North Carolina · Nonprofit
GIO FOUNDATION INC
GIO FOUNDATION INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5,000 to it, the largest being JONATHAN AND KORA HINTON FOUNDATION INC ($5,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $192k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $5k
- Net assets
- $195k
What Gio Foundation Inc does
Mission
Empowering children to "go inspire others" through giving, education, and leadership.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Annual toy giveaway (flagship). Gio's multi-state holiday distribution provided new toys to 3500 children at 4 sites in nc, oh, ny, and wi. The program was powered by over 266 volunteers.
$42,603 spent$1,359 earned by the program100% of program spendingKicks & cuts. Gio provided over 300 pairs of new shoes and 70 free haircuts to children and families at a single-day event in gastonia, nc, with services delivered by 20 volunteer licensed barbers and cosmetologists.
Gio fest. Gio's annual community celebration engaged 100 attendees through games, community engagement, prizes/giveaways, and culminating with a screening of the movie "vivo" in partnership with the ymca warlick branch in gastonia nc.
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $42,603.
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Osvaldo Obie Batista
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of GIO FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
GIO FOUNDATION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside North Carolina, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
GIO FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,482 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,482 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like GIO FOUNDATION INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GIO FOUNDATION INC?
- GIO FOUNDATION INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5,000 to it, the largest being JONATHAN AND KORA HINTON FOUNDATION INC ($5,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GIO FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $5,000 in grants to GIO FOUNDATION INC.
- Who is the largest funder of GIO FOUNDATION INC?
- JONATHAN AND KORA HINTON FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $5,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GIO FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing