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The Gaba Family Foundation Inc

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.

$415k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$115k
Largest
01What you fund
0192% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172025.

Education$810kArts & Culture$389kHealth$105kHuman Services$88kInternational$65kCivil Rights$37kSocial Science$25kHousing & Shelter$15kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $40k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $365k
$5,286
Median grant
3
States reached
$946k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JAZZ ASPEN SNOWMASS$114,750
UCLA FOUNDATION$100,000
Individual grant recipient$100,000
PACIFIC JAZZ ORCHESTRA$50,000
FRIENDS OF SABAN COMMUNITY CLINIC$10,000
EVERYCHILD FOUNDATION$6,135
SHARE FOR CHILDREN INC$5,286
SANSUM CLINIC$5,000
BABY2BABY ORG$5,000
SHELTER BOX USA$5,000
LAPD FOUNDATION$5,000
SHELTER BOX USA$5,000
ISRAEL TENNIS & EDUCATION CENTER FOUNDATION$2,500
ST BARBARA COAST FIRE DEPT$1,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

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Your human-services grants (FY18–25, $57k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%UNION RESCUE MISSION: $5k → 14%UNION RESCUE MISSION: $5k → 14%UNION RESCUE MISSION: $5k → 14%EVERYCHILD FOUNDATION: $6k → 14%EVERYCHILD FOUNDATION: $6k → 14%EVERYCHILD FOUNDATION: $6k → 14%EVERYCHILD FOUNDATION: $6k → 14%EVERYCHILD FOUNDATION: $6k → 14%EVERYCHILD FOUNDATION: $6k → 14%EVERYCHILD FOUNDATION: $6k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$639k · 13 repeat orgs$264k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +67% since the first grant, against +25% for the ones you funded once.

13 repeat relationships — 6 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
23

Total granted

$639k
$140k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+67%
+25%

Still filing today

77%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $124k 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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesInternationalHealthEducationPublic Safety & DisasterOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • JA
    JAZZ AT ASPEN-SNOWMASS
    6× · 2019–2025 · $265k · revenue +197%
  • PJ
    Pacific Jazz Orchestra
    2× · 2024–2025 · $51k · revenue +183%
  • SI
    SHARE INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $33k · revenue +67%

Funded once

  • PL
    PI LAMBDA PHI EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue +25%
  • TB
    TEDDY BEAR CANCER FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $21k · revenue 0%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2024 · $13k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
United States Telecom Association

See schedule oustelecom exists to ensure members can compete, grow and thrive to build a world where families, enterprises and communities are connected through the power of broadband.our member companies have committed a considerable…

2
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

3
United States Artists Inc

To invest in america's finest artists and illuminate the value of artists to society.

Arts & Culture
4
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
5
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
6
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

The Television Academy is dedicated to celebrating excellence, innovation and the advancement of the telecommunications arts and sciences through recognition, education and leadership, while fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible…

7
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…

Education
8
The American Institute of Architects California

The AIA California, in collaboration with local components, is the voice of the architectural profession.

9
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
10
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
11
Internet Society Foundation

At the internet society foundation, we focus on funding initiatives that strengthen the internet in function and reach so that it can effectively serve all people. our work advances the vision of the internet society (isoc): the internet…

International
12
California Dental Association Foundation

The foundation's mission is to improve the oral health of all californians by supporting the dental profession and its efforts to meet community needs.

Science & Tech

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ucla Foundation and the most unlike its peers is ONE805 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

22 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 22 of the 43 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
15/22
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

UCLA FOUNDATION — $775,000 · EducationUCLA FOUNDATION+2 more — $35,000 · EducationJAZZ AT ASPEN-SNOWMASS — $265,200 · Arts & CultureJAZZ AT ASPEN-SNOWMAS…Pacific Jazz Orchestra — $51,000 · Arts & CulturePacific Jazz Orchestr…+2 more — $7,500 · Arts & CultureIndividual grant recipient — $100,000 · OtherIndividual grant rec…USC THORTON SCHOOL OF MUSIC — $50,000 · OtherUSC THORTON SCHOOL O…SHARE FOR CHILDREN INC — $40,286 · OtherSHARE FOR CHILDREN I…Individual grant recipient — $12,500 · Other+24 more — $98,315 · Other+24 moreSHELTERBOX USA INC — $50,000 · Human ServicesSHELTERBO…The Everychild Foundation — $42,270 · Human ServicesThe Every…SHARE INC — $32,500 · Human ServicesSHARE INCUNION RESCUE MISSION — $15,000 · Human ServicesUNION RES…TEDDY BEAR CANCER FOUNDATION — $21,030 · HealthSANSUM CLINIC — $20,000 · HealthPEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY FOUNDATION — $36,500 · Civil RightsTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC — $25,282 · Social Science
Education$810,000Arts & Culture$323,700Other$301,101Human Services$139,770Health$41,030Civil Rights$36,500Social Science$25,282

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetUCLA FOUNDATION — $775,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetJAZZ AT ASPEN-SNOWMASS — $265,200 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetPacific Jazz Orchestra — $51,000 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetSHELTERBOX USA INC — $50,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetThe Everychild Foundation — $42,270 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetPEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY FOUNDATION — $36,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSHARE INC — $32,500 over 5y, 4.4% of budgetTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC — $25,282 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPI LAMBDA PHI EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC — $25,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetTEDDY BEAR CANCER FOUNDATION — $21,030 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetSANSUM CLINIC — $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNION RESCUE MISSION — $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEMERSON COLLEGE — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL BRAIN TUMOR SOCIETY INC — $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetONE805 INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSIC ACADEMY OF THE WEST — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Brain Tumor Association — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds UCLA FOUNDATION
  • Who funds JAZZ AT ASPEN-SNOWMASS
  • Who funds Pacific Jazz Orchestra
  • Who funds SHELTERBOX USA INC
  • Who funds The Everychild Foundation
  • Who funds PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY FOUNDATION
  • Who funds SHARE INC
  • Who funds THE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC
  • Who funds PI LAMBDA PHI EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds TEDDY BEAR CANCER FOUNDATION
  • Who funds SANSUM CLINIC
  • Who funds UNION RESCUE MISSION
  • Who funds EMERSON COLLEGE
  • Who funds NATIONAL BRAIN TUMOR SOCIETY INC
  • Who funds ONE805 INC
  • Who funds HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC
  • Who funds LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION
  • Who funds MUSIC ACADEMY OF THE WEST
  • Who funds ISRAEL TENNIS CENTERS FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF
  • Who funds American Brain Tumor Association

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

California Community FoundationCA14.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Gaba Family Foundation Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

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no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%your share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 0%
  • Emerson College0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get 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 · 0–5%
typical government reliance, FY2025

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

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How do I get to The Gaba Family Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to The Gaba Family Foundation Inc 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 43 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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