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The George W Bauer Family Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

The George W Bauer Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.4M
Granted FY2025still arriving
77
Grants FY2025still arriving
15
States reached
$60k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$2.0MHuman Services$1.4MEnvironment$993kEducation$939kReligion$665kAnimals$446kArts & Culture$371kInternational$368kOther$0
02FY2025 · 77 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k24 grants · $121k
  • $10k–50k47 grants · $980k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $350k
$15,000
Median grant
15
States reached
$27M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HOSPICE PALLIATIVE CARE-CHARLOTTE$60,000
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF RED BANK$60,000
WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY$60,000
CLEAN AIR TASK FORCE$60,000
TRINITAS HEALTH FOUNDATION$60,000
PARKER FAMILY HEALTH CENTER$50,000
GATEWAY FAMILY YMCA$45,000
PHOENIX CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FDN$40,000
EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING$40,000
SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN CHILDREN$40,000
BOYS GIRLS CLUBS OF SCOTTSDALE$40,000
CENTER FOR CARBON REMOVAL$36,000
UNION COUNTY COLLEGE FOUNDATION$30,000
MARYLAND SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND$30,000
SAMARITAN'S PURSE$25,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $967k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 62% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $10k → 7%FROST VALLEY YMCA: $20k → 16%COMMUNITY BRICKWORKS INC: $20k → 13%AMERICA'S GROW-A-ROW INC: $30k → 4%FURNITURE ASSIST INC: $10k → 10%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $10k → 7%FROST VALLEY YMCA: $20k → 16%COMMUNITY BRICKWORKS INC: $15k → 13%AMERICA'S GROW-A-ROW INC: $30k → 4%FURNITURE ASSIST INC: $10k → 10%FROST VALLEY YMCA: $20k → 16%Community Brickworks Inc: $12k → 13%AMERICA'S GROW-A-ROW INC: $26k → 4%FURNITURE ASSIST INC: $10k → 10%FROST VALLEY YMCA: $20k → 16%AMERICA'S GROW-A-ROW INC: $25k → 4%FROST VALLEY YMCA: $20k → 16%AMERICA'S GROW-A-ROW INC: $25k → 4%FROST VALLEY YMCA: $20k → 16%AMERICA'S GROW-A-ROW INC: $25k → 4%Frost Valley YMCA: $10k → 16%HUMANITARIAN SERVICE PROJECT: $10k → 7%AMERICA'S GROW-A-ROW INC: $20k → 4%HUMANITARIAN SERVICE PROJECT: $10k → 7%AMERICA'S GROW-A-ROW INC: $15k → 4%HUMANITARIAN SERVICE PROJECT: $10k → 7%America's Grow-A-Row Inc: $10k → 4%HUMANITARIAN SERVICE PROJECT: $10k → 7%FURNITURE ASSIST INC: $20k → 10%FURNITURE ASSIST INC: $10k → 10%UNCHAINED AT LAST: $10k → 10%Furniture Assist Inc: $10k → 10%FURNITURE ASSIST INC: $10k → 10%COMMUNITY YMCA: $20k → 6%COMMUNITY YMCA: $20k → 6%FURNITURE ASSIST INC: $10k → 10%COMMUNITY YMCA: $20k → 6%COMMUNITY YMCA: $20k → 6%The Community YMCA: $10k → 6%GATEWAY FAMILY YMCA: $45k → 10%GATEWAY FAMILY YMCA: $40k → 10%THE GATEWAY FAMILY YMCA: $40k → 10%THE GATEWAY FAMILY YMCA: $30k → 10%THE GATEWAY FAMILY YMCA: $30k → 10%GATEWAY FAMILY YMCA: $30k → 10%GATEWAY FAMILY YMCA: $30k → 10%THE GATEWAY FAMILY YMCA: $20k → 10%CENTER FOR HOPE HOSPICE: $20k → 10%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

IL
NY
MA
OR
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MO
MD
AZ
TN
NC
DC
GA
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$8.5M · 94 repeat orgs$497k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.

94 repeat relationships: 69 still active in FY2025, 25 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

94
37

Total granted

$8.5M
$394k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+10%

Still filing today

69%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $103k 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
Human ServicesHealthEducationEnvironmentAnimalsInternationalOther
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

  • PF
    Parker Family Health Center Inc
    9× · 2017–2025 · $372k · revenue +164%
  • YM
    YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF EASTERN UNION COUNTY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $275k · revenue +28%
  • Americas Grow-A-Row
    9× · 2017–2025 · $206k · revenue +205%

Funded once

  • PV
    Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue Inc
    one grant, 2024 · $46k · revenue 0%
  • TE
    THE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY IN TENNESSEE
    one grant, 2023 · $45k · revenue -20%
  • Bucknell Universitygraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $25k · revenue +34%
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
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
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…

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3
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
4
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
5
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
6
City of Hope

City of Hope'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
7
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
8
Allosource

Inspired by the gift of donation from our communities, allosource responsibly provides innovative cellular and tissue allografts to advance patient healing.

Health
9
Fajr Scientific

To provide multi-specialty surgical care, humanitarian aid and educational support to people in low- and middle-income countries.

Science & Tech
10
Arc Research Institute

Our mission is to accelerate scientific progress, understand the root causes of disease, and narrow the gap between discoveries and impact on patients.

Health
11
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
12
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…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Connections for the Homeless Inc; the most unlike its peers is Kitten Central of Placer County 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

88 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. 88 of the 139 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)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
88/88
Grantees still filing
56/88
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BOYS GIRLS CLUBS OF SCOTTSDALE: $267,500 · OtherBOYS GIRLS CLUBS OF SCOTTSDALESHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN CHILDREN: $240,500 · OtherSHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN CHILDRENUNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF RED BANK: $235,000 · OtherUNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF RED BANKEMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING: $205,500 · OtherHOSPICE PALLIATIVE CARE-CHARLOTTE: $185,000 · OtherNewark Day Center Inc: $160,000 · OtherPEOPLE'S RESOURCE CENTER: $145,000 · Other+70 more: $2,885,776 · Other+70 moreTRINITAS FOUNDATION: $470,000 · HealthTRINITAS FOUNDATIO…Parker Family Health Center Inc: $371,531 · HealthParker Family Heal…Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation: $183,500 · HealthPhoenix Children's…OCCUPATIONAL CENTER OF UNION COUNTY INC: $110,000 · HealthOCCUPATIONAL CENTE…Summit Volunteer First Aid Squad Inc: $90,000 · HealthSummit Volunteer F…OVERLOOK FOUNDATION: $55,000 · HealthUNITED MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASE FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · Health+7 more: $142,761 · Health+7 moreYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF EASTERN UNION COUNTY: $275,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S C…Americas Grow-A-Row: $205,688 · Human ServicesAmericas Grow…FROST VALLEY YMCA: $130,000 · Human ServicesFROST VALLEY …FURNITURE ASSIST INC: $97,000 · Human ServicesFURNITURE ASS…YMCA OF GREATER MONMOUTH COUNTY INC: $90,000 · Human ServicesYMCA OF GREAT…GIVEDIRECTLY INC: $64,191 · Human ServicesGIVEDIRECTLY …COMMUNITY BRICKWORKS INC: $47,000 · Human ServicesTHE HUMANITARIAN SERVICE PROJECT: $40,000 · Human ServicesCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $40,000 · Human Services+6 more: $62,500 · Human Services+6 moreCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC: $217,726 · EnvironmentCLEAN AIR T…PLACER LAND TRUST: $137,500 · EnvironmentPLACER LAND…CENTER FOR CARBON REMOVAL: $129,343 · EnvironmentCENTER FOR …Great Swamp Watershed Association: $125,000 · EnvironmentGreat Swamp…COALITION FOR RAINFOREST NATIONS SECRETARIAT: $108,382 · EnvironmentCOALITION F…NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $82,500 · EnvironmentNATURAL RES…PLACER NATURE CENTER: $50,000 · EnvironmentPLACER NATU…+1 more: $23,000 · EnvironmentRUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $235,094 · EducationRUTGERS UN…UNION COUNTY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $140,000 · EducationUNION COUN…STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $95,000 · EducationSTEPHEN SI…JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $50,000 · EducationJOHNS HOPK…A WIDER CIRCLE INC: $45,000 · EducationA WIDER CI…SAGE ELDERCARE: $45,000 · EducationSAGE ELDER…ROOM TO READ: $42,807 · EducationTHE MATHENY SCHOOL AND HOSPITAL INC: $40,000 · EducationWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 · EducationTHE MARYLAND SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND: $30,000 · Education+4 more: $76,238 · Education+4 moreTHE WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $95,000 · AnimalsPeaceful Valley Donkey Rescue Inc: $46,000 · AnimalsTHE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY IN TENNESSEE: $45,000 · AnimalsFETCHING TAILS FOUNDATION: $21,000 · AnimalsHUMANE SOCIETY OF SEDONA INC: $11,250 · Animals+3 more: $10,500 · AnimalsInternational Rescue Committee INC: $80,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $64,522 · InternationalNEW INCENTIVES: $17,261 · International
Other$4,324,276Health$1,472,792Human Services$1,051,379Environment$873,451Education$839,139Animals$228,750International$161,783

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 budgetTRINITAS FOUNDATION: $470,000 over 9y, 2.2% of budgetParker Family Health Center Inc: $371,531 over 9y, 3.2% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF EASTERN UNION COUNTY: $275,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetRUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $235,094 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC: $217,726 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAmericas Grow-A-Row: $205,688 over 9y, 1.2% of budgetPhoenix Children's Hospital Foundation: $183,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNewark Day Center Inc: $160,000 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetPEOPLE'S RESOURCE CENTER: $145,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCommunity Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc: $140,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCRANFORD FIRST AID SQUAD INC: $140,000 over 9y, 17% of budgetUNION COUNTY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $140,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetWOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION: $140,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetPLACER LAND TRUST: $137,500 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetFROST VALLEY YMCA: $130,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetCENTER FOR CARBON REMOVAL: $129,343 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetTHE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF SUMMIT INC: $126,600 over 9y, 5.3% of budgetGreat Swamp Watershed Association: $125,000 over 8y, 2.2% of budgetGold Country Wildlife Rescue Inc: $120,000 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetOCCUPATIONAL CENTER OF UNION COUNTY INC: $110,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetCOALITION FOR RAINFOREST NATIONS SECRETARIAT: $108,382 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetFURNITURE ASSIST INC: $97,000 over 9y, 4.7% of budgetTHE WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $95,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $95,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $91,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSummit Volunteer First Aid Squad Inc: $90,000 over 6y, 3.2% of budgetYMCA OF GREATER MONMOUTH COUNTY INC: $90,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTERRAPRAXIS INC: $88,382 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $82,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $80,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetOPERA CAROLINA: $73,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetTHE VALERIE FUND: $70,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF GREATER PLACER: $68,000 over 4y, 4.2% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $64,522 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGIVEDIRECTLY INC: $64,191 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetOVERLOOK FOUNDATION: $55,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPLACER NATURE CENTER: $50,000 over 5y, 16% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $50,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASE FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetPeaceful Valley Donkey Rescue Inc: $46,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS INC: $45,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetA WIDER CIRCLE INC: $45,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTHE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY IN TENNESSEE: $45,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSAGE ELDERCARE: $45,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetROOM TO READ: $42,807 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPREVENT CHILD ABUSE- NEW JERSEY CHAPTER INC: $42,563 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTHE MATHENY SCHOOL AND HOSPITAL INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HUMANITARIAN SERVICE PROJECT: $40,000 over 4y, 0.8% 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.

  • Who funds TRINITAS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Parker Family Health Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF EASTERN UNION COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds RUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC ↗
  • Who funds Americas Grow-A-Row ↗
  • Who funds Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Newark Day Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds PEOPLE'S RESOURCE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Community Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc ↗
  • Who funds CRANFORD FIRST AID SQUAD INC ↗
  • Who funds UNION COUNTY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION ↗
  • Who funds PLACER LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds FROST VALLEY YMCA ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR CARBON REMOVAL ↗
  • Who funds THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF SUMMIT INC ↗
  • Who funds Great Swamp Watershed Association ↗
  • Who funds Gold Country Wildlife Rescue Inc ↗
  • Who funds OCCUPATIONAL CENTER OF UNION COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds COALITION FOR RAINFOREST NATIONS SECRETARIAT ↗
  • Who funds FURNITURE ASSIST INC ↗
  • Who funds THE WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY ↗
  • Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds Summit Volunteer First Aid Squad Inc ↗
  • Who funds YMCA OF GREATER MONMOUTH COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds TERRAPRAXIS INC ↗

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 Hyde and Watson F…Columbia Bank Foundat…Investors Foundation …Community Foundation …The Summit FoundationEj Grassmann TrustBristol-Myers Squibb …Robert J Bauer Family…Citizens Philanthropi…John a and Margaret P…Placer Community Foun…The Provident Bank Fo…
The Hyde and Watson FoundationNJ29.3× affinity13 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Columbia Bank Foundation · Investors Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of New Jersey · The Summit Foundation · Ej Grassmann Trust · Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Inc · Robert J Bauer Family Foundation · Citizens Philanthropic Foundation Inc · John a and Margaret Post Foundation · Placer Community Foundation · The Provident Bank 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 W Bauer Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The George W Bauer Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 150%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: 63% of income from government
  • The Maryland School for the Blind: 47% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • A Wider Circle Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Mystic Seaport Museum Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Caldwell University Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Center for Hope Hospice Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Manna Food Center Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Sage Eldercare: 1% of income from government
  • Rutgers University Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
15get no government money at all
21report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to The George W Bauer Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The George W Bauer 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 139 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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