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The GGM Trust at a glance

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The GGM Trust

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.

$149k
Granted FY2025still arriving
29
Grants FY2025still arriving
11
States reached
$28k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through 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, FY2020 to 2025.

Philanthropy$162kInternational$134kCivil Rights$104kArts & Culture$85kReligion$37kYouth Development$27kHuman Services$24kFood & Nutrition$22kOther$0
02FY2025 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k25 grants · $71k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $78k
$3,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$704k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
North Star Fund$28,000
ACLU of New Hampshire$23,000
Educate the Children$16,000
The Door$11,000
Tides Foundation$8,000
Helen Keller Intl$7,500
Fratured Atlas$7,000
Friends Seminary Alumni Fund$5,000
The Community Kitchen$4,000
Historic Harrisville$3,650
Vermont Jazz Center$3,500
Harrisville Children's Center$3,500
Loisaba Community Conservation Foun$3,000
Ali Forney Center$3,000
World Central Kitchen$3,000
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 (FY20–25, $27k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 34% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Project Home: $2k → 22%Project Home: $2k → 22%Harrisville Children's Center: $4k → 9%Harrisville Children's Center: $3k → 9%Harrisville Children's Center: $3k → 9%Harrisville Children's Center: $3k → 9%Harrisville Children's Center: $2k → 9%Harrisville Children's Center: $1k → 9%Keene Family YMCA: $1k → 9%Keene Family YMCA: $1k → 9%Monadnock Family Services: $1k → 9%The Innocence Project: $2k → 17%The Innocence Project: $1k → 17%The Innocence Project: $1k → 17%The Innocence Project: $500 → 17%The Innocence Project: $500 → 17%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

VT
NH
NY
MA
OH
PA
CA
CO
MO
KY
NM
DC
HI
AL
GA
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.
$453k · 34 repeat orgs$74k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

34 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

34
14

Total granted

$453k
$58k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+23%

Still filing today

79%
86%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k 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
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesInternationalCivil RightsEnvironmentHealthOther
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

  • ET
    EDUCATE THE CHILDREN INC
    3× · 2021–2025 · $38k · revenue +41%
  • ET
    EDUCATE THE CHILDREN INC
    3× · 2020–2024 · $30k · revenue +39%
  • TD
    THE DOOR - A CENTER OF ALTERNATIVES INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $27k · revenue +36%

Funded once

  • MO
    MUSEUM OF ARTS AND DESIGN
    one grant, 2022 · $28k · revenue -24%
  • IA
    INNOVATION AFRICA
    one grant, 2023 · $12k · revenue +22%
  • LV
    LAS VEGAS JEWISH COMMUNITY INC
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
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
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
2
Eastern National

Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.

Recreation & Sports
3
Middle East Investment Initiative Inc

Middle east investment initiative, inc. (meii) stimulates sustainable economic activity and long-lasting job creation in the middle east and north africa (mena) by designing and deploying finance and technical assistance programs to…

Community Improvement
4
African Development Center

Grow businesses, build wealth and increase reinvestement in the african communities of minnesota

Human Services
5
Earthenable Inc

Earthenable works to solve the housing crisis in africa by revolutionizing the rural housing industry through innovative, affordable, and sustainable home-building solutions. its mission is to create healthier, safer, and climate-resilient…

International
6
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
7
The Vermont Community Foundation

The vermont community foundation helps to build philanthropic resources to sustain healthy and vital vermont communities. the foundation connects and mobilizes people through giving to multiply the impact of philanthropy.

Philanthropy
8
Native Plant Trust Inc

The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.

Environment
9
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
10
Fajr Scientific

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

Science & Tech
11
Health Care Without Harm

The mission of health care without harm (hcwh) is to transform health care worldwide so that it reduces its environmental footprint, becomes a community anchor for sustainability and a leader in the global movement for environmental health…

Environment
12
Food & Water Watch

Food & water watch conducts extensive research and public education to ensure the food and water we consume is safe, accessible and sustainably produced. so we can all enjoy and trust in what we eat and drink, we help people take charge of…

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Museum of Manhattan; the most unlike its peers is Firelight Theatre Workshop. 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

49 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 49 of the 58 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
47/49
Grantees still filing
32/49
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NORTH STAR FUND INC: $152,000 · OtherNORTH STAR FUND INCACLU of New Hampshire: $86,000 · OtherACLU of New HampshireTHE DOOR - A CENTER OF ALTERNATIVES INC: $26,500 · OtherTHE DOOR - A CENTER OF ALTERNATIVES INCVERMONT JAZZ CENTER INC: $18,500 · OtherFriends Seminary Alumni Fund: $15,000 · OtherFRIENDS SEMINARY: $15,000 · OtherALI FORNEY CENTER INC: $15,000 · OtherBLACK FARMER FUND INC: $14,000 · Other+20 more: $64,900 · Other+20 moreEDUCATE THE CHILDREN INC: $37,500 · InternationalEDUCATE THE CHI…VALENTINO ACHAK DENG FOUNDATION: $20,000 · InternationalVALENTINO ACHAK…WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $15,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL K…INNOVATION AFRICA: $12,000 · InternationalINNOVATION AFRI…HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL: $7,500 · InternationalHELEN KELLER IN…+1 more: $2,500 · InternationalMUSEUM OF ARTS AND DESIGN: $28,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF …HISTORIC HARRISVILLE INC: $13,150 · Arts & CultureHISTORIC H…FRACTURED ATLAS INC: $13,000 · Arts & CultureFRACTURED …SOJOURN TO THE PAST: $7,100 · Arts & CultureSOJOURN TO…CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF MANHATTAN: $3,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $800 · Arts & CultureEDUCATE THE CHILDREN INC: $29,500 · Human ServicesEDUCATE T…HARRISVILLE CHILDRENS CENTER INC: $14,200 · Human ServicesHARRISVIL…THE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesTHE INNOC…PROJECT HOME: $4,000 · Human ServicesPROJECT H…KEENE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $2,400 · Human Services+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesTHE CLEAR FUND: $15,000 · PhilanthropyTIDES FOUNDATION: $8,000 · PhilanthropyYOUNGSTOWN FDN GENERAL: $1,500 · Philanthropy+1 more: $500 · PhilanthropyTHE COMMUNITY KITCHEN INC: $22,000 · Food & NutritionEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $10,000 · Civil RightsFOOT SOLDIERS PARK INC: $4,000 · Civil RightsTHE VOTER PARTICIPATION CENTER: $3,000 · Civil RightsMAHONING VALLEY SOJOURN TO THE PAST: $1,000 · Civil Rights+2 more: $1,000 · Civil Rights
Other$406,900International$94,500Arts & Culture$65,050Human Services$56,100Philanthropy$25,000Food & Nutrition$22,000Civil Rights$19,000

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 budgetNORTH STAR FUND INC: $152,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetEDUCATE THE CHILDREN INC: $37,500 over 3y, 18% of budgetEDUCATE THE CHILDREN INC: $29,500 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetMUSEUM OF ARTS AND DESIGN: $28,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE DOOR - A CENTER OF ALTERNATIVES INC: $26,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY KITCHEN INC: $22,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetVALENTINO ACHAK DENG FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetVERMONT JAZZ CENTER INC: $18,500 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $15,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetALI FORNEY CENTER INC: $15,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CLEAR FUND: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHARRISVILLE CHILDRENS CENTER INC: $14,200 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetBLACK FARMER FUND INC: $14,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHISTORIC HARRISVILLE INC: $13,150 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetFRACTURED ATLAS INC: $13,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetINNOVATION AFRICA: $12,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $10,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Fistula Foundation: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOJOURN TO THE PAST: $7,100 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLAS VEGAS JEWISH COMMUNITY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetPROJECT HOME: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFOOT SOLDIERS PARK INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe Monadnock Conservancy: $3,400 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHARRIS CENTER FOR CONSERVATION EDUCATION INC: $3,300 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF MANHATTAN: $3,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE VOTER PARTICIPATION CENTER: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHIMALAYAN CATARACT PROJECT INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHimalayan Education Foundation Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetKEENE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $2,400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNGSTOWN FDN GENERAL: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFamily Nurturing Center of Kentucky: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE OSBORNE ASSOCIATION INC: $1,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMONADNOCK FAMILY SERVICES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARCHCITY DEFENDERS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAHONING VALLEY SOJOURN TO THE PAST: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBVM CAPACITY BUILDING INSTITUTE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN OVERSIGHT INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPRO PUBLICA INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFIRELIGHT THEATRE WORKSHOP: $300 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAppalachian Mountain Club: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMONADNOCK HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY VOLUNTEER TRANSPORTATION COMPANY: $200 over 2y, 0.0% 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.

New Hampshire Charita…The Kingsbury FundHoffman Family Founda…Mascoma Bank Foundati…Timken Co Charitable …National Grange Mutua…Cogswell Benevolent T…Eversource Energy Fou…Silicon Valley Commun…ImpactassetsincVanguard Charitable E…Gs Donor Advised Phil…
New Hampshire Charitable FoundationNH21.9× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: New Hampshire Charitable Foundation · The Kingsbury Fund · Hoffman Family Foundation · Mascoma Bank Foundation · Timken Co Charitable & Educational Fund · National Grange Mutual Charitable Foundation Inc · Cogswell Benevolent Trust · Eversource Energy Foundation Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc

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 GGM Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The GGM Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Appalachian Mountain Club: 1% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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.
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How do I get to The GGM Trust?

Find your warmest path to The GGM Trust 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 58 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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