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The Gbt Foundation at a glance

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The Gbt Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$119k
Granted FY2023
1
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$119k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2023.

Health$1.2MInternational$100kYouth Development$10k
02FY2023 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$119,012
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SICKLE CELL DISEASE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA$119,012
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 (FY22–22, $50k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%BRIDGES POINTE INC: $50k → 11%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

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CA
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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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 15% of The Gbt Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 18% of the giving stays in CA; by stated purpose, 7%.

The Gbt Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 15% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its 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.

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Sickle Cell Disease Association of America

To provide education, screenings, and counseling for persons suffering from sickle cell disease and to stimulate interest and further research for curing the disease.

Health
2
Sickle Forward

Transforming the lives of individuals affected by sickle cell disease in low-resource environments by championing access to timely diagnosis and basic treatment.

Health
3
Sickle Cell Texas Marc Thomas Foundation

Sickle Cell Association of Texas Marc Thomas Foundations mission is to enhance and improve the quality of life for those living with sickle cell disease and trait, providing hope, help, and support.

Health
4
Sickle Gene International Foundation

The mission is to reduce sickle cell disease-associated mortality and morbidity; and improve the lives of people living with sickle cell disease in Sub-Saharan Africa through: Providing screening to identify those with sickle cell disease…

Health
5
Louvenia D Barksdale Sickle Cell Anemia Foundatio

The mission of the l.d. barksdale sickle cell anemia foundation is to optimize the quality of health care and the quality of life for individuals and families impacted by the prescence of the sickle cell disease.

Health
6
Southwest Louisiana Sickle Cell Anemia Disease Foundation

To enhance the quality of life for persons with sickle cell disease, their families and the community through education, networking, guidance and referral services.

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7
Sickle Cell Consortium Inc

To harness and amplify the power of the patient s voice. Ensuring that the sickle cell patient and caregiver are at the center of research, education, advocacy, policy and legislation. Nothing for us without us.

Health
8
North Alabama Sickle Cell Foundatio

Sickle cell education, testing and assessment

Health
9
Sickle Cell Foundation of Greater Montgomery Inc

To provide professional and service programs to individuals with the sickle cell trait, sickle cell anemia, and other related diseases.

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10
Sickle Cell Disease Association of America Mobile

Our mission is to empower our clients and families with knowledge through quality comprehensive programs and services. we offer services to individuals with sickle cell disease.

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Sickle Cell Anemia Resource Foundat

Provide pediatric clinic for patients 0-17 years old. the foundation participates in patient care for medication, lab work, transportation, and book scholarships. the foundation conducts education programs in the communities and schools…

Human Services
12
Sickle Cell Disease Association of America Mi Chapter Inc

The organization provides testing and educational services to those impacted by sickle cell disease within the State of Michigan

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Sickle Cell Foundation of Georgia; the most unlike its peers is The Galien Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

18 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. 18 of the 24 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
17/18
Grantees still filing
12/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SICKLE CELL FOUNDATION OF GEORGIA: $99,854 · HealthSICKLE CELL FOUNDATION OF GEORGIAMTS SICKLE CELL FOUNDATION: $75,110 · HealthMTS SICKLE CELL FOUNDATIONLIFE SCIENCE CARES INC: $70,000 · HealthLIFE SCIENCE CARES INCCHILDREN'S SICKLE CELL FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S SICKLE CELL FOUNDATION INCSickle Cell Association: $50,000 · HealthSickle Cell AssociationAdvancing Sickle Cell Advocacy Project: $50,000 · HealthAdvancing Sickle Cell Advocacy ProjectEASTERN SHORE AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENT: $50,000 · HealthEASTERN SHORE AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTTHE MARYLAND SICKLE CELL DISEASE SSOCIATION INCORPORATED: $49,995 · HealthTHE MARYLAND SICKLE CELL DISEASE SSOCIATION INC…SICKLE CELL ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH LOUISIA: $49,413 · HealthSICKLE CELL ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH LOUISIAThe Galien Foundation: $30,000 · HealthSickle Cell Disease Association of America Inc: $119,012 · OtherSickle Cell Disease Association of America…THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER: $100,000 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE…LIFE SCIENCE CARES BAY AREA LLC: $80,000 · OtherLIFE SCIENCE CARES BAY AREA LLCNEWYORK-PRESBYTERIANBROOKLYN METHODIST: $56,780 · OtherNEWYORK-PRESBYTERIANBROOKLYN METHODISTSICKLE CELL HOPE ALIVE FOUNDATION INC: $49,983 · OtherSICKLE CELL HOPE ALIVE FOUNDATION INCIndividual grant recipient: $49,950 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSickle Cell Foundation Inc: $25,000 · OtherTUMAINI SICKLE CELL ORGANIZATION: $20,000 · Other+1 more: $10,000 · OtherBaylor College of Medicine: $93,998 · EducationBaylor Co…Sickle Cell Medical Advocacy Inc: $20,000 · EducationSickle Ce…INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS: $100,000 · InternationalBRIDGES POINTE INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesCAYENNE WELLNESS CENTER AND CHILDRENS FOUNDATION INC: $7,163 · Food & Nutrition
Health$574,372Other$510,725Education$113,998International$100,000Human Services$50,000Food & Nutrition$7,163

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 budgetSickle Cell Disease Association of America Inc: $119,012 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetINTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSICKLE CELL FOUNDATION OF GEORGIA: $99,854 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetBaylor College of Medicine: $93,998 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMTS SICKLE CELL FOUNDATION: $75,110 over 1y, 32% of budgetLIFE SCIENCE CARES INC: $70,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetNEWYORK-PRESBYTERIANBROOKLYN METHODIST: $56,780 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S SICKLE CELL FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetSickle Cell Association: $50,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetEASTERN SHORE AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENT: $50,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetBRIDGES POINTE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 32% of budgetTHE MARYLAND SICKLE CELL DISEASE SSOCIATION INCORPORATED: $49,995 over 1y, 27% of budgetSICKLE CELL ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH LOUISIA: $49,413 over 1y, 18% of budgetThe Galien Foundation: $30,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetSickle Cell Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetSickle Cell Medical Advocacy Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 31% of budgetCAYENNE WELLNESS CENTER AND CHILDRENS FOUNDATION INC: $7,163 over 1y, 0.9% 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.

Sickle Cell Disease A…The Pfizer Foundation…Charities Aid Foundat…Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Sickle Cell Disease Association of America IncMD15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sickle Cell Disease Association of America Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation 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 The Gbt Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Gbt Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 21%
  • Eastern Shore Area Health Education Cent: 21% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get 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
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.
04Through Plinth

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How do I get to The Gbt Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Gbt Foundation 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 24 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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