Massachusetts · Private foundation
Gerald R Jordan 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.
- $1.4M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2025
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $484,640
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 41
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $18M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations Gerald R Jordan Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $41k 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 | 16 | $1.4M | 31% |
| FY2024 | 21 | $1.0M | 29% |
| FY2023 | 22 | $1.8M | 18% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $284k | 8% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $1.3M | 25% |
| FY2020 | 28 | $1.8M | 39% |
| FY2019 | 41 | $797k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fordham University | $3,706,979 | 7 | 0% |
| American Repertory Theatre Co Inc | $805,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston Inc | $300,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Belmont Hill School Inc | $135,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Catholic Schools Foundation Inc | $110,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc | $97,500 | 5 | 0% |
| The Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach Inc | $75,600 | 3 | 1% |
| Medicines for Humanity Inc | $70,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Town of Palm Beach United Way Inc | $60,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Palm Beach Civic Association Inc | $60,000 | 5 | 1% |
Show all 41 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.5M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Gerald R Jordan 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: Fidelity Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Gerald R Jordan Foundation
- How much does Gerald R Jordan Foundation give?
- Gerald R Jordan Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $1,391,390 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 41 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Gerald R Jordan Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (58%), Health (22%), Arts & Culture (10%).
- Who are Gerald R Jordan Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Fordham University ($3.7M), American Repertory Theatre Co Inc ($805k), Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston Inc ($300k).
- Does Gerald R Jordan Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Gerald R Jordan 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 Gerald R Jordan Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Foundation, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is Gerald R Jordan Foundation based?
- Gerald R Jordan Foundation is based in MA.
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