New York · Private foundation
The Debra and Jeffrey Geller Family 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.
- $102k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2025
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 20
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $636k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 40% of the organizations The Debra and Jeffrey Geller Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k 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 | 19 | $102k | 21% |
| FY2024 | 20 | $101k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $84k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $43k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $81k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $74k | 17% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $84k | 13% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $69k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitney Museum of American Art | $155,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Solomon R Guggenheim Foundation | $125,000 | 9 | 0% |
| American Jewish Committee | $114,800 | 8 | 0% |
| New York Shakespeare Festival | $40,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Northern Westchester Hospital Association | $27,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Trustees of Clark University | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Central Park Conservancy Inc | $23,918 | 9 | 0% |
| Temple Beth El | $18,310 | 4 | n/a |
| Public Art Fund Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Chappaqua Volunteer Ambulance Corp Inc | $8,000 | 8 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitney Museum of American Art | $155,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Solomon R Guggenheim Foundation | $125,000 | 9 | 0% |
| American Jewish Committee | $114,800 | 8 | 0% |
| New York Shakespeare Festival | $40,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Northern Westchester Hospital Association | $27,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Trustees of Clark University | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Central Park Conservancy Inc | $23,918 | 9 | 0% |
| Temple Beth El | $18,310 | 4 | n/a |
| Public Art Fund Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Chappaqua Volunteer Ambulance Corp Inc | $8,000 | 8 | 0% |
| New Castle Patrolmans Benevolent Association Inc | $7,000 | 7 | 1% |
| The Jewish Museum | $5,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | $4,200 | 7 | 0% |
| The Parrish Art Museum Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Temple Emanu-El | $1,080 | 2 | n/a |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jacob Burns Film Center Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Temple B Nai Israel | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cancer Support Community | $960 | 2 | 0% |
| Bay Street Theatre Festival Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| New York Historical Society | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Jewish Enrichment Center | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Jbi International Inc | $438 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($146k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Debra and Jeffrey Geller Family 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.
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How this is measured
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About The Debra and Jeffrey Geller Family Foundation
- How much does The Debra and Jeffrey Geller Family Foundation give?
- The Debra and Jeffrey Geller Family Foundation reported 19 grants totaling $102,400 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 20 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Debra and Jeffrey Geller Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (48%), Civil Rights (16%), Philanthropy (10%).
- Who are The Debra and Jeffrey Geller Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Whitney Museum of American Art ($155k), Solomon R Guggenheim Foundation ($125k), American Jewish Committee ($115k).
- Does The Debra and Jeffrey Geller Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Debra and Jeffrey Geller Family 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 The Debra and Jeffrey Geller Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is The Debra and Jeffrey Geller Family Foundation based?
- The Debra and Jeffrey Geller Family Foundation is based in NY.
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