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The Winifred M Gordon Foundation Inc Anne Dierdorff Thomas President

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.

$117k
Granted FY2025still arriving
20
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$59k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$327kHealth$194kInternational$180kArts & Culture$74kReligion$48kHousing & Shelter$47kHuman Services$27kRecreation & Sports$18kOther$0
02FY2025 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k18 grants · $44k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $59k
$3,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MICA$58,500
TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS ALLIANCE$15,000
HAMMOND HARWOOD HOUSE$5,500
ST ANNE'S CHURCH$4,100
ANNAPOLIS FILM FESTIVAL$3,900
MACGUFFIN THEATRE AND FILM COMPANY$3,900
FORSTER WOODS ADULT DAY SERVICES$3,400
ST PAUL'S CHURCH$3,000
CHESAPEAKE REGIONAL ACCESSIBLE BOATING$3,000
Individual grant recipient$3,000
ANNAPOLIS MARITIME MUSEUM$3,000
SERVANTS OF CHRIST INTERNATIONAL$1,700
SOUTH FELLOWSHIP CHURCH$1,700
SPA CREEK CONSERVANCY$1,500
THE ANNAPOLIS CHORALE DBA LIVE ARTS MARYLAND$1,400
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 (FY23–25, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, 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%FORSTER WOODS ADULT DAY SERVICES: $4k → 16%FORSTER WOODS ADULT DAY SERVICES: $3k → 16%FORSTER WOODS ADULT DAY SERVICES: $3k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

MI
NY
PA
CT
CA
CO
MD
NC
DC
TX
FL
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$995k · 32 repeat orgs$9k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +58% since the first grant, against +41% for those funded once.

32 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

32
9

Total granted

$995k
$8k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+58%
+41%

Still filing today

53%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Recreation & SportsArts & CultureEducationEnvironmentInternationalYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • MI
    Maryland Institute
    6× · 2017–2022 · $318k · revenue +1%
  • MI
    MICA INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $171k · revenue +5%
  • Y4
    YOGA 4 CHANGE INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $32k · revenue +555%

Funded once

  • NL
    NEW LIFE MINISTRY (ECHO REACH)
    one grant, 2020 · $2k
  • AV
    ASPEN VALLEY TRUST (FOR HIGHWATER FARM)
    one grant, 2020 · $2k
  • ES
    EWE SPIRIT FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2021 · $1k · revenue +12%
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
Annapolis and Anne Arundel County Chamber of Commerce

To provide strong advocacy for businesses, vibrant networking that helps businesses expand their customer base, and unparalleled access to resources important for businesses to grow and succeed throughout anne arundel co

Community Improvement
2
Annapolis Waterfront Center Inc

The annapolis waterfront center is dedicted to celebrating, sharing and enhancing the maritime heritage of annapolis by inclusively engaging residents, students, visitors, and the entire community in universally accessible boating,…

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3
Northern Anne Arundel County Chamber of Commerce

To promote business and economic development through network opportunities, community involvement, education and legislative liaison.

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4
Anchorage Economic Development Corporation

The mission of aedc is to grow a prosperous, sustainable and diverse economy. aedc has been in operation since 1987 as a private nonprofit corporation (irs code 501(c)(6). it exists to encourage economic growth and diversity in anchorage,…

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5
Great Lakes Center for the Arts

The Center's mission is to inspire, entertain, educate, and serve all in Northern Michigan year-round by presenting exceptional experiences across the full spectrum of the performing arts and offering impactful educational opportunities.

Arts & Culture
6
Annapolis Opera Company

The mission of the annapolis opera company is to be a cultural touchstone for the community, which delights audiences with musical storytelling engages new audiences with diverse programming that inspires curiosity for opera and attracts…

Arts & Culture
7
Chesapeake Conservancy Inc

To conserve and restore the natural and cultural resources of the chesapeake bay watershed for the enjoyment, education, and inspiration of this and future generations. we serve as a catalyst for change, advancing strong public and private…

Environment
8
Land Conservancy of West Michigan

Our mission is conserving West Michigans ecologically critical land. We protect land by creating public nature preserves, providing support to communities and local governments in creating natural areas, and helping private landowners…

Environment
9
Recycle Ann Arbor

To develop and operate innovative reuse, recycling, and zero-waste programs that improve the environmental quality of our community.

Environment
10
Chesapeake Charities Inc

The mission of chesapeake charities, inc. is to provide innovative leadership and quality services that encourage charitable giving, build community resources, and enable donors continued on schedule o

Philanthropy
11
Addison County Economic Development Corporation

To create an entrepreneurial and innovative environment, nurturing business to launch, grow, and thrive.

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12
Anna Economic Development Corporation

To identify and support opportunities that expand the city's business tax base and promote job growth in Anna.

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Foundation of Anne Arundel Co; the most unlike its peers is Mica 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

23 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. 23 of the 44 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
23/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS ALLIANCE: $151,200 · OtherTUBEROUS SCLEROSIS ALLIANCEHAMMOND HARWOOD HOUSE: $46,600 · OtherHAMMOND HARWOOD HOUSEIndividual grant recipient: $36,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientANNAPOLIS MARITIME MUSEUM INC: $23,100 · OtherANNAPOLIS MARITIME MUSEUM INCCHURCH OF SAINT MARY THE VIRGIN: $16,200 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $14,400 · Other+25 more: $114,300 · Other+25 moreMaryland Institute: $318,000 · EducationMaryland Institute+1 more: $500 · EducationMICA INC: $170,500 · InternationalMICA INC+1 more: $4,700 · InternationalMACGUFFIN THEATRE AND FILM COMPANY: $29,300 · Arts & CultureANNAPOLIS FILM FESTIVAL: $16,100 · Arts & CultureTHE ANNAPOLIS CHORALE INC: $5,800 · Arts & CultureYOGA 4 CHANGE INC: $31,500 · Recreation & SportsCHESAPEAKE REGION ACCESSIBLE BOATING INC: $8,900 · Recreation & Sports+1 more: $1,000 · Recreation & SportsFORSTER WOODS ADULT DAY SERVICES: $10,400 · Human ServicesSPA CREEK CONSERVANCY INC: $8,200 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $500 · Environment
Other$401,800Education$318,500International$175,200Arts & Culture$51,200Recreation & Sports$41,400Human Services$10,400Environment$8,700

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 budgetMaryland Institute: $318,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetYOGA 4 CHANGE INC: $31,500 over 4y, 5.1% of budgetMACGUFFIN THEATRE AND FILM COMPANY: $29,300 over 9y, 1.2% of budgetANNAPOLIS MARITIME MUSEUM INC: $23,100 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetANNAPOLIS FILM FESTIVAL: $16,100 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetHOSPICE OF THE CHESAPEAKE INC: $10,900 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFORSTER WOODS ADULT DAY SERVICES: $10,400 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCHESAPEAKE REGION ACCESSIBLE BOATING INC: $8,900 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetSEEDS 4 SUCCESS INC: $8,500 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetSPA CREEK CONSERVANCY INC: $8,200 over 6y, 4.7% of budgetJOHNSBURG EMERGENCY SQUAD INC: $6,400 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFeeding America: $6,300 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ANNAPOLIS CHORALE INC: $5,800 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetServants of Christ International: $5,200 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNew Life Advance International Inc: $4,700 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ANNE ARUNDEL CO: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWomen's Center of Greater Lansing: $1,750 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetEWE SPIRIT FOUNDATION INC: $1,200 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetWoods Community Center Inc dba Severna Park Community Center: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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 Maryland Institute ↗
  • Who funds MICA INC ↗
  • Who funds YOGA 4 CHANGE INC ↗
  • Who funds MACGUFFIN THEATRE AND FILM COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds ANNAPOLIS MARITIME MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds ANNAPOLIS FILM FESTIVAL ↗
  • Who funds HOSPICE OF THE CHESAPEAKE INC ↗
  • Who funds FORSTER WOODS ADULT DAY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds CHESAPEAKE REGION ACCESSIBLE BOATING INC ↗
  • Who funds SEEDS 4 SUCCESS INC ↗
  • Who funds SPA CREEK CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds JOHNSBURG EMERGENCY SQUAD INC ↗
  • Who funds Feeding America ↗
  • Who funds THE ANNAPOLIS CHORALE INC ↗
  • Who funds Servants of Christ International ↗
  • Who funds New Life Advance International Inc ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ANNE ARUNDEL CO ↗
  • Who funds Women's Center of Greater Lansing ↗
  • Who funds EWE SPIRIT FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Woods Community Center Inc dba Severna Park Community Center ↗

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 …William J and Dorothy…The Jm Kaplan Fund IncDea Code Family Found…Arundel Community Dev…The Laurie & John Hop…Edward Freitag & Mart…The John J Leidy Foun…Anne Arundel Economic…T Rowe Price Program …Renaissance Charitabl…Vanguard Charitable E…
Community Foundation of Anne Arundel CoMD17.6× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Anne Arundel Co · William J and Dorothy K O'Neill Foundation Inc · The Jm Kaplan Fund Inc · Dea Code Family Foundation Inc · Arundel Community Development Services Inc · The Laurie & John Hopkins Charitable Trust · Edward Freitag & Martha Haley Fdn Inc · The John J Leidy Foundation Inc · Anne Arundel Economic Development Corporation · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 Winifred M Gordon Foundation Inc Anne Dierdorff Thomas President funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Winifred M Gordon Foundation Inc Anne Dierdorff Thomas President. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 48%
  • Seeds 4 Success Inc: 48% of income from government
  • Annapolis Maritime Museum Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 44 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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