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The Gornick Fund at a glance

· Private foundation

The Gornick Fund

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$83k
Granted FY2025still arriving
39
Grants FY2025still arriving
10
States reached
$8k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2024 to 2025.

Health$58kEducation$31kArts & Culture$15kInternational$14kEnvironment$11kCommunity Improvement$9kYouth Development$8kRecreation & Sports$7kOther$0
02FY2025 · 39 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,500
Median grant
10
States reached
$1.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation$8,000
All It Takes$7,000
Cambodia Children's Fund$7,000
Otsego County Economic Alliance$5,000
Earth Justice$5,000
The Liv Project$4,000
CATCH$3,000
Cranbrook$2,500
Pink Fund$2,500
Chad Tough$2,500
University of Colorado Foundation$2,500
Less CancerNext Generation Choices$2,000
Henry Ford Museum$2,000
Hundred Club of Detroit$2,000
Detroit Institute of Arts$2,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY24–25, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 88% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Chad Tough: $3k → 14%Chad Tough: $1k → 14%Otsego County Sportsplex: $500 → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MI
NY
MA
IN
PA
CA
CO
VA
SC
DC
TX
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 9% of The Gornick Fund’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

The Gornick Fundlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$124k · 31 repeat orgs$42k to everyone else

31 repeat relationships: 31 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

31
13

Total granted

$124k
$22k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
0%

Still filing today

48%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

50%100%’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’24’25
HealthEducationArts & CultureEnvironmentHuman ServicesAnimalsOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • CC
    Cambodian Childrens Fund
    2× · 2024–2025 · $14k · revenue +0%
  • OC
    OTSEGO COUNTY ECONOMIC ALLIANCE INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $9k · revenue +121%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION
    2× · 2024–2025 · $5k · revenue +33%

Funded once

  • Teach for America Inc
    one grant, 2024 · $7k · revenue +20%
  • AM
    Angevine Middle School
    one grant, 2024 · $4k
  • PF
    Pink Fund Real Hope New Patient Adv
    one grant, 2024 · $3k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Colorado Museum of Natural History

Be a catalyst! Ignite our community's passion for nature and science.

Arts & Culture
2
Delta Dental Fund

Delta dental fund's mission is to improve the oral health of the public and to advance dental science and the dental profession through research and education.

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3
Donor Alliance Inc

Donor Alliance saves and heals lives through organ and tissue donation. Donor Alliance is one of 55 Federally designated, non-profit organ procurement organizations serving Colorado and most of Wyoming. Additionally, it is a member of the…

Health
4
California Dental Association

The california dental association is committed to the success of our members in service to their patients and the public.

Community Improvement
5
Colorado Gives Foundation

We connect people, ideas, and nonprofits to make good happen. our vision is that all of jeffco is thriving.

Philanthropy
6
Midwest Dairy Association

Midwest dairy works with others to give consumers an excellent dairy experience increasing sales, fostering innovation, and inspiring consumer confidence of dairy products and practices.

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7
Allosource

Inspired by the gift of donation from our communities, allosource responsibly provides innovative cellular and tissue allografts to advance patient healing.

Health
8
College of American Pathologists Foundation

Champion humanitarian & patient-centered roles for pathologists. connect those in need to the specialized, life savings skills of pathologists. confer training & awards to residents.

Education
9
Arbor Research Collaborative for Health

Arbor research collaborative for health is committed to improving patient care through research that shapes medical policies and practice. in particular, arbor research conducts health outcomes research on chronic disease and end-stage…

Health
10
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
11
Robert a Toigo Foundation

Our mission is to shape the future of finance by developing leaders whose innovation, investment excellence, and human-centered leadership advance the industry and its adjacent sectors.

Education
12
Internet Society Foundation

At the internet society foundation, we focus on funding initiatives that strengthen the internet in function and reach so that it can effectively serve all people. our work advances the vision of the internet society (isoc): the internet…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Otsego Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Panthera Corporation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

25 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. 25 of the 53 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
9/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Earth Justice: $10,000 · OtherEarth JusticeALL IT TAKES CO BOSTON BOOKKEEPING SERVICES: $7,000 · OtherALL IT TAKES CO BOSTON BOOKKEEPING SERVICESOtsego Memorial Hospital Foundation: $6,000 · OtherOtsego Memorial Hospital FoundationCranbrook: $5,000 · OtherCranbrookCATCH: $5,000 · OtherCATCHLess CancerNext Generation Choices: $4,000 · OtherAngevine Middle School: $4,000 · OtherHenry Ford Museum: $3,500 · OtherGornick Slovenian Library: $3,000 · OtherTHE HUNDRED CLUB OF DETROIT: $3,000 · OtherSt Joseph's Church: $3,000 · OtherCorwell Health Foundation: $3,000 · Other+23 more: $32,250 · Other+23 moreChildren's Hospital Colorado Foundation: $16,000 · HealthChildren's Hospital …THE LIV PROJECT: $4,000 · HealthTHE LIV PROJECTIMERMAN ANGELS: $3,000 · HealthIMERMAN ANGELSSKY FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 · HealthSKY FOUNDATION INCPINK FUND INC: $2,500 · HealthPINK FUND INCBRENT ELEY FOUNDATION: $2,250 · HealthBRENT ELEY FOUNDATIO…Cambodian Childrens Fund: $14,000 · PhilanthropyCambodian …OTSEGO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,000 · PhilanthropyOTSEGO COM…Teach for America Inc: $7,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $5,000 · EducationTHE WINCHENDON SCHOOL INC: $500 · EducationOTSEGO COUNTY ECONOMIC ALLIANCE INC: $9,000 · EnvironmentDENVER BOTANIC GARDENS INC: $1,200 · EnvironmentTHE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS: $3,500 · Arts & CultureAUTOMOTIVE HALL OF FAME INC: $2,000 · Arts & CultureDetroit Historical Society: $1,000 · Arts & CultureCHADTOUGH DEFEAT DIPG FOUNDATION: $3,500 · Human ServicesOTSEGO COUNTY SPORTSPLEX: $500 · Human Services
Other$88,750Health$30,750Philanthropy$15,000Education$12,500Environment$10,200Arts & Culture$6,500Human Services$4,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetChildren's Hospital Colorado Foundation: $16,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCambodian Childrens Fund: $14,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOTSEGO COUNTY ECONOMIC ALLIANCE INC: $9,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHADTOUGH DEFEAT DIPG FOUNDATION: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetIMERMAN ANGELS: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HUNDRED CLUB OF DETROIT: $3,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSKY FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPINK FUND INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOTSEGO COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $2,500 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetBRENT ELEY FOUNDATION: $2,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAUTOMOTIVE HALL OF FAME INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOOD SHARE INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDENVER BOTANIC GARDENS INC: $1,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHAVEN INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPANTHERA CORPORATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDetroit Historical Society: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOTSEGO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOTSEGO COUNTY SPORTSPLEX: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WINCHENDON SCHOOL INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHILTON HEAD HUMANE ASSOCIATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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 Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Cambodian Childrens Fund ↗
  • Who funds OTSEGO COUNTY ECONOMIC ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds ALL IT TAKES CO BOSTON BOOKKEEPING SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds Teach for America Inc ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE LIV PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS ↗
  • Who funds CHADTOUGH DEFEAT DIPG FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds IMERMAN ANGELS ↗
  • Who funds THE HUNDRED CLUB OF DETROIT ↗
  • Who funds SKY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds PINK FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds OTSEGO COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds BRENT ELEY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AUTOMOTIVE HALL OF FAME INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOOD SHARE INC ↗
  • Who funds DENVER BOTANIC GARDENS INC ↗
  • Who funds HAVEN 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.

Community Foundation …DTE Energy FoundationConsumers Energy Foun…The Blackbaud Giving …Charities Aid Foundat…The Bank of America C…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Natl Christian Charit…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…
Community Foundation for Southeast MichiganMI17× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · DTE Energy Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Gornick Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Gornick Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.

    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 53 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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