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The Gottfred Family Foundation at a glance

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The Gottfred Family Foundation

Its FY2018 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$13k
Granted FY2018
15
Grants FY2018
5
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2018.

Health$13kEducation$9kReligion$2kArts & Culture$1kRecreation & Sports$875Food & Nutrition$100Human Services$100
02FY2018 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
5
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FNDN$2,600
EVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION$2,500
BETHESDA HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$2,375
1ST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF AH$1,298
NW MEMORIAL HOSTPICAL FOUND MM$1,000
THE FAMILY LEARNING CENTER$1,000
ARVADA HOCKEY ASSOCIATION$500
LEAP LEARNING SYSTEMS$500
THE COVE SCHOOL$500
GILDAS CLUB CHICAGO$300
OUR LADY OF THE WAYSIDE CHURCH$250
ROLLING MEADOWS HIGH SCHOOL$200
WOUNDED WARRIOR$100
WESTGATE PTA$100
UNITED STATES OLYMPIC COMMITTEE$50
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–18) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 77% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%PLAY FOR PINK: $50 → 17%BETHESDA HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $3k → 11%DAIRYMENS FOUNDATION: $100 → 10%MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FNDN: $3k → 9%ST JUDES CHILDRENS RESEARCH HOSP: $500 → 17%UNITED STATES OLYMPIC COMMITTEE: $50 → 9%THE FAMILY LEARNING CENTER: $2k → 12%NW MEMORIAL HOSTPICAL FOUND MM: $1k → 14%DELBARTON SCHOOL: $100 → 4%BETHESDA HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $2k → 11%MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FNDN: $3k → 9%THE FAMILY LEARNING CENTER: $1k → 12%ROLLING MEADOWS HIGH SCHOOL: $200 → 14%THE COVE SCHOOL: $1k → 14%LURIE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO: $900 → 14%ROLLING MEADOWS HIGH SCHOOL: $100 → 14%THE COVE SCHOOL: $500 → 14%OUR LADY OF THE WAYSIDE CHURCH: $250 → 14%WESTGATE PTA: $100 → 14%GILDAS CLUB CHICAGO: $300 → 14%GILDAS CLUB CHICAGO: $300 → 14%EVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION: $3k → 14%1ST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF AH: $1k → 14%LEAP LEARNING SYSTEMS: $500 → 14%LEAP LEARNING SYSTEMS: $400 → 14%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
WI
NY
MA
NJ
CT
CO
TN
DC
FL
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

72%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$19k · 8 repeat orgs$7k to everyone else

8 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2018, 0 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2018 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
6

Total granted

$19k
$2k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+69%

Still filing today

75%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2018, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18
HealthEducationEnvironmentCrime & LegalRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • BH
    Bethesda Hospital Foundation Inc
    2× · 2017–2018 · $6k · revenue +186%
  • FL
    FAMILY LEARNING CENTER
    2× · 2017–2018 · $3k · revenue +26%
  • TC
    THE COVE SCHOOL INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $2k · revenue +44%

Funded once

  • LC
    LURIE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO
    one grant, 2017 · $900
  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $500 · revenue +145%
  • DF
    DAIRYMEN'S FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $100 · revenue +69%
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
American Health Law Association

The mission of the american health law association is to deliver authoritative educational content and serve as a professional home for all who engage with health law.

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2
America's Health Insurance Plans Inc

Ahip is the national trade association representing the health insurance industry. ahip's members provide health care coverage, services and solutions to more than 200 million americans. we are committed to market-based solutions and…

Membership Benefit
3
Harvard Club of Washington Dc

To inform and enrich the intellectual lives of 20,000 alumni of harvard university in the washington, dc area and to assist harvard university with respect to applicants and undergraduates from the dc area.

Education
4
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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5
Asco Association

Asco association promotes the common business interests of its members by: (1) advocating for policies that improve the quality of cancer care; (2) maintaining the highest standards of oncology medical care through programs supporting…

Community Improvement
6
American Society of Clinical Oncology Inc

See schedule o:asco is a professional oncology society committed to conquering cancer through research, education, and promotion of the highest quality patient care.

Health
7
Pool and Hot Tub Alliance

The alliance is organized as a business league to promote safe, healthful and enjoyable usage of pools, hot tubs and recreational water facilities and to promote the pool and spa industry generally.

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8
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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9
Ladies Professional Golf Association

To promote worldwide interest in the game of women's professional golf. primary activities include sanctioning and administering golf tournaments and providing education and certification opportunities for individuals in the golf industry.

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10
American Glaucoma Society Foundation

To support glaucoma research and education, and to promote excellence in the care of patients with glaucoma.

Health
11
International Surfing Association Inc

To develop and promote the sport of surfing globally. the organization is recognized by the international olympic committee as the world governing authority for surfing, standup paddle (sup) surfing and racing, and all other wave riding…

Recreation & Sports
12
United States Tennis Association- Middle States Section

The org. is a section of the united states tennis assoc. and is dedicated to carrying out the goals of the national assoc. within its region, particularly with respect to promoting tennis opportunities for juniors and adults of all…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Cove School Inc; the most unlike its peers is Arvada Hockey Association. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

13 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. 13 of the 21 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/13
Grantees still filing
11/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Bethesda Hospital Foundation Inc: $5,800 · OtherBethesda Hospital Foundation IncFAMILY LEARNING CENTER: $3,000 · OtherFAMILY LEARNING CENTEREVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION: $2,500 · OtherEVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION1ST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF AH: $1,298 · Other1ST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF AHNW MEMORIAL HOSTPICAL FOUND MM: $1,000 · OtherNW MEMORIAL HOSTPICAL FOUND MMLURIE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO: $900 · OtherLURIE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF CHICAGOARVADA HOCKEY ASSOCIATION: $725 · Other+5 more: $850 · OtherTHE MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $5,300 · HealthTHE MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARC…GILDA'S CLUB CHICAGO: $600 · HealthGILDA'S CLUB CHICAGOST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $500 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH …THE COVE SCHOOL INC: $1,900 · EducationTHE COVE SCH…Leap Learning Systems: $900 · EducationLeap Learnin…WESTGATE PTA: $100 · EducationDAIRYMEN'S FOUNDATION INC: $100 · EnvironmentUNITED STATES OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE: $50 · Recreation & SportsPLAY FOR PINK INC: $50 · Crime & Legal
Other$16,073Health$6,400Education$2,900Environment$100Recreation & Sports$50Crime & Legal$50

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 budgetBethesda Hospital Foundation Inc: $5,800 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $5,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY LEARNING CENTER: $3,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE COVE SCHOOL INC: $1,900 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLeap Learning Systems: $900 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGILDA'S CLUB CHICAGO: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDAIRYMEN'S FOUNDATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN SENIORS GOLF ASSOC INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWESTGATE PTA: $100 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetUNITED STATES OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLAY FOR PINK INC: $50 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.

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.

National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA7.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Gottfred Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Gottfred Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 21 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 2018, released 2018. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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