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Charles L & Elizabeth P Gerli Foundation at a glance

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Charles L & Elizabeth P Gerli Foundation

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.

$6k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Housing & Shelter$12kArts & Culture$10kHealth$9kEnvironment$7kReligion$5kHuman Services$4kFood & Nutrition$3kInternational$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$123k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE HEIMERDINGER FOUNDATION$2,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$1,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$1,000
SPECIAL OLYMPICS$1,000
CAPITAL CITY RESCUE MISSION$500
INTERFAITH PARTNERSHIP FOR THE HOMELESS$500
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–20, $500) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SACRED SHARE: $500 → 10%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
MO
VA
AZ
KS
TN
DC
GA
TX
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.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$42k · 14 repeat orgs$12k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
16

Total granted

$42k
$11k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+22%

Still filing today

64%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 83% 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
Arts & CultureEnvironmentHealthHousing & ShelterHuman ServicesInternationalOther
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

  • HA
    HISTORIC ALBANY FOUNDATION INC
    6× · 2017–2023 · $6k · revenue +157%
  • TH
    The Heimerdinger Foundation Inc
    2× · 2023–2025 · $3k · revenue +28%
  • SC
    ST CATHERINE'S CENTER FOR CHILDREN
    5× · 2017–2022 · $3k · revenue +68%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $1k
  • AM
    ADIRONDACK MOUNTAIN CLUB INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue +29%
  • MA
    MAKE A WISH AMERICA
    one grant, 2021 · $1k
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
The Adirondack Council Inc

The adirondack council ensures the ecological integrity (clean water and air, wildlife habitat, etc.), wild character (solitude, scenic beauty, etc.), and vibrant communities of new york's six-million-acre adirondack park. the adirondack…

Environment
2
The Way Back Inc

To provide rehabilitative housing services and support to help people with psychiatric disabilities reintegrate into the community.the agency provides rehabilitative housing services and staff support as a primary mechanism for achieving…

Human Services
3
Saratoga Care Inc

To serve the people of the Saratoga region by providing them access to excellence in healthcare in a supportive and caring environment.

Health
4
Home Care Association of New York State Inc

To promote and enhance the quality and accessibility of health care and support at home.

Community Improvement
5
Hudson Yards Development Corporation

See schedule oto coordinate and facilitate the economic development of the hudson yards area of manhattan. this includes construction of an extension to the no. subway line, the coordination of the design and construction of certain public…

Community Improvement
6
New York Restoration Project

New york restoration project ("nyrp") believes that nature is a fundamental right of every new yorker. nyrp works collaboratively with residents in communities across the five boroughs to renovate gardens, restore parks, plant trees,…

Environment
7
Animal Care Sanctuary

Animal care sanctuary's lifesaving mission as a no kill organization envisions a community that promotes turning compassion into action for companion animals by: 1.) adopting healthy pet companions into loving homes. 2.) promoting the…

Animals
8
Community Health Center of Richmond Inc

The organization's mission is to sustain a vibrant, healthy and strong community through affordable, culturally competent, quality primary health care.

Health
9
The Community Hospice Inc

We, st. peter's health partners and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. the community hospice is a member of st. peter's health partners…

Human Services
10
Albany Housing Coalition Inc

Stabilize the community by providing a continuum of affordable housing and support services to homeless veterans and low income individuals and families.

Housing & Shelter
11
Liberty House of Albany Inc

To provide shelter and services for victims of domestic violence and their children. to work towards the elimination of domestic violence in our community and service area by providing emergency shelter, advocacy, awareness, community…

Human Services
12
Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver Inc

Seeking to put god's love into action, habitat for humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wounded Warrior Project Inc; the most unlike its peers is Animalkind 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

21 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. 21 of the 31 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/21
Grantees still filing
13/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $5,500 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITYCAPITAL CITY GOSPEL MISSION: $4,500 · OtherCAPITAL CITY GOSPEL MISSIONMAKE A WISH FOUNDATION: $3,000 · OtherMAKE A WISH FOUNDATIONST CATHERINE'S CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $2,600 · OtherST CATHERINE'S CENTER FOR CHILDRENIndividual grant recipient: $2,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $1,000 · OtherMAKE A WISH AMERICA: $1,000 · OtherJOSEPHS LIFE AND SHELTER: $1,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $1,000 · OtherSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC: $1,500 · OtherSPECIAL OLYMPICS INCHope For The Warriors: $1,000 · Other+6 more: $3,100 · Other+6 moreHISTORIC ALBANY FOUNDATION INC: $5,700 · Arts & CultureHISTORIC ALBANY FOUN…ALBANY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $2,000 · Arts & CultureALBANY SYMPHONY ORCH…HUDSON OPERA HOUSE INC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureHUDSON OPERA HOUSE I…Columbia County Historical Society Inc: $500 · Arts & CultureART SCHOOL OF COLUMBIA COUNTY INC: $500 · Arts & CultureCOLUMBIA LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $5,500 · EnvironmentCOLUMBIA LAND…ADIRONDACK MOUNTAIN CLUB INC: $1,000 · EnvironmentADIRONDACK MO…The Heimerdinger Foundation Inc: $3,000 · HealthJOSEPH'S HOUSE INC: $500 · HealthREGIONAL FOOD BANK OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK INC: $2,500 · Food & NutritionMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,500 · InternationalChildren International: $500 · InternationalINTERFAITH PARTNERSHIP FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $1,500 · Housing & ShelterNASHVILLE RESCUE MISSION: $500 · Housing & Shelter
Other$27,700Arts & Culture$9,700Environment$6,500Health$3,500Food & Nutrition$2,500International$2,000Housing & Shelter$2,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHISTORIC ALBANY FOUNDATION INC: $5,700 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetCOLUMBIA LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $5,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Heimerdinger Foundation Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetST CATHERINE'S CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $2,600 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetREGIONAL FOOD BANK OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK INC: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetALBANY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetINTERFAITH PARTNERSHIP FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetADIRONDACK MOUNTAIN CLUB INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUDSON OPERA HOUSE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHope For The Warriors: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANIMALKIND INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetColumbia County Historical Society Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetART SCHOOL OF COLUMBIA COUNTY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetChildren International: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJOSEPH'S HOUSE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSACRED SHARE: $500 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNASHVILLE RESCUE MISSION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

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.

Bank of Greene County…The Community Foundat…Hrbt FoundationPioneer Bank Charitab…Ge Aerospace Foundati…Patricia E and Joseph…T Backer Fund IncCarl E Touhey Foundat…The Bender Family Fou…David & Candace Weir …Review FoundationBerkshire Taconic Com…
Bank of Greene County Charitable FoundationNY17.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Bank of Greene County Charitable Foundation · The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region Inc · Hrbt Foundation · Pioneer Bank Charitable Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Patricia E and Joseph W Phelan Family Foundation Inc · T Backer Fund Inc · Carl E Touhey Foundation · The Bender Family Foundation · David & Candace Weir Foundation · Review Foundation · Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc

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 Charles L & Elizabeth P Gerli Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Charles L & Elizabeth P Gerli Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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 31 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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