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The William J J Gordon Family Foundation

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.

$455k
Granted FY2024still arriving
124
Grants FY2024still arriving
22
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2020–2024.

Human Services$305kHealth$234kArts & Culture$219kInternational$218kAnimals$212kFood & Nutrition$182kEnvironment$171kHousing & Shelter$165kOther$0
02FY2024 · 124 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k114 grants · $315k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $140k
$2,000
Median grant
22
States reached
$5.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE CLEAR FUND$30,000
JACKSON HOLE CHILDRENS MUSEUM$20,000
HARLEM LACROSSE AND LEADERSHIP CORPORATION$15,000
PARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION$12,000
IMMIGRANT LEGAL ADVOCACY PROJECT$12,000
13 HANDS EQUINE RESCUE INC$10,500
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE TEXAS CAPITAL REGION INC$10,000
TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW$10,000
A MAINEHEALTH HCSR$10,000
HARLEM LACROSSE AND LEADERSHIP CORPORATION$10,000
MOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC$9,500
JEWISH COMMUNITY ALLIANCE OF SOUTHERN MAINE$8,000
THORNE ECOLOGICAL INSTITUTE$7,500
OREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY$7,500
SAVE THE CHILDREN FEDERATION INC$6,664
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–24, $175k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 27% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%HOSPICE AUSTIN: $6k → 10%BEAR BE A RESOURCE FOR CPS KIDS: $1k → 16%CORNERSTONE KIDS INC: $1k → 13%ADELANTE MUJERES: $3k → 8%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF NEW ENGLAND INC: $5k → 14%MISSION PRE-BORN INC: $1k → 16%YORK COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION CORP: $3k → 9%HOSPICE AUSTIN: $4k → 10%ADELANTE MUJERES: $3k → 8%YORK COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION CORP: $3k → 9%CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $2k → 22%HOSPICE AUSTIN: $4k → 10%ADELANTE MUJERES: $3k → 8%YORK COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION CORP: $3k → 9%HOSPICE AUSTIN: $3k → 10%ADELANTE MUJERES: $3k → 8%YORK COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION CORP: $2k → 9%LET GROW INC: $10k → 17%HOSPICE AUSTIN: $2k → 10%ADELANTE MUJERES: $2k → 8%YORK COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION CORP: $1k → 9%LET GROW INC: $10k → 17%LET GROW INC: $10k → 17%DRESS FOR SUCCESS OF OREGON INC: $1k → 12%DRESS FOR SUCCESS OF OREGON INC: $1k → 12%DRESS FOR SUCCESS OF OREGON INC: $1k → 12%THE RIVER FUND MAINE: $2k → 13%THE RIVER FUND MAINE: $1k → 13%THE RIVER FUND MAINE: $1k → 13%JEFFS PLACE CHILDRENS BEREAVEMENT CENTER INC: $3k → 8%JEFFS PLACE CHILDRENS BEREAVEMENT CENTER INC: $2k → 8%CHURCH COMMUNITY OUTREACH SERVICES INC: $6k → 9%CHURCH COMMUNITY OUTREACH SERVICES INC: $4k → 9%HOSPICE OF SOUTHERN MAINE: $5k → 7%HOSPICE OF SOUTHERN MAINE: $3k → 7%HOSPICE OF SOUTHERN MAINE: $3k → 7%HOSPICE OF SOUTHERN MAINE: $2k → 7%PREBLE STREET: $14k → 7%PREBLE STREET: $11k → 7%CHURCH COMMUNITY OUTREACH SERVICES INC: $2k → 9%CHURCH COMMUNITY OUTREACH SERVICES INC: $2k → 9%CHURCH COMMUNITY OUTREACH SERVICES INC: $2k → 9%PREBLE STREET: $7k → 7%PREBLE STREET: $5k → 7%CHURCH COMMUNITY OUTREACH SERVICES INC: $1k → 9%PREBLE STREET: $5k → 7%SECRET SANTA: $1k → 9%SECRET SANTA: $5k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$2.0M · 127 repeat orgs$282k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +31% since the first grant, against +17% for the ones you funded once.

127 repeat relationships — 100 still active in FY2024, 27 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

127
62

Total granted

$2.0M
$244k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+17%

Still filing today

84%
76%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $38k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
AnimalsHuman ServicesArts & CultureHealthFood & NutritionEducationOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • WS
    WAYNFLETE SCHOOL
    5× · 2020–2024 · $55k · revenue +57%
  • GS
    Good Shepherd Food Bank
    5× · 2020–2024 · $54k · revenue +50%
  • JH
    Jackson Hole Childrens Museum Inc
    5× · 2020–2024 · $48k · revenue +470%

Funded once

  • II
    Island Institute
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue -3%
  • HC
    HUNTSMAN CANCER FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $19k · revenue +105%
  • PI
    PEAKS ISLAND TAX ASSISTANCE
    one grant, 2022 · $12k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Kennebunk Land Trust

Kennebunk Land Trust's mission is to permanently conserve and steward land to benefit natural and human communities.

Environment
2
Maine Farmland Trust

Maine Farmland Trust protects farmland, supports farmers, and advances the future of farming.

Food & Nutrition
3
Native Plant Trust Inc

The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.

Environment
4
Midcoast Conservancy

The mission of Midcoast Conservancy is to protect vital lands and waters on a scale that matters and to inspire wonder and action on behalf of all species and the Earth.

Environment
5
Islesboro Islands Trust

The mission of Islesboro Islands Trust is to enhance the quality of residents' lives through the preservation of open space, educate all residents as to the value of the island's natural ecosystems, and act as an environmental advocate on…

Philanthropy
6
Mount Desert Land and Garden Preserve

The mission of the mount desert land & garden preserve is to conserve and share the beauty of our historic lands and gardens.

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7
MaineGeneral Health

To enhance, every day, the health of our patients, our families and our communities. We do that through a range of health care services for people of all ages, in a variety of care settings.

Health
8
Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries

Secure a sustainable future for fisheries and fishing communities in Eastern Maine and beyond.

Science & Tech
9
Marin Humane Society

Marin humane transforms lives through exceptional animal care, humane education, and advocacy. every day, marin humane inspires compassion and positive relationships between people and animals.

Animals
10
Boston Harbor Now Inc

Our mission is to ensure that the people of greater boston benefit from a vibrant, resilient, and inclusive waterfront, harbor, and islands; these spaces are equitable, accessible, and adapted to climate change; and to ensure our public,…

Environment
11
Connecticut Humane Society

The connecticut humane society is the leading resource in the state for companion animal welfare, enriching the lives of families and communities through adoption services, medical care, education, and prevention of cruelty.

Animals
12
Nantucket Conservation Foundation Inc

The nantucket conservation foundation owns, protects, and stewards over 9,000 acres of land and coastal shoreline, conserves nantucket's rare and significant natural resources, and engages in impactful ecological research to inform…

Environment

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Evidence Action and the most unlike its peers is Lucky Pup Rescue Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyYouth Sports ProgramsCommunity FoundationsLocal History MuseumsCommunity Arts CentersEquine Therapy ProgramsChristian Missionary Organi…Health Access Advocacy and …Elementary Literacy TutoringAnimal Rescue and ShelterPregnancy Support ServicesOrchestra and Ensemble Perf…Addiction Recovery ServicesSchool Parent OrganizationsAffordable Housing Construc…Military Veterans SupportYouth Mentoring ProgramsPublic Library OperationsChristian Youth CampsLocal Food System Organizat…Independent K-12 SchoolsJewish Community Organizati…Youth Development ServicesImmigrant Worker SupportCommunity Food PantriesCancer Support ServicesWomen & Girls Leadership De…Policy Research and AdvocacyFood Banks and PantriesEnvironmental Conservation …
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 30 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%2%<5yr14%6%5–10yr19%21%10–20yr16%32%20–35yr13%22%35–55yr16%17%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%1%<5yr14%5%5–10yr19%18%10–20yr16%30%20–35yr13%24%35–55yr16%23%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/178
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,387

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

172 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 172 of the 206 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
35
Early backer (in before they grew)
168/172
Grantees still filing
115/172
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE TEXAS CAPITAL REGION INC — $45,000 · OtherTRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW — $42,000 · OtherWAYNFLETE SCHOOL — $55,000 · OtherTHE CLEAR FUND — $45,000 · OtherTHORNE ECOLOGICAL INSTITUTE — $40,000 · Other+101 more — $927,200 · Other+101 moreJackson Hole Childrens Museum Inc — $47,500 · Arts & CultureJackson Hole C…Portland Museum of Art — $41,000 · Arts & CulturePortland Museu…OREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY — $37,500 · Arts & CultureOREGON MUSEUM …SAIL MAINE — $30,000 · Arts & CultureSAIL MAINEMaine Public Broadcasting Corporation — $26,000 · Arts & CultureMaine Public B…CAPITAL OF TEXAS PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COUNCIL — $21,000 · Arts & CultureCAPITAL OF TEX…River Tree Center for the Arts — $15,836 · Arts & CultureRiver Tree Cen…Marine Mammals of Maine — $15,000 · Arts & CultureDENMARK ARTS CENTER — $15,000 · Arts & CulturePORTLAND ART MUSEUM — $14,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC — $11,000 · Arts & CultureArundel Historical Society — $11,000 · Arts & Culture+4 more — $8,000 · Arts & CulturePREBLE STREET — $42,000 · Human ServicesPREBLE STRE…LET GROW INC — $30,000 · Human ServicesLET GROW IN…IMPACT NW — $28,500 · Human ServicesIMPACT NWThe Girls Foundation of Tanzania — $28,000 · Human ServicesThe Girls F…HOSPICE AUSTIN — $18,500 · Human ServicesHOSPICE AUS…CHURCH COMMUNITY OUTREACH SERVICES INC — $17,900 · Human ServicesCHURCH COMM…Hospice of Southern Maine — $13,000 · Human ServicesHospice of …YORK COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION CORPORATION — $12,000 · Human ServicesADELANTE MUJERES — $12,000 · Human ServicesGIVEDIRECTLY INC — $10,000 · Human Services+10 more — $29,500 · Human Services+10 moreMaineHealth — $37,000 · HealthThe Against Malaria Foundation — $25,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC — $22,500 · HealthMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MAINE — $22,000 · HealthPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION — $20,000 · HealthHUNTSMAN CANCER FOUNDATION — $19,000 · HealthMALARIA CONSORTIUM US INC — $10,000 · HealthCHECK YOUR COMPASS — $7,500 · Health+7 more — $19,400 · Health13 HANDS EQUINE RESCUE INC — $30,500 · AnimalsEMANCIPET INC — $29,000 · AnimalsTHE SATO PROJECT — $15,300 · AnimalsANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY INC — $12,000 · AnimalsTHE OREGON ZOO FOUNDATION — $10,000 · AnimalsTHE CENTER FOR WILDLIFE — $9,000 · AnimalsFRIENDS OF BONOBOS — $7,500 · AnimalsSAFE HAVEN HUMANE SOCIETY — $7,000 · AnimalsTHE DAVID SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST USA INC — $7,000 · AnimalsANOTHER CHANCE ANIMAL RESCUE — $6,500 · Animals+12 more — $31,600 · AnimalsGood Shepherd Food Bank — $54,000 · Food & NutritionTHE LIVESTOCK CONSERVANCY INC — $35,000 · Food & NutritionFULL PLATES FULL POTENTIAL — $15,000 · Food & NutritionWayside Food Programs — $13,000 · Food & NutritionDANIEL'S TABLE INC — $12,500 · Food & NutritionFeeding America — $10,000 · Food & NutritionCOMMUNITY HARVEST — $7,500 · Food & Nutrition+5 more — $12,500 · Food & NutritionHELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL — $35,000 · InternationalSave The Children Federation Inc — $31,664 · InternationalTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC — $18,000 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL PEACE INITIATIVES — $18,000 · InternationalNEW INCENTIVES — $15,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC — $10,000 · InternationalEVIDENCE ACTION — $10,000 · International+2 more — $8,000 · International
Other$1,154,200Arts & Culture$292,836Human Services$241,400Health$182,400Animals$165,400Food & Nutrition$159,500International$145,664

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetWAYNFLETE SCHOOL — $55,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGood Shepherd Food Bank — $54,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJackson Hole Childrens Museum Inc — $47,500 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetTHE CLEAR FUND — $45,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPREBLE STREET — $42,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPortland Museum of Art — $41,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHORNE ECOLOGICAL INSTITUTE — $40,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetOREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY — $37,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMaineHealth — $37,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHARLEM LACROSSE AND LEADERSHIP CORPORATION — $37,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetIMMIGRANT LEGAL ADVOCACY PROJECT — $36,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetTHE LIVESTOCK CONSERVANCY INC — $35,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetHELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL — $35,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc — $31,664 over 3y, 0.0% of budget13 HANDS EQUINE RESCUE INC — $30,500 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetSAIL MAINE — $30,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetLET GROW INC — $30,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE INC — $29,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEMANCIPET INC — $29,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNEW AVENUES FOR YOUTH INC — $28,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetIMPACT NW — $28,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetJewish Community Alliance Southern Maine — $28,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetThe Girls Foundation of Tanzania — $28,000 over 2y, 9.1% of budgetCARITAS OF AUSTIN — $27,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMaine Public Broadcasting Corporation — $26,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Telling Room — $25,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetThe Against Malaria Foundation — $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC — $22,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC — $22,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MAINE — $22,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetGOULD ACADEMY — $21,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCAPITAL OF TEXAS PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COUNCIL — $21,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION — $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetArundel Conservation Trust — $20,000 over 5y, 8.7% of budgetIsland Institute — $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR GRIEVING CHILDREN — $19,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetHUNTSMAN CANCER FOUNDATION — $19,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOSPICE AUSTIN — $18,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC — $18,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL PEACE INITIATIVES — $18,000 over 3y, 6.6% of budgetCHURCH COMMUNITY OUTREACH SERVICES INC — $17,900 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetWINTERKIDS EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $17,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetTexas Campaign for the Environment Fund — $17,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCAMP SUNSHINE AT SEBAGO LAKE INC — $17,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetRiver Tree Center for the Arts — $15,836 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetTHE SATO PROJECT — $15,300 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetMarine Mammals of Maine — $15,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetNEW INCENTIVES — $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Saco & Biddeford Savi…Maine Community Found…Sam L Cohen FoundationElmina B Sewall Found…Bangor Savings Bank F…Virginia Hodgkins Som…Onion FoundationKennebunk Savings Ban…John T Gorman Foundat…Atlantic Federal Cred…United Way IncSimmons Foundation - …
Saco & Biddeford Savings Charitable FoundationME50.4× affinity23 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Saco & Biddeford Savings Charitable Foundation · Maine Community Foundation Inc · Sam L Cohen Foundation · Elmina B Sewall Foundation · Bangor Savings Bank Foundation · Virginia Hodgkins Somers Foundation Inc · Onion Foundation · Kennebunk Savings Bank Foundation · John T Gorman Foundation · Atlantic Federal Credit Union Foundation · United Way Inc · Simmons Foundation - PerkinsThompson

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The William J J Gordon Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 170%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Adelante Mujeres — 31% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc — 30% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc — 22% of income from government
  • New Avenues for Youth Inc — 20% of income from government
  • Impact Nw — 8% of income from government
  • Raw Art Works Inc — 7% of income from government
  • Oregon Museum of Science and Industry — 4% of income from government
  • Discovery Museum Inc — 3% of income from government
  • Cradles to Crayons Inc — 2% of income from government
  • The Red Sox Foundation Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Jewish Family & Children's Service Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Audubon Society Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Clearwater Marine Aquarium Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Portland Art Museum — 1% of income from government
  • Oregon Public Broadcasting — 1% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
17get no government money at all
35report 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

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The William J J Gordon Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The William J J Gordon 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 206 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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