· Private foundation
The Cerel Family Foundation
Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2023.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2023
- Under $10k4 grants · $12k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| TEMPLE ADATH ISRAEL | $15,000 |
| AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION INC | $5,000 |
| GODS PANTRY FOOD BANK INC | $3,000 |
| SAYRE SCHOOL | $2,000 |
| LEXARTS INC | $2,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–20, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
5 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2023, 0 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- AHAmerican Heart Association Inc5× · 2019–2023 · $20k · revenue +43%
- GPGOD'S PANTRY FOOD BANK INC3× · 2021–2023 · $11k · revenue +13%
- SSSAYRE SCHOOL2× · 2021–2023 · $5k · revenue +17%
Funded once
- FIFOODCHAIN INCgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue +67%
- CFCOMMONWEALTH FUND FOR KET INCgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $2k · revenue +53%
- IIITNBLUEGRASS INCgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $2k · revenue +52%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Glean kentucky nourishes kentucky's hungry by rescuing and redistributing surplus fresh foods.
To feed the hungry by soliciting and receiving food and other goods from local, regional and national food companies and other enterprises
To provide effective advocacy for the financial services industry both in kentucky and on a national level; to serve as a reliable and responsive source of information and education about areas of interest to the industry; and to provide a…
Kansas farm bureau exists to strengthen agriculture and the lives of kansans through advocacy, education, and service.
Kentucky farm bureau is a grassroots organization dedicated to serving our membership family and their communities. as the voice of agriculture, we identify problems, develop solutions, promote economic success, and enhance the quality of…
The animal agriculture alliance is a nonprofit organization that helps bridge the communication gap between farm and fork. we connect food industry stakeholders, engage food chain influencers and promote consumer choice by helping key…
The food bank for central & northeast missouri is a regional disaster and hunger relief network that acquires and distributes millions of meals each year to help neighbors get the food they need to thrive. (continued on schedule o)the…
Our costs consist of acquiring, sorting and distributing food to 617 member agencies, transportation and logistics, and community outreach to 69 direct distribution sites such as gbfb mobile markets, and federal distributions for low…
To gather and share quality food and nurture partnerships so that no one in vermont will go hungry.
Everything we do is market-focused and proactively promotes and protects the interests of the southeast dairy farm families.
The mission of feeding new york state is to lead a unified effort for a hunger-free state of new york. the mission of food banking is to obtain food and deliver it to emergency food programs. feeding new york state works to end hunger by…
To serve those in need by acquiring and distributing food, grocery items, and government commodities through a network of charitable partnering agencies in 42 kentucky counties.
How this is measured
9 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 9 of the 10 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
- Who funds GOD'S PANTRY FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF THE BLUEGRASS INC ↗
- Who funds LEXARTS INC ↗
- Who funds SAYRE SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds FOODCHAIN INC ↗
- Who funds COMMONWEALTH FUND FOR KET INC ↗
- Who funds ITNBLUEGRASS INC ↗
- Who funds The Against Malaria Foundation ↗
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: Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc · Rosenstein Family Charitable Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Cerel Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Cerel Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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