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Leopold R Gellert Family Trust

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.

$123k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
28
Grants FY2025
24
Organizations funded FY2024
25%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$20,000
Organizations funded a year
24 to 34
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
10
Total assets, FY2025
$839k
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 Leopold R Gellert Family Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k 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 & CultureEducationHuman ServicesFood & NutritionHealthInternationalOther
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 arriving26$118k23%
FY202424$147k25%
FY202325$197k28%
FY202230$126k43%
FY202124$227k29%
FY202030$139k27%
FY201934$217k50%
FY201831$75k45%
93% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$669kArts & Culture$303kHealth$77kInternational$25kFood & Nutrition$20kCivil Rights$16kPublic Safety & Disaster$13kScience & Tech$10kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
VT
WA
MN
MI
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CA
TN
SC
DC
AL

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 74 grantees
All grantees of Leopold R Gellert Family Trust by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations$230,00040%
Bryn Mawr College$144,50070%
Corporation of Gonzaga University$130,00070%
Rutgers University Foundation$60,00050%
St Mary's Medical Center Foundation$40,00040%
Seattle Opera$30,00020%
Manhattan Theatre Club Inc$26,00070%
The Music Conservatory of Westchester Inc$24,00080%
Exodus School$21,00031%
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players Inc$20,00013%
St Lukes Chamber Ensemble Inc$13,00080%
Caramoor Center for Music & the Arts Inc$12,50020%
President and Trustees of Bates College$12,50030%
Shefa School$10,00010%
Skagit Bay Search and Rescue$10,0001n/a
The New School$10,00040%
International Rescue Committee INC$10,00010%
Power Up Gambia$8,00084%
Seattle Chamber Music Festival$7,50010%
Skagit Council on Aging$5,00013%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$5,00060%
La Conner Sunrise Food Bank$5,00011%
Second Harvest Inland Northwest$5,00010%
The New York Festival of Song Inc$5,00060%
Robin Hood Foundation$5,00010%
Sphinx Organization Inc$4,50080%
Mount Sinai Health System Inc$4,50030%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$4,00040%
Marlboro School of Music Inc$3,50020%
West Side Summit$3,50020%
The President and Trustees of Colby College$3,50010%
Blood Cancer United Inc$3,00030%
Benefits Law Center$3,00030%
Musicians Foundation Inc$3,00030%
World Central Kitchen Inc$2,50010%
West Side Center for Community Life$2,05030%
New York Eye & Ear Infirmary$2,00010%
Farm and Wilderness Foundation Inc$2,00040%
The Carnegie Hall Corporation$2,00010%
Northern Westchester Hospital Association$1,50030%
Atlantic Theater Company$1,50030%
Seattle Music Partners$1,50030%
Hamptons Community Outreach Inc$1,50020%
The Piatigorsky Foundation D/B/A Pf Classical$1,10030%
Providence Hospice of Seattle Foundation$1,00010%
Webb School of Knoxville$1,00020%
The Malala Fund$1,00020%
The Frick Collection$1,00020%
Spokane Edible Tree Project$1,0001n/a
Children's Defense Fund$1,0001n/a
The Humane Society for Seattleking County$1,00010%
Gage Academy of Art$1,00010%
New Alternatives for Children Inc$1,00020%
The Good Food Institute Inc$85010%
New York Legal Assistance Group Inc$75010%
God's Love We Deliver Inc$75010%
Volunteers in Asia$75020%
Bideawee Inc$75010%
Neighborhood Connections Inc$50010%
New England Music Camp Association$50010%
You Gotta Believe - the Older Child Adoption & Permanency Movement Inc$50010%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$50010%
Parent Teacher Association of Ps199inc$50010%
Manhattan Chamber Players Inc$50020%
Selfhelp Community Services Inc$50010%
Solid Ground Washington$50010%
North Shore Animal League America Inc$50010%
Kittykind Inc$50010%
Aes World Languages and Cultures Institute Inc$50012%
Bronxworks Inc$50010%
Center for Racial Justice in Education Inc$50010%
Lymphoma Research Foundation$50010%
The Glaucoma Education & Research Fund Inc$50011%
Deborah Hospital Foundation$20010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($483k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Leopold R Gellert Family Trust supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $230,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBryn Mawr College: $144,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCorporation of Gonzaga University: $130,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetRutgers University Foundation: $60,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSt Mary's Medical Center Foundation: $40,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetSeattle Opera: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetManhattan Theatre Club Inc: $26,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetThe Music Conservatory of Westchester Inc: $24,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetExodus School: $21,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetNew York Gilbert & Sullivan Players Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetSt Lukes Chamber Ensemble Inc: $13,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCaramoor Center for Music & the Arts Inc: $12,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPresident and Trustees of Bates College: $12,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetShefa School: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe New School: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPower Up Gambia: $8,000 over 8y, 3.6% of budgetSeattle Chamber Music Festival: $7,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSkagit Council on Aging: $5,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $5,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLa Conner Sunrise Food Bank: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSecond Harvest Inland Northwest: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe New York Festival of Song Inc: $5,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetRobin Hood Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSphinx Organization Inc: $4,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMount Sinai Health System Inc: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMarlboro School of Music Inc: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWest Side Summit: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe President and Trustees of Colby College: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBenefits Law Center: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMusicians Foundation Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWest Side Center for Community Life: $2,050 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNew York Eye & Ear Infirmary: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFarm and Wilderness Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Carnegie Hall Corporation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorthern Westchester Hospital Association: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAtlantic Theater Company: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSeattle Music Partners: $1,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetHamptons Community Outreach Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Piatigorsky Foundation D/B/A Pf Classical: $1,100 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetProvidence Hospice of Seattle Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWebb School of Knoxville: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Malala Fund: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Frick Collection: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Humane Society for Seattleking County: $1,000 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 71.

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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.

Seattle FoundationWA16.1× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation · Artsfund · Ibm International Foundation · The New York Community Trust · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc

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 Leopold R Gellert Family Trust

How much does Leopold R Gellert Family Trust give?
Leopold R Gellert Family Trust reported 28 grants totaling $122,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 34 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Leopold R Gellert Family Trust fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (46%), Arts & Culture (21%), Health (5%).
Who are Leopold R Gellert Family Trust's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations ($230k), Bryn Mawr College ($145k), Corporation of Gonzaga University ($130k).
Does Leopold R Gellert Family Trust fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Leopold R Gellert Family Trust 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 Leopold R Gellert Family Trust?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, Jewish Communal Fund, Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation.
Where is Leopold R Gellert Family Trust based?
Leopold R Gellert Family Trust is based in NY.

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 106 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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