· Private foundation
Gelfand Family Foundation Inc Mr Arthur Gelfand
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY | $5,000 |
| FRIENDS OF SHELTER | $1,500 |
| METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART | $1,500 |
| BROADWAY CARES | $1,500 |
| ATLANTIC VISITING NURSE | $1,000 |
| CITY YEAR | $1,000 |
| NJTV | $1,000 |
| FRIENDS FOR GREENER BERNARDSVILLE | $1,000 |
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS | $500 |
| ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NJ | $500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $500 |
| EAGLE VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY | $300 |
| COMMUNITY HOPE INC | $300 |
| DE YOUNG MUSEUM | $229 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 55% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +23% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.
107 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2023, 93 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SSSYNERGY SCHOOL6× · 2017–2022 · $25k · revenue +44%
- PMPaper Mill Playhouse6× · 2017–2022 · $25k · revenue +83%
- FFFoundation for Morristown Medical Center2× · 2020–2022 · $20k · revenue +56%
Funded once
- IHINTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOLone grant, 2022 · $3k
- TNTHE NEWARK PUBLIC LIBRARYone grant, 2022 · $2k
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITYone grant, 2022 · $1k · revenue +14%
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.
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.
Nmoa mission statement is: we welcome everyone with inclusive experiences that spark curiosity and foster community.
The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates and shares the history and process of human creativity from antiquity to the present day through the preservation, study, and interpretation of a dynamic and growing collection.
Organization's mission statement true to the ambitious vision of its founder and her spirit of creative risk-taking, the mission of the isabella stewart gardner museum is: - to bring to life and preserve the rich historic collection; - to…
The mission of the brooklyn institute of arts and sciences, d/b/a brooklyn museum (the "museum") is to bring people together through art and experiences that inspire celebration, compassion, courage, and the will to act. (see schedule o).
Founded in 1881 the Staten Island Museum engages visitors with interdisciplinary exhibitions, public programs, and educational activities for all ages. It is the mission of the Staten Island Museum to spark curiosity and generate…
The new york botanical garden is a museum of plants and a scientific research center devoted to the study of plants and their uses. it is the garden's mission to improve public understanding of the natural world, horticulture, and the…
The museum of the city of new york fosters understanding of the distinctive nature of urban life in the world's most influential metropolis. it engages visitors by celebrating, documenting, and interpreting the city's past, present, and…
The mission is "to understand the natural world and inspire everyone to care for it." the academy implements its mission through understanding the diversity of life; developing and applying science to protect the environment; and informing…
The philadelphia museum of art - in partnership with the city, the region, and art museums around the globe - seeks to preserve, enhance, interpret, and extend the reach of its great collection in particular, and the visual arts in…
*increase and diffusion of knowledge* is the mission set forth by james smithson. the smithsonian endeavors to shape the future by preserving our heritage, discovering new knowledge, and sharing our resources with the world.
The municipal art society of new york (mas) lifts up the voices of the people in the debates that shape new york's built environment and leads the way to a more livable city from sidewalk to skyline. mas envisions a future in which all new…
Nysci's mission is to nurture generations of passionate learners, critical thinkers, and active citizens through design make play - an approach to learning and engagement that is deeply rooted in research on stem learning and guides the…
How this is measured
69 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. 69 of the 130 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
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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.
Open a dossier: Community Foundation of New Jersey · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · The Kean Foundation Inc · Pseg Foundation Inc · McNabb Foundation · Investors Foundation Inc · The San Francisco Foundation · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Inc · Chubb Charitable Foundation · Atlantic Health System Inc Group Return · Fm Kirby Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Gelfand Family Foundation Inc Mr Arthur Gelfand funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Gelfand Family Foundation Inc Mr Arthur Gelfand. Bigger dots raise more.
- Downtown Bernardsville Inc Main Street Bernardsville: 100% of income from government
- Community Hope Inc: 41% of income from government
- Liberty Science Center: 14% of income from government
- City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
- The Montclair Art Museum: 11% of income from government
- Paper Mill Playhouse: 9% of income from government
- The Morris Museum Inc: 7% of income from government
- People for Animals Inc: 1% of income from government
- New Jersey Audubon Society: 1% of income from government
- Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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