· Private foundation
Gerrish Foundation
Its FY2017 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2017
- Under $10k14 grants · $48k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $40k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $224k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| GS PHILANTHROPY FUND | $224,177 |
| Individual grant recipient | $15,000 |
| ASLAN YOUTH MINISTRIES | $15,000 |
| THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| GLOBAL ADVANCE | $5,000 |
| LAKES REGION CONSERVATION TRUST | $5,000 |
| BRIDGE HOUSE | $5,000 |
| BALD PEAK COMMUNITY FUND | $5,000 |
| THE PILGRIM CENTER FOR RECONCIL | $5,000 |
| CASTLE IN THE CLOUDS | $5,000 |
| COLBY COLLEGE | $3,000 |
| ROCKY MOUNTAIN PUBLIC BROADCASTING | $3,000 |
| TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS | $2,500 |
| WENHAM MUSEUM | $2,500 |
| MIRROR LAKE COMMUNITY CHURCH | $2,316 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Bates is a college of the liberal arts and sciences, and is a coeducational, nonsectarian, residential college with special commitments to academic rigor, and to assuring in all of its efforts the dignity of each individual, and access to…
The nantucket conservation foundation owns, protects, and stewards over 9,000 acres of land and coastal shoreline, conserves nantucket's rare and significant natural resources, and engages in impactful ecological research to inform…
The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.
Protect Connecticuts farmland for agricultural use by purchasing and accepting donations of agricultural conservation easements
Kennebunk Land Trust's mission is to permanently conserve and steward land to benefit natural and human communities.
The mission of the mount desert land & garden preserve is to conserve and share the beauty of our historic lands and gardens.
Be a catalyst! Ignite our community's passion for nature and science.
Preserve ri's vision is a future where historic preservation creates positive change, making our diverse cultures, the environment, and the economy better for the people who live, visit and work in rhode island. preserve ri's mission is to…
Northeast wilderness trust is a regional land trust working to preserve and restore forever-wild landscapes for nature and people in new york, vermont, new hampshire, maine, massachusetts and connecticut.
The mission of Midcoast Conservancy is to protect vital lands and waters on a scale that matters and to inspire wonder and action on behalf of all species and the Earth.
Connecticut public broadcasting, inc. will inform, educate and inspire the people of connecticut, connecting and empowering the people of ct through outstanding journalism, storytelling, education and experiences, to make our state a more…
Protecting, enhancing and conserving open spaces encompassing meadows, woodlands, wetlands, and waterways in the town of wilton ct.
How this is measured
9 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 9 of the 18 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION BOULDER COUNTY ↗
- Who funds Lakes Region Conservation Trust ↗
- Who funds BALD PEAK COMMUNITY FUND ↗
- Who funds GLOBAL ADVANCE INC ↗
- Who funds Bridge House ↗
- Who funds The President and Trustees of Colby College ↗
- Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS ↗
- Who funds PUBLIC BROADCASTING OF COLORADO INC ↗
- Who funds SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF NEW ENGL ↗
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: National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Gerrish Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Gerrish Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Society for the Preservation of New Engl: 2% of income from government
- The Trustees of Reservations: 2% of income from government
How this is measured
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