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The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$240k
Granted FY2021
13
Grants FY2021
6
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

100% of The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation’s FY2023 grant dollars went to National Philanthropic Trust, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2023 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 11 organizations, $240k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

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’20
11
’21
1
’22
0
’23

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2023.

Education$2.1MReligion$403kInternational$365kPhilanthropy$359kScience & Tech$220kYouth Development$75kArts & Culture$55kEnvironment$30kOther$0
02FY2021 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2021

  • Under $10k8 grants · $40k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $50k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $150k
$5,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Wisdom Publications$100,000
My Brother's Workshop$50,000
Kent School Corporation$25,000
THE FORUM$15,000
United Jazz Foundation$10,000
Indian Law Resource Center$5,000
Climate Ride Inc$5,000
Brass City Rescue Alliance$5,000
NATIFS$5,000
WORLD BICYCLE RELIEF$5,000
St Thomas Swimming Association$5,000
Humane Society of St Thomas$5,000
Friends of the VI National Park$5,000
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 (FY20–20, $200k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%International Refugee Assistance Pr: $200k → 17%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

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MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
PA
CT
CA
NC
DC
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.

13%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$450k · 9 repeat orgs$2.9M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +49% since the first grant, against +27% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2021, 0 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call). Read against FY2021, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
12

Total granted

$450k
$2.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
+27%

Still filing today

89%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22
Arts & CultureEducationAnimalsEnvironmentScience & TechHuman ServicesOther
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

  • MB
    MY BROTHERS WORKSHOP INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $75k · revenue +46%
  • KS
    KENT SCHOOL
    2× · 2020–2021 · $50k · revenue +9%
  • UJ
    UNITED JAZZ FOUNDATION
    2× · 2021–2022 · $20k · revenue +118%

Funded once

  • VM
    VI Montessori School Inc
    one grant, 2020 · $2.0M
  • AA
    AMERICAN ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETYgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $220k · revenue +28%
  • IR
    INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $200k · revenue +50%
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
Npr International Operations Inc

Npr international operations, inc. ("nprio") supports the international newsgathering activities of national public radio, inc. through bureaus and offices established locally in foreign countries.

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2
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…

International
3
Ipc International Inc

Ipc is a global trade association dedicated to furthering the competitive excellence and financial success of its members, who are participants in the electronics industry. in pursuit of these objectives, ipc will devote resources to…

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4
The National Bureau of Asian Research

Nbr conducts advanced independent research on strategic, political, economic, energy, globalization, and health issues affecting u.s. relations with asia. drawing upon an extensive network of the world's leading specialists and leveraging…

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5
International Federation of Accountants

Ifac acts in the public interest and has no profit-making purpose. ifac serves the public interest by: speaking out and engaging as the voice for the global profession; leading and developing a future-ready accountancy profession; and…

Education
6
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
7
Indigenous Peoples Rights Inc

To lead and coordinate the global initiative to address and prevent criminalization, violence, and impunity against indigenous peoples towards strengthening their collectives, solidarity, and actions.

Human Services
8
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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9
Devworks International

Devworks international is dedicated to a society where all people enjoy the freedom to pursue their own sustainable development. we contribute to this by strengthening the capacity of local organizations.

Human Services
10
International Republican Institute

Iri advances freedom and democracy worldwide by developing political parties, civic institutions, open elections, democratic governance and the rule of law.

Education
11
International Trademark Association Inc

We are a global association of brand owners and professionals dedicated to supporting trademarks and complementary intellectual property (IP) to foster consumer trust, economic growth, and innovation, and committed to building a better…

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12
Thomas Jefferson School of Law

The mission of the school is to provide outstanding legal education in a collegial and supportive environment with attention to newly emerging areas of law, particularly those related to technological development, globalization and the…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Indian Law Resource Center; the most unlike its peers is World Bicycle Relief Nfp. 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

20 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. 20 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
17/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VI Montessori School Inc: $2,000,000 · OtherVI Montessori School IncCREATING HOPE INTERNATIONAL: $150,000 · OtherCREATING HOPE INTERNATIONAL+15 more: $121,708 · Other+15 moreNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $354,779 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL P…WISDOM PUBLICATIONS INC: $250,000 · Arts & CultureUNITED JAZZ FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Arts & CultureTHE FORUM INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureANTILLES SCHOOL INC: $100,000 · EducationMY BROTHERS WORKSHOP INC: $75,000 · EducationKENT SCHOOL: $50,000 · EducationAMERICAN ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY: $220,000 · Science & TechINTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT INC: $200,000 · Human Services84000: $150,000 · Religion
Other$2,271,708Philanthropy$354,779Arts & Culture$285,000Education$225,000Science & Tech$220,000Human Services$200,000Religion$150,000

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 budgetNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $354,779 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWISDOM PUBLICATIONS INC: $250,000 over 2y, 6.0% of budgetAMERICAN ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY: $220,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetINTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT INC: $200,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budget84000: $150,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetCREATING HOPE INTERNATIONAL: $150,000 over 1y, 10.0% of budgetANTILLES SCHOOL INC: $100,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetMY BROTHERS WORKSHOP INC: $75,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetKENT SCHOOL: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED JAZZ FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 8.1% of budgetGreater Philadelphia Film Office: $17,200 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetTHE FORUM INC: $15,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetWORLD BICYCLE RELIEF NFP: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHumane Society of St Thomas: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetINDIAN LAW RESOURCE CENTER: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetLawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEAST COAST GREENWAY ALLIANCE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetST THOMAS SWIMMING ASSOCIATION INC: $10,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetBRASS CITY RESCUE ALLIANCE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetCLIMATE RIDE INC: $5,000 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.

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 …Prior Family Foundati…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Paypal Charitable Giv…The Bank of America C…Network for GoodNational Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands IncVI17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands Inc · Prior Family Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · 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 Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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