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Eleanor and Herman Gans Private Foundation at a glance

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Eleanor and Herman Gans Private 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
1
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0187% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$242kEducation$109kInternational$85kReligion$83kRecreation & Sports$45kPhilanthropy$42kHuman Services$16kArts & Culture$7kOther$0
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$5,700
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION$5,700
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

US giving: 79% of grant dollars ($697k). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 21% that went abroad ($189k) is mapped below.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–23, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 27% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SUPPLIES FOR SUCCESS: $4k → 7%SUPPLIES FOR SUCCESS: $2k → 7%BOCA WEST CHILDRENS FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%BOCA WEST CHILDRENS FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%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

MN
IL
NY
MA
IN
NJ
CT
CA
MD
DC
TX
FL

Beyond the US: 21% of all-years giving ($189k)

1 country, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore
Israel$189k · 3 grants
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. International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same 990 filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$786k · 34 repeat orgs$77k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +32% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.

34 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 33 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

34
31

Total granted

$786k
$77k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+6%

Still filing today

44%
26%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
HealthInternationalHuman ServicesEducationArts & CultureEnvironmentOther
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

  • DF
    DESANTIS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $27k · revenue +110%
  • CF
    CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION
    6× · 2017–2025 · $26k · revenue +29%
  • BE
    BOOMER ESIASON FOUNDATION
    2× · 2020–2023 · $10k · revenue +59%

Funded once

  • BR
    Boca Raton Regional Hospital Inc
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue +24%
  • JF
    JEWISH FEDERATION OF S PALM BEACH
    one grant, 2019 · $15k
  • CG
    CEDAR GROVE CEMETARY ASSOC INC
    one grant, 2017 · $7k · revenue +6%
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
Global Down Syndrome Foundation

To significantly improve the lives of people with down syndrome through research, medical care, education and advocacy. an important part of this mission is to support the global affiliate organizations that we helped establish and…

Health
2
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
3
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
4
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
5
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
6
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
7
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
8
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
9
Children's Hospital & Research Center At Oakland

The mission of children's hospital & research center at oakland is to protect and advance the health and well-being of children through clinical care, teaching and research.

Health
10
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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11
Hugo W Moser Research Institute At Kennedy Krieger Inc

The hugo w. moser research institute at kennedy krieger, inc. (the "research institute") is an internationally recognized research facility finding answers to problems and injuries that affect a child's developing brain. researchers have…

Science & Tech
12
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Shriners Hospitals for Children; the most unlike its peers is Cedar Grove Cemetary Assoc 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

26 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 26 of the 67 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/26
Grantees still filing
19/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $189,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientNYU LANGONE: $100,000 · OtherNYU LANGONEAFMDA: $71,000 · OtherAFMDAHFMDA: $62,100 · OtherHFMDABOCA RATON REIGONAL HOSPITAL: $56,000 · OtherBOCA RATON REIGONAL HOSPITALCHABAD AT THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH INC: $54,450 · OtherCHABAD AT THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH INCIndividual grant recipient: $44,800 · OtherIndividual grant recipientISRAEL TENNIS CENTERS: $44,500 · OtherISRAEL TENNIS CENTERS+39 more: $108,868 · Other+39 moreCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $25,700 · HealthCYSTIC FIBR…MAYO CLINIC: $21,000 · HealthMAYO CLINICBoca Raton Regional Hospital Inc: $20,000 · HealthBoca Raton …BOOMER ESIASON FOUNDATION: $10,000 · HealthBOOMER ESIA…JACKSON HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $9,500 · HealthJACKSON HEA…+6 more: $6,200 · Health+6 moreDESANTIS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $26,500 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC: $6,600 · InternationalFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $6,100 · InternationalHelping Israel Fund: $7,920 · ReligionTHE MICHAEL BOLTON CHARITIES INC: $5,600 · EducationSUPER SCHOOL INC: $1,200 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $1,000 · EducationSUPPLIES FOR SUCCESS INC: $5,500 · Human ServicesBOCA WEST CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION FKA BOCA WEST COMMUNITY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $2,000 · Human Services
Other$730,718Health$92,400Philanthropy$26,500International$12,700Religion$7,920Education$7,800Human Services$7,500

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 budgetDESANTIS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $26,500 over 7y, 15% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $25,700 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $21,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBoca Raton Regional Hospital Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOOMER ESIASON FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJACKSON HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $9,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHelping Israel Fund: $7,920 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetCOTA - Children's Organ Transplant Association: $7,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC: $6,600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $6,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MICHAEL BOLTON CHARITIES INC: $5,600 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetSUPPLIES FOR SUCCESS INC: $5,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetTHE YOUNG PEOPLE'S CHORUS OF NEW YORK CITY INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBOCA WEST CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION FKA BOCA WEST COMMUNITY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $1,700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $1,700 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSUPER SCHOOL INC: $1,200 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLUNG TRANSPLANT PROJECT FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOCEANA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SOUTHAMPTON HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $300 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.

  • Who funds DESANTIS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MAYO CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds Boca Raton Regional Hospital Inc ↗
  • Who funds BOOMER ESIASON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JACKSON HEALTH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Helping Israel Fund ↗
  • Who funds COTA - Children's Organ Transplant Association ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds CEDAR GROVE CEMETARY ASSOC INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES ↗
  • Who funds THE MICHAEL BOLTON CHARITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds SUPPLIES FOR SUCCESS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE YOUNG PEOPLE'S CHORUS OF NEW YORK CITY INC ↗
  • Who funds BOCA WEST CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION FKA BOCA WEST COMMUNITY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY ↗

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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

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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 Eleanor and Herman Gans Private Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Eleanor and Herman Gans Private Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
  • Jackson Health Foundation Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Super School Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get 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.

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 67 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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