California · Private foundation
Donna & Spencer Gilbert Foundation
- $77k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2024
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $18,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $19,060
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 7
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.8M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations Donna & Spencer Gilbert Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 72% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 28% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k 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 | 5 | $77k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $84k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $93k | 57% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $68k | 60% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $13k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Israel Emergency Alliance | $78,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Congregation Bnai Israel | $67,321 | 5 | n/a |
| Western University of Health Sciences | $47,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $18,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hebrew Free Loan of San Diego | $18,000 | 1 | 3% |
| San Diego Jewish Academy | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Jewish University | $8,200 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($88k), not named here.
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: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Donna & Spencer Gilbert Foundation with peer funders
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About Donna & Spencer Gilbert Foundation
- How much does Donna & Spencer Gilbert Foundation give?
- Donna & Spencer Gilbert Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $76,516 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 7 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Donna & Spencer Gilbert Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (23%), Education (21%), Religion (16%).
- Who are Donna & Spencer Gilbert Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Israel Emergency Alliance ($78k), Congregation Bnai Israel ($67k), Western University of Health Sciences ($47k).
- Does Donna & Spencer Gilbert Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Donna & Spencer Gilbert Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Donna & Spencer Gilbert Foundation based?
- Donna & Spencer Gilbert Foundation is based in CA.
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