New York · Private foundation
Gelles Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $20k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 83%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 8
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $182k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 83% of the organizations Gelles Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 76% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 24% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k 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 | 6 | $20k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $42k | 83% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $14k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $22k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $58k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $88k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $51k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $17k | 75% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hebrew Home & Hospital | $145,250 | 6 | 1% |
| Operation Lifeshield Inc | $23,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Hartford Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Birthright Israel Foundation | $7,200 | 2 | 0% |
| Colel Chabad | $7,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Tzivos Hashem | $6,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Friends of Bar-Ilan University | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jewish Family Service Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 3% |
| On Your Mark Inc | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hebrew Home & Hospital | $145,250 | 6 | 1% |
| Operation Lifeshield Inc | $23,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Hartford Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Birthright Israel Foundation | $7,200 | 2 | 0% |
| Colel Chabad | $7,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Tzivos Hashem | $6,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Friends of Bar-Ilan University | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jewish Family Service Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 3% |
| On Your Mark Inc | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| American Jewish Committee | $3,600 | 2 | 0% |
| The Bess and Paul Sigel Hebrew Academy | $3,000 | 4 | 0% |
| New England Jewish Academy | $2,800 | 3 | 0% |
| Westchester Hebrew High School | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Westchester Day School | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Center for Entrepreneurial Jewish Philanthropy Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Beth El Temple | $2,395 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($88k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Gelles Family 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.
Open a dossier: Louis & Martha Silver Foundation Inc · Driesman Krichavsky Charitable Foundation Trust · Greenberg Family Foundation Inc · Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford · The Auerbach Schiro Foundation · Clsj Foundation Inc · Cheryl Chase & Stuart Bear Family Foundation Inc · Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
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About Gelles Family Foundation
- How much does Gelles Family Foundation give?
- Gelles Family Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $19,700 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 8 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Gelles Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (43%), Religion (23%), Education (15%).
- Who are Gelles Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Hebrew Home & Hospital ($145k), Operation Lifeshield Inc ($23k), Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Hartford Inc ($20k).
- Does Gelles Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 83% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Gelles Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Gelles Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Louis & Martha Silver Foundation Inc, Driesman Krichavsky Charitable Foundation Trust, Greenberg Family Foundation Inc.
- Where is Gelles Family Foundation based?
- Gelles Family Foundation is based in NY.
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