Montana · Private foundation
Gem Foundation
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.
- $150k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 60%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 8
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 60% of the organizations Gem Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 72% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 28% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $126k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 2 | $150k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $176k | 60% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $175k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $77k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $59k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $10k | 75% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $15k | 67% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $12k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samaritan Capital Foundation | $200,000 | 2 | 44% |
| Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans | $130,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Acumen Fund Inc | $125,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Shoulder to Shoulder | $50,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Ocean Discovery Institute | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The Childrens Initiative Inc | $5,425 | 4 | 0% |
| National Conflict Resolution Center | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Catalyst of San Diego & Imperial Counties | $2,275 | 3 | 0% |
| The Tahirih Justice Center | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Glacier National Park Conservancy | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 11 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samaritan Capital Foundation | $200,000 | 2 | 44% |
| Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans | $130,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Acumen Fund Inc | $125,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Shoulder to Shoulder | $50,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Ocean Discovery Institute | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The Childrens Initiative Inc | $5,425 | 4 | 0% |
| National Conflict Resolution Center | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Catalyst of San Diego & Imperial Counties | $2,275 | 3 | 0% |
| The Tahirih Justice Center | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Glacier National Park Conservancy | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Youth on Their Own | $250 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($147k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Gem Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 10 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Walter J & Betty C Zable Foundation · The Parker Foundation · Price Philanthropies Foundation · The Conrad Prebys Foundation · The California Endowment · Sempra Foundation · David C Copley Foundation · The Satterberg Foundation Inc · Mufg Union Bank Foundation Ag · Rancho Santa Fe Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · The California Wellness Foundation
How this is measured
About Gem Foundation
- How much does Gem Foundation give?
- Gem Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $150,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 8 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Gem Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (34%), Housing & Shelter (29%), International (26%).
- Who are Gem Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Samaritan Capital Foundation ($200k), Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans ($130k), Acumen Fund Inc ($125k).
- Does Gem Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Gem Foundation 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 Gem Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Walter J & Betty C Zable Foundation, The Parker Foundation, Price Philanthropies Foundation.
- Where is Gem Foundation based?
- Gem Foundation is based in MT.
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