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Jerry and Dorothy Gray Foundation at a glance

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Jerry and Dorothy Gray 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.

$165k
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$48k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$429kCommunity Improvement$159kPublic Benefit$117kEmployment$75kPublic Safety & Disaster$73kReligion$55kEducation$37kYouth Development$17kOther$0
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $27k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $138k
$6,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$2.5M
Total assets

Anchored by a single position: about 98% of reported assets are held in Publicly Traded Securities Us Bank 8210.

Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE ARC of San Francisco$48,000
Hope Hospice$25,000
St Jude Children's Research Hospital$25,000
America's Vet Dogs$20,000
CDA Foundation$20,000
Sonrise Equestrian Foundation$6,500
NOVA Academy$5,000
Castro Valley Methodist Mens Club - Crew 357$5,000
C3 LA$4,000
South East Asia Rescue Coalition and Haven$3,000
Northcreek Church$3,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $351k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%THE ARC of San Francisco: $48k → 10%Hope Hospice: $25k → 10%HOPE HOSPICE: $20k → 10%Hope Hospice: $18k → 10%THE ARC OF SAN FRANCISCO: $20k → 10%HOPE HOSPICE: $15k → 10%THE ARC OF SAN FRANCISCO: $15k → 10%HOPE HOSPICE: $15k → 10%THE ARC OF SAN FRANCISCO: $15k → 10%HOPE HOSPICE: $10k → 10%THE ARC OF SAN FRANCISCO: $15k → 10%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $20k → 9%HOPE HOSPICE: $10k → 10%THE ARC OF SAN FRANCISCO: $15k → 10%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $15k → 9%HOPE HOSPICE: $10k → 10%THE ARC of San Francisco: $15k → 10%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $10k → 9%THE ARC OF SAN FRANCISCO: $13k → 10%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $10k → 9%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $10k → 9%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $8k → 9%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.
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$974k · 19 repeat orgs$24k to everyone else

19 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
4

Total granted

$974k
$19k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+82%

Still filing today

47%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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
HealthHuman ServicesPublic BenefitEducationAnimalsInternationalOther
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

  • TA
    THE ARC SAN FRANCISCO
    8× · 2017–2024 · $156k · revenue +10%
  • HH
    HOPE HOSPICE INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $123k · revenue +14%
  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $122k · revenue +145%

Funded once

  • VF
    VASCULITIS FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +82%
  • NL
    NEW LIGHT CONGREGATION
    one grant, 2018 · $5k
  • AF
    ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue -16%
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
Target Als Foundation Inc

Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…

Education
2
Autoimmune Encephalitis Alliance Inc

To support all members of the ae community so no one faces ae alone.

Health
3
Children's Hospital & Research Center At Oakland

The mission of children's hospital & research center at oakland is to protect and advance the health and well-being of children through clinical care, teaching and research.

Health
4
National Multiple Sclerosis Society

We will cure ms while empowering people affected by ms to live their best lives.

Health
5
New York Society for the Relief of the Ruptured and Crippled Maintaining the

The mission of hospital for special surgery is to provide the highest quality patient care, improve mobility, and enhance the quality of life for all and to advance the science of orthopedic surgery, rheumatology, and their related…

Health
6
Southern California University of Health Sciences

The mission of southern california university of health sciences (scu) is to educate students as competent, caring and successful practitioners of integrative healthcare. the university is committed to providing excellence in academics,…

Education
7
Achievekids

Achievekids schools provide individualized and multi-disciplinary programs that deliver special education, mental health, and family support services for students ages 5 to 22 who have complex and often severe developmental, emotional, and…

Education
8
National Science and Technology Medals Foundation Inc

The nstmf's mission is to build inclusive stem communities across the united states. fundamental to these communities are the significant, inspirational connections we foster between the individuals who have received national recognition…

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9
Sutter Bay Medical Foundation

Mission statement: mission: caring for our patients first and our people always. vision: to be the most comprehensive, integrated and connected health system for getting and staying well. values: excellence - we deliver high-quality,…

Health
10
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
11
Sutter Bay Hospitals

MISSION STATEMENT: MISSION: CARING FOR OUR PATIENTS FIRST AND OUR PEOPLE ALWAYS. VISION: TO BE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE, INTEGRATED AND CONNECTED HEALTH SYSTEM FOR GETTING AND STAYING WELL. VALUES: EXCELLENCE - We deliver high-quality,…

Health
12
Doheny Eye Institute

To further the conservation, improvement and restoration of human eyesight" (mrs. doheny - 1947).

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Arthritis Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is South East Asia Rescue Coalition and Haven. 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

13 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. 13 of the 24 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/13
Grantees still filing
10/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE ARC SAN FRANCISCO: $155,500 · Human ServicesTHE ARC SAN FRANCISCOHOPE HOSPICE INC: $123,000 · Human ServicesHOPE HOSPICE INCAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $72,500 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Const…CDA FOUNDATION: $152,000 · OtherCDA FOUNDATIONHILLSIDE COVENANT CHURCH: $13,500 · OtherHILLSIDE COVENANT CHURCHCastro Valley Methodist Mens Club: $13,000 · OtherCASTRO VALLEY UNITED METHODIST: $12,500 · OtherBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $11,500 · OtherNORTHCREEK CHURCH: $11,000 · OtherSOTH EAST ASIA RESCUE COALITION AND HAVEN: $10,000 · Other+6 more: $26,951 · Other+6 moreST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $122,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEA…THE SPECIALISTS GUILD: $75,000 · HealthTHE SPECIALISTS GUILDSONRISE EQUESTRIAN FOUNDATION: $18,000 · HealthSONRISE EQUESTRIAN FOUND…+1 more: $5,000 · HealthAMERICA'S VETDOGS THE VETERANS K-9 CORPS INC: $117,000 · Public BenefitAMERICA'S VET…NOVA ACADEMY: $36,500 · EducationSOUTH EAST ASIA RESCUE COALITION AND HAVEN: $13,000 · InternationalMONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Animals
Human Services$351,000Other$250,451Health$220,000Public Benefit$117,000Education$36,500International$13,000Animals$10,000

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 ARC SAN FRANCISCO: $155,500 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetHOPE HOSPICE INC: $123,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $122,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICA'S VETDOGS THE VETERANS K-9 CORPS INC: $117,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetTHE SPECIALISTS GUILD: $75,000 over 3y, 34% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $72,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNOVA ACADEMY: $36,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSONRISE EQUESTRIAN FOUNDATION: $18,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetSOUTH EAST ASIA RESCUE COALITION AND HAVEN: $13,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetMONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVASCULITIS FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREDWOOD CREDIT UNION: $4,000 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 THE ARC SAN FRANCISCO ↗
  • Who funds HOPE HOSPICE INC ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICA'S VETDOGS THE VETERANS K-9 CORPS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE SPECIALISTS GUILD ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds NOVA ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds SONRISE EQUESTRIAN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH EAST ASIA RESCUE COALITION AND HAVEN ↗
  • Who funds MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds VASCULITIS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds REDWOOD CREDIT UNION ↗

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.

Silicon Valley Commun…The Blackbaud Giving …The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA11.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Jerry and Dorothy Gray Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jerry and Dorothy Gray Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%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 · 0–15%
    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 Jerry and Dorothy Gray Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Jerry and Dorothy Gray 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 24 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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