNIAL INC: $7,500 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetHUMANE ANIMAL RESCUE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTRE COUNTY PAWS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNORTON MUSEUM OF ART INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArt At A Time Like This Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetBulletin of the Atomic Scientists: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetChicago Cultural Alliance: $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE CHICAGO ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTIMELINE THEATRE COMPANY: $2,000 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.

Lloyd a Fry FoundationJohn D and Catherine …Polk Bros Foundation …The Chicago Community…Metzner Family Founda…Robert R McCormick Fo…The Joyce FoundationGs Donor Advised Phil…National Philanthropi…The Goldman Sachs Cha…Morgan Stanley Global…The Ayco Charitable F…
Lloyd a Fry FoundationIL19.5× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lloyd a Fry Foundation · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · The Chicago Community Trust · Metzner Family Foundation · Robert R McCormick Foundation · The Joyce Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Ayco 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 GPD Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from GPD Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • The Fountainhead Residency Inc: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to GPD Charitable Trust?

Find your warmest path to GPD Charitable Trust 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 61 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
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51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
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who holds foundation money, and what just moved
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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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where grant money is based, and what stays home