Maryland · Private foundation
The Gama 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.
- $25k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 6
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $560k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations The Gama Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k 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 | 6 | $25k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $42k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $22k | 60% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $18k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $25k | 75% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $28k | 83% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $28k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $25k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $92,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Hospice of the Chesapeake Inc | $48,000 | 6 | 0% |
| National Christ Child Society Inc | $12,000 | 2 | 2% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| United States Catholic Conference | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Community Foundation for St Vincent and the Grenadines Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Educare Foundation Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Anne Arundel County Casa Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Blue Ribbon Project | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Christ Child Society Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $92,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Hospice of the Chesapeake Inc | $48,000 | 6 | 0% |
| National Christ Child Society Inc | $12,000 | 2 | 2% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| United States Catholic Conference | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Community Foundation for St Vincent and the Grenadines Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Educare Foundation Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Anne Arundel County Casa Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Blue Ribbon Project | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Christ Child Society Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Little Essentials | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($49k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Gama 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
About The Gama Foundation
- How much does The Gama Foundation give?
- The Gama Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $24,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 6 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Gama Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (41%), Health (27%), Human Services (8%).
- Who are The Gama Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc ($93k), Hospice of the Chesapeake Inc ($48k), National Christ Child Society Inc ($12k).
- Does The Gama Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Gama 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 Gama Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The Gama Foundation based?
- The Gama Foundation is based in MD.
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