Ohio · Private foundation
Gerson Family 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.
- $196k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 34
- Grants FY2024
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 21
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 8
- Total assets, FY2024
- $877k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 25% of the organizations Gerson Family Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 27 | $176k | 44% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $109k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $114k | 86% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $38k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 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, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friday Night Shabbat | $40,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America Inc | $26,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Black Swamp Conservancy | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | $14,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Camp Livingston Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Black Swamp Bird Observatory | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Birthright Israel Foundation | $8,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Jewish Cemeteries of Greater Cincinnati Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kk Bnai Yeshurun | $4,634 | 1 | n/a |
| Palm Beach Orthodox Synagogue Inc | $4,100 | 3 | n/a |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friday Night Shabbat | $40,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America Inc | $26,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Black Swamp Conservancy | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | $14,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Camp Livingston Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Black Swamp Bird Observatory | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Birthright Israel Foundation | $8,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Jewish Cemeteries of Greater Cincinnati Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kk Bnai Yeshurun | $4,634 | 1 | n/a |
| Palm Beach Orthodox Synagogue Inc | $4,100 | 3 | n/a |
| Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park | $3,600 | 1 | 0% |
| Zionist Organization of America | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| QUEEN CITY CHAMBER OPERA DBA Queen City Opera | $3,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Boy Scouts of America Council 438 Dan Beard | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Central Fund of Israel | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of United Hatzalah Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($285k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Gerson Family Charitable Trust 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: Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation · Johnson Charitable Gift Fund · John a Schroth Family Char Tr · Elsa M Heisel Sule Charitable Trust 2005 · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
About Gerson Family Charitable Trust
- How much does Gerson Family Charitable Trust give?
- Gerson Family Charitable Trust reported 34 grants totaling $195,550 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 21 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does Gerson Family Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (26%), Philanthropy (22%), Religion (13%).
- Who are Gerson Family Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Friday Night Shabbat ($40k), Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America Inc ($26k), Black Swamp Conservancy ($15k).
- Does Gerson Family Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Gerson Family Charitable Trust 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 Gerson Family Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation, Johnson Charitable Gift Fund, John a Schroth Family Char Tr.
- Where is Gerson Family Charitable Trust based?
- Gerson Family Charitable Trust is based in OH.
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