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Joseph N Gorson Foundation at a glance

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Joseph N Gorson Foundation

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
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$7k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2025.

Philanthropy$95kReligion$60kEducation$39kHealth$29kHuman Services$26kInternational$14kFood & Nutrition$4kCivil Rights$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$464k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JEWISH FEDERATION$7,000
CONGREGATION BETH EL NER TAMID$5,000
HAR ZION TEMPLE$5,000
PHILABUNDANCE$3,500
JEWISH NATIONAL FUND$3,000
AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE$2,500
JEWISH RELIEF AGENCY$2,000
JFCS OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA$2,000
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION$1,000
RETTSSYNDROMEORG$1,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION$1,000
ST JUDE'S CHILDRENS RESEARCH HOSP$1,000
LAUREL HOUSE$1,000
02The need
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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 (FY19–25, $19k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 58% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%RADNOR A BETTER CHANCE: $1k → 6%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $1k → 14%JEWISH RELIEF AGENCY: $2k → 7%JEWISH RELIEF AGENCY: $2k → 7%JEWISH RELIEF AGENCY: $1k → 7%JEWISH RELIEF AGENCY: $1k → 7%JEWISH RELIEF AGENCY: $1k → 7%JFCS OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $2k → 22%JFCS OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $2k → 22%JFCS OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $2k → 22%JFCS OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $2k → 22%JFCS OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $2k → 22%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

NY
MA
OH
PA
CA
TN
DC
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.
$230k · 17 repeat orgs$39k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
22

Total granted

$230k
$33k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+23%

Still filing today

47%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

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HealthHuman ServicesInternationalEducationReligionFood & NutritionOther
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

  • JF
    JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA
    5× · 2021–2025 · $10k · revenue +37%
  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
    5× · 2020–2025 · $9k · revenue +78%
  • AH
    American Heart Association Inc
    5× · 2021–2025 · $5k · revenue +33%

Funded once

  • JC
    JEWISH COMMUINITY CENTERS
    one grant, 2018 · $5k
  • BE
    BETH EL NER TAMID
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
  • FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES
    one grant, 2023 · $3k · revenue -33%
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
Yeshiva University

The university is composed of several colleges and schools providing undergraduate, graduate, professional and post-doctoral education and training and research and clinical programs.

Education
2
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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3
Drexel University

Drexel university fulfills its founder's vision of preparing each new generation of students for productive professional and civic lives while also focusing its collective expertise on solving society's greatest problems. drexel is an…

Education
4
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
5
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
6
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary

To prepare students for the rabbinate and to issue the traditional certificate of ordination in connection therewith. the seminary is authorized to confer the degree of master of hebrew literature (m.h.l.), doctor of hebrew literature…

Education
7
Hadassah the Women's Zionist Org of America Inc

Hadassah, the women's zionist organization of america, inc., a new york not-for-profit corporation ("hwzoa") enhances the health and lives of people in israel, the united states and worldwide through education, advocacy, women's…

Community Improvement
8
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania

The trustees of the university of pennsylvania (the "university") sees itself as having a public service mission. in such regard, the university aims to provide a rich and diverse educational environment for its students; to pioneer…

Education
9
Thomas Jefferson University

Thomas jefferson university ("tju") is a comprehensive university with preeminence in transdisciplinary, experiential professional education, research and discovery, delivering exceptional value for the 21st century students with…

Education
10
Lehigh Valley Hospital

Our mission is to heal, comfort and care for the people of our community by providing advanced and compassionate health care of superior quality and value, supported by education and research.

Health
11
Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia

The jewish federation of greater philadelphia mobilizes financial and volunteer resources to create a bright future for jewish people everywhere. the jewish federation cares for those in need, combats antisemitism and global crises, and…

Philanthropy
12
Philadelphia University

The organization is an affiliate within thomas jefferson university/jefferson health; a comprehensive professional university and tax-exempt integrated healthcare delivery system ("system"), with a tripartite mission of education, research…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Family & Children's Service of Greater Philadelphia; the most unlike its peers is International Rett Syndrome 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

24 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. 24 of the 42 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
17/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JEWISH FEDERATION: $62,750 · OtherJEWISH FEDERATIONJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILA: $30,000 · OtherJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILAHAR ZION TEMPLE: $27,000 · OtherHAR ZION TEMPLEOLIN COLLEGE: $26,100 · OtherOLIN COLLEGECONGREGATION BETH EL NER TAMID: $24,500 · OtherCONGREGATION BETH EL NER TAMID+16 more: $40,850 · Other+16 moreST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $9,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $5,000 · HealthTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS INC: $2,500 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $2,500 · HealthTHE WISTAR INSTITUTE OF ANATOMY AND BIOLOGY: $1,000 · HealthInternational Rett Syndrome Foundation: $1,000 · HealthCITY OF PHILADELPHIA TRUSTEE ADMINISTERING WILLS EYE HOSPITAL: $1,000 · HealthJEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $10,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH RELIEF AGENCY: $7,000 · Human ServicesLAUREL HOUSE: $2,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,000 · Human ServicesRadnor A Better Chance Inc: $1,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $9,000 · InternationalFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $3,000 · InternationalFUND FOR ISRAEL'S TOMORROW: $1,000 · InternationalAMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · InternationalPhilabundance: $3,500 · Food & NutritionLEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $2,300 · EducationREADING ALLOWED: $500 · EducationAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $2,500 · Civil RightsJEWISH LEARNING VENTURE: $1,000 · Religion
Other$211,200Health$22,000Human Services$21,000International$14,000Food & Nutrition$3,500Education$2,800Civil Rights$2,500Religion$1,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $10,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $9,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH RELIEF AGENCY: $7,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJACK M BARRACK HEBREW ACADEMY: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPhilabundance: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $2,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLAUREL HOUSE: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSIERRA CLUB: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WISTAR INSTITUTE OF ANATOMY AND BIOLOGY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH LEARNING VENTURE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALEXS LEMONADE STAND FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRadnor A Better Chance Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFUND FOR ISRAEL'S TOMORROW: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rett Syndrome Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCITY OF PHILADELPHIA TRUSTEE ADMINISTERING WILLS EYE HOSPITAL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREADING ALLOWED: $500 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

Gs Donor Advised Phil…Erlbaum Family Founda…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management IncNY14.3× affinity6 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Erlbaum Family Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Joseph N Gorson Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Joseph N Gorson Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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 42 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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