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Irving & Arline Gordon Memorial 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.

$43k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
21
Grants FY2025
16
Organizations funded FY2024
25%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$15,000
Organizations funded a year
6 to 28
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
9
Total assets, FY2025
$387k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 25% of the organizations Irving & Arline Gordon Memorial Fdn funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k 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
Arts & CultureEnvironmentAnimalsEducationSocial ScienceCivil RightsOther
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 arriving21$43k67%
FY202416$42k25%
FY20236$25k0%
FY202218$33k17%
FY202128$47k39%
FY202023$31k17%
FY201921$27k67%
FY201828$26k71%
96% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$106kEnvironment$31kAnimals$29kCivil Rights$17kRecreation & Sports$16kReligion$15kEducation$14kHealth$13kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
MA
NV
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
MO
VA
MD
AZ
NM
DC
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 67 grantees
All grantees of Irving & Arline Gordon Memorial Fdn by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Players Foundation for Theatre Education$51,35078%
Brown Hillel Foundation$12,50040%
Desert Foothills Land Trust$11,50050%
American Jewish Committee$9,75060%
Southwest Wildlife Conservation Center$9,56850%
University of Rochester$9,00060%
American Research Center in Egypt Inc$9,00050%
McDowell Sonoran Conservancy$9,00050%
National Kidney Foundation Inc$7,50050%
Electronic Frontier Foundation Inc$7,45550%
Birthright Israel Foundation$6,65050%
Musical Instrument Museum$5,52030%
Desert Botanical Garden Inc$5,15030%
The Heard Museum$4,50050%
The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation$3,62050%
Archaeology Southwest$3,56120%
Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption$3,50030%
Wild Bird Fund Inc$3,00010%
Arizona Jewish Historical Society$3,00020%
The 11th Hour Animal Rescue Inc T/A Eleventh Hour Animal Rescue$3,0001n/a
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression Inc$3,00020%
Friends of Saguaro National Park$3,00020%
Scottsdale Museum of the West Inc$2,93230%
Lower East Side Tenement Museum$2,71030%
Metropolitan Museum of Art$2,55960%
Ncjw (Arizona Section) Inc$2,50012%
Blood Cancer United Inc$2,50020%
Foothills Food Bank$2,50010%
The Archaeological Conservancy$2,50010%
Foothills Caring Corps Inc$2,00011%
Phoenix Herpetological Society Inc$2,00010%
The Marine Mammal Center$2,00010%
Museum of Modern Art$1,67740%
Cave Creek Museum$1,66530%
Reach Out and Read Inc$1,50010%
Edna Adan Hospital Foundation$1,50010%
Whitney Museum of American Art$1,40420%
Gingold Theatrical Group$1,27520%
Wildlife Conservation Society$1,26910%
The Music Conservatory of Westchester Inc$1,00010%
Vera Institute of Justice Inc$1,00010%
Encore Creativity Corporation$1,00010%
Parkinson's Foundation Inc$1,00020%
Museum of the City of New York$1,00010%
Roosevelt Island Historical Society$1,00011%
Muttville$1,0001n/a
Center for Orangutan & Chimpanzee Conservation Inc$1,00010%
Central Park Conservancy Inc$1,00010%
American Museum of the Moving Image$1,00010%
The Pierpont Morgan Library$94510%
American Museum of Natural History$91210%
The Carnegie Hall Corporation$90010%
Four Freedoms Park Conservancy Inc$60010%
New York Historical Society$50010%
Hebrew Congregation of St Thomas Inc$5001n/a
Roosevelt Island Visual Art Association Inc$5001n/a
Cteen of the Valley$5001n/a
American Jewish Historical Society$50010%
Jewish Heritage Foundation$5001n/a
The Center for Jewish History Inc$50010%
Archon Foundation$5001n/a
The Land Conservancy of New Jersey$50010%
The Asia Society$40010%
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art$30010%
International Myeloma Foundation$25010%
The Art Institute of Chicago$21010%
Field Museum of Natural History$1201n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($48k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Irving & Arline Gordon Memorial Fdn supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Players Foundation for Theatre Education: $51,350 over 7y, 7.6% of budgetBrown Hillel Foundation: $12,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetDesert Foothills Land Trust: $11,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican Jewish Committee: $9,750 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSouthwest Wildlife Conservation Center: $9,568 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Rochester: $9,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Research Center in Egypt Inc: $9,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMcDowell Sonoran Conservancy: $9,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNational Kidney Foundation Inc: $7,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetElectronic Frontier Foundation Inc: $7,455 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBirthright Israel Foundation: $6,650 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMusical Instrument Museum: $5,520 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDesert Botanical Garden Inc: $5,150 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Heard Museum: $4,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation: $3,620 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetArchaeology Southwest: $3,561 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDave Thomas Foundation for Adoption: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWild Bird Fund Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetArizona Jewish Historical Society: $3,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFoundation for Individual Rights and Expression Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Saguaro National Park: $3,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetScottsdale Museum of the West Inc: $2,932 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLower East Side Tenement Museum: $2,710 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMetropolitan Museum of Art: $2,559 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNcjw (Arizona Section) Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFoothills Food Bank: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Archaeological Conservancy: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFoothills Caring Corps Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetPhoenix Herpetological Society Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Marine Mammal Center: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $1,677 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCave Creek Museum: $1,665 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetReach Out and Read Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEdna Adan Hospital Foundation: $1,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWhitney Museum of American Art: $1,404 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGingold Theatrical Group: $1,275 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWildlife Conservation Society: $1,269 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Music Conservatory of Westchester Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVera Institute of Justice Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEncore Creativity Corporation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetParkinson's Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of the City of New York: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRoosevelt Island Historical Society: $1,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetCenter for Orangutan & Chimpanzee Conservation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCentral Park Conservancy Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Museum of the Moving Image: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Pierpont Morgan Library: $945 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 59.

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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.

Arizona Community FoundationAZ25.7× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Arizona Community Foundation · American Express Foundation · Ibm International Foundation · Robert D Fisher Foundation Inc · Strong Foundation of New York · Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust · The New York Community Trust · L Roy Papp Charitable Trust · Kiwanis Club of Carefree Benefit Fd · The Jack Ingebritson Foundation Inc · Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust · AbbVie Foundation

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 Irving & Arline Gordon Memorial Fdn

How much does Irving & Arline Gordon Memorial Fdn give?
Irving & Arline Gordon Memorial Fdn reported 21 grants totaling $43,110 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 28 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Irving & Arline Gordon Memorial Fdn fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (37%), Environment (11%), Animals (10%).
Who are Irving & Arline Gordon Memorial Fdn's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Players Foundation for Theatre Education ($51k), Brown Hillel Foundation ($13k), Desert Foothills Land Trust ($12k).
Does Irving & Arline Gordon Memorial Fdn fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Irving & Arline Gordon Memorial 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 Irving & Arline Gordon Memorial Fdn?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Arizona Community Foundation, American Express Foundation, Ibm International Foundation.
Where is Irving & Arline Gordon Memorial Fdn based?
Irving & Arline Gordon Memorial Fdn is based in AZ.

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 89 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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