Minnesota · Private foundation
Gps Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $166k
- Granted FY2023
- 34
- Grants FY2023
- 34
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 18%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Gps Family Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to National Philanthropic Trust, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Gps Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 32 organizations, $166k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $4,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 34
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 9
- Total assets, FY2023
- $2.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 18% of the organizations Gps Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 34 | $166k | 18% |
| FY2022 | 33 | $173k | 21% |
| FY2021 | 27 | $148k | 22% |
| FY2020 | 23 | $133k | 35% |
| FY2019 | 23 | $136k | 26% |
| FY2018 | 21 | $133k | 38% |
| FY2017 | 16 | $123k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artspace Projects Inc | $85,933 | 7 | 0% |
| Minnesota Zoo Foundation | $68,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Common Hope | $67,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Commonbond Communities | $55,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Sharing and Caring Hands Inc | $53,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Canine Companions for Independence Inc | $44,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Animal Humane Society | $43,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Marley's Mutts Dog Rescue Inc | $42,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Pure Water for the World Inc | $39,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Sisters of the Road Inc | $29,000 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 46 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($151k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Gps Family Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · The Collins Foundation · Meyer Memorial Trust · Seeding Justice · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation · The Renaissance Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Harold & Arlene Schnitzer Care Foundation · Careoregon Inc · The Autzen Foundation
How this is measured
About Gps Family Foundation
- How much does Gps Family Foundation give?
- Gps Family Foundation reported 34 grants totaling $165,500 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 34 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Gps Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Philanthropy (20%), Animals (17%), Housing & Shelter (15%).
- Who are Gps Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Artspace Projects Inc ($86k), Minnesota Zoo Foundation ($68k), Common Hope ($68k).
- Does Gps Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Gps 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 Gps Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Oregon Community Foundation, The Collins Foundation, Meyer Memorial Trust.
- Where is Gps Family Foundation based?
- Gps Family Foundation is based in MN.
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