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The Tom Gores Family Foundation at a glance

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The Tom Gores Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$180k
Granted FY2024still arriving
3
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Youth Development$1.1MPhilanthropy$1.1MHealth$800kEducation$150kFood & Nutrition$75kRecreation & Sports$50kHuman Services$30kInternational$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $30k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $150k
$50,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$2k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CRANBROOK EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY$100,000
NF FORWARD$50,000
TRAGEDY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR SURVIVORS$30,000
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 48% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%WORLD OF CHILDREN INC: $10k → 10%LEARNING LAB VENTURES: $50k → 14%TOURETTE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC: $25k → 13%FORGOTTEN HARVEST: $50k → 8%FRIENDS OF FLINT FARMERS: $25k → 16%CFSEM - COVID 19: $100k → 21%RETT SYNDROME RESEARCH TRUST: $25k → 9%DON'T EVER GIVE UP INC: $500k → 8%STERLING DONOR ADVISED FUND: $1.0M → 6%TRAGEDY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR SURVIVORS: $30k → 7%PROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION: $50k → 14%TOURETTE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA: $25k → 13%MICHIGAN JEWISH SPORTS HALL OF FAME: $25k → 8%NF FORWARD: $50k → 21%STERLING DONOR ADVISED FUND: $6k → 6%UCLA MATTEL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $25k → 14%NF FORWARD DETROIT: $25k → 21%2020 NFF GALA: $25k → 21%2021 NF beNeFit IX: $25k → 21%THE YUNION: $75k → 21%ILITCH CHARITIES: $25k → 21%Operation Graduation: $1.0M → 21%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 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
The Lieber Institute Inc

The mission of the institute is to translate basic genetic and molecular mechanisms of schizophrenia and related developmental brain disorders into clinical advances that change the lives of affected individuals. it is catalyzing a new…

Health
2
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research

The foundation is dedicated to finding a cure for parkinson's disease through an aggressively funded research agenda and ensuring the development of improved therapies for those living with parkinson's today.

Health
3
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
4
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
5
Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation

The samuel waxman cancer research foundation (the "foundation") funds innovative research to bring faster cures to patients. in addition to supporting ongoing collaborative research in specific cancers, our scientists are investigating the…

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6
The Translational Genomics Research Institute

Please see schedule o

Health
7
Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Foundation

To fund research to discover cures and more effective treatments for neuroendocrine cancers. the netrf is committed to improving the lives of those affected by neuroendocrine cancer by providing information & educational resources.

Health
8
National Science and Technology Medals Foundation Inc

The nstmf's mission is to build inclusive stem communities across the united states. fundamental to these communities are the significant, inspirational connections we foster between the individuals who have received national recognition…

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9
Lymphoma Research Foundation

To eradicate lymphoma and serve those touched by this disease.

Health
10
The V Foundation

We fund game-changing research and all-star scientists to accelerate victory over cancer and save lives.

Health
11
The Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation

The jonsson cancer center foundation is the single most important vehicle for raising private funds for cancer research at ucla and plays a key role in advancing cancer treatments and care. please see schedule o for additional information.

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12
Lung Cancer Research Foundation

The mission of the lung cancer research foundation is to improve lung cancer outcomes by funding research for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure of lung cancer.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Don't Ever Give Up Inc; the most unlike its peers is Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors 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

15 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. 15 of the 22 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/15
Grantees still filing
8/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OPERATION GRADUATION: $1,000,000 · EducationOPERATION GRADUATIONCRANBROOK EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY: $100,000 · EducationCRANBROOK EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY+1 more: $25,000 · EducationTHE STERLING DONOR ADVISED FUND: $1,006,000 · PhilanthropyTHE STERLING DONOR ADVISED FUNDPROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION: $50,000 · PhilanthropyDON'T EVER GIVE UP INC: $500,000 · HealthDON'T EVER GIVE UP INCTOURETTE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC: $50,000 · HealthTOURETTE ASSOCIATION O…NFX: $50,000 · HealthNFXTRAGEDY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR SURVIVORS INC: $30,000 · HealthRETT SYNDROME RESEARCH TRUST INC: $25,000 · HealthCFSEM - COVID 19: $100,000 · OtherCFSEM - C…LEARNING LAB VENTURES INC: $50,000 · OtherLEARNING …Individual grant recipient: $25,000 · OtherIndividua…FRIENDS OF FLINT FARMERS: $25,000 · OtherFRIENDS O…2020 NFF GALA: $25,000 · Other2020 NFF …2021 NF beNeFit IX: $25,000 · Other2021 NF b…ILITCH CHARITIES: $25,000 · OtherILITCH CH…WORLD OF CHILDREN INC: $10,000 · Other+1 more: $2,500 · OtherTHE YUNION: $75,000 · AnimalsFORGOTTEN HARVEST INC: $50,000 · Food & NutritionTHE MICHIGAN JEWISH SPORTS HALL OF FAME INC: $25,000 · Arts & Culture
Education$1,125,000Philanthropy$1,056,000Health$655,000Other$287,500Animals$75,000Food & Nutrition$50,000Arts & Culture$25,000

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 budgetTHE STERLING DONOR ADVISED FUND: $1,006,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetOPERATION GRADUATION: $1,000,000 over 1y, 62% of budgetDON'T EVER GIVE UP INC: $500,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetCRANBROOK EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE YUNION: $75,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetTOURETTE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetNFX: $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetFORGOTTEN HARVEST INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLEARNING LAB VENTURES INC: $50,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetPROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTRAGEDY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR SURVIVORS INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE MICHIGAN JEWISH SPORTS HALL OF FAME INC: $25,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetRETT SYNDROME RESEARCH TRUST INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD OF CHILDREN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% 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…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA9.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · 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 Tom Gores Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Tom Gores Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%5%19%42%75%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
    1report 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.
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    How do I get to The Tom Gores Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Tom Gores Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 22 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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