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Gelatt-Gephart Foundation Inc

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.

$419k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
17
Grants FY2025
21
Organizations funded FY2024
38%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$20,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$45,000
Organizations funded a year
21 to 31
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
7
Total assets, FY2025
$6.3M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 38% of the organizations Gelatt-Gephart Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 39% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $159k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEnvironmentHuman ServicesFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterEducationOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving17$419k12%
FY202421$411k38%
FY202324$445k4%
FY202226$479k0%
FY202128$434k32%
FY202024$433k33%
FY201922$414k5%
FY201831$450k42%
88% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$998kHealth$834kEducation$403kArts & Culture$392kPublic Benefit$196kYouth Development$154kEnvironment$126kEmployment$91kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
NV
NJ
CA
CO
MO
MD
DC
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Church by the Sea$358,6009n/a
Central Christian Church$347,8009n/a
Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation Inc$324,30080%
Florida Grand Opera Inc$268,240918%
The Mpn Research Foundation$242,50082%
Books to Kids Inc$132,2687n/a
The Heartland Institute$108,06091%
Fr Gabriel Richard High School$93,0136n/a
The Unicorn Childrens Foundation$76,00076%
Public Broadcasting of Colorado Inc$66,50070%
Show all 37 grantees
All grantees of Gelatt-Gephart Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Church by the Sea$358,6009n/a
Central Christian Church$347,8009n/a
Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation Inc$324,30080%
Florida Grand Opera Inc$268,240918%
The Mpn Research Foundation$242,50082%
Books to Kids Inc$132,2687n/a
The Heartland Institute$108,06091%
Fr Gabriel Richard High School$93,0136n/a
The Unicorn Childrens Foundation$76,00076%
Public Broadcasting of Colorado Inc$66,50070%
Denver Botanic Gardens Inc$58,00070%
Dr Miriam and Sheldon G Adelson Educational Institute$51,00040%
Project Angel Heart$45,00080%
Women's Fund of Greater la Crosse Inc$39,50075%
Mississippi Valley Conservancy Inc$35,00040%
The Arc of Colorado$24,00012%
Forgotten Harvest Inc$18,20010%
Nevada Young Riders$18,2001n/a
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$18,00010%
Humble Design Inc$16,00020%
Wayne State University$16,0001n/a
The Lighthouse for the Blind Inc$15,00030%
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc$15,00030%
International School of Brooklyn$15,00020%
Denver Art Museum$13,00030%
Independence Institute$9,0001n/a
League of Women Voters Education Fund$8,86010%
Mount St Vincent Home Inc$8,00010%
William Woods University$6,34810%
All Saints Catholic School$5,9001n/a
Emmaus Health Partners$5,00010%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater la Cross$4,50010%
Allegro Organizational Solutions Inc$3,0001n/a
Vista Maria$2,34810%
Michigan Dyslexia Institute Inc$2,00010%
Colorado Public Television$1,00010%
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 34 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Gelatt-Gephart Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation Inc: $324,300 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetFlorida Grand Opera Inc: $268,240 over 9y, 18% of budgetThe Mpn Research Foundation: $242,500 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetThe Heartland Institute: $108,060 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetThe Unicorn Childrens Foundation: $76,000 over 7y, 6.5% of budgetPublic Broadcasting of Colorado Inc: $66,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetDenver Botanic Gardens Inc: $58,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetDr Miriam and Sheldon G Adelson Educational Institute: $51,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetProject Angel Heart: $45,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetWomen's Fund of Greater la Crosse Inc: $39,500 over 7y, 5.2% of budgetMississippi Valley Conservancy Inc: $35,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetThe Arc of Colorado: $24,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetForgotten Harvest Inc: $18,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $18,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHumble Design Inc: $16,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetThe Lighthouse for the Blind Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetInternational School of Brooklyn: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDenver Art Museum: $13,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLeague of Women Voters Education Fund: $8,860 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMount St Vincent Home Inc: $8,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWilliam Woods University: $6,348 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEmmaus Health Partners: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of Greater la Cross: $4,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVista Maria: $2,348 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMichigan Dyslexia Institute Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetColorado Public Television: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 28.

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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.

Sue Anne Gelatt FoundationWI13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sue Anne Gelatt Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Cleary-Kumm Foundation Inc · La Crosse Community Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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.

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About Gelatt-Gephart Foundation Inc

How much does Gelatt-Gephart Foundation Inc give?
Gelatt-Gephart Foundation Inc reported 17 grants totaling $419,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 31 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Gelatt-Gephart Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (26%), Health (22%), Education (11%).
Who are Gelatt-Gephart Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Church by the Sea ($359k), Central Christian Church ($348k), Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation Inc ($324k).
Does Gelatt-Gephart Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Gelatt-Gephart Foundation Inc 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 Gelatt-Gephart Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sue Anne Gelatt Foundation, Xcel Energy Foundation, Cleary-Kumm Foundation Inc.
Where is Gelatt-Gephart Foundation Inc based?
Gelatt-Gephart Foundation Inc is based in WI.

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 72 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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