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Gunzenhauser Chapin Fund

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.

$1.2M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
39
Grants FY2024
34
Organizations funded FY2023
18%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$30,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$120,000
Organizations funded a year
30 to 44
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
14
Total assets, FY2024
$24M
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 Gunzenhauser Chapin Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $262k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EnvironmentArts & CultureHealthFood & NutritionAnimalsCivil RightsOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving36$1.2M17%
FY202334$1.1M18%
FY202240$1.4M15%
FY202130$1.2M20%
FY202037$1.0M24%
FY201940$1.1M23%
FY201844$1.1M41%
FY201744$1.0Mn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$1.5MInternational$1.4MEnvironment$996kAnimals$829kArts & Culture$724kHuman Services$521kRecreation & Sports$512kYouth Development$492kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
ID
MT
IL
NY
MA
OR
SD
PA
CT
CA
VA
MD
AZ
TN
NC
DC
HI
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 91 grantees
All grantees of Gunzenhauser Chapin Fund by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
American Childhood Cancer Organizat$845,000810%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$539,45060%
Global Pediatric Alliance$367,733830%
DG Educational Services$348,000884%
Shared Hope International$297,64362%
Prader-Willi Homes of California$286,000842%
World Central Kitchen Inc$274,30080%
Susan Howard's Novato Boxing Club$270,000849%
Building a Global Community$260,250756%
Western Environmental Law Center$260,00081%
Little Village Foundation$244,000520%
South Whidbey Good Cheer$230,00045%
Childhaven$207,64250%
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$205,00080%
Kauai Sailing Association$172,000628%
Super Heroes in Ripped Jeans Inc$171,000227%
Groton Hill Music Inc$170,00040%
Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services$167,00030%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$156,93360%
Waterkeeper Alliance Inc$154,00050%
Oasis for Kids$144,0004n/a
Sound Experience$123,64348%
Hopelink$123,64140%
Maui Food Bank Inc$111,50011%
The Overlake School$105,00020%
Glen Highland Farm Inc$100,000111%
The Center for Public Integrity$95,00041%
Wings of Rescue Inc$92,00061%
Al Otro Lado$92,00041%
Predator Defense$91,300714%
Inland Northwest Land Trust$87,00078%
Malama Huleia$80,0001n/a
Corporation of Gonzaga University$78,00040%
Northwest Film Forum$73,00053%
Schweitzer Alpine Racing School$70,00082%
International Relief Teams$70,00020%
Unitarian Universalist Church of Tucson$70,0007n/a
Many Lights Foundation$67,8283n/a
Kaiaulu Papaloa$65,0001n/a
Center for International Policy Inc$65,00041%
Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide$60,00051%
The Surfrider Foundation$56,30040%
Spokane Riverkeeper$56,00058%
North Bay CNA$50,000122%
The Body Positive$45,000212%
National Network of Abortion Funds Inc$45,00020%
Madre Inc$40,00020%
Kauai SPCA$35,0001n/a
Familyworks$33,39221%
Solid Ground Washington$33,39220%
International Rescue Committee INC$33,39120%
Center for Justice$32,00034%
Marine Resources Council of East Florida Inc$32,00032%
Angel-Strong LLC$30,000113%
Puget Soundkeeper Alliance$25,00012%
Waipa Foundation$25,00012%
Snake River Waterkeeper Inc$23,00032%
Malama Pono Health Services Fka Malama Pono-Kauai AIDS Project$22,25021%
University of Hawaii Foundation$20,00010%
From The Heart Productions$19,00020%
Nick of Time Foundation$18,7782n/a
Riverkeeper Inc$18,00030%
National Tropical Botanical Garden$16,50020%
Maui United Way$15,00011%
Native American Heritage Association$15,00010%
Abortion Care Network$15,00010%
Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund Inc$15,00010%
The Tahirih Justice Center$14,00010%
Immigration Equality$10,00010%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$10,00010%
Fractured Atlas Inc$10,00010%
Community Action Board$10,00010%
Benji Project$10,00015%
Coral Bay Community Council$10,00014%
Democracy Now Productions Inc$8,50020%
The Lands Council$8,00011%
Upper Missouri Waterkeeper Inc$8,00012%
Hawaii Childrens Theatre$7,00022%
Creative Visions Foundation$7,00010%
Dixie Theatre Foundation Inc$6,50022%
Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc Inc$6,00010%
Degregorio Family Foundation Inc$5,00011%
Homeward Pet Adoption Center$5,00010%
Buildon Inc$5,00010%
K-9 Kraze Agility and Rescue Inc$5,0001n/a
Muddy Sneakers Inc$5,00010%
Southern Alliance for Clean Energy$5,00010%
Unknown Child Foundation Inc$5,00019%
Federation of American Scientists$4,00010%
Laura's House$1,50010%
Diversify Dietetics Inc$1,50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($650k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Gunzenhauser Chapin Fund supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 7 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 83 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAmerican Childhood Cancer Organizat: $845,000 over 8y, 10% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Federation of America Inc: $539,450 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetGlobal Pediatric Alliance: $367,733 over 8y, 30% of budgetDG Educational Services: $348,000 over 8y, 84% of budgetShared Hope International: $297,643 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetPrader-Willi Homes of California: $286,000 over 8y, 42% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $274,300 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSusan Howard's Novato Boxing Club: $270,000 over 8y, 49% of budgetBuilding a Global Community: $260,250 over 7y, 56% of budgetWestern Environmental Law Center: $260,000 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetLittle Village Foundation: $244,000 over 5y, 20% of budgetSouth Whidbey Good Cheer: $230,000 over 4y, 5.2% of budgetChildhaven: $207,642 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetThe American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $205,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetKauai Sailing Association: $172,000 over 6y, 28% of budgetSuper Heroes in Ripped Jeans Inc: $171,000 over 2y, 27% of budgetGroton Hill Music Inc: $170,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetRefugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services: $167,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $156,933 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWaterkeeper Alliance Inc: $154,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetSound Experience: $123,643 over 4y, 8.2% of budgetHopelink: $123,641 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMaui Food Bank Inc: $111,500 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetThe Overlake School: $105,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetGlen Highland Farm Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetThe Center for Public Integrity: $95,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetWings of Rescue Inc: $92,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetAl Otro Lado: $92,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetPredator Defense: $91,300 over 7y, 14% of budgetInland Northwest Land Trust: $87,000 over 7y, 8.0% of budgetCorporation of Gonzaga University: $78,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwest Film Forum: $73,000 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetSchweitzer Alpine Racing School: $70,000 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetInternational Relief Teams: $70,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCenter for International Policy Inc: $65,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetEnvironmental Law Alliance Worldwide: $60,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetThe Surfrider Foundation: $56,300 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSpokane Riverkeeper: $56,000 over 5y, 8.0% of budgetNorth Bay CNA: $50,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetThe Body Positive: $45,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetNational Network of Abortion Funds Inc: $45,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMadre Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFamilyworks: $33,392 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetSolid Ground Washington: $33,392 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $33,391 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Justice: $32,000 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetMarine Resources Council of East Florida Inc: $32,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetAngel-Strong LLC: $30,000 over 1y, 13% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 83.

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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.

Lynn R & Karl E Prickett FundNC74.8× affinity33 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lynn R & Karl E Prickett Fund · Seattle Foundation · The Burning Foundation · Patagoniaorg · McKinstry Charitable Foundation · New Priorities Foundation co Third Plateau · The Northwest Fund for the Environment · Foundation to Promote Open Society · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Innovia 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.

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About Gunzenhauser Chapin Fund

How much does Gunzenhauser Chapin Fund give?
Gunzenhauser Chapin Fund reported 39 grants totaling $1,200,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 30 and 44 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Gunzenhauser Chapin Fund fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (16%), International (14%), Environment (11%).
Who are Gunzenhauser Chapin Fund's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: American Childhood Cancer Organizat ($845k), Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc ($539k), Global Pediatric Alliance ($368k).
Does Gunzenhauser Chapin Fund fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Gunzenhauser Chapin Fund 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 Gunzenhauser Chapin Fund?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Lynn R & Karl E Prickett Fund, Seattle Foundation, The Burning Foundation.
Where is Gunzenhauser Chapin Fund based?
Gunzenhauser Chapin Fund is based in NC.

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 108 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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