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The Carl & Nancy Gewirz Fund 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.

$371k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
86
Grants FY2025
77
Organizations funded FY2024
4%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$500
Largest grant, FY2025
$117,200
Organizations funded a year
77 to 85
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
15
Total assets, FY2025
$8.9M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 4% of the organizations The Carl & Nancy Gewirz Fund Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyHealthCommunity ImprovementEducationOther
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 arriving84$370k12%
FY202477$209k4%
FY202382$407k7%
FY202278$795k1%
FY202185$759k11%
FY202083$787kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Religion$1.6MHealth$642kArts & Culture$412kEducation$152kRecreation & Sports$30kPublic Safety & Disaster$22kYouth Development$19kHuman Services$10kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
NY
MA
IN
PA
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
KS
DC
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 66 grantees
All grantees of The Carl & Nancy Gewirz Fund Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Suburban Hospital Inc$254,00060%
National Gallery of Art$139,44060%
Johns Hopkins University$120,00050%
Temple Beth Elohim$30,6444n/a
Powerlifting America$26,50031%
Smithsonian Institution$18,90060%
Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rescue Squad Inc$11,00060%
Metropolitan Museum of Art$10,52660%
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc$10,00010%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$10,00010%
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$10,0001n/a
Georgetown University$7,00060%
Nantucket Historical Association$5,65060%
Hebrew Home of Greater Washington Inc$5,00050%
Trust for the National Mall$5,00060%
Artists Association of Nantucket Inc$5,00060%
Congregation Shirat Hayam$4,2005n/a
Norton Museum of Art Inc$3,85060%
American University$3,25060%
Children's National$3,00060%
New England Life Flight Inc$2,50050%
International Center of Photography$2,31510%
Jewish Council for the Aging of Greater Washington Inc$2,25060%
Some Inc$2,15760%
Prostate Cancer Foundation$2,00020%
Adas Israel Hebrew Congregation$1,9935n/a
Nantucket Conservation Foundation Inc$1,80060%
Bethesda Fire Department Inc$1,75060%
Zeta Beta Tau Foundation Inc$1,50060%
Jewish Foundation for Group Homes Inc$1,50030%
House of Ruth$1,50060%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$1,40060%
United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee$1,35060%
Food & Friends Inc$1,35060%
Housing Unlimited Inc$1,30050%
Jewish Social Service Agency$1,25060%
A Safe Place Inc$1,25060%
Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum$1,10020%
Central Union Mission$1,03560%
American Heart Association Inc$1,00060%
The Eisenhower Foundation$1,00060%
NAMI National$1,00010%
James Renwick Alliance$1,00010%
Nantucket Atheneum Inc$95050%
Museum of Modern Art$94060%
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc$90060%
Nantucket Police Charitable Association Inc$70044%
Whitney Museum of American Art$67230%
Nantucket Land & Water Council Inc$60060%
Coast Guard Foundation Inc$60060%
The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union$60060%
Project Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc$60060%
The National Museum of Women in the Arts$54060%
March of Dimes Inc$53060%
The Albert F Egan Jr & Dorothy H Egan F$51560%
The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences$50550%
Otb Strength$5001n/a
Anti-Defamation League$50010%
All Hands & Hearts Inc$5001n/a
Generation Hope$5001n/a
Nantucket Lighthouse School Inc$50020%
Nantucket Lightship Basket Museum Inc$47540%
Fairwinds-Nantucket's Counseling Center$45060%
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund Inc$37560%
National Building Museum$20010%
Nantucket Dreamland Foundation Inc$20020%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 46 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.6M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Carl & Nancy Gewirz Fund Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSuburban Hospital Inc: $254,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNational Gallery of Art: $139,440 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetJohns Hopkins University: $120,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPowerlifting America: $26,500 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetSmithsonian Institution: $18,900 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBethesda-Chevy Chase Rescue Squad Inc: $11,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetMetropolitan Museum of Art: $10,526 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGeorgetown University: $7,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNantucket Historical Association: $5,650 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHebrew Home of Greater Washington Inc: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTrust for the National Mall: $5,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetArtists Association of Nantucket Inc: $5,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNorton Museum of Art Inc: $3,850 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican University: $3,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's National: $3,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNew England Life Flight Inc: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Center of Photography: $2,315 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Council for the Aging of Greater Washington Inc: $2,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSome Inc: $2,157 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetProstate Cancer Foundation: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNantucket Conservation Foundation Inc: $1,800 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBethesda Fire Department Inc: $1,750 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetZeta Beta Tau Foundation Inc: $1,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Foundation for Group Homes Inc: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHouse of Ruth: $1,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,400 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Olympic and Paralympic Committee: $1,350 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFood & Friends Inc: $1,350 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHousing Unlimited Inc: $1,300 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Social Service Agency: $1,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetA Safe Place Inc: $1,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum: $1,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCentral Union Mission: $1,035 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Eisenhower Foundation: $1,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNAMI National: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJames Renwick Alliance: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNantucket Atheneum Inc: $950 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $940 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetChesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: $900 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNantucket Police Charitable Association Inc: $700 over 4y, 4.3% of budgetWhitney Museum of American Art: $672 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNantucket Land & Water Council Inc: $600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCoast Guard Foundation Inc: $600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union: $600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetProject Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc: $600 over 6y, 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 59.

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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.

Nantucket Golf Club Foundation IncMA22.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Nantucket Golf Club Foundation Inc · Community Foundation for Nantucket Inc · Charina Foundation Inc Richard Menschel · Ernst & Elfriede Frank Foundation Inc · Tupancy-Harris Fdn-1986 · King Spruce Company · The Hale Family Foundation · Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank Charitable Foundation Trust · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · Greater Washington Community Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · The Tomares Family Foundation 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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How do I get to The Carl & Nancy Gewirz Fund Inc?

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About The Carl & Nancy Gewirz Fund Inc

How much does The Carl & Nancy Gewirz Fund Inc give?
The Carl & Nancy Gewirz Fund Inc reported 86 grants totaling $371,001 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 77 and 85 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does The Carl & Nancy Gewirz Fund Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (55%), Health (22%), Arts & Culture (14%).
Who are The Carl & Nancy Gewirz Fund Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Suburban Hospital Inc ($254k), National Gallery of Art ($139k), Johns Hopkins University ($120k).
Does The Carl & Nancy Gewirz Fund Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 4% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Carl & Nancy Gewirz Fund 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 The Carl & Nancy Gewirz Fund Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Nantucket Golf Club Foundation Inc, Community Foundation for Nantucket Inc, Charina Foundation Inc Richard Menschel.
Where is The Carl & Nancy Gewirz Fund Inc based?
The Carl & Nancy Gewirz Fund Inc is based in MD.

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 115 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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