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Gsf 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.

$1.6M
Granted FY2024still arriving
144
Grants FY2024still arriving
24
States reached
$236k
Largest
01What it funds
0181% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$1.7MFood & Nutrition$1.5MHealth$1.3MYouth Development$1.1MHuman Services$878kCrime & Legal$373kRecreation & Sports$272kHousing & Shelter$182kOther$0
02FY2024 · 144 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k98 grants · $341k
  • $10k–50k41 grants · $654k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $607k
$5,500
Median grant
24
States reached
$20M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BACK(PACK) TO SCHOOL$235,634
Individual grant recipient$125,000
BEST FOOT FORWARD$107,617
Individual grant recipient$78,816
A CHILD'S VOICE CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER$60,000
TWIN CEDARS CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER$47,560
Individual grant recipient$44,931
THE REAL YOUTH FOUNDATION$27,746
SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF ORANGE COUNTY$25,000
ATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK$21,500
Individual grant recipient$21,096
ST MARY'S FOOD BANK$20,500
NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK$20,500
NEW BRAUNFELS FOOD BANK$20,500
LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK$20,500
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 (FY17–24, $956k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 96% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CRESCENT COVE: $10k → 11%SERVING PEOPLE IN NEED (SPIN): $13k → 10%CHRISTIAN SERVICE CENTER: $10k → 21%ANGELS IN THE ATTIC: $13k → 16%A CHILD'S VOICE CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER: $60k → 11%A CHILD'S VOICE ADVOCACY CENTER: $36k → 12%SERVING PEOPLE IN NEED (SPIN): $12k → 10%ANGELS IN THE ATTIC: $10k → 16%A CHILD'S VOICE CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER: $55k → 11%A CHILD'S VOICE ADVOCACY CENTER: $36k → 12%BEARINGS BIKE SHOP: $10k → 13%SERVING PEOPLE IN NEED: $11k → 10%ANGELS IN THE ATTIC: $10k → 16%A CHILD'S VOICE CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER: $50k → 11%A CHILD'S VOICE ADVOCACY CENTER: $33k → 12%BEARINGS BIKE SHOP: $10k → 14%A CHILD'S VOICE CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER: $30k → 11%A CHILD'S VOICE ADVOCACY CENTER: $18k → 12%SERVING PEOPLE IN NEED: $10k → 10%SERVING OUR KIDS FOUNDATION INC: $10k → 13%PUYALLUP FOOD BANK: $13k → 9%ESPERANZA HOUSE: $10k → 15%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $25k → 14%KATE'S CLUB: $10k → 14%KATE'S CLUB: $10k → 14%CAMP LAUREL FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%KATE'S CLUB: $10k → 14%KATE'S CLUB: $10k → 14%KATE'S CLUB: $10k → 14%KATE'S CLUB: $10k → 14%LAURA'S HOUSE: $10k → 10%DREAM STREET FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%DREAM STREET FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%DREAM STREET FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%DREAM STREET FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%DREAM STREET FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%FRISTERS: $10k → 10%FRISTERS: $10k → 10%FRISTERS: $10k → 10%FRISTERS: $10k → 10%FRISTERS: $10k → 10%FRISTERS: $10k → 10%CHILDREN'S BUREAU OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $10k → 14%WAYFINDER FAMILY SERVICES: $10k → 14%YMCA OF ORANGE COUNTY: $10k → 10%YMCA OF ORANGE COUNTY: $10k → 10%ILLUMINATION FOUNDATION: $10k → 10%ILLUMINATION FOUNDATION: $10k → 10%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
ID
MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
OR
NV
IA
IN
OH
CA
UT
CO
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
NM
KS
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
AL
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.7M · 183 repeat orgs$1.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

183 repeat relationships: 91 still active in FY2024, 92 since wound down; 46 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

183
180

Total granted

$7.7M
$968k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+16%

Still filing today

49%
31%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $446k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesFood & NutritionHealthYouth DevelopmentEducationArts & CultureOther
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

  • AC
    A Childs Voice Child Advocacy Center In
    8× · 2017–2024 · $318k · revenue +92%
  • FI
    FOODLINK INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $196k · revenue +88%
  • SH
    Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina Inc
    8× · 2017–2024 · $105k · revenue +74%

Funded once

  • R
    RMHC
    one grant, 2019 · $35k
  • RB
    RMHC - BOISE
    one grant, 2018 · $27k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2018 · $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
Feeding San Diego

On a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. through direct service and community partnerships, feeding san diego provides more than 26 million meals each year to children, families,…

Food & Nutrition
2
The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri

The food bank for central & northeast missouri is a regional disaster and hunger relief network that acquires and distributes millions of meals each year to help neighbors get the food they need to thrive. (continued on schedule o)the…

Food & Nutrition
3
United Food Bank

United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.

Food & Nutrition
4
Regional East Texas Food Bank

Etfb's mission is to fight hunger and feed hope in east texas.

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5
Arkansas Foodbank

None

Food & Nutrition
6
Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc Inc

Nourish people. build solutions. empower communities. no one goes hungry.

Food & Nutrition
7
Foodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc

To end hunger and transform the health of our community by providing nourishment to those in need by acquiring and distributing safe nutritious food via local agencies and by providing education to solve hunger and nutritional problems in…

Food & Nutrition
8
Nourishing Hope

Nourishing hope provides food, mental health support, and social services to help all our neighbors thrive.

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9
Central Pennsylvania Food Bank

Our mission is to solve hunger in central pennsylvania by ensuring that everyone struggling with hunger has access to enough wholesome food every day. we will achieve this bold goal with the help of our generous donors, volunteers and…

Food & Nutrition
10
Food Forward Inc

Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.

Food & Nutrition
11
The Food Bank for Larimer County

To provide food to all in need through community partnerships and hunger relief programs. Our vision is a hunger-free Larimer County.

Food & Nutrition
12
America's Second Harvest of the Big Bend Inc

To advance change by feeding the hungry and educating and engaging the community in the fight to end hunger.

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Families Forward; the most unlike its peers is Laurel 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

175 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. 175 of the 411 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)
33
Early backer (in before they grew)
166/175
Grantees still filing
114/175
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BACKPACKS (VARIOUS SCHOOLS): $853,350 · OtherBACKPACKS (VARIOUS SCHOOLS)BACK(PACK) TO SCHOOL: $645,682 · OtherBACK(PACK) TO SCHOOLBEST FOOT FORWARD: $484,161 · OtherBEST FOOT FORWARDIndividual grant recipient: $302,153 · OtherBUILD-A-BIKE (VARIOUS CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS): $270,519 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $244,249 · Other+121 more: $3,000,689 · Other+121 moreA Childs Voice Child Advocacy Center In: $318,000 · Human ServicesA Childs Voi…KATE'S CLUB INC: $70,500 · Human ServicesKATE'S CLUB …Fristers: $66,700 · Human ServicesFristersDREAM STREET FOUNDATION: $60,000 · Human ServicesDREAM STREET…STARS AND STRIPES CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $52,363 · Human ServicesSTARS AND ST…Illumination Health Home formerly The Illumination Foundation: $51,717 · Human ServicesServing People In Need Inc: $47,198 · Human ServicesLAURA'S HOUSE: $46,700 · Human ServicesANGELS IN THE ATTIC INC: $38,348 · Human Services+15 more: $218,487 · Human Services+15 moreFOODLINK INC: $196,499 · Food & NutritionFOODLINK INCSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF ORANGE COUNTY INC: $111,000 · Food & NutritionSECOND HARVE…Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina Inc: $105,462 · Food & NutritionSecond Harve…KANSAS FOODBANK WAREHOUSE INC: $93,724 · Food & NutritionKANSAS FOODB…VIRGINIA PENINSULA FOODBANK: $68,500 · Food & NutritionVIRGINIA PEN…FEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $51,000 · Food & NutritionFEEDING SOUT…CANNING HUNGER INC: $37,500 · Food & NutritionFEEDING AMERICA RIVERSIDE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES: $32,000 · Food & Nutrition+13 more: $216,132 · Food & Nutrition+13 moreGirl Scouts of Greater Atlanta Inc: $68,000 · Youth DevelopmentBoys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta Inc: $40,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE PAINTED TURTLE: $40,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF BUENA PARK: $37,500 · Youth DevelopmentANAHEIM DUCKS FOUNDATION: $34,500 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GARDEN GROVE INC: $22,500 · Youth DevelopmentTEAM KIDS INC: $16,700 · Youth DevelopmentBoy Scouts of America 92 Atlanta Area Council: $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF FULLERTON INC: $10,000 · Youth Development+1 more: $9,500 · Youth DevelopmentRAD CAMP INC: $81,700 · Recreation & SportsCAMP TWIN LAKES INC: $78,000 · Recreation & SportsJF SHEA THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER INC FKA FRAN JOSWICK THERAP RIDING CTR INC: $66,700 · Recreation & SportsYATES CULTURAL & RECREATIONAL RESOURCES INC: $8,500 · Recreation & SportsCOMMUNITY OF HOPE MINISTRIES: $94,965 · EducationProject Hope Alliance: $46,700 · EducationTHINK TOGETHER: $27,500 · EducationSCHOOL ON WHEELS INC: $17,000 · EducationGARDENEERS: $10,000 · EducationAMERICAN CAREER COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationOLIVE CREST: $56,700 · HealthPhoenix Children's Hospital: $25,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA INC: $20,000 · HealthWINGS OF EAGLES RANCH: $17,026 · HealthSPIRITT Family Services: $15,000 · HealthEmanate Health Foundation: $13,850 · HealthCHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $11,505 · HealthS2AY RURAL HEALTH NETWORK INC: $7,200 · Health
Other$5,800,803Human Services$970,013Food & Nutrition$911,817Youth Development$293,700Recreation & Sports$234,900Education$206,165Health$166,281

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%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetA Childs Voice Child Advocacy Center In: $318,000 over 8y, 8.1% of budgetFOODLINK INC: $196,499 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $127,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF ORANGE COUNTY INC: $111,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSecond Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina Inc: $105,462 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetKANSAS FOODBANK WAREHOUSE INC: $93,724 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetRAD CAMP INC: $81,700 over 8y, 3.5% of budgetCAMP TWIN LAKES INC: $78,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetFOOD BANK OF EAST ALABAMA INC: $75,510 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetKATE'S CLUB INC: $70,500 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetVIRGINIA PENINSULA FOODBANK: $68,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGirl Scouts of Greater Atlanta Inc: $68,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFristers: $66,700 over 7y, 2.5% of budgetJF SHEA THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER INC FKA FRAN JOSWICK THERAP RIDING CTR INC: $66,700 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetGIVING CHILDREN HOPE: $60,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetDREAM STREET FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 5y, 4.0% of budgetOLIVE CREST: $56,700 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILIES FORWARD: $54,200 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSTARS AND STRIPES CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $52,363 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetIllumination Health Home formerly The Illumination Foundation: $51,717 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetFEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $51,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetServing People In Need Inc: $47,198 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetLAURA'S HOUSE: $46,700 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetProject Hope Alliance: $46,700 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC: $46,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK: $40,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PAINTED TURTLE: $40,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetANGELS IN THE ATTIC INC: $38,348 over 4y, 5.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF BUENA PARK: $37,500 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetCANNING HUNGER INC: $37,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetAtaxia Telangiectasia Children's Project Inc: $35,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of Westminster: $34,624 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetANAHEIM DUCKS FOUNDATION: $34,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetLAUREL FOUNDATION: $34,500 over 5y, 7.0% of budgetSegerstrom Center for the Arts: $32,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFEEDING AMERICA RIVERSIDE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES: $32,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK: $31,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLEON OWENS FOUNDATION: $30,592 over 3y, 42% of budgetAUBURN FOOD BANK: $30,558 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDRENS MUSEUM: $30,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetLOS ANGELES BROTHERHOOD CRUSADE - BLACK UNITED FUND INC: $30,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNEW VISTA SCHOOL: $28,400 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetWayfinder Family Services: $27,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHINK TOGETHER: $27,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPure Game: $27,000 over 3y, 4.2% of budgetST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE: $25,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPhoenix Children's Hospital: $25,000 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.

  • Who funds A Childs Voice Child Advocacy Center In ↗
  • Who funds FOODLINK INC ↗
  • Who funds LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF ORANGE COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina Inc ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY OF HOPE MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds KANSAS FOODBANK WAREHOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds RAD CAMP INC ↗
  • Who funds CAMP TWIN LAKES INC ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK OF EAST ALABAMA INC ↗
  • Who funds KATE'S CLUB INC ↗
  • Who funds VIRGINIA PENINSULA FOODBANK ↗
  • Who funds Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta Inc ↗
  • Who funds Fristers ↗
  • Who funds JF SHEA THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER INC FKA FRAN JOSWICK THERAP RIDING CTR INC ↗
  • Who funds GIVING CHILDREN HOPE ↗
  • Who funds DREAM STREET FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds OLIVE CREST ↗
  • Who funds FAMILIES FORWARD ↗
  • Who funds STARS AND STRIPES CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Illumination Health Home formerly The Illumination Foundation ↗
  • Who funds FEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA INC ↗
  • Who funds Serving People In Need Inc ↗
  • Who funds LAURA'S HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds Project Hope Alliance ↗

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.

O L Halsell FoundationCA43.9× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: O L Halsell Foundation · Orange County Community Foundation · The Devto Support Foundation · Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation · Edwards Lifesciences Foundation · Argyros Family Foundation · Glen and Dorothy Stillwell Charitable Trust · Angels Baseball Foundation Inc · Carmax Foundation · Samueli Foundation · Ueberroth Family Foundation · Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Oregon Food Bank: 21% of income from government
  • Feeding South Florida Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Feeding America Tampa Bay Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
70report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 411 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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