Pennsylvania · Private foundation
Irving & Aaronel Deroy Gruber 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.
- $63k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 43
- Grants FY2024
- 37
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,200
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $4,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 37
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 11% of the organizations Irving & Aaronel Deroy Gruber Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 42 | $61k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 37 | $64k | 11% |
| FY2022 | 37 | $67k | 3% |
| FY2021 | 37 | $74k | 30% |
| FY2020 | 26 | $31k | 38% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $31k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Eye Center for Photography | $82,700 | 6 | 19% |
| Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania | $13,250 | 5 | 0% |
| Westmoreland Museum of American Art | $12,900 | 6 | 0% |
| Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council | $12,400 | 6 | 0% |
| Frick Art & Historical Center Inc | $12,100 | 6 | 0% |
| Associated Artists of Pittsburgh | $8,200 | 5 | 1% |
| Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens Inc | $7,900 | 6 | 0% |
| Young Men and Women's Hebrew Association and Irene Kaufmann Cent | $7,200 | 4 | 0% |
| Photo Antiquities | $7,100 | 6 | 7% |
| Pittsburgh Cultural Trust | $6,850 | 6 | 0% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($91k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Irving & Aaronel Deroy Gruber Foundation supplied at peak.
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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.
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How this is measured
Compare Irving & Aaronel Deroy Gruber Foundation with peer funders
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About Irving & Aaronel Deroy Gruber Foundation
- How much does Irving & Aaronel Deroy Gruber Foundation give?
- Irving & Aaronel Deroy Gruber Foundation reported 43 grants totaling $62,800 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 37 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Irving & Aaronel Deroy Gruber Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (75%), Philanthropy (5%), Human Services (5%).
- Who are Irving & Aaronel Deroy Gruber Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Silver Eye Center for Photography ($83k), Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania ($13k), Westmoreland Museum of American Art ($13k).
- Does Irving & Aaronel Deroy Gruber Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Irving & Aaronel Deroy Gruber 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.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Irving & Aaronel Deroy Gruber Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Hillman Family Foundations, The Fine Foundation, The Heinz Endowments.
- Where is Irving & Aaronel Deroy Gruber Foundation based?
- Irving & Aaronel Deroy Gruber Foundation is based in PA.
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