California · Nonprofit
GVNGorg
GVNGorg (California) receives grants from 62 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,986,308 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,400,790). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 79% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.4M
- Funders on record
- 62
- Grants received
- $5.0M
- Net assets
- $955k
What GVNGorg does
Mission
GVNG.org is a national public charity with the mission of democratizing philanthropy through cultivating new philanthropists and supporting charitable projects with similar activity as defined in, or under, section 501(c)3 via either programs conducted or by means of distributions to other organizations so defined as permissible and in alignment with the charitable mandate and mission of GVNG.org.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
GVNGorg is a national public charity with the mission of democratizing philanthropy through cultivating new philanthropists and supporting charitable projects with similar activity as defined in, or under, section 501(c)3 via either programs conducted or by means of distributions to other organizations so defined as permissible and in alignment with the charitable mandate and mission of GVNG.org. Related thereto we had the above revenue and expense.
$2,544,371 spentof which $545,173 as grants$2,440,010 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $2,544,371.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $462k to $1.1M (+134%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
100% of GVNGorg’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
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
Robert Tombosky
Chairman/CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $120k → $529k.
34 of 62 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 79% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $89k from one payer (the same organization on both sides, largest GVNGorg). These are real filings, and they are not money GVNGorg raised.
From the IRS filings of GVNGorg’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 62 funders by total. 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.
How concentrated its funding is
GVNGorg has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 28% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
88% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund GVNGorg.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 84% · 2019 28% · 2020 21% · 2021 66% · 2022 47% · 2023 71% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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.
How long its funders stay
3% of GVNGorg's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 31% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
79% of GVNGorg's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $1.0M that is directly attributable, 61% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 18 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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
GVNGorg's revenue grew 38% between 2018 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,910 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like GVNGorg
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 38 states
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Gvng Technology Inc · corp_trust
- Benefactis Inc · corp_trust
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GVNGorg: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GVNGorg?
- GVNGorg (California) receives grants from 62 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,986,308 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,400,790). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 79% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does GVNGorg have?
- IRS filings report 62 organizations giving $4,986,308 in grants to GVNGorg, 19 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GVNGorg?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $1,400,790 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GVNGorg find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 62 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