Washington · Private foundation
Gerard 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.
- $81k
- Granted FY2021
- 9
- Grants FY2021
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2021
Read this first · the figures below need context
66% of Gerard Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to University Of Notre Dame Du Lac, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 4 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year Gerard Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 7 organizations, $81k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2021
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 7
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 3
- Total assets, FY2021
- $1.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 43% of the organizations Gerard Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 98% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 7 | $61k | 43% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $10k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $7k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $7k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $80k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starfire Sports | $227,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University | $45,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Childhaven | $15,000 | 4 | 0% |
| National Exchange Club of Highline | $6,500 | 3 | 12% |
| Highline Area Food Bank | $3,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Vine Maple Place | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Art With Heart | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hospitality House | $350 | 1 | 0% |
| Forgotten Childrens Fund | $350 | 1 | n/a |
| Highline Medical Center Foundation | $250 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($10k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Gerard 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: Puget Sound Energy Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Gerard Foundation
- How much does Gerard Foundation give?
- Gerard Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $81,200 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 7 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does Gerard Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (89%), Education (6%), Human Services (3%).
- Who are Gerard Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Starfire Sports ($227k), Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University ($45k), Childhaven ($15k).
- Does Gerard Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Gerard 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 Gerard Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Puget Sound Energy Foundation, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is Gerard Foundation based?
- Gerard Foundation is based in WA.
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