Washington, D.C. · Private foundation
Isadore & Bertha Gudelsky Family Fnd Inc
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.
- $1.3M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 37
- Grants FY2025
- 26
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 12%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $260,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 21 to 26
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 11
- Total assets, FY2025
- $21M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 12% of the organizations Isadore & Bertha Gudelsky Family Fnd Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $188k 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 | 35 | $987k | 40% |
| FY2024 | 26 | $838k | 12% |
| FY2023 | 21 | $410k | 5% |
| FY2022 | 22 | $460k | 9% |
| FY2021 | 21 | $416k | 10% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $405k | 19% |
| FY2019 | 21 | $356k | 10% |
| FY2018 | 25 | $469k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 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, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles E Smith Jewish Day School of Greater Washington Inc | $520,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington | $370,000 | 8 | 6% |
| Jewish Agency for Israel - North American Council | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $185,100 | 7 | 0% |
| Bender Jcc of Greater Washington | $182,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Jewish Social Service Agency | $180,000 | 8 | 0% |
| University of Maryland College Park Foundation Inc | $162,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Save a Child's Heart Foundation US Inc | $145,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Frederick Book Arts Center Inc | $122,000 | 6 | 13% |
| National Guard Youth Foundation | $102,000 | 8 | 17% |
Show all 45 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Isadore & Bertha Gudelsky Family Fnd Inc 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.
Open a dossier: The Aaron and Cecile Goldman Family Foundation · The Gary and Pennie Abramson Charitable Foundation · Louis & Helen Fanaroff Char Foundation · The Morningstar Philanthropic Foundation D/B/A the Morningstar Foundation · David S Stone Foundation Inc · The Lynn Shapiro Snyder and Jeffrey M Snyder Family Foundation Inc · Ronald & Joy Paul Family Foundation Inc · Bender Foundation Inc · The Gary & Carol Berman Family Foundation Inc · The Robert P and Arlene R Kogod Family Foundation · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Abraham & Freida Hochberg Foundation Inc
How this is measured
Compare Isadore & Bertha Gudelsky Family Fnd Inc with peer funders
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About Isadore & Bertha Gudelsky Family Fnd Inc
- How much does Isadore & Bertha Gudelsky Family Fnd Inc give?
- Isadore & Bertha Gudelsky Family Fnd Inc reported 37 grants totaling $1,297,050 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 26 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Isadore & Bertha Gudelsky Family Fnd Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (39%), International (11%), Education (10%).
- Who are Isadore & Bertha Gudelsky Family Fnd Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Charles E Smith Jewish Day School of Greater Washington Inc ($520k), Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington ($370k), Jewish Agency for Israel - North American Council ($200k).
- Does Isadore & Bertha Gudelsky Family Fnd Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 12% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Isadore & Bertha Gudelsky Family Fnd Inc 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 Isadore & Bertha Gudelsky Family Fnd Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Aaron and Cecile Goldman Family Foundation, The Gary and Pennie Abramson Charitable Foundation, Louis & Helen Fanaroff Char Foundation.
- Where is Isadore & Bertha Gudelsky Family Fnd Inc based?
- Isadore & Bertha Gudelsky Family Fnd Inc is based in DC.
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