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The George G Fund at a glance

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The George G Fund

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.

$1.9M
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$800k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$2.1MPhilanthropy$1.8MHuman Services$1.1MHealth$875kRecreation & Sports$525kEnvironment$350kReligion$250kInternational$225kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $50k–250k11 grants · $800k
  • $250k+2 grants · $1.1M
$100,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$17M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MACKINAC ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$800,000
CONTEMPORARY CRAFT$250,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS USA INC$100,000
MACKINAC ISLAND MEDICAL CENTER$100,000
MICHILIMACKINAC HISTORICAL SOCIETY$100,000
MACKINAC ASSOCIATES$100,000
YWCA$100,000
FRIENDS OF AUWAHI FOREST RESTORATION$50,000
MACKINAC HORSEMEN'S ASSOCIATION$50,000
SAINT FRANCIS WOLF SANCTUARY$50,000
GREAT LAKES RECOVERY CENTER FDN$50,000
END VIOLENT ENCOUNTERS$50,000
LYRIC THEATER$50,000
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 (FY21–22, $300k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%YWCA OF MISSOULA: $150k → 9%YWCA OF MISSOULA: $150k → 9%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

MT
MI
NY
PA
KY
VA
DC
HI
OK
TX
FL
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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.8M · 16 repeat orgs$805k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
7

Total granted

$4.8M
$655k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+4%
+86%

Still filing today

88%
29%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $150k 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
HealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureRecreation & SportsAnimalsCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • TS
    THE SOCIETY FOR ART IN CRAFTS
    4× · 2021–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +271% · 53% of their budget
  • MS
    MACKINAC STRAITS HEALTH FOUNDATION
    3× · 2021–2023 · $450k · revenue +14%
  • MA
    MACKINAC ASSOCIATES
    4× · 2020–2025 · $375k · revenue +171% · 26% of their budget

Funded once

  • UC
    UNION CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
    one grant, 2020 · $200k
  • WG
    WAWASHKAMO GOLF CLUBgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $150k · revenue +86% · 35% of their budget
  • FO
    FLORIDA OCEANOGRAPHY SOCIETY
    one grant, 2022 · $100k
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
Michigan State Medical Society Foundation

To advance the field of health for the public good.

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2
Michigan Water Environment Association

Be and create stewards for the water environment of michigan. provide high quality education for michigan's water professionals. educate and inform policy makers and the general public. promote scientifically sound environmental practices…

Environment
3
Michigan Assoc of Community Mental Health Boards

Assisting the community mental health boards of michigan in developing methods for mental health planning, care and treatment.

—
4
The Marine Mammal Center

The marine mammal center advances global ocean conservation through marine mammal rescue and rehabilitation, scientific research, and education. the center's work is guided and inspired by a shared vision of a healthy ocean for marine…

Animals
5
Michigan Science Center

The mission of the michigan science center is to inspire curious minds of all ages to discover, explore and appreciate science, technology, engineering and math in a creative, dynamic learning environment.

Education
6
Michigan Pharmacists Association

To encourage and support its members as professionals responsible for the delivery of patient-focused care.

—
7
Leelanau Conservancy

To conserve the land, water and scenic character of leelanau county, and to provide educational programs to develop an understanding and appreciation of leelanau county's natural heritage.

Environment
8
East Michigan Environmental Action Council Inc

To protect and restore land, air, water, and diversity of life through informed personal and public action.

Environment
9
Michigan United Conservation Clubs

Uniting citizens to conserve, protect and enhance michigan's natural resources and outdoor heritage

Environment
10
Michigan Anti-Cruelty Society

To maintain and operate a hospital, ambulance and veterinary services for the care of animals. the maintenance and operation of kennels and suitable chambers for the humane destruction of wounded animals.

Animals
11
Michigan Animal Health Foundation

To provide financial assistance to individuals and institutions for educational and scientific purposes in order to advance science to benefit the health and welfare of animals.

Animals
12
Marine Science Institute

The institutes mission is to cultivate a responsibility for the natural environment and our human communities through interdisciplinary science education.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mackinac Straits Health Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Miller-Empey Natural Sciences Foundation. 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

20 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. 20 of the 28 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.

6
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
12/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE SOCIETY FOR ART IN CRAFTS: $1,100,000 · OtherTHE SOCIETY FOR ART IN CRAFTSYWCA: $300,000 · OtherYWCALYRIC THEATRE: $275,000 · OtherLYRIC THEATREMICHILIMACKINAC HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $200,000 · OtherMICHILIMACKINAC HISTORICAL SOCIETYLACASA: $200,000 · OtherLACASAUNION CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH: $200,000 · OtherUNION CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHWAWASHKAMO GOLF CLUB: $150,000 · OtherFLORIDA OCEANOGRAPHIC SOCIETY INC: $200,000 · OtherFLORIDA OCEANOGRAPHIC SOCIETY INCEAST MAUI ANIMAL REFUGE: $150,000 · Other+8 more: $455,000 · Other+8 moreMACKINAC ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,665,000 · PhilanthropyMACKINAC ISLAND COMMUNITY F…HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $100,000 · PhilanthropyHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONMACKINAC STRAITS HEALTH FOUNDATION: $450,000 · HealthMACKINAC STRA…PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MICHIGAN: $175,000 · HealthPLANNED PAREN…MACKINAC ISLAND MEDICAL CENTER: $150,000 · HealthMACKINAC ISLA…GREAT LAKES RECOVERY CENTER FOUNDATION: $100,000 · HealthGREAT LAKES R…YWCA MISSOULA: $300,000 · Human ServicesEVE - End Violent Encounters: $250,000 · Human ServicesMACKINAC ASSOCIATES: $375,000 · Community ImprovementMACKINAC HORSEMEN'S ASSOCIATION: $375,000 · Recreation & SportsMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $225,000 · International
Other$3,230,000Philanthropy$1,765,000Health$875,000Human Services$550,000Community Improvement$375,000Recreation & Sports$375,000International$225,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMACKINAC ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,665,000 over 5y, 26% of budgetTHE SOCIETY FOR ART IN CRAFTS: $1,100,000 over 4y, 53% of budgetMACKINAC STRAITS HEALTH FOUNDATION: $450,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetMACKINAC ASSOCIATES: $375,000 over 4y, 26% of budgetMACKINAC HORSEMEN'S ASSOCIATION: $375,000 over 5y, 56% of budgetYWCA MISSOULA: $300,000 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetEVE - End Violent Encounters: $250,000 over 5y, 3.4% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $225,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMICHILIMACKINAC HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $200,000 over 3y, 16% of budgetLACASA: $200,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetFLORIDA OCEANOGRAPHIC SOCIETY INC: $200,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MICHIGAN: $175,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetEAST MAUI ANIMAL REFUGE: $150,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetWAWASHKAMO GOLF CLUB: $150,000 over 1y, 35% of budgetMACKINAC ISLAND MEDICAL CENTER: $150,000 over 2y, 8.7% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGREAT LAKES RECOVERY CENTER FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 2y, 9.0% of budgetMILLER-EMPEY NATURAL SCIENCES FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 1y, 100% 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.

Richard and Jane Mano…Trivisonno FoundationMackinac Island Commu…Network for GoodDonor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Richard and Jane Manoogian FoundationMI20× affinity7 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Richard and Jane Manoogian Foundation · Trivisonno Foundation · Mackinac Island Community Foundation · Network for Good · 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 The George G Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The George G Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Florida Oceanographic Society Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
5report 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 28 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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