New York · Private foundation
Gilder Foundation Inc
Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $14M
- Granted FY2021
- 9
- Grants FY2021
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 86%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Median grant, FY2021
- $2,000,000
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $3,750,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 41
- FY2020 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 3
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 86% of the organizations Gilder Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 86% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 7 | $14M | 86% |
| FY2020 | 41 | $3.8M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2021.
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, FY2020 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History | $5,750,000 | 1 | 64% |
| New York Historical Society | $3,175,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Yale University | $2,800,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Yale University | $2,400,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $1,000,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Town of Islesboro | $500,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Adc Research Institute | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| International African American Museum | $200,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Read to Lead Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 5% |
| The Hunter College Foundation Inc | $120,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 42 grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($954k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Gilder Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 36 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Jewish Communal Fund · The Achelis & Bodman Foundation Co Manice & Budd LLP · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Gilder Foundation Inc
- How much does Gilder Foundation Inc give?
- Gilder Foundation Inc reported 9 grants totaling $14,300,000 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 41 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2021.
- What does Gilder Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2021, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (52%), Education (31%), Environment (6%).
- Who are Gilder Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2021: The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History ($5.8M), New York Historical Society ($3.2M), Yale University ($2.8M).
- Does Gilder Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 86% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Gilder Foundation Inc 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 Gilder Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, The Achelis & Bodman Foundation Co Manice & Budd LLP, The Hyde and Watson Foundation.
- Where is Gilder Foundation Inc based?
- Gilder Foundation Inc is based in NY.
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