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Gerrity Foundation Charitable Trust at a glance

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Gerrity Foundation Charitable Trust

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.

$5k
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0180% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$18kFood & Nutrition$7kHousing & Shelter$6kPhilanthropy$3kArts & Culture$3kRecreation & Sports$2kHealth$1kPublic Safety & Disaster$900Other$0
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$98k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DARIEN LIBRARY$2,500
CT FOOD SHARE$1,000
PERSON TO PERSON$750
ROWAYTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY$250
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $250) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%CHILDERN'S VILLAGE: $250 → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$40k · 11 repeat orgs$10k to everyone else

11 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
14

Total granted

$40k
$9k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+15%
+103%

Still filing today

64%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationRecreation & SportsHealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • II
    INSPIRICA INC
    7× · 2017–2023 · $6k · revenue +15%
  • CF
    CONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INC
    6× · 2018–2023 · $6k · revenue +185%
  • PT
    PERSON TO PERSON INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $3k · revenue +17%

Funded once

  • SS
    STEPPING STONES MUSEUM
    one grant, 2018 · $3k
  • NG
    NORWALKSTAMFORD GRASSROOTS TENNIS & EDUCATION INC
    one grant, 2017 · $2k · revenue -15%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $1k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

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.

1
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
2
University of Saint Joseph

The university provides a rigorous liberal arts and professional education for a diverse student population. (see schedule o for the organization's mission.)

Education
3
Fairleigh Dickinson University

Fairleigh dickinson university is a center of academic excellence dedicated to the preparation of world citizens through global education. the university strives to provide students with the multi-disciplinary, intercultural, and ethical…

Education
4
Seton Hall University

Seton hall university is a catholic institution of higher education

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5
Fordham University

Fordham university, the jesuit university of new york, is committed to the discovery of wisdom and the transmission of learning, through research and through education of the highest quality. for more information, see schedule o.

Education
6
Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education
7
Long Island Community Hospital At Nyu Langone Health

The goals and objectives of the corporation are as follows:(a) to operate and maintain a nonsectarian, general hospital at one or more locations for the furnishing of inpatient, ambulatory, restorative, preventative and emergency medical…

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8
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christs healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

Health
9
St Catherine of Siena Medical Center

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

Health
10
Cornell University

Education, research, medical services and other public services.

Education
11
Center for Developmental Disabilities

The center's mission is to help children and adults with differing abilities achieve their dreams by overcoming barriers to living, working, learning & enjoying recreational opportunities in the community of their choice.

Human Services
12
St Joseph's Health System Subordinate Group Return

We are committed to providing exceptional quality care which sustains and improves both individual and community health, with a special concern for those who are poor, vulnerable and underserved.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Children's Village Inc; the most unlike its peers is Historic Rowayton Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

12 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. 12 of the 26 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
10/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

INSPIRICA INC: $5,900 · OtherINSPIRICA INCCONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INC: $5,500 · OtherCONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INCIndividual grant recipient: $3,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSTEPPING STONES MUSEUM: $2,500 · OtherSTEPPING STONES MUSEUMIndividual grant recipient: $2,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientROWAYTON LIBRARY: $1,600 · OtherROWAYTON LIBRARYCT FOOD SHARE: $1,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $1,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $1,000 · Other+10 more: $3,550 · Other+10 moreDARIEN LIBRARY INC: $15,050 · EducationDARIEN LIBRARY INCIONA UNIVERSITY: $1,000 · EducationIONA UNIVERSITY+1 more: $200 · EducationPERSON TO PERSON INC: $3,250 · PhilanthropyNORWALKSTAMFORD GRASSROOTS TENNIS & EDUCATION INC: $1,780 · Recreation & SportsST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $500 · HealthTHE CHILDREN'S VILLAGE INC: $250 · Human Services
Other$27,550Education$16,250Philanthropy$3,250Recreation & Sports$1,780Health$500Human Services$250

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDARIEN LIBRARY INC: $15,050 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetINSPIRICA INC: $5,900 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INC: $5,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPERSON TO PERSON INC: $3,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNORWALKSTAMFORD GRASSROOTS TENNIS & EDUCATION INC: $1,780 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetIONA UNIVERSITY: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ROWAN CENTER INC: $750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHISTORIC ROWAYTON INC: $400 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetGOOD SHEPHERD HOSPICE: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S VILLAGE INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEMMA WILLARD SCHOOL: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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 DARIEN LIBRARY INC ↗
  • Who funds INSPIRICA INC ↗
  • Who funds CONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INC ↗
  • Who funds PERSON TO PERSON INC ↗
  • Who funds NORWALKSTAMFORD GRASSROOTS TENNIS & EDUCATION INC ↗
  • Who funds IONA UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE ROWAN CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds HISTORIC ROWAYTON INC ↗
  • Who funds GOOD SHEPHERD HOSPICE ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDREN'S VILLAGE INC ↗
  • Who funds EMMA WILLARD SCHOOL ↗

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.

National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA9.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Gerrity Foundation Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Gerrity Foundation Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Inspirica Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Connecticut Foodshare Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Person to Person Inc: 5% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 26 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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