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Gerson Family Foundation Inc

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.

$816k
Granted FY2024still arriving
68
Grants FY2024still arriving
13
States reached
$108k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0193% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2020–2024.

Education$830kInternational$703kCivil Rights$565kRecreation & Sports$279kReligion$232kCommunity Improvement$200kArts & Culture$174kFood & Nutrition$134kOther$0
02FY2024 · 68 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k45 grants · $160k
  • $10k–50k19 grants · $358k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $298k
$5,000
Median grant
13
States reached
$16M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HAND IN HAND$108,000
CONGREGATION B'NAI ISRAEL$90,000
ARBOR RISING$50,000
CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS$50,000
CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY$35,000
SMITH COLLEGE$30,000
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE$30,000
NEW ISRAEL FUND$25,000
Individual grant recipient$25,000
AGAWAM COUNCIL$25,000
CITIZEN'S COMM FOR CHILDREN OF NY$22,500
BOWDOIN COLLEGE$20,000
HEBREW UNION COLLEGE$20,000
RESURRECTION EPISCOPAL DAY SCHOOL$20,000
SPENCE SCHOOL$15,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–24, $77k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 92% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%STUDENT CLINIC FOR IMMIGRANT JUSTICE: $6k → 8%YOUNG CENTER: $3k → 14%NJY CAMPS: $5k → 16%COMMUNITY SECURITY SERVICE: $250 → 6%YOUNG CENTER: $3k → 14%YOUNG CENTER: $1k → 14%YOUNG CENTER: $1k → 14%PROVIDENCE HOUSE: $1k → 20%STUDENT CLINIC FOR IMMIGRANT JUSTICE: $5k → 16%PROVIDENCE HOUSE: $1k → 20%STUDENT CLINIC FOR IMMIGRANT JUSTICE: $5k → 16%PROVIDENCE HOUSE: $1k → 20%STUDENT CLINIC FOR IMMIGRANT JUSTICE: $5k → 16%PROVIDENCE HOUSE: $1k → 20%FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE: $5k → 16%EMMA'S TORCH: $5k → 20%BONEI OLAM: $5k → 20%CITY LIVING NY: $5k → 20%WOMENS REFUGEE COMMISSION: $3k → 17%WOMENS REUGEE COMMISSION: $3k → 17%WOMENS REFUGEE COMMISSION: $3k → 17%WOMENS REFUGEE COMMISSION: $3k → 17%WOMENS REFUGEE COMMISSION: $3k → 17%DOROT: $3k → 17%HEBREW FREE LOAN SOCIETY: $1k → 17%DOROT: $1k → 17%DOROT: $1k → 17%DOROT: $1k → 17%DOROT: $1k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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NH
IL
NY
MA
OR
PA
NJ
CT
MD
AZ
NC
DC
GA
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$3.0M · 76 repeat orgs$295k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +35% since the first grant, against +7% for the ones you funded once.

76 repeat relationships — 58 still active in FY2024, 18 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

76
40

Total granted

$3.0M
$265k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+7%

Still filing today

74%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
InternationalArts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationPhilanthropyFood & NutritionOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • HI
    HAND IN HAND AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE CENTER FOR JEWISH-ARAB EDUCATION IN ISRA
    5× · 2020–2024 · $393k · revenue +68%
  • THE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $260k · revenue +69%
  • ARBOR BROTHERS INC DBA ARBOR RISING
    4× · 2020–2024 · $200k · revenue +151%

Funded once

  • CF
    COMMITTEE FOR ACCURACY IN MIDDLE EAST REPORTING IN AMERICA INC
    one grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue -16%
  • HF
    HOPEWELL FUND RAD
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
  • NATIONAL NETWORK OF ABORTION FUNDS INC
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue -41%

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

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
2
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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3
American Jewish Committee

AJC's mission is to enhance the wellbeing of the Jewish people and Israel, and to advance human rights and democratic values in the United States and around the world. In pursuit of this mission, AJC advances democratic principles, fights…

Civil Rights
4
The Jewish Agency for Israel

The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…

—
5
Jewish Community Relations Council of New York

Jcrc-ny builds relationships to advance the values, interests and security of the new york jewish community and to create a more interconnected new york for all.

Civil Rights
6
Us Middle East Project Inc

The organization's mission is to engage in non partisan analysis of u.s. foreign policy in the middle east, with special emphasis on the middle east peace process, and to present policymakers in the united states, in the region and in the…

International
7
Weizmann Institute of Science

The weizmann institute of science, located in rehovot, israel, is one of the worlds top-ranking, multidisciplinary research institutions. at any one time, several thousand scientists, staff and students are involved in hundreds of research…

Science & Tech
8
Yeshiva University

The university is composed of several colleges and schools providing undergraduate, graduate, professional and post-doctoral education and training and research and clinical programs.

Education
9
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
10
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
11
Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies Inc

See schedule othe organization is a not-for-profit, public charity established in 1911 to provide for the quality and continuity of jewish life in western new york and around the world through private philanthropy. the foundation seeks,…

Philanthropy
12
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hope Community Services Inc and the most unlike its peers is Tamim Academies. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyJewish Community Organizati…Community FoundationsPolicy Research and AdvocacyIndependent K-12 SchoolsFood Banks and PantriesImmigrant Worker SupportCommunity Arts CentersElementary Literacy TutoringEnvironmental Conservation …Affordable Housing Construc…Orchestra and Ensemble Perf…Pregnancy Support Services
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 33 years old; the field is 18. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number19%0%<5yr14%8%5–10yr20%20%10–20yr19%25%20–35yr13%25%35–55yr16%22%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value19%0%<5yr14%2%5–10yr20%16%10–20yr19%36%20–35yr13%20%35–55yr16%26%55yr+

The field is 19% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 10% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/90
the rest of the field
10%
11,858/120,670

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

88 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 88 of the 126 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
87/88
Grantees still filing
59/88
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN — $201,000 · OtherNATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMENHEBREW UNION COLLEGE-JEWISH INSTITUTE OF RELIGION — $190,000 · OtherHEBREW UNION COLLEGE-JEWISH INSTITUTE O…CONGREGATION B'NAI ISRAEL — $145,000 · OtherCONGREGATION B'NAI ISRAELCITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR CHILDREN OF NEW YORK INC — $77,500 · OtherCITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR CHILDREN OF NEW …Individual grant recipient — $60,000 · Other+70 more — $558,250 · Other+70 moreHAND IN HAND AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE CENTER FOR JEWISH-ARAB EDUCATION IN ISRA — $393,000 · InternationalHAND IN HAND AMERICAN …COMMITTEE FOR ACCURACY IN MIDDLE EAST REPORTING IN AMERICA INC — $100,000 · InternationalCOMMITTEE FOR ACCURACY…HIAS INC — $57,500 · InternationalHIAS INCNEW ISRAEL FUND — $45,000 · InternationalNEW ISRAEL FUNDSEEDS OF PEACE INC — $35,000 · InternationalRAZOM INC — $30,000 · International+7 more — $35,000 · InternationalTrustees of Dartmouth College — $150,000 · EducationTrustees of Dartmout…THE TRUSTEES OF THE SMITH COLLEGE — $131,000 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF THE …Bowdoin College — $105,000 · EducationBowdoin CollegeTHE SPENCE SCHOOL — $63,000 · EducationTHE SPENCE SCHOOLResurrection Episcopal Day School — $51,400 · EducationResurrection Episcop…THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK — $47,500 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLU…TIKVA CORP — $30,000 · EducationST BERNARD'S SCHOOL INC — $25,000 · Education+5 more — $50,000 · Education+5 moreARBOR BROTHERS INC DBA ARBOR RISING — $200,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER METROWEST NJ — $30,000 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN FRIENDS OF LEKET ISRAEL INC — $20,000 · PhilanthropyProject Ezrah Needs Inc — $10,000 · Philanthropy+4 more — $17,000 · PhilanthropyTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC — $260,000 · Civil Rights+2 more — $7,000 · Civil RightsAGAWAM COUNCIL — $150,000 · Recreation & SportsCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC — $116,900 · Recreation & SportsMOSTLY MODERN PROJECTS INC — $61,500 · Arts & CultureTHE WASSAIC PROJECT INC — $26,000 · Arts & CultureMUSIC MAKER FOUNDATION INC — $25,000 · Arts & CultureWNET — $11,500 · Arts & Culture+8 more — $28,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$1,231,750International$695,500Education$652,900Philanthropy$277,000Civil Rights$267,000Recreation & Sports$266,900Arts & Culture$152,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetHAND IN HAND AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE CENTER FOR JEWISH-ARAB EDUCATION IN ISRA — $393,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC — $260,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetARBOR BROTHERS INC DBA ARBOR RISING — $200,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetTrustees of Dartmouth College — $150,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAGAWAM COUNCIL — $150,000 over 5y, 4.2% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF THE SMITH COLLEGE — $131,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC — $116,900 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBowdoin College — $105,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMITTEE FOR ACCURACY IN MIDDLE EAST REPORTING IN AMERICA INC — $100,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR CHILDREN OF NEW YORK INC — $77,500 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetTHE SPENCE SCHOOL — $63,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMOSTLY MODERN PROJECTS INC — $61,500 over 5y, 5.0% of budgetHIAS INC — $57,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetResurrection Episcopal Day School — $51,400 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK — $47,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNEW ISRAEL FUND — $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSEEDS OF PEACE INC — $35,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetRAZOM INC — $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTIKVA CORP — $30,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER METROWEST NJ — $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WASSAIC PROJECT INC — $26,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetMUSIC MAKER FOUNDATION INC — $25,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetST BERNARD'S SCHOOL INC — $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL NETWORK OF ABORTION FUNDS INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER INC — $22,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSTUDENT CLINIC FOR IMMIGRANT JUSTICE INC — $21,000 over 4y, 14% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION — $21,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCITY HARVEST INC — $21,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRutgers Hillel Corporation — $20,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY — $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF LEKET ISRAEL INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MIDORI FOUNDATION INC — $18,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetNEW YORK COMMON PANTRY — $18,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS — $17,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWEST SIDE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY LIFE — $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE — $13,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN'S REFUGEE COMMISSION INC — $12,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetWNET — $11,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetYESHIVAT HEATID INC — $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC — $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFLORENCE IMMIGRANT & REFUGEE RIGHTS PROJECT INC — $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetProject Ezrah Needs Inc — $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWildlife Conservation Society — $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCivic Nation — $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKOL HANEARIM INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE YOUNG CENTER FOR IMMIGRANT CHILDRENS RIGHTS — $7,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDOROT INC — $6,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetROFEH CHOLIM CANCER SOCIETY INC — $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Jewish Communal FundFjcThe Goldman Sachs Cha…The New York Communit…Tina & Steven Price C…The Russell Berrie Fo…Jewish Federation of …United Jewish Appeal-…Brooklyn Community Fo…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Combined Jewish Phila…
Jewish Communal FundNY28.2× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Fjc · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · The New York Community Trust · Tina & Steven Price Charitable Foundation · The Russell Berrie Foundation · Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey Inc · United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc · Brooklyn Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Gerson Family Foundation Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%1%4%8%15%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • Hias Inc — 88% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University — 12% of income from government
  • City Year Inc — 11% of income from government
  • Reach Out and Read Inc — 9% of income from government
  • Student Clinic for Immigrant Justice Inc — 5% of income from government
  • The Trustees of the Smith College — 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
9get no government money at all
27report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Gerson Family Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Gerson Family Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 126 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

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

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