Maryland · Private foundation
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
- 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.
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 | 18 | $2.8M | 28% |
| FY2024 | 21 | $3.5M | 48% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $3.0M | 25% |
| FY2022 | 26 | $2.9M | 54% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $2.6M | 21% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $2.2M | 54% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $3.0M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $3.2M | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| B Nai Israel Congregation | $1,020,000 | 3 | n/a |
| University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation Inc | $370,000 | 2 | 0% |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | $345,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Broward County Inc | $335,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Montgomery College Foundation | $320,000 | 1 | 3% |
| The American Visionary Art Museum Inc | $230,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Jewish Reconstructionist Camping Corporation | $200,000 | 2 | 3% |
| The Maryland Food Bank Inc | $180,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Dravet Syndrome Foundation Inc | $155,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Believe in Tomorrow National Children's Foundation | $125,000 | 5 | 2% |
Show all 43 grantees
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.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: 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
Compare Homer & Martha Gudelsky Family Fdn with peer funders
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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.
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