· Private foundation
Norbert and Paula Gits Family Foundation
Its FY2021 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2021
- Under $10k5 grants · $2k
- $250k+1 grant · $254k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| BESSEMER NATIONAL GIFT FUND CO BESSEMER TRUST COMPANY | $254,375 |
| ST MARY'S PARISH | $860 |
| ST MARY'S SCHOOL | $750 |
| LEELANAU HISTORICAL SOCIETY | $550 |
| LAKE LEELANAU LAKE ASSOCIATION | $100 |
| ALZHEIMER DISEASE FUND | $50 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–18, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +139% since the first grant, against +51% for those funded once.
17 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2021, 12 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 1% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $254k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- LHLeelanau Historical Society5× · 2017–2021 · $9k · revenue +139%
- FPFISHTOWN PRESERVATION SOCIETY INC2× · 2017–2019 · $3k · revenue +258%
- MHMUNSON HEALTHCARE FOUNDATIONS2× · 2017–2019 · $3k · revenue +44%
Funded once
- CCCLEVELAND CLINIC OF INDIAN RIVERone grant, 2020 · $1k
INDIAN RIVER HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INCone grant, 2019 · $1k- SSSANDE SCHOOL OF HORSEMANSHIPgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $1k · revenue +34%
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.
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.
Our mission is conserving West Michigans ecologically critical land. We protect land by creating public nature preserves, providing support to communities and local governments in creating natural areas, and helping private landowners…
Ann arbor hands-on museum creates moments of discovery that inspire curiosity, exploration and respect for stem and the natural world. together with the leslie science & nature center, we envision a world where curiosity today leads to…
We harness the power of plants for humankind and share the joy and beauty of tropical gardening with everyone. fairchild tropical botanic garden is a museum of tropical plants within a world famous, 83-acre designed landscape. it was…
Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…
The los angeles conservancy is a nonprofit membership organization that works through education and advocacy to recognize, preserve, and revitalize the historic architectural and cultural resources of los angeles county.
Lincoln park zoo is dedicated to connecting people with nature by providing a free, family-oriented wildlife experience in the heart of chicago and by advancing the highest quality of animal care, horticulture, education, science and…
The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."
Museum has a mission to create opportunties for everyone to experience art that broadens understanding of the past, fosters community connections to the present, and creates diverse possbilities for the future.
Supports and maintains a research library of american history and culture. the american antiquarian society cultivates a deeper understanding of the american past, grounded in its ever-growing collection of printed and manuscript sources.…
The mission of lowell observatory is to pursue the study of astronomy, especially the study of our solar system and its evolution; to conduct pure research in astronomical phenomena; and to maintain quality public education and outreach…
It is our mission at huron pines to conserve and enhance northern michigan's natural resources to ensure healthy water, protected places and vibrant communities. for alomst 50 years, our work across the forests, lakes and streams of…
The museum's mission statement is "turn on the science: inspire learning. inform policy. improve lives."
How this is measured
19 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. 19 of the 43 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 Leelanau Historical Society ↗
- Who funds FISHTOWN PRESERVATION SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds MUNSON HEALTHCARE FOUNDATIONS ↗
- Who funds LEELANAU CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds LAKE LEELANAU LAKE ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds INDIAN RIVER HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds SANDE SCHOOL OF HORSEMANSHIP ↗
- Who funds FOOD FOR THE POOR INC ↗
- Who funds LEELANAU CHRISTIAN NEIGHBORS INC ↗
- Who funds OLD ART BUILDING ↗
- Who funds LEELANAU CHILDREN'S CENTER ↗
- Who funds MCKEE BOTANICAL GARDEN INC ↗
- Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds Oberlin College ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds VERO BEACH MUSEUM OF ART INC ↗
- Who funds ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC ↗
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: Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation · Edmund F and Virginia B Ball Foundation Inc · The Bessemer Giving Fund · The Alpaugh Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Norbert and Paula Gits Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Norbert and Paula Gits Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
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