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The James R and Catherine M Gaunt Family at a glance

· Private foundation

The James R and Catherine M Gaunt Family

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.

$75k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Education$112kReligion$92kHealth$65kFood & Nutrition$15kCrime & Legal$15kPhilanthropy$5kHuman Services$5kYouth Development$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $30k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $45k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$821k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LITTLE FORK FAMILY ADVOCACY CENTER INC$15,000
ARCHBISHOP MCNICHOLAS HIGH SCHOOL$10,000
ADEC INC$10,000
ST XAVIER HIGH SCHOOL$10,000
COLLEGE MENTORS FOR KIDS INC$5,000
OPERATION GIVE BACK$5,000
MAY WE HELP INC$5,000
THE LIT MOVEMENT$5,000
DO IT FOR JACK$5,000
MERCY NEIGBORHOOD MINISTRIES INC$5,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $65k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%ADEC INC: $10k → 13%THE LIT MOVEMENT: $25k → 16%THE LIT MOVEMENT: $20k → 16%THE LIT MOVEMENT: $5k → 16%THE LIT MOVEMENT: $5k → 16%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.
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.

54%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$182k · 7 repeat orgs$153k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +7% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
12

Total granted

$182k
$103k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+7%
+6%

Still filing today

43%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 33% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesFood & NutritionReligionHousing & ShelterCrime & LegalOther
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

  • LM
    LIT MOVEMENT
    4× · 2021–2025 · $55k · revenue +7%
  • AM
    ARCHBISHOP MCNICHOLAS HIGH SCHOOL
    4× · 2022–2025 · $30k
  • C
    CISE
    2× · 2022–2023 · $30k · revenue -51%

Funded once

  • TC
    THE CURE STARTS NOW INC
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue +6%
  • DS
    DOMINICAN SISTERS OF PEACE INC
    one grant, 2023 · $15k
  • MH
    MCNICHOLAS HIGH SCHOOL
    one grant, 2020 · $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.

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
Dibs for Kids

DIBS for Kids is on a Mission to help schools provide every child with access to powerful in-home reading experiences, every school night.

Education
2
Ccri Inc

The mission of CCRI is to enhance and enrich the lives and learning of people with disabilities. We help people overcome obstacles by offering unique community opportunities to children, adults, and families affected by disability. Our…

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3
Children's Advocates for Change

Children's advocates for change was organized to improve the lives of children in illinois by bringing about significant changes public policies and programs for children through research, policy analysis and advocacy, public education and…

Human Services
4
Faith Mission Inc

To create a better world by serving people in need by operating food pantries, homeless shelters, a domestic violence shelter, affordable housing communities, senior living, assisted living and skilled care facilities, a home health care…

Housing & Shelter
5
Methodist Children's Home

Methodist children's home equips children, youth, and families to flourish by offering hope through christian-centered relationships, services, and support.

Human Services
6
First Growth Children & Family Charities Dba Classic Wines Foundation

Based in portland, oregon, we are dedicated to producing food and wine events to raise funds for local nonprofits benefiting children and families.

Human Services
7
Life Teen Inc

Life teen is a missionary youth movement within the catholic church. we believe that eucharist-based ministry has the power to transform teens, transform parishes, and transform culture. our top priorities are resourcing and (continued on…

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8
Lift Inc

Lift's mission is to break the cycle of poverty by investing in parents. we build families' well-being, financial strength, and social connections to lift two generations at once.

Employment
9
Choices Coordinated Care Solutions Inc

To strengthen youth and families while enhancing systems and communities.

Human Services
10
Child Safe of Central Missouri Inc

Child safe of central missouri's mission is to respond to and prevent child abuse by providing advocacy, support, and resources to children who are alleged victims of abuse and other traumatic crimes, and to their non-offending family…

Crime & Legal
11
Columbus Center for Human Services Inc

Inspiring life journeys

Human Services
12
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Minneapolis

Jewish family and children's service of minneapolis provides essential services to people of all ages and backgrounds to sustain healthy relationships, ease suffering and offer support in times of need.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Adec Inc; the most unlike its peers is Jack Quehl Foundation. 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

16 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. 16 of the 27 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
9/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ARCHBISHOP MCNICHOLAS HIGH SCHOOL: $30,000 · OtherARCHBISHOP MCNICHOLAS HIGH SCHOOLST XAVIER HIGH SCHOOL INC: $27,000 · OtherST XAVIER HIGH SCHOOL INC1N5: $25,000 · Other1N5DOMINICAN SISTERS OF PEACE INC: $15,000 · OtherDOMINICAN SISTERS OF PEACE INCMCNICHOLAS HIGH SCHOOL: $15,000 · OtherMCNICHOLAS HIGH SCHOOLMENTAL MATTERS MISSION: $10,000 · OtherMENTAL MATTERS MISSIONST VINCENT DEPAUL CHARITABLE PHARMACY: $10,000 · OtherST VINCENT DEPAUL CHARITABLE PHARMACY+8 more: $37,000 · Other+8 moreLIT MOVEMENT: $55,000 · Human ServicesLIT MOVEMENTADEC INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesADEC INCTHE CURE STARTS NOW INC: $20,000 · HealthTHE CURE STAR…Madis House Inc: $5,000 · HealthMadis House I…JACK QUEHL FOUNDATION: $5,000 · HealthJACK QUEHL FO…MAY WE HELP INC: $5,000 · HealthMAY WE HELP I…Mercy Neighborhood Ministries Inc: $5,000 · HealthMercy Neighbo…CISE: $30,000 · ReligionCISELITTLE FORK FAMILY ADVOCACY CENTER INC: $15,000 · Crime & LegalCHILDHOOD FOOD SOLUTIONS: $10,000 · Food & NutritionFREESTORE FOODBANK INC: $5,000 · Food & NutritionCOLLEGE MENTORS FOR KIDS INC: $5,000 · Education
Other$169,000Human Services$65,000Health$40,000Religion$30,000Crime & Legal$15,000Food & Nutrition$15,000Education$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLIT MOVEMENT: $55,000 over 4y, 5.5% of budgetCISE: $30,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE CURE STARTS NOW INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLITTLE FORK FAMILY ADVOCACY CENTER INC: $15,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetCHILDHOOD FOOD SOLUTIONS: $10,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetADEC INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMadis House Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLLEGE MENTORS FOR KIDS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOPERATION GIVE BACK: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFREESTORE FOODBANK INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Neighborhood Ministries Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDAMASCUS INC: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOSPREY VILLAGE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

The Greater Cincinnat…Ge Aerospace Foundati…Johnson Charitable Gi…Tql Foundation IncThe Wohlgemuth Hersch…Andrew Jergens Founda…Duke Energy FoundationVanguard Charitable E…Renaissance Charitabl…American Endowment Fo…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Donor Advised Charita…
The Greater Cincinnati FoundationOH26.3× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Johnson Charitable Gift Fund · Tql Foundation Inc · The Wohlgemuth Herschede Foundation Co Fifth Third Bank Na Agent · Andrew Jergens Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · 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 James R and Catherine M Gaunt Family funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The James R and Catherine M Gaunt Family. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 27 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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