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Gelman Family Foundation

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.

$142k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$274kHealth$124kHuman Services$63kReligion$51kYouth Development$39kArts & Culture$5kAnimals$1kRecreation & Sports$500
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $80k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$4.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY$50,000
NYU LANGONE HOSPITALS$30,000
THE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER IN MANHATTAN INC$18,000
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA$11,500
PINK AID INC$10,000
SID JACOBSON JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER INC$10,000
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$5,000
WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS AMERICAN SECTION INC$5,000
EUGENE ZITWER FOUNDATION INC$2,500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $65k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 67% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%CHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $500 → 11%MARC LUSTGARTEN PANCREATIC CANCER FOUNDATION: $1k → 6%SID JACOBSON JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $10k → 6%SID JACOBSON JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $10k → 6%THE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER IN MANHATTAN INC: $25k → 17%THE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER IN MANHATTAN INC: $18k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$446k · 9 repeat orgs$52k to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
12

Total granted

$446k
$52k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+44%

Still filing today

89%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesReligionPhilanthropyEducationInternationalOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • DS
    DWIGHT-ENGLEWOOD SCHOOL
    4× · 2020–2023 · $214k · revenue +31%
  • NL
    NYU LANGONE HOSPITALS
    3× · 2020–2024 · $75k · revenue +43%
  • TR
    THEODORE ROOSEVELT COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
    4× · 2020–2024 · $39k · revenue +55%

Funded once

  • YI
    YIVO INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH RESEARCH INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue +130%
  • CS
    CENTRAL SYNAGOGUE
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • TP
    THE PARRISH ART MUSEUM INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +145%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
2
Long Island Jewish Medical Center

Long island jewish medical center is part of the northwell health ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the current and…

Health
3
The New York and Presbyterian Hospital

To be a leader in the provision of world class patient care, teaching, research, and service to local, state, national, and international communities. newyork-presbyterian hospital is one of the nation's most comprehensive, integrated…

Health
4
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
5
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
6
Lenox Hill Hospital

Lenox hill hospital is part of northwell health ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the current and future generations…

Health
7
Nyu Langone Health System

The board adopted mission statement is: the corporation is operated exclusively for the benefit of nyu langone hospitals and its affiliated organizations. in this capacity, the corporation, may, in order to improve the health and welfare…

Health
8
Glen Cove Hospital

Glen cove hospital is part of northwell health, inc. ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality geriatric care; educating the current and future…

Health
9
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Committed to exceptional healthcare quality for all and actively engaged with our community, einstein drives scientific discovery and educates compassionate leaders in health and science.

Education
10
North Shore University Hospital

North shore university hospital is part of northwell health ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the current and future…

Health
11
Northwell Health Inc

Northwell health is the parent company of a fully integrated health system that is committed to promote clinical care, health education, conduct biomedical research, and caring for the community regardless of ability to pay.

Community Improvement
12
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Sid Jacobson Jewish Community Center; the most unlike its peers is Eugene Zitwer Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

18 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 18 of the 22 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
13/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DWIGHT-ENGLEWOOD SCHOOL: $214,000 · EducationDWIGHT-ENGLEWOOD SCHOOLTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $60,000 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW …NYU LANGONE HOSPITALS: $75,000 · HealthNYU LANGONE HOS…+3 more: $2,177 · HealthTHEODORE ROOSEVELT COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $39,000 · OtherTHEODORE ROOSEV…AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY: $15,000 · OtherAMERICAN CANCER…CENTRAL SYNAGOGUE: $10,000 · OtherCENTRAL SYNAGOG…AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY- SYOSSET BRANCH OFFICE: $5,000 · OtherAMERICAN CANCER…EUGENE ZITWER FOUNDATION INC: $4,300 · OtherEUGENE ZITWER F…+1 more: $1,000 · OtherTHE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER IN MANHATTAN INC: $43,000 · Human ServicesTHE JEWISH CO…SID JACOBSON JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $20,000 · Human ServicesSID JACOBSON …+2 more: $1,500 · Human ServicesYIVO INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH RESEARCH INC: $25,000 · ReligionWORLD JEWISH CONGRESS (AMERICAN SECTION) INC: $15,685 · ReligionPINK AID INC: $20,000 · PhilanthropyTHE ELLEN P HERMANSON FOUNDATION: $1,000 · PhilanthropyTHE PARRISH ART MUSEUM INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureWORLD PEDIATRICS: $1,000 · International
Education$274,000Health$77,177Other$74,300Human Services$64,500Religion$40,685Philanthropy$21,000Arts & Culture$5,000International$1,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDWIGHT-ENGLEWOOD SCHOOL: $214,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetNYU LANGONE HOSPITALS: $75,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $60,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER IN MANHATTAN INC: $43,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHEODORE ROOSEVELT COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $39,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetYIVO INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH RESEARCH INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPINK AID INC: $20,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSID JACOBSON JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD JEWISH CONGRESS (AMERICAN SECTION) INC: $15,685 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PARRISH ART MUSEUM INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEUGENE ZITWER FOUNDATION INC: $4,300 over 2y, 14% of budgetYoung Leadership Addiction Awareness Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWORLD PEDIATRICS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEPM FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMARC LUSTGARTEN PANCREATIC CANCER FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ELLEN P HERMANSON FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF NEW YORK INC: $177 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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.

National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA10.1× affinity5 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Gelman Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Gelman Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    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 22 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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