Nebraska · Private foundation
Pamela K Watanabe-Gerdeskyle E Gerdes Charitable Foundation
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.
- $35k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 21
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,300
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 40
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 11
- Total assets, FY2025
- $65k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations Pamela K Watanabe-Gerdeskyle E Gerdes Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | 21 | $35k | 48% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $27k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $25k | 71% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $44k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 40 | $123k | 60% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $47k | 64% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $23k | 56% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $25k | 60% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Door Mission D/B/A Open Door Mission & Lydia House | $65,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Food Bank for the Heartland | $17,100 | 3 | 0% |
| Mario Murillo Ministries | $13,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Andrew Wommack Ministries Inc | $10,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Assure Womens Center | $9,000 | 3 | 0% |
| International Good News Church Inc | $8,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Reconciliation Ministries Inc | $5,500 | 3 | 3% |
| Beta Beta Gamma Foundation | $5,500 | 2 | 5% |
| Wycliffe Associates Inc | $5,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Youth Emergency Services Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 43 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Door Mission D/B/A Open Door Mission & Lydia House | $65,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Food Bank for the Heartland | $17,100 | 3 | 0% |
| Mario Murillo Ministries | $13,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Andrew Wommack Ministries Inc | $10,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Assure Womens Center | $9,000 | 3 | 0% |
| International Good News Church Inc | $8,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Reconciliation Ministries Inc | $5,500 | 3 | 3% |
| Beta Beta Gamma Foundation | $5,500 | 2 | 5% |
| Wycliffe Associates Inc | $5,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Youth Emergency Services Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Marilyn Hickey Ministries | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Voice of the Martyrs Inc | $4,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Citylight Bennington Church | $4,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Wounded Warriors Family Support Inc | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| One Voice Ministries Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Joyce Meyer Ministries Inc | $3,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Word of God Fellowship Inc | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Heartland Family Service | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mustang Booster Club | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Hawaii Foundation | $2,450 | 1 | 0% |
| Paralyzed Veterans of America Great Plains Chapter | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Fresh Start Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Equipnet | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Campus Crusade for Christ Inc | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Faith Evangelical Free Church | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bible Study Fellowship | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Bible League | $1,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Grace to You | $1,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Project Rescue Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Bible Society | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Nazarene Fund | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Disabled American Veterans | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The General Council of the Assemblies of God | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Millard Public Schools Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Antioch Ministries International | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| International Fellowship of Christians & Jews Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Heartland Hope Mission | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Nebraska Methodist Hospital Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Jewish Voice Ministries Intl | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Waypoint Church Inc | $400 | 1 | n/a |
| Radiant Church | $100 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 29 recipients with no EIN on record ($161k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Pamela K Watanabe-Gerdeskyle E Gerdes Charitable 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.
Open a dossier: Servant Foundation · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Midlands Community Foundation · The Lozier Foundation · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · Oliver & Ferrol Barklage Foundation · The Rebensdorf Family Foundation · Gilbert M and Martha H Hitchcock Foundation · Suzanne & Walter Scott Foundation · Mutual of Omaha Foundation · The Hawks Foundation · The Sunderland Foundation
How this is measured
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About Pamela K Watanabe-Gerdeskyle E Gerdes Charitable Foundation
- How much does Pamela K Watanabe-Gerdeskyle E Gerdes Charitable Foundation give?
- Pamela K Watanabe-Gerdeskyle E Gerdes Charitable Foundation reported 21 grants totaling $34,700 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 40 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Pamela K Watanabe-Gerdeskyle E Gerdes Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (25%), Housing & Shelter (20%), Crime & Legal (18%).
- Who are Pamela K Watanabe-Gerdeskyle E Gerdes Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Open Door Mission D/B/A Open Door Mission & Lydia House ($66k), Food Bank for the Heartland ($17k), Mario Murillo Ministries ($14k).
- Does Pamela K Watanabe-Gerdeskyle E Gerdes Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Pamela K Watanabe-Gerdeskyle E Gerdes Charitable 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 Pamela K Watanabe-Gerdeskyle E Gerdes Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Servant Foundation, Christian Community Foundation Inc, Midlands Community Foundation.
- Where is Pamela K Watanabe-Gerdeskyle E Gerdes Charitable Foundation based?
- Pamela K Watanabe-Gerdeskyle E Gerdes Charitable Foundation is based in NE.
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