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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 it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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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 2025.

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

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$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
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Its 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 its 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
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
IL
NY
MA
IA
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
AZ
SC
DC
GA
TX
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.

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

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +101% since the first grant, against +2% for those 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
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

  • 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%
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 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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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Human Rights Campaign Foundation; 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.
04the grantee network

28 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. 28 of the 39 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)
27/28
Grantees still filing
20/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and 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 grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's 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 budgetSEED SAVERS EXCHANGE INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPBS FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOLDEN CORNER FOOD PANTRY: $4,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetOut Youth Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRANK THE VOTE INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCharity Navigator: $2,500 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.

The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
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

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 Gpk Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Gpk Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • World Ocean School Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% 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, 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.
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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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 39 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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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