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The George M Van Cleave Family Foundation at a glance

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The George M Van Cleave Family Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$28M
Granted FY2023
20
Grants FY2023
9
States reached
$8.3M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2023.

Philanthropy$25MHealth$5.0MAnimals$1.0MReligion$390kHuman Services$303kInternational$125kPublic Benefit$35kEducation$30kOther$0
02FY2023 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k1 grant · $1k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $95k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $425k
  • $250k+8 grants · $27M
$100,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund Van Cleave Family DAF: Karen Fund$8,277,928
Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund Van Cleave Family DAF: Paul Fund$8,277,928
Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund Van Cleave Family DAF: Diane Fund$8,277,928
White Plains Hospital$750,000
Shriners Children's Hospital$500,000
St.Jude Childrens Research Hospital$500,000
ASPCA$300,000
USO$250,000
Village Lutheran Church$100,000
Hawaii Community Foundation$100,000
Wounded Warrior Project$100,000
New York Medical College$75,000
Heart Care$50,000
Sojourner$25,000
Project Recover Inc$25,000
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

15%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.8M · 15 repeat orgs$27M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against +37% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2023, 8 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
17

Total granted

$4.8M
$970k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+37%

Still filing today

47%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 5% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26M went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23
HealthHuman ServicesAnimalsArts & CultureSocial ScienceFood & 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

  • WP
    White Plains Hospital Medical Center
    2× · 2022–2023 · $1.3M · revenue +34%
  • TA
    THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
    4× · 2020–2023 · $1.0M · revenue +37%
  • WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $133k · revenue +50%

Funded once

  • SH
    SHINNER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDERN
    one grant, 2021 · $300k
  • SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDRENgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $250k · revenue +78%
  • SH
    SHRINER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDERN
    one grant, 2020 · $200k
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.

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.

1
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
2
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
3
Children's Hospital

Organization's mission to improve health outcomes for children; be a leader in creating innovative solutions to pediatric healthcare problems; and excel in care, advocacy, research. as the nation's children's hospital, the mission of…

Health
4
All Children's Research Institute Inc

The corporation is organized and is operated exclusively for charitable, educational and scientific purposes. all children's research institute supports, encourages, and engages in and conducts medical research and other research in…

Health
5
City of Hope National Medical Center

City of Hope National Medical Center's mission is to make hope a reality for all touched by cancer and diabetes. PLEASE SEE SCHEDULE O FOR A CONTINUATION OF OUR MISSION

Health
6
Uchicago Medicine Network Inc

Uchicago medicine network, inc. supports and encourages health and human service by providing support, directly or indirectly to ingalls memorial hospital, the university of chicago medical center, and other related tax-exempt…

Health
7
Humc Medical Observation Pa

To serve as the physician services component of a tax-exempt healthcare delivery network and to thereby promote, support & further the charitable purposes, programs & services of hmh hospitals corp.

—
8
Children's Physicians

Children's physicians delivers the highest quality pediatric primary care while supporting education and research.

Health
9
Humc Cardiovascular Partners Pc

The organization provides high quality medical care to the community that it serves and specifically provides cardiology & related professional medical services in conjunction with hmh hospitals corp.

Health
10
Pediatric Physician Services Inc

The corporation is organized for charitable, educational and scientific purposes, and to provide healthcare services of pediatric specialty physicians and other personnel to the patients of johns hopkins all children's hospital and…

—
11
University Hospital & Clinics Inc

The organization provides medical care to improve, maintain, and restore the health of the people in the communities we serve.

Health
12
National Opinion Research Center

See schedule onorc at the university of chicago conducts research and data science on critical societal issues to guide decision-making and the development of programs and public policy. our experts identify relationships and trends, and…

Social Science
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wounded Warrior Project Inc; the most unlike its peers is The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

22 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. 22 of the 45 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)
22/22
Grantees still filing
17/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund Van Cleave Family DAF: Karen Fund: $8,277,928 · OtherGoldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund Van Cleave Family DAF: Karen FundGoldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund Van Cleave Family DAF: Diane Fund: $8,277,928 · OtherGoldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund Van Cleave Family DAF: Diane FundGoldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund Van Cleave Family DAF: Paul Fund: $8,277,928 · OtherGoldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund Van Cleave Family DAF: Paul FundWHITE PLAINS HOSPITAL CENTER: $1,025,000 · Other+26 more: $2,743,500 · Other+26 moreWhite Plains Hospital Medical Center: $1,250,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $500,000 · HealthSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $250,000 · Health+3 more: $30,500 · HealthTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $1,000,000 · Animals+1 more: $2,000 · AnimalsWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $132,500 · Human ServicesHonor Flight Chicago Corp: $35,000 · Human ServicesSOJOURNER FAMILY PEACE CENTER INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesSojourner Truth House Inc: $10,000 · Human ServicesHEART CARE INTERNATIONAL INC: $125,000 · InternationalUNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC: $100,000 · Public BenefitHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $100,000 · Philanthropy
Other$28,602,284Health$2,030,500Animals$1,002,000Human Services$187,500International$125,000Public Benefit$100,000Philanthropy$100,000

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 budgetWhite Plains Hospital Medical Center: $1,250,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $1,000,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $500,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $250,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $132,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHEART CARE INTERNATIONAL INC: $125,000 over 3y, 20% of budgetUNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE: $75,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPEDIATRIC CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetHonor Flight Chicago Corp: $35,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetPROJECT RECOVER INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetNATIONAL PEDIATRIC CANCER FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCHILDREN FIRST FUND THE CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNEW YORK CITY OUTWARD BOUND CENTER INC DBA NYC OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOLS: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FEDERATION FOR AGING RESEARCH INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOJOURNER FAMILY PEACE CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSojourner Truth House Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetYALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUNTINGTON COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S CANCER FUND: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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 Pfizer Foundation…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…American Endowment Fo…American Online Givin…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Paypal Charitable Giv…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Pfizer Foundation IncNY13× affinity6 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable 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.
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How do I get to The George M Van Cleave Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The George M Van Cleave Family 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 45 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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