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Gibson Gives Foundation Dba Gibson Gives

The gibson gives | gibson foundation is a 501(c)(3) committed to introduce, inspire, and amplify the power of music through guitars across all generations, genres, and genders. Its fy2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.5M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
316
Grants FY2025
310
Organizations funded FY2024
95%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$4,496
Largest grant, FY2025
$214,115
Organizations funded a year
1 to 310
FY2017 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
39
Total assets, FY2025
$626k
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 95% of the organizations Gibson Gives Foundation Dba Gibson Gives funded were first-time grantees, receiving 86% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 14% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.7M went to new ones.

50%100%’18’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyEducationYouth DevelopmentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving300$2.5M66%
FY2024310$3.2M95%
FY202325$453k72%
FY202214$491k57%
FY20219$298k78%
FY20203$159k100%
FY20181$8k0%
FY201712$276kn/a
94% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$3.8MHealth$1.1MYouth Development$497kPublic Benefit$333kEducation$314kHuman Services$245kInternational$162kPublic Safety & Disaster$120kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Musicares Foundation Inc$505,03481%
Save the Music Foundation$402,08282%
Guitars For Vets Inc$261,584526%
The Guitar Center Music Foundation$214,115211%
Magee-Womens Research Institute and Foundation$162,59830%
Free Guitars 4 Kids$132,032313%
Nashville Symphony Association$105,12320%
Playing for Change Foundation$100,00018%
Williamson County Schools$96,1252n/a
Latin Grammy Cultural Foundation$83,47731%
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All grantees of Gibson Gives Foundation Dba Gibson Gives by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Musicares Foundation Inc$505,03481%
Save the Music Foundation$402,08282%
Guitars For Vets Inc$261,584526%
The Guitar Center Music Foundation$214,115211%
Magee-Womens Research Institute and Foundation$162,59830%
Free Guitars 4 Kids$132,032313%
Nashville Symphony Association$105,12320%
Playing for Change Foundation$100,00018%
Williamson County Schools$96,1252n/a
Latin Grammy Cultural Foundation$83,47731%
The Caverns Sessions (Pbs)$80,0002n/a
Country Music Foundation Inc$80,00070%
Napa Valley Youth Symphony$79,125118%
Goldtop Foundation$75,069339%
Acm Lifting Lives$65,74441%
Grammy Museum Foundation Inc$64,90020%
Livenationorg Foundation$61,99913%
Give a Note Foundation Inc$61,27548%
Second Line Arts Collective$60,419220%
We Are Family Foundation$60,00014%
The American Film Institute$50,00010%
Nvak Inc$45,000216%
Keeping the Blues Alive Foundation$45,00048%
Launch Pad Foundation$44,18621%
Farm Aid Inc$42,63340%
The Night Stalker Foundation Inc$42,36523%
Songbirds Foundation Inc$42,2501n/a
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research$41,29830%
Friends of American Song Archives Inc$39,7661n/a
Spirit of Atlanta Inc$39,39631%
The Midnight Mission$39,24930%
Oz Arts Inc$35,99831%
Music Has Healing Power$35,5564n/a
Newport Festivals Foundation Inc$35,00020%
West Virginia Drug Intervention Institute Inc$34,77241%
The National Museum of African American Music$32,99920%
Music Health Alliance Inc$32,66531%
The Crossroads Campus$30,69931%
Transylvanian Symphony Foundation Inc$30,2431n/a
Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library Inc$30,00014%
Notes For Notes Inc$29,83341%
Music Heals International$29,38836%
Music for Seniors$28,79123%
Point Park University$28,34540%
Purdue Research Foundation$27,19820%
Armenia Fund Inc$27,00011%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Middle Tennessee$26,24341%
Musicians on Call Inc$26,19460%
Music Will Inc$25,49050%
Ascap Foundation$25,29820%
Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame Inc$25,00016%
The Crossroads at Antigua Foundation$25,00014%
Songwriters' Hall of Fame Inc$25,00013%
Ukulele Kids Club Inc$25,000114%
UNICEF USA Impact Fund for Children Inc$25,00010%
Leaving a Positive Legacy Inc$22,19035%
Porters Call$20,70931%
Dasventures Ltd the John Lennon Songwriting Contest$20,0001n/a
Note 4 Notes Chamber Corporation$20,0003n/a
American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities Inc$20,00040%
Sweet Relief Musicians Fund$19,99330%
Musicians for Overdose Prevention Inc$19,800134%
Whyhunger Inc$19,79320%
Musicians Empowerment Collective$18,4942n/a
Guitars Over Guns Organization Inc$18,49320%
East Texas Performing Arts Inc$18,3463n/a
Muscle Shoals Songwriters Foundation$18,043113%
Songs on the Frio Inc$17,56826%
American Cancer Society Inc$17,29530%
In Concert for Cancer$16,79423%
Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tn Inc$16,69340%
Live Life by Music Initiative$16,68357%
Rockit Live Foundation Inc$16,49824%
Tennessee Arts Academy Foundation$16,29621%
Muscle Shoals Music Association Inc$15,894264%
Guitars Not Guns Inc$15,8861n/a
Global Poverty Project Inc$15,59610%
Solace for Hope$15,3482n/a
Ryan Seacrest Foundation Inc$15,31920%
Jazz at Aspen-Snowmass$15,09410%
Wateraid America Inc$15,00010%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$15,00010%
Splash International$15,0001n/a
The Ally Coalition Inc$14,99721%
Music Amplifies$14,9943n/a
Nashville Blues and Roots Alliance$14,8963n/a
Blue Sage Center for the Arts$14,47317%
Vetsaid Inc$13,39212%
Stand Up to Cancer$13,0211n/a
Belmont University$12,99930%
Charleyville$12,8422n/a
Muttnation Foundation Inc$12,50020%
Achieve Miami Inc$11,82710%
ReString Appalachia$11,69716%
Nashville Opera Association$11,59620%
George Lopez Foundation$11,50124%
The Laufey Foundation Inc$11,2991n/a
Cybernetic Sound Inc$10,742119%
Experience Learning Community$10,6981n/a
Hope the Mission$10,29920%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Los Angeles$10,29820%
Sam's Fans$10,29821%
Bread & Roses Presents$10,19631%
Songfarm Philanthropic Ventures$10,000147%
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Inc$10,00030%
Tennessee Kidney Foundation Inc$10,0001n/a
Los Angeles Urban League$10,00010%
Preservation Hall Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Arkansas Arts Academy$10,00020%
Children's Cancer Association$10,00030%
Public Broadcasting Service$10,00010%
Lacer Afterschool Programs$10,00010%
Scott Hamilton Cares Foundation Inc$9,99820%
The Conscious Alliance$9,9961n/a
Nami Tennessee$9,69610%
Nashville Songwriters Foundation$9,50021%
Shoals Dream Center Inc$9,49711%
Can'd Aid$9,39711%
Superbands$9,3512n/a
Brightstone Inc$9,16720%
Nashville Repertory Theatre Inc$9,09820%
The Honor Foundation Inc$8,99710%
Burger Family Foundation Inc$8,8971n/a
The Roadie Clinic Inc$8,80018%
Les Paul Foundation$8,7381n/a
Creativets$8,66910%
The Store Inc$8,3701n/a
Future Arts Foundation$8,29512%
Warriors & Quiet Waters Foundation Inc$8,19820%
Cancer Support Community of Montana$8,09820%
Sexual Assault Center$8,09820%
Nashville Film Festival$8,00011%
Haven$7,99820%
La Plata County Search & Rescue Inc$7,9981n/a
One805 Inc$7,9981n/a
Health Alliance for Austin Musicians$7,94320%
Memphis Rock N Soul Museum Inc$7,79820%
Heroes United to Heal Foundation Inc$7,7941n/a
Children's Museum of Phoenix$7,67220%
Hear in Rhode Island$7,6262n/a
Charles Carlini Presents$7,498128%
Rock and Soul Forever Foundation Inc$7,4791n/a
Pet Community Center Inc$7,29810%
Earl Scruggs Music Festival Inc$7,29735%
Project R12$7,19721%
Love Ride Foundation$7,1971n/a
America Salutes You LLC Dba America Sal$7,0971n/a
Nashville Industry Fund$6,9982n/a
Say Detroit$6,99820%
Pencil Foundation$6,99720%
The Blues Foundation Inc$6,7982n/a
The Ensworth School$6,79710%
Institute for Music and Neurological Function$6,64617%
Rock to the Future Inc$6,61121%
The Release Recovery Foundation Inc$6,59720%
Tosco Music Parties Inc$6,49811%
American Heart Association Inc$6,49820%
Texas Songwriter U Inc$6,3981n/a
Folds of Honor - Tennessee Chapter$6,19910%
The Buddy Program Inc$6,19820%
Gift of Song$6,1982n/a
Second Chance Global Inc$6,14811%
Blood Cancer United Inc$5,99810%
Muscle Shoals Music Foundation$5,9981n/a
Creative Healing for Youth in Pain$5,8981n/a
Butler County Symphony Association Inc$5,79912%
Impact Youth Outreach Inc$5,7991n/a
International Sports and Music Project Inc$5,79813%
THE LOFT- The Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center Inc$5,79810%
Top Dawg Love the Kids$5,7981n/a
Southern Adirondack Musicians Fund Inc$5,7972n/a
The Red Sox Foundation Inc$5,6991n/a
The Norwalk Conservatory of the Arts Inc$5,69810%
Performances to Grow On$5,69823%
Musical Mentors Collaborative Inc$5,66121%
Nashville Youth Jazz Ensemble$5,644110%
Discovery World Ltd$5,59820%
Nashville African American Wind Symphony Inc$5,5981n/a
Memories of Honor Inc$5,53412%
Song Summit Foundation Inc$5,5051n/a
Tennessee Innocence Project$5,49910%
Fund Recovery$5,49921%
Petersen Automotive Museum Foundation$5,49910%
Cancer for College$5,4981n/a
Savannah Speech & Hearing Center Inc$5,39810%
Diakonia Inc$5,39810%
Germantown Education Foundation$5,39413%
Samaritan Recovery Community Inc$5,31010%
Guthrie Center Corp$5,2991n/a
Family Promise of Los Angeles$5,29820%
Drive Toward a Cure$5,19912%
Night Moves$5,19812%
Rock From the Heart$5,16220%
New Life Center Inc$5,09816%
Special Olympics Tennessee Inc$5,09820%
Let Love Rule Foundation (Formerly Lenny Kravitz Foundation)$4,99817%
Pine-Richland Youth Center$4,99811%
3rtec Inc Dba My Recovery Day$4,99823%
Anna Maria Island Community Center$4,99810%
Seal Legacy Foundation Inc$4,9981n/a
Raising a Hand for Rett$4,94135%
American Brain Foundation$4,89910%
Nacm Scholarship Foundation Inc$4,8981n/a
Nashvillehealth$4,79910%
Quintenn Clark Foundation$4,79818%
The House of Songs$4,7981n/a
Infamous Art Collective Inc$4,7901n/a
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$4,5991n/a
Sound Mind Tn$4,5981n/a
The Victor S Johnson III Nashville Children's Alliance Inc$4,39810%
Foundation for Random Acts of Kindness Inc$4,39823%
Cool Kids Campaign Foundation Inc$4,29820%
Slave 2 Nothing Foundation$4,1981n/a
Eubanks Conservatory of Music and Arts$4,1912n/a
BLUE BEAR SCHOOL of MUSIC$4,18020%
Caffe Lena Inc$4,09820%
Bozeman Deaconess Foundation$3,9991n/a
Midsouth Genesis Community Developm$3,9991n/a
Young Musicians Unite Inc$3,99920%
Christmas for Kids Inc$3,9991n/a
Jimmie Johnson Foundation$3,99911%
Alive Hospice Inc$3,9991n/a
Saint Thomas Health Foundations$3,99910%
Instruments for Education$3,9981n/a
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$3,87210%
Three W Foundation Inc$3,8351n/a
Eb Research Partnership Inc$3,79810%
American Legion Post 82$3,69911%
Eastern Iowa Arts Academy$3,65810%
Morning Star Parent Council$3,61813%
Frank Town Open Hearts Ministry Inc$3,5991n/a
Unityfest USA$3,59811%
Follow the Music$3,5001n/a
Targhee Music Foundation$3,49912%
The Fountain Blues Foundation$3,49911%
Breaking the Chains Foundation$3,3982n/a
Second Verses Inc$3,3801n/a
Mental Health Initiative$3,19915%
Petaluma Arts Council DBA PETALUMA ARTS CENTER$3,19912%
Delfest Foundation Inc$3,19915%
Youth Villages Inc$3,18410%
Room in the Inn Inc$3,1621n/a
Vanderbilt University Medical Center$3,16210%
The Louisiana Music & Heritage Experience Inc$3,09910%
Depot Theater Company$3,04811%
Friends of Montana Pbs Inc$3,00010%
The Keep a Breast Foundation$3,00011%
Summit Well Inc$2,9991n/a
Athens Old Fiddlers Foundation Wilkes$2,99915%
The Joseph Gomoll Foundation Inc DBA Joeys Song$2,99912%
The Geraldine Historical Committee$2,99912%
Williamson Health Foundation Inc$2,99910%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$2,99920%
Path$2,99910%
Breg Foundation Bozeman Duckie Race$2,99919%
Lorain County Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services Inc$2,99910%
Tennessee Performing Arts Center (Tpac) Management Corporation$2,99910%
The Covenant School$2,9991n/a
Cowboys Against Cancer$2,99911%
Friends of the Summit$2,99913%
Operation Democracy Inc$2,99917%
Riverside Arts Academy$2,99910%
New Iberia Museum Foundation$2,99911%
Cleveland Music Foundation Inc$2,9992n/a
Rock the Ocean Foundation$2,9351n/a
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation Inc$2,82410%
Harmonize Artists Foundation Limited$2,7991n/a
Survivingbreastcancerorg$2,79911%
John Ritter Foundation for Aortic Health$2,79910%
National Pku Alliance Inc$2,79910%
Heart and Soul Clinic Inc$2,79911%
Robert F Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights$2,7991n/a
Road Recovery Foundation Inc$2,7991n/a
A Bridge for Kids$2,79911%
The Brighter Days Foundation$2,79910%
The Charlie Daniels Journey Home Project$2,79910%
Litha Symphony Orchestra Inc$2,7991n/a
Act Now Foundation Inc$2,79910%
New York State Rhythm & Blues Fest Inc$2,7991n/a
Peoria Symphony Orchestra$2,79910%
Beehive Love$2,7991n/a
Prelude to a Cure Inc$2,7991n/a
Nashville in Harmony$2,79912%
Unbroken Wings Inc$2,7991n/a
Music Therapy of the Rockies$2,7991n/a
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation$2,76610%
Junior Appalachian Musicians Inc$2,70411%
Austin Plastic Surgery Foundation Austin Smiles$2,69910%
Fort Bend County Women's Center Inc Sos/Shelter-Outreach-Solutions$2,69910%
Loving Loic Foundation$2,69911%
Hands-On Science Center Inc$2,69711%
Centennial Park Conservancy$2,59910%
Tyler Robinson Foundation$2,5995n/a
Los Cabos Children's Foundation$2,59910%
You Got This Corp$2,5991n/a
Mid-South Liver Alliance$2,59914%
Dear Jack Foundation Inc$2,5991n/a
Capehart Foundation$2,5971n/a
Wo Smith Nashville Community Music School$2,50010%
Omega Institute for Holistic Studies Inc$2,50010%
Operation Song Inc$2,49911%
Nashville Humane Association Aka Nashville Humane Society$2,4991n/a
Cancer Support Community Valley Ventura/Santa Barbara Inc$2,49910%
Northwest Florida Guardian Ad Litem Foundation Inc$2,49911%
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc$2,49910%
Autism Harmony Inc$2,4991n/a
Patsy Reeve Foundation Inc$2,49910%
Greater Gallatin United Way Inc$2,39910%
C a M P University$2,3991n/a
Wesley Community Center Inc$2,39511%
Pequenos Pasos Inc$2,33512%
Mission Possible$2,2991n/a
Rallysound Inc$2,2991n/a
Principles Inc Dba Impact Drug and Alcohol Treatment$2,19910%
The Toby Keith Foundation Inc$2,19910%
Cross to Bear$2,1672n/a
YWCA Tri-County Area$2,13610%
Village Place$2,11612%
Gigis Playhouse Inc$2,0982n/a
Nnaji Family Foundation$2,06610%
Good for Your Soul Foundation$2,0281n/a
Project STEP Inc$1,99910%
Frantic Music Project Inc$1,9991n/a
Northern California Center for the Arts$1,99910%
Creating Footsteps Foundation Corp$1,9371n/a
Sonny Boy Blues Society Inc$1,9271n/a
PTA Florida Congress V a Boone Highland Oaks Elem PTA$1,86713%
Combat to Community$1,8561n/a
Red Rose Childrens Choir of Lake County Inc$1,79912%
Friends of the North Shore Symphony Orchestra$1,79916%
Project Hope Foundation Inc$1,79910%
Warner Arts Magnet PTO$1,7991n/a
Dream On 3$1,79910%
Nashville Area Junior Chamber of Commerce$1,79612%
The Jimmy Alan Studio$1,727152%
Second Chance K9 Service Dogs Inc$1,6991n/a
Armer Foundation for Kids$1,59911%
With Love Charity Inc$1,59913%
Fort Bend Boys Choir of Texas Inc$1,49911%
Girls Rock Milwaukee Inc$1,47211%
The Music Company Tmc$1,39911%
Music City Animal Rescue$1,3991n/a
Discovery Outpost Performing Arts Incorporated$1,3991n/a
Out of the Woods Foundation Inc$1,3991n/a
Hustle Recovery Inc$1,32610%
Variety - the Children's Charity of Wisconsin Inc$1,29910%
Songwritingwithinc$1,19910%
Magnolia House Nh$1,06711%
Jazz Empowers$1,00010%
Pandion Music Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Gyres Society$9991n/a
The Art of Elysium$9991n/a
By the Dawn's Early Light a New Day a New Beginning$89913%
Frank Brown International Foundation for Music Inc$89912%
Fine Arts Center Partners$89910%
Symphony Pro Musica Society Inc$89911%
American Indian Health and Family Services of Southeastern Mi Inc$89910%
Williamson County Child Advocacy Center Inc$79910%
Pretend City the Children's Museum of Orange County$69910%
Move Music City$6991n/a
Walking With Swager$6171n/a
Nashville International Chopin Piano Competition$5001n/a
Siouxland Mental Health Services Inc$29010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 178 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.5M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Gibson Gives Foundation Dba Gibson Gives supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 7 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMusicares Foundation Inc: $505,034 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetSave the Music Foundation: $402,082 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetGuitars For Vets Inc: $261,584 over 5y, 26% of budgetThe Guitar Center Music Foundation: $214,115 over 2y, 11% of budgetMagee-Womens Research Institute and Foundation: $162,598 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFree Guitars 4 Kids: $132,032 over 3y, 13% of budgetNashville Symphony Association: $105,123 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPlaying for Change Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 7.9% of budgetLatin Grammy Cultural Foundation: $83,477 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetCountry Music Foundation Inc: $80,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNapa Valley Youth Symphony: $79,125 over 1y, 18% of budgetGoldtop Foundation: $75,069 over 3y, 39% of budgetAcm Lifting Lives: $65,744 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetGrammy Museum Foundation Inc: $64,900 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetLivenationorg Foundation: $61,999 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetGive a Note Foundation Inc: $61,275 over 4y, 8.5% of budgetSecond Line Arts Collective: $60,419 over 2y, 20% of budgetWe Are Family Foundation: $60,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetThe American Film Institute: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNvak Inc: $45,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetKeeping the Blues Alive Foundation: $45,000 over 4y, 7.7% of budgetLaunch Pad Foundation: $44,186 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetFarm Aid Inc: $42,633 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetThe Night Stalker Foundation Inc: $42,365 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetThe Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research: $41,298 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSpirit of Atlanta Inc: $39,396 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetThe Midnight Mission: $39,249 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetOz Arts Inc: $35,998 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetNewport Festivals Foundation Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWest Virginia Drug Intervention Institute Inc: $34,772 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetThe National Museum of African American Music: $32,999 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMusic Health Alliance Inc: $32,665 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetThe Crossroads Campus: $30,699 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetKurt Vonnegut Memorial Library Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetNotes For Notes Inc: $29,833 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetMusic Heals International: $29,388 over 3y, 5.7% of budgetMusic for Seniors: $28,791 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetPoint Park University: $28,345 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPurdue Research Foundation: $27,198 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetArmenia Fund Inc: $27,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMake-A-Wish Foundation of Middle Tennessee: $26,243 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetMusicians on Call Inc: $26,194 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetMusic Will Inc: $25,490 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetAscap Foundation: $25,298 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetLatin Songwriters Hall of Fame Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetThe Crossroads at Antigua Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetSongwriters' Hall of Fame Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetUkulele Kids Club Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 14% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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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About Gibson Gives Foundation Dba Gibson Gives

How much does Gibson Gives Foundation Dba Gibson Gives give?
Gibson Gives Foundation Dba Gibson Gives reported 316 grants totaling $2,483,350 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 310 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
What does Gibson Gives Foundation Dba Gibson Gives fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (51%), Health (15%), Youth Development (7%).
Who are Gibson Gives Foundation Dba Gibson Gives's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Musicares Foundation Inc ($505k), Save the Music Foundation ($402k), Guitars For Vets Inc ($262k).
Does Gibson Gives Foundation Dba Gibson Gives fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 95% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Gibson Gives Foundation Dba Gibson Gives accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Gibson Gives Foundation Dba Gibson Gives?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Memorial Foundation Inc, The Frist Foundation, Hca Healthcare Foundation.
Where is Gibson Gives Foundation Dba Gibson Gives based?
Gibson Gives Foundation Dba Gibson Gives is based in TN.

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 544 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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