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J Roland Gilbert Mary R Gilbert at a glance

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J Roland Gilbert Mary R Gilbert

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$35k
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2025.

Health$297kEducation$5k
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$25,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$774k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH$25,000
HYPERACUSIS RESEARCH LIMITED INC$10,000
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 65% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%NATIONAL BRAIN TUMOR SOCIETY INC: $10k → 8%SALUS UNIVERSITY: $25k → 7%INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH: $30k → 22%SHARP HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $18k → 11%INTERNATIONAL MYELOMA FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%HOUGH EAR INSTITUTE: $8k → 16%DIABETES RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOUNDATION: $20k → 13%ENDURING HEARTS INC: $8k → 8%MORGAN ADAMS FOUNDATION: $18k → 12%NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $5k → 16%CURESEARCH FOR CHILDRENS CANCER: $30k → 8%HYPERACUSIS RESEARCH LIMITED INC: $10k → 8%SALUS UNIVERSITY: $9k → 7%INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH: $25k → 22%DIABETES RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOUNDATION: $20k → 13%NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH: $7k → 12%DIABETES RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOUNDATION: $7k → 13%MORGAN ADAMS FOUNDATION: $7k → 12%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

MA
PA
NJ
CA
CO
MD
OK
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.

60%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$181k · 5 repeat orgs$122k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +5% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
10

Total granted

$181k
$112k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+5%
0%

Still filing today

100%
90%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time
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

  • DR
    DIABETES RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2018–2021 · $47k · revenue +2%
  • SU
    SALUS UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2023–2024 · $34k · revenue +5%
  • TM
    THE MORGAN ADAMS FOUNDATION
    2× · 2020–2021 · $25k · revenue +103%

Funded once

  • CF
    CURESEARCH FOR CHILDREN'S CANCER
    one grant, 2023 · $30k · revenue -19%
  • SH
    Sharp Healthcare Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $18k · revenue +78%
  • IM
    INTERNATIONAL MYELOMA FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +9%
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
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc

The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…

Health
2
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
3
Targeting Resistance in Cancer Cooperative
Health
4
The Translational Genomics Research Institute

Please see schedule o

Health
5
The Cardiovascular Medical Research and Education Fund Inc
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6
De Gunzburg Myeloma Research Foundation
Philanthropy
7
Foundation for Cardiovascular Research and Innovations
Philanthropy
8
Jaeb Center for Health Research Foundation Inc

Our mission is to expand scientific knowledge and improve public health by designing and conducting world-class clinical trials and epidemiologic research.

Unclassified
9
Blood Cancer United Inc

Our mission is to cure leukemia, lymphoma, hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.

Health
10
Pano Koumantaros Cancer Research Fund Inc
Philanthropy
11
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Fred hutch cancer center ("fred hutch") unites innovative research and compassionate care to prevent and eliminate cancer and infectious disease. continued on schedule o

Health
12
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Diabetes Research Institute Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is American Diabetes Assoc Tr Udecl. 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

15 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. 15 of the 16 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
7/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

The Institute For Cancer Research: $55,000 · HealthThe Institute For Cancer ResearchDIABETES RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INC: $46,500 · HealthDIABETES RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INCCURESEARCH FOR CHILDREN'S CANCER: $30,000 · HealthCURESEARCH FOR CHILDREN'S CANCERTHE MORGAN ADAMS FOUNDATION: $25,000 · HealthTHE MORGAN ADAMS FOUNDATIONPROGERIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · HealthPROGERIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INCSharp Healthcare Foundation: $18,000 · HealthSharp Healthcare FoundationHYPERACUSIS RESEARCH LIMITED INC: $10,000 · Health+4 more: $28,500 · Health+4 moreSALUS UNIVERSITY: $34,000 · OtherSALUS UNIVERSITYINTERNATIONAL MYELOMA FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherINTERNATIONAL MYELOMA FOU…AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOC TR UDECL: $10,000 · OtherAMERICAN DIABETES ASSOC T…NATIONAL BRAIN TUMOR SOCIETY INC: $10,000 · OtherNATIONAL BRAIN TUMOR SOCI…NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $5,000 · OtherNEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF T…
Health$233,000Other$69,000

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 budgetThe Institute For Cancer Research: $55,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDIABETES RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INC: $46,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSALUS UNIVERSITY: $34,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCURESEARCH FOR CHILDREN'S CANCER: $30,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE MORGAN ADAMS FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetPROGERIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSharp Healthcare Foundation: $18,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL MYELOMA FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN DIABETES ASSOC TR UDECL: $10,000 over 1y, 51% of budgetHYPERACUSIS RESEARCH LIMITED INC: $10,000 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetNATIONAL BRAIN TUMOR SOCIETY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetENDURING HEARTS INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHOUGH EAR INSTITUTE: $7,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe Joshua Frase Foundation for Congenital Myopathy Research Inc: $7,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetNATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH: $6,500 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.

Groh George W Tr FBO …Charities Aid Foundat…The Pfizer Foundation…The Blackbaud Giving …Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…Paypal Charitable Giv…National Philanthropi…Natl Christian Charit…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…
Groh George W Tr FBO Med ResearchMO13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Groh George W Tr FBO Med Research · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 J Roland Gilbert Mary R Gilbert funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from J Roland Gilbert Mary R Gilbert. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    7get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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 16 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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