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Edward Hall Gmelich Memorial Scholarship Fund at a glance

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Edward Hall Gmelich Memorial Scholarship Fund

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.

$537k
Granted FY2025still arriving
19
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Education$1.7MHousing & Shelter$305kHealth$34kYouth Development$13kFood & Nutrition$10kRecreation & Sports$10kCrime & Legal$3kReligion$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k10 grants · $19k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $58k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $460k
$5,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$5.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY$200,000
INTERFAITH NEIGHBORS$105,000
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY$55,000
CHRISTIAN BROTHERS ACADEMY$50,000
THE SAM CULLEN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION$50,000
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY$20,000
RUMSON COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL$15,500
FOCUS$12,000
RANNEY SCHOOL$10,000
LUNCH BREAK$5,000
EXPERIENCE CAMPS$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL LA$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
PAUL TAYLOR DANCE COMPANY$1,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY21–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 19% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%TEMPLE UNIVERSITY: $20k → 22%SACRED HEART ACADEMY: $25k → 6%VISITATION ACADEMY: $3k → 20%RED SNEAKERS FOR OAKLY: $5k → 11%SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY: $200k → 9%FOCUS: $12k → 7%LOYOLA: $5k → 14%TRINITY HALL: $125k → 6%NEW JERSEY SEEDS: $10k → 16%VIRGINIA ATHLETICS FOUNDATION: $2k → 8%LOYOLA HIGH SCHOOL: $25k → 14%THE SAM CULLEN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $50k → 6%COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY: $150k → 17%SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY: $25k → 9%TRINITY HALL: $100k → 6%SEEDS ACCESS: $5k → 16%COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY: $100k → 17%BROOKLYN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $5k → 20%EXPERIENCE CAMPS: $8k → 9%PROJECT WRITE NOW: $10k → 6%NEW YORK UNIVERSITY: $55k → 17%EXPERIENCE CAMPS: $5k → 9%PROJECT WRITE NOW: $5k → 6%NEW YORK UNIVERSITY: $3k → 17%RISING TREETOPS AT OAKHURST: $5k → 6%LUNCH BREAK: $5k → 6%RUMSON COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $25k → 6%RUMSON COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $16k → 6%RUMSON COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $11k → 6%RUMSON COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $10k → 6%RUMSON COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $10k → 6%HOLY CROSS: $1k → 6%THE NORAH ELIZABETH BUTHER SCHOLARSHIPS: $5k → 6%SHORE HOUSE: $25k → 6%CENTRAL JERSEY AQUATIC CLUB: $3k → 6%INTERFAITH NEIGHBORS: $200k → 6%INTERFAITH NEIGHBORS: $105k → 6%CHRISTIAN BROTHERS ACADEMY: $103k → 6%CHRISTIAN BROTHERS ACADEMY: $75k → 6%CHRISTIAN BROTHERS ACADEMY: $50k → 6%CHRISTIAN BROTHERS ACADEMY: $37k → 6%CHRISTIAN BROTHERS ACADEMY: $20k → 6%MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY: $25k → 6%TRINITY HALL: $250k → 6%TRINITY HALL: $100k → 6%RANNEY SCHOOL: $10k → 6%RANNEY SCHOOL: $10k → 6%MONMOUTH HEALTH ASSOCIATION: $3k → 6%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

IL
NY
SD
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
VA
FL
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.6M · 11 repeat orgs$218k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +9% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
17

Total granted

$1.6M
$122k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+9%
0%

Still filing today

82%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $96k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthYouth DevelopmentRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyFood & NutritionOther
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

  • TH
    Trinity Hall
    4× · 2021–2024 · $575k · revenue +58%
  • SH
    SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY INCORPORATED
    2× · 2024–2025 · $225k · revenue +7%
  • TR
    The Rumson Country Day School
    5× · 2021–2025 · $71k · revenue +36%

Funded once

  • LH
    LOYOLA HIGH SCHOOL
    one grant, 2021 · $25k
  • SC
    SHORE CLUBHOUSE INC
    one grant, 2024 · $25k · revenue -5%
  • SH
    SACRED HEART ACADEMY
    one grant, 2021 · $25k
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
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
2
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
3
Seton Hall University

Seton hall university is a catholic institution of higher education

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4
Molloy University

Molloy university, an independent catholic university, rooted in the dominican tradition of study, spirituality, service, and community, is committed to academic excellence with respect for each person. through transformative education,…

Education
5
Manhattan University

Manhattan university is an independent catholic instituion of higher learning that embraces qualified men and women of all faiths, cultures, and traditions. the mission of manhattan university is to provide a contemporary, person-centered…

Education
6
Morristown-Beard School

Morristown beard school is an educational college preparatory school in grades 6 to 12 located in morristown, new jersey.

Education
7
Fordham University

Fordham university, the jesuit university of new york, is committed to the discovery of wisdom and the transmission of learning, through research and through education of the highest quality. for more information, see schedule o.

Education
8
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
9
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
10
Stony Brook Ophthalmology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
11
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
12
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New Jersey Seeds Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Sam Cullen Memorial Foundation. 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

24 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. 24 of the 40 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
11/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Trinity Hall: $575,000 · OtherTrinity HallINTERFAITH NEIGHBORS INC: $305,000 · OtherINTERFAITH NEIGHBORS INCCHRISTIAN BROTHERS ACADEMY: $284,250 · OtherCHRISTIAN BROTHERS ACADEMYThe Rumson Country Day School: $71,000 · Other+17 more: $97,550 · Other+17 moreTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $250,000 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSIT…SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY INCORPORATED: $225,000 · EducationSACRED HEART UNIVERSITY INCORPORAT…New York University: $57,650 · EducationNew York UniversityMONMOUTH UNIVERSITY INC: $26,000 · Education+7 more: $68,000 · Education+7 moreTHE SAM CULLEN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $50,000 · PhilanthropySHORE CLUBHOUSE INC: $25,000 · HealthRED SNEAKERS FOR OAKLEY INC: $5,000 · Health+1 more: $1,000 · HealthEXPERIENCE CAMPS: $12,500 · Youth DevelopmentONCE UPON A ROOM INC: $750 · Youth DevelopmentLUNCH BREAK INC: $5,000 · Food & NutritionCENTRAL JERSEY AQUATIC CLUB INC: $2,500 · Recreation & Sports
Other$1,332,800Education$626,650Philanthropy$50,000Health$31,000Youth Development$13,250Food & Nutrition$5,000Recreation & Sports$2,500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTrinity Hall: $575,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetINTERFAITH NEIGHBORS INC: $305,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $250,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSACRED HEART UNIVERSITY INCORPORATED: $225,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Rumson Country Day School: $71,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetNew York University: $57,650 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMONMOUTH UNIVERSITY INC: $26,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSHORE CLUBHOUSE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetRANNEY SCHOOL: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT WRITE NOW INC: $15,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetEXPERIENCE CAMPS: $12,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNEW JERSEY SEEDS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRED SNEAKERS FOR OAKLEY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTHE BROOKLYN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRISING TREETOPS AT OAKHURST: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTRAL JERSEY AQUATIC CLUB INC: $2,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetVIRGINIA STUDENT AID FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetONCE UPON A ROOM INC: $750 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWATERSIDE SCHOOL INC: $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.

The Goldman Sachs Cha…The Jay and Linda Gru…Oceanfirst FoundationCommunity Foundation …New Jersey Natural Ga…Morgan Stanley Global…Jewish Communal FundThe Bank of America C…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…The Blackbaud Giving …American Endowment Fo…
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundNY18.4× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · The Jay and Linda Grunin Foundation D/B/A Grunin Foundation · Oceanfirst Foundation · Community Foundation of New Jersey · New Jersey Natural Gas Company Charity Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation

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 Edward Hall Gmelich Memorial Scholarship Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Edward Hall Gmelich Memorial Scholarship Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Interfaith Neighbors Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Shore Clubhouse Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Lunch Break Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Sacred Heart University Incorporated: 1% of income from government
  • Monmouth University Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Project Write Now Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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.
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Find your warmest path to Edward Hall Gmelich Memorial Scholarship Fund through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 40 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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