· Private foundation
The Gordon J Hammersley 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k8 grants · $35k
- $10k–50k10 grants · $125k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| LEELANAU CONSERVANCY | $30,000 |
| TRAVERSE CITY CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL | $15,000 |
| THE ARCHANGEL ANCIENT TREE ARCHIVE | $10,000 |
| MOTHER HUBBARD'S CUPBOARD | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN | $10,000 |
| KALAMAZOO LOAVES AND FISHES | $10,000 |
| LENAWEE COUNTY MISSION NEIGHBORS OF HOPE | $10,000 |
| WCMU PUBLIC MEDIA | $10,000 |
| HARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK | $10,000 |
| MICHIGAN CLIMATE ACTION NETWORK | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| A4TE EDUCATION FUND | $5,000 |
| YMCA STORER CAMPS | $5,000 |
| INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY25–25, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
26 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $36k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- AAARCHANGEL ANCIENT TREE ARCHIVE4× · 2018–2025 · $43k · revenue +172%
- YMYoung Men's Christian Association of Greater Toledo7× · 2017–2025 · $40k · revenue +44%
- SPSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC4× · 2017–2021 · $30k · revenue +10%
Funded once
- LTLELAND TOWNSHIP PUBLIC LIBRARYone grant, 2024 · $30k
- PHPURPLE HEART PROJECTgraduatedone grant, 2023 · $30k · revenue +51%
- OWOIL & WATER DON'T MIXone grant, 2019 · $15k
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.
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.
The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.
Our mission is conserving West Michigans ecologically critical land. We protect land by creating public nature preserves, providing support to communities and local governments in creating natural areas, and helping private landowners…
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…
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.
The mission of the corporation shall be to work with partners to protect and restore native ecosystems and watersheds, to improve the quality and quantity of freshwater resources to perpetuate hawaiian cultural resources and practices, to…
To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.
Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…
Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…
Informing and educating the public and decision makers about environmental issues.
Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.
To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.
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,…
How this is measured
29 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. 29 of the 64 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 ARCHANGEL ANCIENT TREE ARCHIVE ↗
- Who funds LEELANAU CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Toledo ↗
- Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds PURPLE HEART PROJECT ↗
- Who funds TRAVERSE AREA RECREATION & TRANSPORTATION TRAILS INC ↗
- Who funds MOTHER HUBBARDS CUPBOARD INC ↗
- Who funds SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF NEW ENGL ↗
- Who funds KALAMAZOO LOAVES & FISHES INC ↗
- Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
- Who funds Michigan Climate Action Network ↗
- Who funds WORLD VISION INC ↗
- Who funds CHERRY STREET MISSION MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds International Rescue Committee INC ↗
- Who funds SUNRISE MOVEMENT ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY KITCHEN OF MONROE COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds RAZOM INC ↗
- Who funds LENAWEE COUNTY MISSION ↗
- Who funds OLD STURBRIDGE INC ↗
- Who funds INLAND SEAS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds HARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA 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.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Gordon J Hammersley Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Gordon J Hammersley Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Old Sturbridge Inc: 4% of income from government
- Society for the Preservation of New Engl: 2% of income from government
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