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Gries 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.

$323k
Granted FY2024still arriving
49
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$215k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$3.1MEducation$1.4MHealth$431kCivil Rights$200kYouth Development$135kHuman Services$122kRecreation & Sports$71kHousing & Shelter$61kOther$0
02FY2024 · 49 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k45 grants · $55k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $53k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $215k
$1,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
STRAZ CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS$214,784
ENTERTAINMENT REVUE FOUNDATION$28,200
BULLARD FAMILY FOUNDATION$15,000
DERRICK BROOKS CHARITIES INC$10,000
DOWN SYNDROME FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA$5,000
BERKELEY PREPARATORY SCHOOL$5,000
CHARITY POLO CLASSIC$4,500
COASTAL CAROLINA HOCKEY ASSOCIATION$1,545
Individual grant recipient$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $169k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 68% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CHILDREN'S HOPE INTERNATIONAL: $25k → 11%CHILDREN'S HOPE INTERNATIONAL: $25k → 11%JULIE WEINTRAUB'S HAND ACROSS THE BAY: $400 → 12%CHILDREN'S HOPE INTERNATIONAL: $3k → 11%CHILDREN'S HOPE INTERNATIONAL: $235 → 11%CHILDREN'S HOPE INTERNATIONAL: $235 → 11%CHILDREN'S HOPE INTERNATIONAL: $193 → 11%BULLARD FAMILY FOUNDATION: $50k → 13%BULLARD FAMILY FOUNDATION: $25k → 13%BULLARD FAMILY FOUNDATION: $15k → 13%BULLARD FAMILY FOUNDATION: $15k → 13%BULLARD FAMILY FOUNDATION: $10k → 13%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

NH
NY
MA
OH
CT
RI
CA
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
TN
NC
SC
DC
GA
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.

43%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.4M · 28 repeat orgs$3.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +74% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.

28 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 19 since wound down; 40 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
374

Total granted

$2.4M
$3.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+74%
+26%

Still filing today

71%
7%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $39k 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
HealthEducationHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsArts & CultureYouth 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

  • University of South Florida Foundation Inc
    6× · 2018–2023 · $1.0M · revenue +74%
  • TAMPA BAY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $446k · revenue +147%
  • TC
    THE CRISIS CENTER OF TAMPA BAY INC
    6× · 2018–2024 · $177k · revenue +123%

Funded once

  • ER
    ENTERTAINMENT REVUE HITS FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2023 · $2.6M · 57% of their budget
  • TF
    TBPAC FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2022 · $200k
  • AF
    AKILAH FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $25k
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
Tampa Bay Sports Commission Inc

Our mission is to generate social and economic impact throughout the tampa bay region by attracting, promoting and/or organizing youth and amateur sporting events and initiatives.

Recreation & Sports
2
Usf Research Foundation Inc

To promote, encourage and enhance research activities at the university of south florida.

Education
3
Commonwealth Cancer Consortium Inc

Break through cancer is a foundation dedicated to supporting translational research in the most difficult to treat cancers. our partner organizations are among the top cancer research centers and together, represent some of the most…

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4
Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital Inc

Mission: johns hopkins all children's hospital (all children's), a member of johns hopkins medicine, strives to provide the highest quality care to improve the health of our entire community through innovation, collaboration, service…

Health
5
Tampa Bay Partnership Inc

The tampa bay partnership is a privately funded, ceo-driven regional advocacy organization, committed to creating a unified, competitive and prosperous tampa bay.

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6
Hippocratic Cancer Research Foundation Inc

Accelerate and increase impact of scientific discoveries within cancer biology and oncology.

Health
7
Asco Association

Asco association promotes the common business interests of its members by: (1) advocating for policies that improve the quality of cancer care; (2) maintaining the highest standards of oncology medical care through programs supporting…

Community Improvement
8
Florida Polytechnic University Foundation Inc

Established to help sustain the mission of florida polytechnic university to educate students emphasizing science, technology, engineering and mathematics (stem) in an innovative, technology-rich, and interdisciplinary learning environment.

Education
9
American Society of Clinical Oncology Inc

See schedule o:asco is a professional oncology society committed to conquering cancer through research, education, and promotion of the highest quality patient care.

Health
10
Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation

The samuel waxman cancer research foundation (the "foundation") funds innovative research to bring faster cures to patients. in addition to supporting ongoing collaborative research in specific cancers, our scientists are investigating the…

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11
Alcides E Rosaura Diniz Foundation

The mission of the foundation is to raise funds and foster basic and translational research to identify genetic causes of specific cancers, understand how genes contribute to the disease, and use that understanding to help develop better…

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12
The Florida State University Foundation Inc

The florida state university foundation enhances the academic mission and vision of florida state university through its organized fundraising activities and funds management. the fsu foundation accomplishes its mission by fostering…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc; the most unlike its peers is Debartolo Family Foundation Inc. 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

50 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. 50 of the 443 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)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
48/50
Grantees still filing
38/50
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ENTERTAINMENT REVUE HITS FOUNDATION INC: $2,579,700 · Arts & CultureENTERTAINMENT REVUE HITS FOUNDATION INCTAMPA BAY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC: $445,784 · OtherTAMPA BAY PERFORMING …TBPAC FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 · OtherTBPAC FOUNDATION INCENTERTAINMENT REVUE FOUNDATION: $76,869 · OtherENTERTAINMENT REVUE F…STARTING RIGHT NOW: $60,000 · OtherSTARTING RIGHT NOW+170 more: $242,350 · Other+170 moreUniversity of South Florida Foundation Inc: $1,001,500 · EducationUniversity of South F…+4 more: $4,120 · EducationTHE CRISIS CENTER OF TAMPA BAY INC: $177,000 · HealthTHE V FOUNDATION: $101,000 · HealthDON'T EVER GIVE UP INC: $69,000 · HealthDOWN SYNDROME FOUNDATION OF FL INC: $45,000 · HealthCROSS OUT CANCER: $15,000 · Health+5 more: $12,131 · HealthBULLARD FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $115,000 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S HOPE INTERNATIONAL: $53,600 · Human ServicesBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF TAMPA BAY INC: $98,500 · Youth DevelopmentDERRICK BROOKS CHARITIES INC: $35,000 · Youth DevelopmentCHARITY POLO CLASSIC INC: $28,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF TAMPA BAY INC: $2,500 · PhilanthropyDEBARTOLO FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 · PhilanthropyPLANT HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS FOUNDATION INC: $22,000 · Recreation & SportsTAMPA MUSTANGS INC: $2,000 · Recreation & SportsWILMINGTON SEAHAWKS HOCKEY ASSOCIATION INC: $1,545 · Recreation & Sports
Arts & Culture$2,579,700Other$1,025,003Education$1,005,620Health$419,131Human Services$168,600Youth Development$133,500Philanthropy$33,000Recreation & Sports$25,545

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetENTERTAINMENT REVUE HITS FOUNDATION INC: $2,579,700 over 1y, 57% of budgetUniversity of South Florida Foundation Inc: $1,001,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetTAMPA BAY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC: $445,784 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetTHE CRISIS CENTER OF TAMPA BAY INC: $177,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetBULLARD FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $115,000 over 5y, 9.8% of budgetTHE V FOUNDATION: $101,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF TAMPA BAY INC: $98,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetDON'T EVER GIVE UP INC: $69,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSTARTING RIGHT NOW: $60,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOPE INTERNATIONAL: $53,600 over 6y, 3.8% of budgetDOWN SYNDROME FOUNDATION OF FL INC: $45,000 over 7y, 1.9% of budgetDERRICK BROOKS CHARITIES INC: $35,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetCHARITY POLO CLASSIC INC: $28,000 over 6y, 2.4% of budgetPLANT HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS FOUNDATION INC: $22,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetCROSS OUT CANCER: $15,000 over 3y, 7.0% of budgetNEW YORK YANKEES FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetTHE AIMEE COPELAND FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 9.8% of budgetPAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS OF INDIAN ORIGIN INC: $3,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF TAMPA BAY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDEBARTOLO FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTAMPA MUSTANGS INC: $2,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetWILMINGTON SEAHAWKS HOCKEY ASSOCIATION INC: $1,545 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL OF TAMPA FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OPERATIONS WARRIOR FOUNDATION: $1,120 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PEDIATRIC CANCER FOUNDATION INC: $1,106 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetQUANTUM LEAP FARM INC: $1,025 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHARVEST COMMUNITY SCHOOL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCARROLLWOOD DAY SCHOOL EDUCATION INC: $1,000 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.

Debartolo Family Foun…Community Foundation …Vinik Family Foundati…New York Yankees Tamp…Lightning FoundationCopperhead Charities …Suncoast Credit Union…Blue Cross Blue Shiel…Estell Alexander Char…Tampa Bay Buccaneers …Clark Family Fund IncChris T Sullivan Foun…
Debartolo Family Foundation IncFL29.6× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Debartolo Family Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc · Vinik Family Foundation · New York Yankees Tampa Foundation Inc · Lightning Foundation · Copperhead Charities Inc · Suncoast Credit Union Foundation · Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida Foundation · Estell Alexander Charitable Trust · Tampa Bay Buccaneers Foundation Inc · Clark Family Fund Inc · Chris T Sullivan Foundation Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 200%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • The Crisis Center of Tampa Bay Inc: 6% of income from government
  • The Pepin Academies Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
20get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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 Gries Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Gries 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.

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 443 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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