Florida · Private foundation
Gilbert Scharf Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $190k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $296k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 38% of the organizations Gilbert Scharf Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 80% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 10 | $190k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $102k | 38% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $272k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $264k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $248k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $491k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $458k | 20% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $294k | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hudson Institute Inc | $1,246,400 | 7 | 1% |
| Chabad of South Palm Beach Inc | $148,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Palm Beach Orthodox Synagogue Inc | $109,800 | 7 | n/a |
| American Committee for Shaare Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Founda Foundation Inc | $90,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Duke University | $36,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Inc | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Emily Krzyzewski Center Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Young Jewish Chesed Inc | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| American Friends of Libi Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hudson Institute Inc | $1,246,400 | 7 | 1% |
| Chabad of South Palm Beach Inc | $148,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Palm Beach Orthodox Synagogue Inc | $109,800 | 7 | n/a |
| American Committee for Shaare Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Founda Foundation Inc | $90,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Duke University | $36,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Inc | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Emily Krzyzewski Center Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Young Jewish Chesed Inc | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| American Friends of Libi Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chabad the Beaches Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Council of Trustees and Alumni | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Figure Skating in Harlem Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Metropolitan Club Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Upper East Side Hatzolah Inc | $200 | 2 | 0% |
| Clinton Community Literary Association Inc - Clinton Community Library | $200 | 2 | 0% |
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($706k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Gilbert Scharf 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Gilbert Scharf Family Foundation
- How much does Gilbert Scharf Family Foundation give?
- Gilbert Scharf Family Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $189,900 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Gilbert Scharf Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Social Science (49%), Religion (33%), Education (6%).
- Who are Gilbert Scharf Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Hudson Institute Inc ($1.2M), Chabad of South Palm Beach Inc ($149k), Palm Beach Orthodox Synagogue Inc ($110k).
- Does Gilbert Scharf Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Gilbert Scharf 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 Gilbert Scharf Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Gilbert Scharf Family Foundation based?
- Gilbert Scharf Family Foundation is based in FL.
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