· Private foundation
Herman & Irene Gertz Foundation First Merchants Bank Pwa Trustee
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k24 grants · $66k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $25k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| PRESQUE ISLE CNY SHERIFF | $13,000 |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MONROE | $11,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $9,000 |
| MONROE CO HISTORICAL SOCIETY | $5,750 |
| RIVER RAISIN CENTER FOR ARTS | $5,750 |
| FULL LIFE ASSEMBLY OF GOD | $5,500 |
| ANN & ROBERT LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO FOUNDATION | $4,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $4,000 |
| LEE HEALTH FOUNDATION | $4,000 |
| MILLERSBURG VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT | $4,000 |
| BRIGHTON ASSEMBLY OF GOD | $3,000 |
| FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES | $2,500 |
| MONROE FAMILY YMCA | $2,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,000 |
| VALLEY ASSEMBLY OF GOD | $2,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $52k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 18% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +8% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.
29 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $33k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MCMONROE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY7× · 2017–2024 · $40k · revenue +76%
- TYTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF MONROE MICHIGAN9× · 2017–2025 · $37k · revenue +140%
- LCLIFE CHALLENGE OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN6× · 2018–2023 · $8k · revenue +12%
Funded once
- WMWEST MICHIGAN ADAPTIVE DIVINGone grant, 2017 · $5k
- CTCASE TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPTone grant, 2017 · $5k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2024 · $5k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.
Methodist le bonheur healthcare, in partnership with its medical staffs, will collaborate with patients and their families to be the leader in providing high quality, cost-effective patient-and family-centered care. services will be…
To provide medical research and education and to serve in ways that stimulates an epidemic of health among those interested in improving their well-being.
The mission of children's hospital & research center at oakland is to protect and advance the health and well-being of children through clinical care, teaching and research.
Phoenix children's hospital foundation supports phoenix children's hospital through fundraising ensuring that the hospital continues to stay on the leading edge of pediatric medicine and is equipped to fulfill its mission to advance hope,…
SRAlab is dedicated to providing the best patient outcomes through the highest-quality clinical care, translational research, scientific discovery and education.
The mission of Rush is to improve the health of the individuals and diverse communities we serve through the integration of outstanding patient care, education, research and community partnerships.
Stanley manne children's research institute strives to generate new knowledge and advance the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of pediatric diseases.
We are dedicated to the health and well-being of all children. as the pediatric teaching facility for the northwestern university feinberg school of medicine, this commitment drives us to be a leader in: -pediatric health care delivery…
Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.
Mcleod physician associates ii operates as a part of the mcleod health system. the mission of mcleod health is to improve the overall health and well being of people living within south carolina and eastern north carolina by providing…
How this is measured
11 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 11 of the 50 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds RIVER RAISIN CENTRE FOR THE ARTS INC ↗
- Who funds MONROE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF MONROE MICHIGAN ↗
- Who funds LEE MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds LIFE CHALLENGE OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN ↗
- Who funds HEARTS CRI MICHIGAN INC RHONDA R TRASK ↗
- Who funds Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Foundation ↗
- Who funds Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago ↗
- Who funds THE POWER COMPANY KIDS CLUB ↗
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.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Herman & Irene Gertz Foundation First Merchants Bank Pwa Trustee funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Herman & Irene Gertz Foundation First Merchants Bank Pwa Trustee. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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