Connecticut · Private foundation
Edward & Verna Gerbic Family Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $708k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 93
- Grants FY2026
- 77
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 6%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $210,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 53 to 90
- FY2017 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 25
- Total assets, FY2026
- $6.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 6% of the organizations Edward & Verna Gerbic Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 92 | $704k | 7% |
| FY2025 | 77 | $396k | 6% |
| FY2024 | 90 | $648k | 9% |
| FY2023 | 83 | $402k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 90 | $768k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 53 | $519k | 15% |
| FY2020 | 82 | $586k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 59 | $503k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uc San Diego Foundation | $575,000 | 3 | 0% |
| San Diego State University Foundation Sdsu Research Foundation | $215,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $180,000 | 8 | 0% |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $145,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $135,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Human Rights Watch Inc | $120,000 | 7 | 0% |
| American Indian College Fund | $102,000 | 8 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $95,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Finger Lakes Land Trust Inc | $94,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Hospeace House Inc | $85,000 | 6 | 9% |
Show all 106 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 48 recipients with no EIN on record ($942k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Edward & Verna Gerbic Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 92 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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: Rochester Area Community Foundation · United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes Inc · Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation · Greater Rochester Health Foundation · Rochester Area Community Foundation Depository Inc · Paychex Charitable Foundation Inc · Esl Charitable Foundation · Finger Lakes Area Community Endowment · William & Sheila Konar Foundation · Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Inc · Joe and Sue Degeorge Foundation · The Louise and Henry Epstein Family Foundation Inc
How this is measured
Compare Edward & Verna Gerbic Family Foundation with peer funders
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About Edward & Verna Gerbic Family Foundation
- How much does Edward & Verna Gerbic Family Foundation give?
- Edward & Verna Gerbic Family Foundation reported 93 grants totaling $707,500 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 53 and 90 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2025.
- What does Edward & Verna Gerbic Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Education (31%), International (18%), Science & Tech (8%).
- Who are Edward & Verna Gerbic Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Uc San Diego Foundation ($575k), San Diego State University Foundation Sdsu Research Foundation ($215k), Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc ($180k).
- Does Edward & Verna Gerbic Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Edward & Verna Gerbic Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Edward & Verna Gerbic Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Rochester Area Community Foundation, United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes Inc, Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation.
- Where is Edward & Verna Gerbic Family Foundation based?
- Edward & Verna Gerbic Family Foundation is based in CT.
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