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Gpk Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$50k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$9k
Largest
01What you fund
0198% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172025.

Health$206kCivil Rights$84kArts & Culture$46kInternational$40kEducation$34kPublic Benefit$24kFood & Nutrition$11kEnvironment$9kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$4,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$890k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ACLU FOUNDATION OF TEXAS$9,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BOARDERS$7,000
RAICES$5,500
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$5,500
PBS FOUNDATION$4,000
THE TREVOR PROJECT$4,000
OPEN PRIMARIES EDUCATIONAL FUND$4,000
NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC$4,000
CURE SMA$4,000
WORLD OCEAN SCHOOL$3,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–21, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%RIP MEDICAL DEBT: $6k → 13%GOLDEN CORNER FOOD PANTRY: $4k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

WA
MN
IL
NY
MA
IA
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
AZ
SC
DC
GA
TX

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$404k · 18 repeat orgs$77k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +101% since the first grant, against +2% for the ones you funded once.

18 repeat relationships — 9 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
20

Total granted

$404k
$73k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+101%
+2%

Still filing today

78%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Civil RightsArts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • FO
    FAMILIES OF SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY DBA CURE SMA
    9× · 2017–2025 · $38k · revenue +93%
  • AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2017–2023 · $38k · revenue +102%
  • TREVOR PROJECT INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $31k · revenue +189%

Funded once

  • JANE'S DUE PROCESS INC
    one grant, 2022 · $7k · revenue -1%
  • FV
    FAIR VOTE
    one grant, 2021 · $6k
  • NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue -18%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
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…

2
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.

3
American Civil Liberties Union of Texas Inc

The ACLU of Texas works with communities, at the State Capitol, and in the courts to protect and advance civil rights and civil liberties for every Texan, no exceptions.

4
Pew Research Center

Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan "fact tank" that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. Pew Research Center generates a foundation of facts that enriches the public dialogue and…

Social Science
5
National Opinion Research Center

See schedule onorc at the university of chicago conducts research and data science on critical societal issues to guide decision-making and the development of programs and public policy. our experts identify relationships and trends, and…

Social Science
6
American Civil Liberties Union Fund of the District of Columbia

Preservation of civil liberties through litigation and public education.

7
The Campaign Legal Center Inc

The nonpartisan campaign legal center advances democracy through law at the federal, state and local levels, fighting for every american's rights to responsive government and a fair opportunity to participate in and affect the democratic…

Crime & Legal
8
CarbonPlan

Improving the transparency and scientific integrity of climate solutions through open data and tools.

Environment
9
Liberty Justice Center

To advance economic and social liberties and a free enterprise society through strategic litigation, training, communication, activism and research. in addition, the center will train law students, lawyers and policy activists in the…

Crime & Legal
10
The Equal Rights Center

The erc is a civil rights organization that identifies and seeks to eliminate unlawful and unfair discrimination in housing, employment, and public accommodations in its home community of greater washington, d.c. and nationwide.

Housing & Shelter
11
Kqed Inc

See schedule okqed serves the people of northern california with a community-supported alternative to commercial media, providing the knowledge needed to make informed decisions; convening community dialogue; bringing the arts to everyone;…

Arts & Culture
12
Upturn Inc

Upturn advances equity and justice in the design, governance, and use of technology.

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Human Rights Campaign Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Hrc Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyGovernment Accountability R…Lgbtq+ Community CentersPregnancy Support ServicesCommunity Health CentersCancer Support OrganizationsLand Conservation Organizat…Urban Agriculture & Food Ac…Food Pantries & AssistanceChristian Missionary Organi…Legal Aid & Immigration Ser…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 28 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%4%<5yr14%8%5–10yr19%16%10–20yr16%28%20–35yr13%28%35–55yr16%16%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%1%<5yr14%6%5–10yr19%17%10–20yr16%24%20–35yr13%28%35–55yr16%24%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 4% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 3% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
3%1/29
the rest of the field
13%
240,395/1,819,536

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

28 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 28 of the 39 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/28
Grantees still filing
20/28
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

DOCTORS WITHOUT BOARDERS — $67,500 · OtherDOCTORS WITHOUT BOARDERSPLANNED PARENTHOOD — $57,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOODENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS — $9,500 · OtherOpen Primaries Education Fund — $15,500 · OtherOpen Primaries Education Fund+13 more — $46,000 · Other+13 moreAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC — $37,500 · Civil RightsAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNI…TREVOR PROJECT INC — $30,500 · Civil RightsTREVOR PROJECT INCREFUGEE & IMMIGRANT CENTER FOR EDUCATION & LEGAL SERVICES — $19,500 · Civil RightsREFUGEE & IMMIGRANT CENTER F…ACLU Foundation of Texas Inc — $13,500 · Civil RightsACLU Foundation of Texas IncJANE'S DUE PROCESS INC — $7,000 · Civil RightsJANE'S DUE PROCESS INCNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC — $5,000 · Civil Rights+2 more — $8,000 · Civil Rights+2 morePRO PUBLICA INC — $25,500 · Arts & CulturePRO PUBLIC…NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC — $8,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL P…ETV Endowment of South Carolina Inc — $5,000 · Arts & CultureETV Endowm…PBS FOUNDATION — $4,000 · Arts & CulturePBS FOUNDA…FAMILIES OF SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY DBA CURE SMA — $38,000 · HealthFAMILIES …PARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION — $3,000 · HealthPARTNERS …World Ocean School Inc — $23,000 · EducationGREENWAVE ORGANIZATION CORP — $11,000 · EducationRANK THE VOTE INC — $3,000 · EducationInternational Rescue Committee INC — $19,000 · InternationalMAP International Inc — $8,000 · InternationalMEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC — $9,500 · Human ServicesGOLDEN CORNER FOOD PANTRY — $4,000 · Human ServicesCharity Navigator — $2,500 · Human Services
Other$195,500Civil Rights$121,000Arts & Culture$42,500Health$41,000Education$37,000International$27,000Human Services$16,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetFAMILIES OF SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY DBA CURE SMA — $38,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC — $37,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC — $30,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPRO PUBLICA INC — $25,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Ocean School Inc — $23,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetREFUGEE & IMMIGRANT CENTER FOR EDUCATION & LEGAL SERVICES — $19,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC — $19,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOpen Primaries Education Fund — $15,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetACLU Foundation of Texas Inc — $13,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGREENWAVE ORGANIZATION CORP — $11,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetMEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC — $9,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC — $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMAP International Inc — $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJANE'S DUE PROCESS INC — $7,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetETV Endowment of South Carolina Inc — $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPBS FOUNDATION — $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOLDEN CORNER FOOD PANTRY — $4,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSEED SAVERS EXCHANGE INC — $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION — $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN INC — $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION — $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRANK THE VOTE INC — $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOut Youth Inc — $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCharity Navigator — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncNC8.3× affinity5 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Gpk Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 4%
  • World Ocean School Inc4% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
typical government reliance, FY2025

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Gpk Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Gpk 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.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 39 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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