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The Gibson Dunn & Crutcher Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.8M
Granted FY2024still arriving
82
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$90k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0197% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2020–2024.

Crime & Legal$3.1MEducation$1.4MCivil Rights$862kArts & Culture$771kHealth$722kPublic Benefit$563kYouth Development$558kInternational$394kOther$0
02FY2024 · 82 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $35k
  • $10k–50k72 grants · $1.6M
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $190k
$20,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$2.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY$90,000
YOUTH INC$50,000
MET COUNCIL$50,000
CHILDRENS HEALTH FUND$48,500
BRIDGES FROM SCHOOL TO WORK$47,222
REPORTERS COMMITTEE FOR FREEDOM OF THE PRESS$45,850
NATIONAL LEGAL AID & DEFENDER ASSOCIATION$44,000
COLUMBIA BUSINESS SCHOOL$42,000
PUBLIC COUNSEL$37,000
PEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS$35,500
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER DALLAS$35,000
THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY$34,500
LAW FOUNDATION OF SILICON VALLEY$32,000
TEACHING MATTERS$29,500
NEW YORK CITY URBAN DEBATE LEAGUE$25,000
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.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–24, $505k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 50% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%Lustgarten Foundation: $50k → 9%Lustgarten Foundation: $50k → 9%LUSTGARTEN FOUNDATION: $21k → 9%Start Small Think Big: $10k → 17%Bridges from School to Work: $59k → 8%BRIDGES FROM SCHOOL TO WORK: $47k → 8%Start Small Think Big: $10k → 17%Bridges from School to Work: $26k → 8%START SMALL THINK BIG: $5k → 17%WESLEY-RANKIN COMMUNITY CENTER: $13k → 14%Wesley-Rankin Community Center: $8k → 14%St Anne's: $14k → 14%GlamourGals Foundation Inc: $10k → 17%GLAMOURGALS FOUNDATION INC: $10k → 17%Catholic Charities of Los Angeles Inc: $10k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $14k → 14%BOWERY RESIDENTS' COMMITTEE: $20k → 17%ANSWER THE CALL: $12k → 17%INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT: $10k → 17%International Refugee Assistance Project: $10k → 17%Innocence Project: $25k → 17%Union Settlement: $27k → 17%Women in Need (WIN): $20k → 17%Women in Need (WIN): $15k → 17%The Teak Fellowship: $10k → 17%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.

Which US states your grants reach

WA
IL
MI
NY
MA
NV
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
TN
NC
DC
LA
AL
GA
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FL

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.

67%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$6.8M · 109 repeat orgs$3.4M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +40% since the first grant, against +22% for the ones you funded once.

109 repeat relationships — 46 still active in FY2024, 63 since wound down; 33 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

109
128

Total granted

$6.8M
$2.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+22%

Still filing today

86%
66%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $660k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Crime & LegalEducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthCivil RightsOther

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

  • TL
    THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY
    5× · 2020–2024 · $555k · revenue +33%
  • SF
    SPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $396k · revenue +125%
  • THE REPORTERS COMMITTEE FOR FREEDOM OF THE PRESS
    4× · 2020–2024 · $191k · revenue +74%

Funded once

  • NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue -54%
  • IR
    International Rescue Committee INC
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue -4%
  • SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue +25%

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
Twin Cities Diversity in Practice

To attract, recruit, advance, and retain attorneys of color in the twin cities through education and collaboration with member organizations.

Community Improvement
2
Brooklyn Law School

To provide students with the knowledge, skills, ethical values needed for a career in law.

Education
3
American Civil Liberties Union Fund of the District of Columbia

Preservation of civil liberties through litigation and public education.

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4
American Arbitration Association Inc

The american arbitration association ("aaa") is dedicated to effective, efficient and economical methods of dispute resolution through education, technology and solutions-oriented service.

Crime & Legal
5
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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6
Colorado Legal Services

To provide meaningful access to high quality, civil legal services in the pursuit of justice for as many low income persons and members of vulnerable populations throughout colorado as possible.

Crime & Legal
7
Association of American Law Schools Inc

The association of american law schools' mission is to uphold and advance excellence in legal education.

Education
8
Office of the Appellate Defender

Oad strives to ensure that poor people convicted of felonies receive full and equal access to justice by providing exceptional appellate representation, improving the quality of indigent defense representation through education & training,…

Crime & Legal
9
New York University School of Law Foundation

The foundation, a subsidiary of new york university, fosters legal education and research at new york university's school of law by awarding scholarships, making grants for educational purposes related to law, and supporting programs of…

Education
10
Association of Legal Administrators

Ala is the catalyst for growth by providing: diverse educational experiences, engaged peer communities, strategic solutions, dynamic resources, and trusted networks.

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11
The Bar Association of San Francisco

The bar association of san francisco champions equal access to justice and promotes humanity, excellence, and diversity in the legal profession. we provide legal services to disadvantaged and underserved individuals in san francisco. we…

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12
Council for Court Excellence

Council for court excellence's (cce's) mission is to bring people together to conduct research, educate, and advocate to make d.c.'s unique legal systems more just, equitable, and accountable to the community.

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Her Justice Inc and the most unlike its peers is Afgfree Inc. 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 backsteadyCommunity FoundationsElementary Literacy TutoringYouth Sports ProgramsDomestic Violence ServicesHealth Access Advocacy and …Child Abuse Advocacy Servic…Local History MuseumsCommunity Arts CentersCancer Support ServicesYouth Development ServicesPregnancy Support ServicesJewish Community Organizati…Independent K-12 SchoolsSchool District FoundationsImmigrant Worker SupportFood Banks and PantriesCommunity FoundationsSenior Support ServicesDance Arts OrganizationsWomen & Girls Leadership De…Faith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Policy Research and Advocacy
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 41 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%1%<5yr14%3%5–10yr19%13%10–20yr16%26%20–35yr13%31%35–55yr16%27%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%1%<5yr14%1%5–10yr19%8%10–20yr16%22%20–35yr13%32%35–55yr16%35%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 1% of your grantees by number, and just 1% 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%0/217
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,348

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

214 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. 214 of the 276 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)
29
Early backer (in before they grew)
212/214
Grantees still filing
144/214
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

THE REPORTERS COMMITTEE FOR FREEDOM OF THE PRESS — $190,850 · OtherTHE FEDERALIST SOCIETY FOR LAW AND PUBLIC POLICY STUDIES — $150,000 · OtherYOUTH IMPROVING NON-PROFITS FOR CHILDREN — $155,833 · OtherAmerican Heart Association Inc — $143,250 · Other+102 more — $3,466,825 · Other+102 moreTHE LEGAL AID SOCIETY — $555,000 · Crime & LegalTHE LEGAL AID SOCIETYLaw Foundation of Silicon Valley — $127,000 · Crime & LegalLaw Foundation of Silicon…LEGAL SERVICES NYC — $124,565 · Crime & LegalLEGAL SERVICES NYCEQUAL JUSTICE WORKS — $112,000 · Crime & LegalPUBLIC COUNSEL — $107,000 · Crime & LegalKIND INC — $98,000 · Crime & LegalLEGAL ACTION CENTER OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC — $97,450 · Crime & LegalLAWYERS WITHOUT BORDERS INC — $80,000 · Crime & LegalAdvocates for Children of New York — $76,400 · Crime & LegalWESTERN JUSTICE CENTER FOUNDATION — $75,000 · Crime & LegalLegal Aid Foundation of Colorado — $74,700 · Crime & LegalACCESS JUSTICE BROOKLYN INC — $74,000 · Crime & Legal+17 more — $570,051 · Crime & Legal+17 moreSPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY INC — $395,500 · EducationSPONSORS FOR E…READING PARTNERS — $122,500 · EducationREADING PARTNE…HER JUSTICE INC — $73,975 · EducationHER JUSTICE IN…TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA — $67,667 · EducationTRUSTEES OF TH…HORATIO ALGER ASSN OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS INC — $60,000 · EducationGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY — $50,000 · EducationICIVICS INC — $50,000 · EducationSUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLS INC — $49,000 · EducationLowes Foundation — $47,000 · Education+11 more — $279,000 · Education+11 moreThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum — $100,000 · Arts & CultureSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION — $100,000 · Arts & CultureTHE TECH INTERACTIVE — $79,500 · Arts & CultureCENTER THEATRE GROUP OF LOS ANGELES — $50,000 · Arts & CultureCALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION — $50,000 · Arts & CultureNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC — $47,000 · Arts & CultureLOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION — $40,000 · Arts & CultureTHEATRE FOR A NEW AUDIENCE INC — $35,300 · Arts & CultureTHE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE NEW YORK COURTS — $35,000 · Arts & CultureSILK ROAD PROJECT INC — $30,000 · Arts & CultureLOS ANGELES BALLET INC — $30,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK — $25,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more — $50,000 · Arts & CultureBridges from School to Work Inc — $132,222 · Human ServicesMARC LUSTGARTEN PANCREATIC CANCER FOUNDATION — $120,947 · Human ServicesSANCTUARY FOR FAMILIES INC — $94,249 · Human ServicesWOMEN IN NEED INC — $35,000 · Human ServicesUNION SETTLEMENT ASSOCIATION INC — $27,100 · Human ServicesSTART SMALL THINK BIG INC — $25,000 · Human ServicesTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC — $24,500 · Human ServicesGLAMOURGALS FOUNDATION INC — $20,000 · Human ServicesWESLEY-RANKIN COMMUNITY CENTER INC — $20,000 · Human ServicesINTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT INC — $20,000 · Human ServicesBOWERY RESIDENTS COMMITTEE INC — $19,880 · Human ServicesNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC — $100,000 · Civil RightsDALLAS CASA — $95,750 · Civil RightsAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE — $61,500 · Civil RightsThe Minority Corporate Counsel Association Inc — $50,000 · Civil RightsLAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATION FUND INC — $50,000 · Civil RightsTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC — $45,000 · Civil RightsANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE — $26,111 · Civil RightsEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE — $25,000 · Civil RightsGIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE — $24,750 · Civil RightsFOUNDATION TO COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM INC — $23,678 · Civil RightsUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC — $102,750 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS INC — $52,172 · PhilanthropyTHE TOM COUGHLIN JAY FUND FOUNDATION INC — $48,250 · PhilanthropyNEW YORK CARES INC — $45,000 · PhilanthropyCHEROKEE CROSSROADS INC — $37,500 · PhilanthropyPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC — $35,500 · PhilanthropyGARDEN OF DREAMS FOUNDATION — $25,000 · PhilanthropyPRATHAM USA — $24,150 · PhilanthropyDAVID LYNCH FOUNDATION FOR CONSCIOUSNESS -BASED EDUCATION AND WORLD PEACE — $22,500 · Philanthropy
Other$4,106,758Crime & Legal$2,171,166Education$1,194,642Arts & Culture$671,800Human Services$538,898Civil Rights$501,789Philanthropy$392,822

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTHE LEGAL AID SOCIETY — $555,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY INC — $395,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetTHE REPORTERS COMMITTEE FOR FREEDOM OF THE PRESS — $190,850 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetYOUTH IMPROVING NON-PROFITS FOR CHILDREN — $155,833 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetTHE FEDERALIST SOCIETY FOR LAW AND PUBLIC POLICY STUDIES — $150,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc — $143,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBridges from School to Work Inc — $132,222 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER DALLAS INC — $130,400 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetLaw Foundation of Silicon Valley — $127,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetLEGAL SERVICES NYC — $124,565 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetREADING PARTNERS — $122,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMARC LUSTGARTEN PANCREATIC CANCER FOUNDATION — $120,947 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE WORKS — $112,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetPUBLIC COUNSEL — $107,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC — $102,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum — $100,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC — $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC — $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION — $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCITIZENS UNION OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK — $98,730 over 3y, 19% of budgetALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS — $98,300 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetKIND INC — $98,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLEGAL ACTION CENTER OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC — $97,450 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD DEFENDER SERVICE INC — $96,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetDALLAS CASA — $95,750 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetSANCTUARY FOR FAMILIES INC — $94,249 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLAWYERS WITHOUT BORDERS INC — $80,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetTHE TECH INTERACTIVE — $79,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetAdvocates for Children of New York — $76,400 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetMet Council Inc — $75,000 over 2y, 38% of budgetWESTERN JUSTICE CENTER FOUNDATION — $75,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetNEW YORK LEGAL ASSISTANCE GROUP INC — $75,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLegal Aid Foundation of Colorado — $74,700 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetACCESS JUSTICE BROOKLYN INC — $74,000 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetHER JUSTICE INC — $73,975 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetWestern Center on Law & Poverty Inc — $70,300 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA — $67,667 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPUBLIC LAW CENTER — $64,850 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCHIPS NETWORK INC — $64,500 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE — $61,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHORATIO ALGER ASSN OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS INC — $60,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOUTWARD BOUND INC — $55,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS INC — $52,172 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY — $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Minority Corporate Counsel Association Inc — $50,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCENTER THEATRE GROUP OF LOS ANGELES — $50,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetICIVICS INC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE SUPREME COURT HISTORICAL SOCIETY — $50,000 over 2y, 1.4% 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.

The Sidley Austin Fou…United Way Miami IncQuinn Emanuel Foundat…Weil Gotshal & Manges…Wachtell Lipton Rosen…Perkins Coie Foundati…Katten Muchin Rosenma…The Goldman Sachs Cha…Equal Justice WorksThe Wilson Sonsini Go…Munger Tolles & Olson…The Morrison & Foerst…
The Sidley Austin FoundationIL83.5× affinity42 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Sidley Austin Foundation · United Way Miami Inc · Quinn Emanuel Foundation · Weil Gotshal & Manges Foundation Inc · Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz Foundation · Perkins Coie Foundation · Katten Muchin Rosenman Foundation Inc · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Equal Justice Works · The Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Foundation · Munger Tolles & Olson Foundation · The Morrison & Foerster Foundation

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 Gibson Dunn & Crutcher 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 or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%3%10%23%40%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 13%
  • Lawyers Without Borders Inc — 69% of income from government
  • Bridges from School to Work Inc — 33% of income from government
  • Move United — 16% of income from government
  • Icivics Inc — 13% of income from government
  • City Year Inc — 11% of income from government
  • Children's Hospital Corporation — 10% of income from government
  • Volunteer Lawyers for Justice in — 9% of income from government
  • Silk Road Project Inc — 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
55report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Gibson Dunn & Crutcher Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Gibson Dunn & Crutcher 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 276 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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