Colorado · Private foundation
The Gores 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.
- $275k
- Granted FY2023
- 4
- Grants FY2023
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 17
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 1
- Total assets, FY2023
- $2k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 25% of the organizations The Gores Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 4 | $275k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $1.4M | 60% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $525k | 55% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $256k | 75% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $80k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $173k | 78% |
| FY2017 | 17 | $1.3M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences | $950,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Union Rescue Mission | $650,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Don'T Ever Give Up Inc | $500,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Basblue Inc | $200,000 | 1 | 15% |
| Western Michigan University Foundation | $150,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Chopra Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Prostate Cancer Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Children's Institute Inc | $90,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The John Thomas Dye School | $85,000 | 3 | 0% |
| American Friends of Hebrew University Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 32 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($771k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Gores Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · Jewish Communal Fund · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund
How this is measured
About The Gores Foundation
- How much does The Gores Foundation give?
- The Gores Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $275,000 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 17 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Gores Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Education (35%), Human Services (19%), Health (19%).
- Who are The Gores Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences ($950k), Union Rescue Mission ($650k), Don'T Ever Give Up Inc ($500k).
- Does The Gores Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Gores Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Gores Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Community Foundation, The Ralph M Parsons Foundation, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc.
- Where is The Gores Foundation based?
- The Gores Foundation is based in CO.
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