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Roger & Brenda Gibson Family Foundation at a glance

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Roger & Brenda Gibson Family 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.

$431k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$200k
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, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$542kPhilanthropy$393kInternational$293kFood & Nutrition$240kHealth$221kRecreation & Sports$100kCivil Rights$100kReligion$15kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $36k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $395k
$50,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK$200,000
FIDELITY CHARITABLE GIFT FUND$144,675
JEAN B PURVIS COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER$50,000
THE CARTER CENTER$25,000
UNITED INITIATIVE TO CURE BRAIN CANCER$11,000
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 (FY20–20, $51k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%RIP MEDICAL DEBT: $50k → 9%CHARITY NAVIGATOR: $1k → 7%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

ME
MN
NY
OH
PA
NJ
CA
VA
MD
DC
GA
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.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 12 repeat orgs$448k to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
15

Total granted

$1.1M
$448k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+52%

Still filing today

83%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
InternationalHealthEducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureFood & 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

  • UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
    2× · 2022–2024 · $526k · revenue +11%
  • GP
    GREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK
    3× · 2020–2025 · $240k · revenue +13%
  • CH
    Community Health Clinic of Butler County Inc
    5× · 2021–2025 · $130k · revenue +27%

Funded once

  • IR
    International Rescue Committee INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $150k · revenue +63%
  • TW
    TOGETHER WE RISEgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue +52%
  • AA
    All Americans Vote
    one grant, 2024 · $100k · revenue 0%
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
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
2
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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3
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
4
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
5
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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6
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
7
University of Maryland Physicians Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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8
Pew Research Center

Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan "fact tank" that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. Pew Research Center generates a foundation of facts that enriches the public dialogue and…

Social Science
9
Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium Inc

To support education and research at college, university, and research libraries.

Education
10
University of Maryland Emergency Medicine Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
11
Personal Care Products Council Foundation Inc

The foundation is set up to deliver one program - look good feel better. the mission of this nationwide program is to improve the quality of life of women, men, and teens undergoing cancer treatment by offering advice on how to cope with…

Health
12
University of Maryland Surgical Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University of Pittsburgh; the most unlike its peers is Golden Tornado Scholastic Foundation Inc. 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

23 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. 23 of the 30 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
17/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $525,800 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGHSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $247,700 · EducationSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC+1 more: $5,000 · EducationInternational Rescue Committee INC: $150,000 · InternationalInternational Res…THE CARTER CENTER INC: $125,000 · InternationalTHE CARTER CENTER…NEW ISRAEL FUND: $15,000 · International+1 more: $2,500 · InternationalGREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $240,000 · Food & NutritionGREATER PITTSB…FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $144,675 · Community ImprovementCommunity Health Clinic of Butler County Inc: $130,000 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $10,000 · Health+1 more: $1,000 · HealthTOGETHER WE RISE: $100,000 · Recreation & SportsAll Americans Vote: $100,000 · Civil RightsUNITED INITIATIVE TO CURE BRAIN CANCER: $25,350 · OtherTHE NEW ISRAEL FUND (NY): $15,000 · OtherCarnegie Mellon University: $10,000 · OtherBRIDGE HOME HEALTH & HOSPICE: $5,000 · OtherJDRF WESTERN PA CHAPTER: $5,000 · OtherMEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC: $50,000 · OtherPITTSBURGH COMMUNITY BROADCASTING CORPORATION: $4,800 · Other+9 more: $11,100 · Other
Education$778,500International$292,500Food & Nutrition$240,000Community Improvement$144,675Health$141,000Recreation & Sports$100,000Civil Rights$100,000Other$126,250

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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $525,800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $247,700 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $240,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $150,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $144,675 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Health Clinic of Butler County Inc: $130,000 over 5y, 6.0% of budgetTHE CARTER CENTER INC: $125,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTOGETHER WE RISE: $100,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetAll Americans Vote: $100,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW ISRAEL FUND: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCarnegie Mellon University: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPITTSBURGH COMMUNITY BROADCASTING CORPORATION: $4,800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE INT'L CENTER FOR JOURNALISTS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROCKVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPHIPPS CONSERVATORY AND BOTANICAL GARDENS INC: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFRANKLIN PARK VOLUNTEER FIRE CO NO 1: $2,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCharity Navigator: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMCCANDLESS FRANKLIN PARK AMB: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGolden Tornado Scholastic Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPortland Museum of Art: $600 over 2y, 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.

The Pittsburgh Founda…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Pittsburgh FoundationPA13× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pittsburgh Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Roger & Brenda Gibson Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Roger & Brenda Gibson Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 30 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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