California · Private foundation
Gelfand Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $125k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 9
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 73%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $107k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 17
- FY2017 to FY2023
- Total assets, FY2024
- $469k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 73% of the organizations Gelfand Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 66% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 34% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $42k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 9 | $107k | 56% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $64k | 73% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $69k | 93% |
| FY2017 | 17 | $96k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University Synagogue | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Palm Springs Art Museum | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Sigma Alpha Mu Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Opica Adult Day Program & Counseling Center | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Everychild Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Santa Monica Education Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Painted Turtle | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Church Of | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 11 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University Synagogue | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Palm Springs Art Museum | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Sigma Alpha Mu Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Opica Adult Day Program & Counseling Center | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Everychild Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Santa Monica Education Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Painted Turtle | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Church Of | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cove Communities Senior Association DBA The Joslyn Center | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 36 recipients with no EIN on record ($262k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Gelfand Foundation Inc 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.
Open a dossier: Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · California Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Gelfand Foundation Inc
- How much does Gelfand Foundation Inc give?
- Gelfand Foundation Inc reported 9 itemized grants totaling $107,195, out of $124,725 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 17 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Gelfand Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (55%), Religion (7%), Youth Development (7%).
- Who are Gelfand Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: University Synagogue ($15k), Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc ($15k), Palm Springs Art Museum ($10k).
- Does Gelfand Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 73% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Gelfand 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 Gelfand Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles, California Community Foundation, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is Gelfand Foundation Inc based?
- Gelfand Foundation Inc is based in CA.
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