Colorado · Private foundation
Michael Gordon Black 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.
- $681k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2024
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 21
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 38% of the organizations Michael Gordon Black Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 31% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $51k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 16 | $681k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 21 | $166k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $112k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $163k | 30% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $143k | 35% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $297k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Theological Seminary | $377,543 | 6 | 1% |
| Biblica Inc | $150,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Maf Foundation | $145,000 | 6 | 53% |
| International Students Inc | $130,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Compassion International Incorporated | $93,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Partners International Inc | $93,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Weld Food Bank | $75,000 | 5 | 0% |
| National Sports Center for the Disabled Inc | $41,524 | 6 | 0% |
| Pregnancy Resource Center Inc | $38,000 | 2 | 7% |
| The Resource Center for Pregnancy & Personal Health | $35,000 | 4 | 2% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Theological Seminary | $377,543 | 6 | 1% |
| Biblica Inc | $150,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Maf Foundation | $145,000 | 6 | 53% |
| International Students Inc | $130,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Compassion International Incorporated | $93,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Partners International Inc | $93,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Weld Food Bank | $75,000 | 5 | 0% |
| National Sports Center for the Disabled Inc | $41,524 | 6 | 0% |
| Pregnancy Resource Center Inc | $38,000 | 2 | 7% |
| The Resource Center for Pregnancy & Personal Health | $35,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Network Beyond | $30,000 | 2 | 2% |
| International Justice Mission | $20,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $13,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Saruni International | $12,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Boys and Girls Clubs of Weld County Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Bridging the Gaps Dyslexia Center | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| InterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Shack | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Special Olympics Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($284k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Michael Gordon Black Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 17 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Michael Gordon Black Foundation
- How much does Michael Gordon Black Foundation give?
- Michael Gordon Black Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $681,049 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 21 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Michael Gordon Black Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (54%), International (15%), Education (10%).
- Who are Michael Gordon Black Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Dallas Theological Seminary ($378k), Biblica Inc ($150k), Maf Foundation ($145k).
- Does Michael Gordon Black Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Michael Gordon Black Foundation 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 Michael Gordon Black Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Michael Gordon Black Foundation based?
- Michael Gordon Black Foundation is based in CO.
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