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The Gemini 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.

$2k
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$1k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0199% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2020–2025.

Philanthropy$150kReligion$106kEducation$96kHealth$43kArts & Culture$28kHuman Services$26kEnvironment$20kYouth Development$7kOther$0
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$1,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$100k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VARIETY THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY OF ST LOUIS$1,000
GEORGE W BUSH PRESIDENTIAL CENTER$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 (FY20–24, $28k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HEALTH NETWORK FOUNDATION: $1k → 17%FRIENDS OF BOCA GRANDE COMMUNITY CENTER: $25k → 11%FRIENDS OF BOCA GRANDE COMMUNITY CE: $1k → 11%HARBOR SPRINGS CHAMBER FOUNDATION: $100 → 9%FRIENDS OF BOCA GRANDE COMMUNITY CE: $500 → 11%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.

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.

72%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$349k · 24 repeat orgs$134k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +49% since the first grant, against +31% for the ones you funded once.

24 repeat relationships — 2 still active in FY2025, 22 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
28

Total granted

$349k
$134k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
+31%

Still filing today

63%
57%

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
HealthEducationHuman ServicesAnimalsArts & CultureEnvironmentOther

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

  • BG
    BOCA GRANDE HEALTH CLINIC FNDTN INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $30k · revenue +215%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF BOCA GRANDE COMMUNITY CENTER INC
    3× · 2020–2024 · $27k · revenue +235%
  • LT
    Little Traverse Conservancy Inc
    5× · 2020–2024 · $11k · revenue +66%

Funded once

  • OL
    OUR LADY OF MERCY
    one grant, 2021 · $75k
  • VD
    VILLA DUCHESNE - OAK HILL SCHOOL
    one grant, 2021 · $25k
  • WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +21%

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
University of Florida Health Corporation

UF Health's mission is to promote health through outstanding and high-quality patient care, innovative and rigorous education in the health professions and biomedical sciences, and high-impact research across the spectrum of basic,…

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2
Harbor Beach Community Hospital

To provide community access to quality health care.

Health
3
Hospice of the Treasure Coast Inc

Hospice of the treasure coast, inc. exists to provide hospice, grief counseling, education and other services to patients and families dealing with death and dying so that they might live as fully and comfortably as possible.

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4
Holy Cross Hospital Inc

We, holy cross hospital and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. holy cross hospital is a member of trinity health.

Health
5
Governors Island Corporation

The governors island corporation, doing business as the trust for governors island, is the 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization created by the city of new york and charged with the planning, redevelopment and ongoing operations of 150…

Animals
6
Hospice of Martin & St Lucie Inc

Hospice of martin & st. lucie, inc. exists to provide hospice, grief counseling, education and other services to patients and families, dealing with death and dying so that they might live as fully and comfortably as possible. hospice…

Human Services
7
Florida Health Sciences Center Inc

As the region's leading safety net hospital, tampa general hospital is committed to providing area residents with excellent and compassionate health care ranging from the simplest to the most complex medical services. our shared purpose:…

Health
8
Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation Inc

Sarasota memorial healthcare foundation is the philanthropic partner that helps sarasota memorial health care system bring world-class care to our community.

Health
9
Island Hospital Foundation

The mission of the foundation is to raise funds to support island health and its commitment to community health in and around anacortes, washington.

Unclassified
10
St Joseph's Hospital of Tampa Foundation Inc

St. joseph's hospitals foundation secures, manages and stewards philanthropic support to benefit the health care mission of st. joseph's hospital, st. joseph's women's hospital, st. joseph's children's hospital of tampa, st. joseph's…

Health
11
Mcphs University

Mcphs university prepares students for careers in health care through teaching, scholarship, research, professional service and community engagement.

Education
12
Mclaren Port Huron

Mclaren healthcare, through its subsidiaries, will be the best value in healthcare as defined by quality outcomes and cost.

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Food for the Poor Inc and the most unlike its peers is Breakthrough T1D. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyIndependent K-8 SchoolsAnimal Rescue and AdoptionCancer Support OrganizationsHospice Care ServicesChristian Missionary Organi…Land Conservation Organizat…Community Arts OrganizationsYouth Development CentersFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Early Childhood Education C…Community Health Centers
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 34 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%9%<5yr14%3%5–10yr19%16%10–20yr16%25%20–35yr13%31%35–55yr16%16%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%44%<5yr14%0%5–10yr19%5%10–20yr16%12%20–35yr13%34%35–55yr16%5%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 9% of your grantees by number, and just 44% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/33
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,532

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

31 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 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 31 of the 52 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/31
Grantees still filing
23/31
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

OUR LADY OF MERCY — $75,000 · OtherOUR LADY OF MERCYBOCA GRANDE WOMAN'S CLUB INC — $30,500 · OtherBOCA GRANDE WOMAN'S CLUB INCBOCA GRANDE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — $30,000 · OtherBOCA GRANDE UNITED METHODIST CHURCHVILLA DUCHESNE - OAK HILL SCHOOL — $25,000 · OtherVILLA DUCHESNE - OAK HILL SCHOOLHARBOR SPRINGS HISTORICAL SOCIETY — $12,750 · OtherHARBOR SPRINGS HISTORICAL SOCIETYGASPARILLA ISLAND CONSERVATION IMPR — $8,000 · Other+27 more — $35,450 · Other+27 moreMCLAREN NORTHERN MICHIGAN FOUNDATION — $150,200 · HealthMCLAREN NORTHERN MICHIGAN FOUNDATIO…+6 more — $2,050 · HealthThe Boca Grande Preschool Inc — $11,500 · EducationLES CHENEAUX CULINARY SCHOOL INC — $10,000 · EducationWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY — $10,000 · EducationTHE ISLAND SCHOOL INC — $3,600 · EducationTHE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION — $2,000 · EducationBOCA GRANDE HEALTH CLINIC FNDTN INC — $30,100 · PhilanthropyFRIENDS OF BOCA GRANDE COMMUNITY CENTER INC — $26,500 · Human ServicesHEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION FKA HEALTH NET FOUNDATION INC — $1,000 · Human Services+1 more — $100 · Human ServicesLittle Traverse Conservancy Inc — $10,700 · EnvironmentBARRIER ISLAND PARKS SOCIETY INC — $1,200 · EnvironmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF CHARLOTTE COUNTY — $7,200 · Youth Development
Other$216,700Health$152,250Education$37,100Philanthropy$30,100Human Services$27,600Environment$11,900Youth Development$7,200

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 budgetMCLAREN NORTHERN MICHIGAN FOUNDATION — $150,200 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetBOCA GRANDE WOMAN'S CLUB INC — $30,500 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetBOCA GRANDE HEALTH CLINIC FNDTN INC — $30,100 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF BOCA GRANDE COMMUNITY CENTER INC — $26,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLittle Traverse Conservancy Inc — $10,700 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLES CHENEAUX CULINARY SCHOOL INC — $10,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF CHARLOTTE COUNTY — $7,200 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetVARIETY THE CHILDRENS CHARITY OF ST LOUIS — $6,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLITTLE TRAVERSE BAY HUMANE SOCIETY — $3,850 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ISLAND SCHOOL INC — $3,600 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHARBOR SPRINGS FESTIVAL OF THE BOOK — $3,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetHARBOR HALL FOUNDATION — $3,100 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION — $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBARRIER ISLAND PARKS SOCIETY INC — $1,200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHESSEL SCHOOL HOUSE CORPORATION — $1,100 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MICHIGAN — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION FKA HEALTH NET FOUNDATION INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLITTLE TRAVERSE SAILORS — $700 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD FOR THE POOR INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRetirement Home For Horses Inc — $500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetROYAL PALM PLAYERS INC — $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CAREGIVER CLUB — $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUSEPPA ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY — $150 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHARBOR SPRINGS CHAMBER FOUNDATION — $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSUSQUEHANNA SPCA INC — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTIDEWELL FOUNDATION INC — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Children's Mercy Hospital — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGoochlandCares — $100 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.

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.

Gulf Coast Community …Ia Lenoir Charitable …Linda & Barry Allen F…The V & L Marx Founda…The Shore Lane Family…Carbonari Family Foun…Sweet Peas FoundationLilly Endowment IncEdwardson Family Foun…Gerald M & Carole a M…The Lilly Christy Bus…Van Beuren Charitable…
Gulf Coast Community Foundation IncFL23.1× affinity9 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc · Ia Lenoir Charitable Tr · Linda & Barry Allen Foundation · The V & L Marx Foundation · The Shore Lane Family Foundation Inc · Carbonari Family Foundation · Sweet Peas Foundation · Lilly Endowment Inc · Edwardson Family Foundation · Gerald M & Carole a Miller Family Foundation · The Lilly Christy Busch Hermann Foundation · Van Beuren Charitable Foundation Inc

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 Gemini Foundation 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, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Food for the Poor Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
9get 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

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.

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 52 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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