Illinois · Private foundation
Jerry E Poncher Family 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.
- $212k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 35
- Grants FY2024
- 35
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $75,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 29 to 37
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $298k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations Jerry E Poncher Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 | 34 | $212k | 15% |
| FY2023 | 35 | $193k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 33 | $161k | 6% |
| FY2021 | 34 | $244k | 6% |
| FY2020 | 37 | $285k | 19% |
| FY2019 | 32 | $287k | 6% |
| FY2018 | 33 | $294k | 21% |
| FY2017 | 29 | $314k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wildwood School Inc | $662,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Spirit Rock Meditation Center | $230,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Saint John's Health Center Foundation | $200,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The J Paul Getty Trust | $99,300 | 8 | 0% |
| Los Angeles Philharmonic Association | $50,069 | 8 | 0% |
| Esalen Institute | $50,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center Inc | $37,500 | 6 | 0% |
| J Street Education Fund Inc | $28,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | $27,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Institute for Jewish Spirituality Inc | $24,500 | 7 | 0% |
Show all 45 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($315k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Jerry E Poncher Family 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
About Jerry E Poncher Family Foundation
- How much does Jerry E Poncher Family Foundation give?
- Jerry E Poncher Family Foundation reported 35 grants totaling $212,225 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 29 and 37 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Jerry E Poncher Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (40%), Arts & Culture (19%), Religion (17%).
- Who are Jerry E Poncher Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Wildwood School Inc ($663k), Spirit Rock Meditation Center ($230k), Saint John's Health Center Foundation ($200k).
- Does Jerry E Poncher Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Jerry E Poncher Family 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 Jerry E Poncher Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Community Foundation, Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles, The Annenberg Foundation.
- Where is Jerry E Poncher Family Foundation based?
- Jerry E Poncher Family Foundation is based in IL.
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