New York · Private foundation
Michael and Deborah Gordon Charitable Foundation Inc
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.
- $84k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 21
- Grants FY2024
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 46%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 46% of the organizations Michael and Deborah Gordon Charitable Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 36% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k 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 | 14 | $54k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $50k | 46% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $48k | 23% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $49k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $75k | 57% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $54k | 83% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $10k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish Community Center of Greater Rochester Inc | $38,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Wxxi Public Broadcasting Council | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Temple Brith Kodesh | $12,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Embracing Our Differences Inc | $12,100 | 5 | 0% |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Temple Beth El | $9,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Jewish Family Service of Rochester Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hillel School Inc | $4,300 | 2 | n/a |
| Jewish Senior Life | $3,600 | 2 | 1% |
| Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Inc | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish Community Center of Greater Rochester Inc | $38,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Wxxi Public Broadcasting Council | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Temple Brith Kodesh | $12,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Embracing Our Differences Inc | $12,100 | 5 | 0% |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Temple Beth El | $9,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Jewish Family Service of Rochester Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hillel School Inc | $4,300 | 2 | n/a |
| Jewish Senior Life | $3,600 | 2 | 1% |
| Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Inc | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Jewish Senior Life Foundation Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ukrainian Patriot Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| All Faiths Food Bank Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood of Central and Western New York Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Israel Tennis Centers Foundation Inc | $1,800 | 1 | 0% |
| The Center for Youth Services Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Forty Carrots of Sarasota Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($208k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Michael and Deborah Gordon Charitable Foundation 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: Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation · Rochester Area Community Foundation · Ames-Amzalak Memorial Trust · Rochester Area Community Foundation Depository Inc · Myron S & Helen K Silver Family Foundation · CornellWeinstein Family Foundation · William & Sheila Konar Foundation · Daisy Marquis Jones Foundation · Greater Rochester Health Foundation · Gordon & Marjorie Present Charitable Foundation · Louis S & Molly B Wolk Foundation · Harold & Joan Feinbloom Family Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Michael and Deborah Gordon Charitable Foundation Inc with peer funders
About Michael and Deborah Gordon Charitable Foundation Inc
- How much does Michael and Deborah Gordon Charitable Foundation Inc give?
- Michael and Deborah Gordon Charitable Foundation Inc reported 21 grants totaling $84,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Michael and Deborah Gordon Charitable Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (54%), Human Services (17%), Arts & Culture (9%).
- Who are Michael and Deborah Gordon Charitable Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Jewish Community Center of Greater Rochester Inc ($38k), Wxxi Public Broadcasting Council ($15k), Temple Brith Kodesh ($13k).
- Does Michael and Deborah Gordon Charitable Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 46% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Michael and Deborah Gordon Charitable Foundation 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 Michael and Deborah Gordon Charitable Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation, Rochester Area Community Foundation, Ames-Amzalak Memorial Trust.
- Where is Michael and Deborah Gordon Charitable Foundation Inc based?
- Michael and Deborah Gordon Charitable Foundation Inc is based in NY.
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