New York · Private foundation
Gordon 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.
- $700k
- Granted FY2021
- 3
- Grants FY2021
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Median grant, FY2021
- $300,000
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $300,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 3
- FY2019 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 2
- Total assets, FY2021
- $43M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 67% of the organizations Gordon Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 86% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 14% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $600k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 3 | $700k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $1.1M | 67% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $2.0M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2021.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc | $2,900,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Israel Cancer Research Fund Inc | $300,000 | 1 | 4% |
| The Mount Sinai Hospital | $300,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cancer Research Fund of the Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Foundation | $150,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The President and Trustees of Colby College | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
About Gordon Family Foundation
- How much does Gordon Family Foundation give?
- Gordon Family Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $700,000 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 3 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2021.
- What does Gordon Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2021, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (77%), Health (20%), Education (3%).
- Who are Gordon Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2021: Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc ($2.9M), Israel Cancer Research Fund Inc ($300k), The Mount Sinai Hospital ($300k).
- Does Gordon Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Gordon 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.
- Where is Gordon Family Foundation based?
- Gordon Family Foundation is based in NY.
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