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The Gluck Family Charitable Foundation

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.

$17k
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$8k
Largest
01What you fund
0194% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20202025.

Philanthropy$35kReligion$26kHuman Services$12kEducation$10kInternational$7kHealth$7kEnvironment$2kHousing & Shelter$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$500
Median grant
8
States reached
$40k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH$7,576
CHASDEI MEIR$1,200
COLLEGIATE DIRECTIONS INC$1,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$1,000
RIVKIN SOCIETY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
PROJECT HOPE$1,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$500
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$500
UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND$500
LEUKEMIA LYMPHOMA SOCIETY$500
UNIVERSITY OF DENVER$500
CENTRAL SYNAGOGUE$360
CHABAD OF SQUIRREL HILL$360
WOMEN FOR WOMEN$250
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 (FY22–22, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%CORNERSTONES INC: $2k → 6%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
MI
NY
MA
PA
CO
VA
MD
DC
AL
TX

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.
$49k · 18 repeat orgs$24k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +5% since the first grant, against +0% for the ones you funded once.

18 repeat relationships — 10 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
19

Total granted

$49k
$14k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+5%
+0%

Still filing today

56%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 39% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24’25
EducationInternationalHealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesEnvironmentOther

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

  • WW
    WILLIAM WENDT CENTER FOR LOSS AND HEALING
    3× · 2022–2024 · $8k · revenue +14%
  • Teach for America Inc
    3× · 2022–2024 · $4k · revenue +20%
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    3× · 2022–2025 · $3k · revenue +13%

Funded once

  • CI
    CORNERSTONES INC
    one grant, 2022 · $2k · revenue -22%
  • DP
    DEMENTIA360 PRESBYTERIAN SENIORCARE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $1k
  • AR
    Alpine Rescue Team
    one grant, 2024 · $1k · revenue -21%

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
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
2
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
3
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
4
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
7
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
8
DePauw University

Depauw university develops leaders the world needs through an uncommon commitment to the liberal arts. depauw's diverse and inclusive learning and living experience, distinctive in its rigorous intellectual engagement and its global and…

Education
9
Trustees of Tufts College

Education and Research

Education
10
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
11
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

12
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Teach for America Inc and the most unlike its peers is Chasdei Meir Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 47 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%5%<5yr14%5%5–10yr19%0%10–20yr16%24%20–35yr13%24%35–55yr16%43%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%4%<5yr14%1%5–10yr19%0%10–20yr16%37%20–35yr13%41%35–55yr16%17%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 5% of your grantees by number, and just 4% 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%0/23
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,542

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

20 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 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 20 of the 42 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
11/20
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

COMMUNITY BABTIST CHURCH — $15,536 · OtherCOMMUNITY BABTIST CHURCHWILLIAM WENDT CENTER FOR LOSS AND HEALING — $8,000 · OtherWILLIAM WENDT CENTER FOR LOSS AND HEALINGCOMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH — $7,576 · OtherCOMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCHIndividual grant recipient — $2,000 · Other+25 more — $16,900 · Other+25 moreTeach for America Inc — $4,000 · EducationTeach for Ameri…COLLEGIATE DIRECTIONS INC — $3,000 · EducationCOLLEGIATE DIRE…THE UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND — $1,000 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY …UNIVERSITY OF DENVER — $1,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF D…AMERICAN UNIVERSITY — $515 · EducationSHADY SIDE ACADEMY — $335 · EducationMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $3,000 · InternationalPROJECT HOPE - THE PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC — $2,000 · InternationalTHE BRAIN ANEURYSM FOUNDATION INC — $3,000 · HealthThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc — $1,000 · HealthCORNERSTONES INC — $1,500 · Human ServicesCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC — $1,500 · EnvironmentCHASDEI MEIR INC — $1,200 · Philanthropy
Other$50,012Education$9,850International$5,000Health$4,000Human Services$1,500Environment$1,500Philanthropy$1,200

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetWILLIAM WENDT CENTER FOR LOSS AND HEALING — $8,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTeach for America Inc — $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOLLEGIATE DIRECTIONS INC — $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BRAIN ANEURYSM FOUNDATION INC — $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPROJECT HOPE - THE PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC — $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCORNERSTONES INC — $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC — $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHASDEI MEIR INC — $1,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAlpine Rescue Team — $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND — $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF DENVER — $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN UNIVERSITY — $515 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArvada Center for the Arts and Humanities — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHADY SIDE ACADEMY — $335 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetColorado Museum of Natural History — $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDENVER ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION — $300 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramPA9.1× affinity5 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Gluck Family Charitable 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
202122232425
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 2%
  • Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
typical government reliance, FY2025

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

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How do I get to The Gluck Family Charitable Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Gluck Family Charitable 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 42 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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