California · Private foundation
Gerstein Family Foundation
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.
- $76k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2024
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 10
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $632k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 20% of the organizations Gerstein Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k 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 | 7 | $76k | 71% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $114k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $11k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $69k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $45k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $45k | 67% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $45k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Town School for Boys | $61,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Jewish Community Center of San Francisco | $50,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Bay School | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Congregation Emanu-El | $19,800 | 3 | n/a |
| Slide Ranch | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Foundation Fighting Blindness Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Exploratorium | $4,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Friends of Calligraphy | $3,500 | 2 | 4% |
| Kqed Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($194k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Gerstein Family 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
About Gerstein Family Foundation
- How much does Gerstein Family Foundation give?
- Gerstein Family Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $75,560 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does Gerstein Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (46%), Environment (15%), Health (15%).
- Who are Gerstein Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Town School for Boys ($61k), Jewish Community Center of San Francisco ($50k), The Bay School ($30k).
- Does Gerstein Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Gerstein Family 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 Gerstein Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Gerstein Family Foundation based?
- Gerstein Family Foundation is based in CA.
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