Maryland · Private foundation
Alvin and Hanna Gerstein Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $96k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 20
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $68k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Alvin and Hanna Gerstein Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 5 | $96k | 80% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $22k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $27k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $50k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $155k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $158k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ner Israel Rabbinical College Inc | $85,273 | 4 | n/a |
| American Friends of Yeshiva Dmir Inc | $60,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Kochvei Ohr Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Bais Yaakov School for Girls Inc | $45,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Torah Institute of Baltimore Inc | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Shearith Israel Congregation Inc | $26,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Keren Olam Hatorah Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jewels School Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Talmudical Academy of Baltimore Inc | $5,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Rabbi Chaim Kowalsky Memorial Ahavas Yisrael Fund Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ner Israel Rabbinical College Inc | $85,273 | 4 | n/a |
| American Friends of Yeshiva Dmir Inc | $60,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Kochvei Ohr Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Bais Yaakov School for Girls Inc | $45,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Torah Institute of Baltimore Inc | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Shearith Israel Congregation Inc | $26,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Keren Olam Hatorah Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jewels School Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Talmudical Academy of Baltimore Inc | $5,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Rabbi Chaim Kowalsky Memorial Ahavas Yisrael Fund Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Keren Hashviis Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Project Inspire Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bnos Yisroel of Baltimore Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Noam Shabbos Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($163k), not named here.
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.
Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Foundation for the Preservation & Perpetuation of Torah Laws & Customs · Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore · The Alvin & Rose Berlin Foundation · Herman & Walter Samuelson Foundation Inc · Volosov Family Foundation Inc · The Hackerman Foundation Inc · The Ojc Fund · Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353 · The Braun Family Foundation · The Associated Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore Inc · Khosh Family Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Alvin and Hanna Gerstein Foundation Inc
- How much does Alvin and Hanna Gerstein Foundation Inc give?
- Alvin and Hanna Gerstein Foundation Inc reported 5 grants totaling $96,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 20 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Alvin and Hanna Gerstein Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (88%), Education (11%), Food & Nutrition (1%).
- Who are Alvin and Hanna Gerstein Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Ner Israel Rabbinical College Inc ($85k), American Friends of Yeshiva Dmir Inc ($60k), Kochvei Ohr Inc ($50k).
- Does Alvin and Hanna Gerstein Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Alvin and Hanna Gerstein Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Alvin and Hanna Gerstein Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, Foundation for the Preservation & Perpetuation of Torah Laws & Customs, Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore.
- Where is Alvin and Hanna Gerstein Foundation Inc based?
- Alvin and Hanna Gerstein Foundation Inc is based in MD.
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