Virginia · Private foundation
Gemmer 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.
- $1.0M
- Granted FY2021
- 1
- Grants FY2021
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2019
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2019
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Gemmer Foundation’s FY2021 grant dollars went to Marin Community Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2021 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2021
- $1,000,000
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $1,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 4
- FY2017 to FY2019
- States reached, FY2021
- 1
- Total assets, FY2021
- $2.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2019, 0% of the organizations Gemmer Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2019, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2019 | 2 | $150k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $120k | 25% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $75k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2019, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Pony Express | $175,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Shelter Inc | $100,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Youth Homes Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Ruth Bancroft Garden Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
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: Marin Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Gemmer Foundation
- How much does Gemmer Foundation give?
- Gemmer Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $1,000,000 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 4 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2019.
- What does Gemmer Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2019, its largest causes are Philanthropy (74%), Food & Nutrition (13%), Housing & Shelter (7%).
- Who are Gemmer Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2019: White Pony Express ($175k), Shelter Inc ($100k), Youth Homes Inc ($50k).
- Does Gemmer Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2019, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Gemmer 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 Gemmer Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Marin Community Foundation, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Gemmer Foundation based?
- Gemmer Foundation is based in VA.
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