Delaware · Private foundation
Frances H & Harold E Gordon Charitable 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.
- $51k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 12
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $820k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations Frances H & Harold E Gordon Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 56% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 44% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k 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 | 11 | $41k | 18% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $33k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $20k | 80% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $13k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ligonier Valley Meals on Wheels | $24,000 | 4 | 10% |
| Loyalhanna Watershed Association Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 1% |
| St Michael's of the Valley Episcopal Church | $11,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Ligonier Valley Young Mens Christia Association | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| 1889 Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States | $5,250 | 1 | 0% |
| Westmoreland Museum of American Art | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ligonier Township VFD #1 | $5,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Ligonier Valley Police Foundation Inc | $2,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Ligonier Valley Library Association | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ligonier Valley Meals on Wheels | $24,000 | 4 | 10% |
| Loyalhanna Watershed Association Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 1% |
| St Michael's of the Valley Episcopal Church | $11,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Ligonier Valley Young Mens Christia Association | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| 1889 Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States | $5,250 | 1 | 0% |
| Westmoreland Museum of American Art | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ligonier Township VFD #1 | $5,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Ligonier Valley Police Foundation Inc | $2,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Ligonier Valley Library Association | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United States Naval Institute | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ligonier Public Library | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($15k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Frances H & Harold E Gordon Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About Frances H & Harold E Gordon Charitable Foundation
- How much does Frances H & Harold E Gordon Charitable Foundation give?
- Frances H & Harold E Gordon Charitable Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $50,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 12 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does Frances H & Harold E Gordon Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (28%), Food & Nutrition (16%), Arts & Culture (12%).
- Who are Frances H & Harold E Gordon Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Ligonier Valley Meals on Wheels ($24k), Loyalhanna Watershed Association Inc ($15k), St Michael's of the Valley Episcopal Church ($11k).
- Does Frances H & Harold E Gordon Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Frances H & Harold E Gordon Charitable 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 Frances H & Harold E Gordon Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Rk Mellon Family Foundation, The Pittsburgh Foundation, Richard King Mellon Foundation.
- Where is Frances H & Harold E Gordon Charitable Foundation based?
- Frances H & Harold E Gordon Charitable Foundation is based in DE.
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