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THE GLOUCESTER INSTITUTE INC

THE GLOUCESTER INSTITUTE INC (Virginia) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,209,316 to it, the largest being DIANA DAVIS SPENCER FOUNDATION INC ($2,600,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$1.1M
Funders on record
20
Grants received
$3.2M
Net assets
$-831839
8/20 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What The Gloucester Institute Inc does

Mission

To provide an intellectually safe environment where ideas can be discussed and transformed into practical solutions that produce results. To cultivate a society of soltionists within the minority communitites. Equip scholars with the intellectual, moral, and financial suppor

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Emerging leaders program elp strengthens students core writing, speaking, and critical thinking skills. Emerging leaders engaged in unique learning and mentoring opportunities that correspond to their personal development and leadership capabilities

    $898,253 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $898,253.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($293k) Expenses 100 ($743k)2018 Revenue 255 ($746k) Expenses 86 ($640k)2019 Revenue 304 ($890k) Expenses 82 ($611k)2020 Revenue 256 ($749k) Expenses 75 ($558k)2021 Revenue 56 ($164k) Expenses 77 ($574k)2022 Revenue 228 ($668k) Expenses 119 ($884k)2023 Revenue 214 ($627k) Expenses 149 ($1.1M)2024 Revenue 368 ($1.1M) Expenses 121 ($899k)
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Revenue (368)Expenses (121)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $2.6M to $2.2M (−16%).

$1.9M
$2.0M
$2.4M
$2.6M
$2.2M
$2.2M
$1.9M
$2.2M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 22%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

88% of THE GLOUCESTER INSTITUTE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 12,352 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$451k
’17
$107k
’18
$279k
’19
$192k
’20
−$410k
’21
−$216k
’22
−$479k
’23
$177k
’24
6.8
months of
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.

Board chair

Kay Coles James

Boad chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.

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Listed66777777
Joined·+0+1+0+0+0+0+2
No longer listed·0000002
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 7 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $50k → $526k.

7 of 20 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of THE GLOUCESTER INSTITUTE 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.

How concentrated its funding is

THE GLOUCESTER INSTITUTE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 81% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

81%
largest funder
90%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 30% · 2018 59% · 2019 82% · 2020 83% · 2021 78% · 2022 96% · 2023 95% — growing more concentrated.

“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

21% of THE GLOUCESTER INSTITUTE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 40% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

THE GLOUCESTER INSTITUTE INC draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 9 states in all.

MI
IN
CT
CO
MO
VA
MD
DC
GA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Virginia out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $124k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

THE GLOUCESTER INSTITUTE INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,752 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin16% · top quartile
Months of reserve6.8mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)20% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,752 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Government funding THE GLOUCESTER INSTITUTE INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $75k on record.

Federal$75k
grants $75kcontracts $0
Top agencies
  • Institute of Museum and Library Services$75k

Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.

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In Virginia

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

63% of spending goes to programs.

Program 63%Management 33%Fundraising 4%

Governance

7
board members
71%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE GLOUCESTER INSTITUTE INC?
THE GLOUCESTER INSTITUTE INC (Virginia) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,209,316 to it, the largest being DIANA DAVIS SPENCER FOUNDATION INC ($2,600,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE GLOUCESTER INSTITUTE INC have?
IRS filings report 20 organizations giving $3,209,316 in grants to THE GLOUCESTER INSTITUTE INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE GLOUCESTER INSTITUTE INC?
DIANA DAVIS SPENCER FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $2,600,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE GLOUCESTER INSTITUTE INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 20 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