Illinois · Private foundation
Gemini 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.
- $64k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2024
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $60,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 13
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $338k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Gemini Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 | 5 | $64k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $146k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $276k | 75% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $280k | 75% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $238k | 57% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $221k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $70k | 57% |
| FY2017 | 13 | $69k | 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 of Arizona Foundation | $155,000 | 3 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Casa del Herrero | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Marian Institute | $2,500 | 1 | 29% |
| Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sansum Clinic | $1,750 | 2 | 0% |
| Foodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Glen View Club Scholarship Foundation | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara | $400 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Arizona Foundation | $155,000 | 3 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Casa del Herrero | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Marian Institute | $2,500 | 1 | 29% |
| Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sansum Clinic | $1,750 | 2 | 0% |
| Foodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Glen View Club Scholarship Foundation | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara | $400 | 2 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Honorhealth Foundation | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Gemini Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 11 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: The Leslie S and Philip L Bernstein Family Fund · The Susanne and Gary Tobey Family Fnd · Elizabeth and John Moller Foundation · Alice Tweed Tuohy Foundation · The Kirby-Jones Foundation · Kim and Andrew D Busch Family Foundation · Santa Barbara Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About Gemini Foundation
- How much does Gemini Foundation give?
- Gemini Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $63,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Gemini Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (75%), Education (15%), Health (5%).
- Who are Gemini Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: University of Arizona Foundation ($155k), American Heart Association Inc ($15k), American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ($5k).
- Does Gemini Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Gemini 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 Gemini Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Leslie S and Philip L Bernstein Family Fund, The Susanne and Gary Tobey Family Fnd, Elizabeth and John Moller Foundation.
- Where is Gemini Foundation based?
- Gemini Foundation is based in IL.
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