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Homer & Martha Gudelsky Family Fdn

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.

$2.8M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
18
Grants FY2025
21
Organizations funded FY2024
48%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$50,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$1,200,000
Organizations funded a year
2 to 26
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
4
Total assets, FY2025
$38M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 48% of the organizations Homer & Martha Gudelsky Family Fdn funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $985k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
InternationalHuman ServicesHealthEducationFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving18$2.8M28%
FY202421$3.5M48%
FY202312$3.0M25%
FY202226$2.9M54%
FY202114$2.6M21%
FY202013$2.2M54%
FY20192$3.0M0%
FY20184$3.2M50%
96% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$20MReligion$1.4MHealth$970kEducation$930kInternational$615kArts & Culture$460kYouth Development$390kFood & Nutrition$320kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
NY
MA
PA
NJ
MD
DE
DC
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 43 grantees
All grantees of Homer & Martha Gudelsky Family Fdn by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
B Nai Israel Congregation$1,020,0003n/a
University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation Inc$370,00020%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$345,00010%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Broward County Inc$335,00070%
Montgomery College Foundation$320,00013%
The American Visionary Art Museum Inc$230,00053%
Jewish Reconstructionist Camping Corporation$200,00023%
The Maryland Food Bank Inc$180,00040%
Dravet Syndrome Foundation Inc$155,00042%
Believe in Tomorrow National Children's Foundation$125,00052%
Tidalhealth Peninsula Regional Inc$125,00010%
Coastal Hospice$115,00050%
Art League of Ocean City Inc$115,00073%
The Shepherds Table Inc$110,00051%
Hippodrome Foundation Inc$105,00025%
Centronia$100,00011%
International Rescue Committee INC$100,00010%
Temple Bat Yam$100,0004n/a
Globalgiving Foundation Inc$80,00010%
Diakonia Inc$60,00041%
Mobile Medical Care Inc$50,00011%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$50,00010%
Meals on Wheels of Central Marylandinc$50,00010%
Human Rights Watch Inc$40,00020%
Rainbow Community Development Center Inc$30,00020%
The Howard County Conservancy Inc$20,00011%
Montgomery Hospice Inc$20,00020%
Manna Food Center Inc$20,00010%
Unstoppable Joy Co$15,000115%
Worcester County Humane Society Inc$10,00011%
Jewish Museum of Maryland Inc$10,00011%
Howard Community College$10,0001n/a
Ocean City Reef Foundation Inc$10,000114%
A Wider Circle Inc$10,0001n/a
The Light House Inc$10,00010%
Farm Alliance of Baltimore Inc$10,0001n/a
Luminus Network Inc$10,00010%
Rebuilding Together Montgomery County Inc$10,00011%
Rose Street Community Center$10,0001n/a
The Women's Housing Coalition Inc$10,00011%
Camp Attaway Inc$10,00016%
Capitol Technology University$10,00010%
Delaware Hospice Inc$5,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($21M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Homer & Martha Gudelsky Family Fdn supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUniversity of Maryland Baltimore Foundation Inc: $370,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican Friends of Magen David Adom: $345,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Broward County Inc: $335,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetMontgomery College Foundation: $320,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetThe American Visionary Art Museum Inc: $230,000 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetJewish Reconstructionist Camping Corporation: $200,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetThe Maryland Food Bank Inc: $180,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDravet Syndrome Foundation Inc: $155,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetBelieve in Tomorrow National Children's Foundation: $125,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetTidalhealth Peninsula Regional Inc: $125,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCoastal Hospice: $115,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetArt League of Ocean City Inc: $115,000 over 7y, 2.9% of budgetThe Shepherds Table Inc: $110,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetHippodrome Foundation Inc: $105,000 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetCentronia: $100,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGlobalgiving Foundation Inc: $80,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDiakonia Inc: $60,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetMobile Medical Care Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMeals on Wheels of Central Marylandinc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHuman Rights Watch Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRainbow Community Development Center Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe Howard County Conservancy Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetMontgomery Hospice Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetManna Food Center Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUnstoppable Joy Co: $15,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetWorcester County Humane Society Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetJewish Museum of Maryland Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetOcean City Reef Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetThe Light House Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLuminus Network Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRebuilding Together Montgomery County Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetThe Women's Housing Coalition Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCamp Attaway Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetCapitol Technology University: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDelaware Hospice Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 37.

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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.

Nora Roberts FoundationMD22.7× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Nora Roberts Foundation · The Carl M Freeman Foundation Inc · Greater Washington Community Foundation · The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · Community Foundation of the Eastern Shor · France-Merrick Foundation Inc · Joan W Jenkins Foundation Inc · Healthcare Initiative Foundation · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · Jack Burbage Foundation Inc · Adventist Healthcare Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Homer & Martha Gudelsky Family Fdn

How much does Homer & Martha Gudelsky Family Fdn give?
Homer & Martha Gudelsky Family Fdn reported 18 grants totaling $2,815,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 26 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Homer & Martha Gudelsky Family Fdn fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (77%), Religion (6%), Health (4%).
Who are Homer & Martha Gudelsky Family Fdn's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: B Nai Israel Congregation ($1.0M), University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation Inc ($370k), American Friends of Magen David Adom ($345k).
Does Homer & Martha Gudelsky Family Fdn fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 48% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Homer & Martha Gudelsky Family Fdn 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 Homer & Martha Gudelsky Family Fdn?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Nora Roberts Foundation, The Carl M Freeman Foundation Inc, Greater Washington Community Foundation.
Where is Homer & Martha Gudelsky Family Fdn based?
Homer & Martha Gudelsky Family Fdn is based in MD.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 69 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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