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The Justin Gimelstob Children's Fund

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$61k
Granted FY2024still arriving
5
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$44k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$275kHuman Services$50kRecreation & Sports$48kEducation$23kInternational$11kReligion$8kCivil Rights$5kPhilanthropy$3kOther$0
02FY2024 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $17k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $44k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$54k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BABY2BABY$44,288
CHILDRENS HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES$6,000
UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE INC$5,000
CAMP DEL CORAZON$5,000
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION INC$1,000
02The need
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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 (FY18–22, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 15% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ADOPT TOGETHER: $4k → 6%THE JAMES BLAKE FOUNDATION: $1k → 17%ADOPT TOGETHER: $2k → 6%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

MN
WI
NY
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IN
OH
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CT
RI
CA
CO
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DE
AR
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DC
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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.

64%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$275k · 9 repeat orgs$156k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +23% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
37

Total granted

$275k
$101k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+22%

Still filing today

67%
22%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 10% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $55k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesInternationalAnimalsRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyOther
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

  • TV
    THE VALERIE FUND
    2× · 2018–2023 · $203k · revenue +44%
  • CH
    Children's Hospital Los Angeles
    2× · 2022–2024 · $8k · revenue +23%
  • HH
    HOPING HEARTS FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $6k · revenue +4%

Funded once

  • PS
    PROFESSIONAL SPORTS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $26k
  • NB
    Nick Bollettieri Foundation Inc
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • ND
    Novak Djokovic Foundation USAgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +211%
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
Children's Tumor Foundation

Our mission: drive research, expand knowledge, and advance care for the nf community. our vision: end nf.

Health
2
Curesearch for Children's Cancer

Curesearch's mission is to fund & support targeted & innovative cancer research with measurable results, & to be the authoritative source of information & resources for all those affected by children's cancer. see schedule o for…

Health
3
Childrens Cancer Therapy Development Institute

To make all childhood cancers universally survivable by delivering new treatments to clinical trials through scientific discovery.

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4
Children's Brain Disease Foundation
Health
5
The Heart of a Child Foundation

To advance research and patient care in the field of pediatric cardiology

Health
6
Chance for Life

Chance for life's mission is to raise awareness and funds for critical research and clinical trials for pediatric cancer in the united states of america.

Health
7
Beat Childhood Cancer Foundation Inc

Beat childhood cancer drives childhood cancer research and raises awareness, making a difference in kids' survival today. our vision is to change the story for the next family by finding viable treatments and ultimately, cures for…

Health
8
Cog Research Foundation Llc

Cog research foundation, llc is a california 501(c)(3) entity founded in 2024 and designed to become the federal grantee organization for the children's oncology group (cog). the cog, a member of the national cancer institute (nci)…

Health
9
Children's Brain Tumor Project Foundation

The organization's mission is to raise funds to improve the outcome for children with brain tumors by advancing scientific discovery and clinical research that focuses on:* targeted therapy* effective drug delivery* low treatment-related…

Health
10
CancerFree Kids

CancerFree KIDS exists to raise awareness of the need for more funding for pediatric cancer research and to raise funds that are invested in early stage, potentially game-changing research focused on gentler treatments and cures for…

Health
11
Columbus Children's Foundation

Accelerating the most effective gene therapy treatments for children with ultra-rare diseases.

Health
12
Children's Heart Foundation

To raise funds to advance the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of congential heart defects.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Brain Tumor Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Nick Bollettieri Foundation Inc. 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

21 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 21 of the 50 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)
18/21
Grantees still filing
11/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE VALERIE FUND: $202,500 · OtherTHE VALERIE FUNDBABY2BABY: $44,288 · OtherBABY2BABYPROFESSIONAL SPORTS FOUNDATION: $26,000 · OtherPROFESSIONAL SPORTS FOUNDATIONGOFARR FUND - CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES: $25,500 · OtherGOFARR FUND - CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES+32 more: $70,100 · Other+32 moreHOPE FOR CHILDREN RESEARCH FOUND: $20,500 · HealthHOPE FOR …Children's Hospital Los Angeles: $7,500 · HealthChildren'…MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $3,000 · HealthMEMORIAL …Team Luke Hope for Minds: $2,000 · HealthTeam Luke…+3 more: $2,500 · Health+3 moreNovak Djokovic Foundation USA: $5,300 · InternationalUNIVERSAL LANGUAGE INC: $5,000 · InternationalHOPING HEARTS FOUNDATION INC: $5,560 · Human ServicesTHE JAMES BLAKE FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesCAMP DEL CORAZON INC: $5,000 · Recreation & SportsLOS ANGELES COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION: $3,000 · Public Safety & DisasterCHABAD OF SE MORRIS COUNTY INC: $2,500 · Arts & Culture
Other$368,388Health$35,500International$10,300Human Services$6,560Recreation & Sports$5,000Public Safety & Disaster$3,000Arts & Culture$2,500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE VALERIE FUND: $202,500 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetBABY2BABY: $44,288 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOPE FOR CHILDREN RESEARCH FOUND: $20,500 over 2y, 10% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTEAM LUKE FOUNDATION: $6,500 over 2y, 5.7% of budgetHOPING HEARTS FOUNDATION INC: $5,560 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCAMP DEL CORAZON INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCHABAD OF SE MORRIS COUNTY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTeam Luke Hope for Minds: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCHILDREN'S BRAIN TUMOR FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE JAMES BLAKE FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDURGA TREE INTERNATIONAL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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 THE VALERIE FUND ↗
  • Who funds BABY2BABY ↗
  • Who funds HOPE FOR CHILDREN RESEARCH FOUND ↗
  • Who funds Nick Bollettieri Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds Children's Hospital Los Angeles ↗
  • Who funds TEAM LUKE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HOPING HEARTS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Novak Djokovic Foundation USA ↗
  • Who funds CAMP DEL CORAZON INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE INC ↗
  • Who funds MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER ↗
  • Who funds LOS ANGELES COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CHABAD OF SE MORRIS COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds Team Luke Hope for Minds ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S BRAIN TUMOR FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SECOND CHANCE ANIMAL RESCUE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE JAMES BLAKE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS ↗

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 Bank of America C…Network for GoodMorgan Stanley Global…The Blackbaud Giving …Charities Aid Foundat…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncNC9.7× affinity8 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Endowment Foundation · 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 Justin Gimelstob Children's Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Justin Gimelstob Children's Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24
no gov · 30%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–24
    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 50 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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