Washington, D.C. · Private foundation
Harry & Leah Gudelsky Foundation Inc
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.
- $550k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 62%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $40,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $110,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 62% of the organizations Harry & Leah Gudelsky Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 58% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 42% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $448k 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 | 15 | $550k | 27% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $768k | 62% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $245k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $208k | 22% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $215k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $210k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $115k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $133k | 70% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Levine Music Inc | $275,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Southwest Sports and Fitness Alliance Inc | $220,000 | 5 | 36% |
| Temple Israel of Detroit | $205,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Maccabi USA Inc | $185,000 | 5 | 1% |
| So What Else Inc | $175,000 | 4 | 1% |
| The Womens Foundation for the State of Arizona | $110,000 | 4 | 2% |
| The Diener School Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Lab School of Washington | $60,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Leveling the Playing Field Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Montgomery County Tennis & Education Foundation | $40,000 | 1 | 47% |
Show all 27 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($828k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Harry & Leah Gudelsky Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 22 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: Greater Washington Community Foundation · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Harry & Leah Gudelsky Foundation Inc with peer funders
About Harry & Leah Gudelsky Foundation Inc
- How much does Harry & Leah Gudelsky Foundation Inc give?
- Harry & Leah Gudelsky Foundation Inc reported 15 grants totaling $550,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Harry & Leah Gudelsky Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (25%), Arts & Culture (20%), Philanthropy (14%).
- Who are Harry & Leah Gudelsky Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Levine Music Inc ($275k), Southwest Sports and Fitness Alliance Inc ($220k), Temple Israel of Detroit ($205k).
- Does Harry & Leah Gudelsky Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 62% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Harry & Leah Gudelsky 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 Harry & Leah Gudelsky Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Washington Community Foundation, Clark-Winchcole Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is Harry & Leah Gudelsky Foundation Inc based?
- Harry & Leah Gudelsky Foundation Inc is based in DC.
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