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Gsa Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$70k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$45k
Largest
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Religion$268kHuman Services$124kPublic Benefit$62kHealth$46kEducation$16kCivil Rights$2kRecreation & Sports$2kInternational$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $5k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $65k
$1,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$547k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
New Life Community Church$44,500
Operation Tango Mike$20,000
Judicial Watch$2,000
The Leadership Institute$1,000
Pray In Jesus Name Ministries$1,000
Faith Community Church$750
Santa Rosa American Little League$500
United States Deputy Sheriffs Assoc$50
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, $100k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Operation Tango Mike: $20k → 17%Operation Rango Mike: $20k → 17%Operation Tango Mike: $20k → 17%Operation Tango Mike: $20k → 17%Operation Tango Mike: $20k → 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

MN
NY
OH
CA
CO
NE
MO
VA
AZ
KS
NC
SC
DC
GA
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$482k · 17 repeat orgs$34k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +58% since the first grant, against +31% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
16

Total granted

$482k
$32k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+58%
+31%

Still filing today

53%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesPublic BenefitPhilanthropyHealthReligionOther
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

  • OT
    OPERATION TANGO MIKE
    6× · 2020–2025 · $115k · revenue +121%
  • JUDICIAL WATCH INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $40k · revenue +16%
  • AM
    AGO MINISTRIES INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $18k · revenue +119% · 28% of their budget

Funded once

  • KC
    KONOCTI CHRISTIAN ACADEMYgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +31%
  • SI
    SOS International
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
  • DV
    Deep Valley Christian Schoolgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +35%
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
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.

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2
President-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College

Scu is a catholic and jesuit institution that makes student learning its central focus, promotes faculty and staff learning in its various forms, and exhibits organizational learning.

Education
3
Military Religious Freedom Foundation Inc

To provide legal representation to defend the constitutional right of religious freedom, and the separation of church and state in the united states military. to educate the public regarding the constitutional right of religious freedom,…

Crime & Legal
4
Naval Postgraduate School Foundation Inc

Our mission is to support the naval postgraduate school by providing funding and programmatic support for education, research, technology development, institutional initiatives, and community programs that advance national security and…

Education
5
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression Inc

The foundation for individual rights and expression's (fire's) mission is to defend and sustain the individual rights of all americans to free speech and free thought-the most essential qualities of liberty.(continued on schedule o)fire…

Civil Rights
6
Arizona Christian University

Arizona christian university provides a biblically-integrated, liberal arts education equipping graduates to serve the lord jesus christ in all aspects of life, as leaders of influence and excellence.

Education
7
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

University of the sciences prepares students to become leaders, innovators, and skilled practitioners in the sciences, the health professions, and related disciplines. we deliver excellence in teaching, research, and service through a safe…

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8
Evangel University

Evangel is a comprehensive christian university that is committed to excellence in educating and equipping students to become spirit empowered servants of god who will impact the church and society globally.

Education
9
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
10
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

The american enterprise institute is a community of scholars and supporters committed to expanding liberty, increasing individual opportunity, and strengthening free enterprise. aei pursues these ideals through independent thinking and the…

Social Science
11
Us Naval Academy Foundation Inc

To support, promote, and advance the mission of the naval academy.

Education
12
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Konocti Christian Academy. 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

20 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 20 of the 38 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
17/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

New Life Community Church: $173,600 · OtherNew Life Community ChurchThe Center for Life Choice: $51,000 · OtherThe Center for Life ChoiceMALIBU GATHERING INC: $31,000 · OtherMALIBU GATHERING INCCRU: $25,500 · OtherCRU+19 more: $41,550 · Other+19 moreOPERATION TANGO MIKE: $115,000 · Human ServicesOPERATION TANGO MIKE+1 more: $1,500 · Human ServicesJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $40,000 · Public BenefitJUDICIAL WAT…Leadership Institute: $17,000 · Public BenefitLeadership I…+1 more: $1,000 · Public BenefitAGO MINISTRIES INC: $17,500 · PhilanthropyKONOCTI CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $5,000 · EducationDeep Valley Christian School: $5,000 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $3,000 · EducationMIDLAND UNIVERSITY: $1,000 · EducationSHARK FUND: $1,000 · Education+1 more: $50 · EducationPARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA: $2,000 · HealthSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $1,000 · ReligionCALIFORNIA STATE PARKS FOUNDATION: $100 · Recreation & Sports
Other$322,650Human Services$116,500Public Benefit$58,000Philanthropy$17,500Education$15,050Health$2,000Religion$1,000Recreation & Sports$100

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOPERATION TANGO MIKE: $115,000 over 6y, 23% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $40,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAGO MINISTRIES INC: $17,500 over 4y, 28% of budgetLeadership Institute: $17,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNORCAL CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES: $5,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetKONOCTI CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetDeep Valley Christian School: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Eisenhower Foundation: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDAVID HOROWITZ FREEDOM CENTER: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSanta Rosa American Little League: $1,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CLAREMONT INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF STATESMANSHIP & POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMIDLAND UNIVERSITY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHARK FUND: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCALIFORNIA STATE PARKS FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $100 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.

  • Who funds OPERATION TANGO MIKE ↗
  • Who funds JUDICIAL WATCH INC ↗
  • Who funds AGO MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds Leadership Institute ↗
  • Who funds NORCAL CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds KONOCTI CHRISTIAN ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds Deep Valley Christian School ↗
  • Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds The Eisenhower Foundation ↗
  • Who funds PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds DAVID HOROWITZ FREEDOM CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Santa Rosa American Little League ↗
  • Who funds THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds THE CLAREMONT INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF STATESMANSHIP & POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY ↗
  • Who funds MIDLAND UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds SHARK FUND ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds UNITED STATES DEPUTY SHERIFFS' ASSOCIATION INC ↗

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.

Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncCO5.3× affinity6 shared granteesties to 1 of 1Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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.

    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 38 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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