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The Gellman 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.

$65k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
26
Grants FY2025
29
Organizations funded FY2024
48%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$8,000
Organizations funded a year
19 to 29
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
9
Total assets, FY2025
$1.1M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 48% of the organizations The Gellman Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 39% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesCivil RightsEducationArts & CultureEnvironmentHealthOther
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 arriving26$65k23%
FY202429$62k48%
FY202319$65k26%
FY202222$51k32%
FY202120$60k50%
FY202020$34k45%
FY201928$53k57%
FY201828$39k96%
93% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$95kReligion$92kHealth$64kFood & Nutrition$36kHuman Services$30kEnvironment$26kArts & Culture$20kCivil Rights$17kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
WA
ID
MN
IL
NY
MA
OR
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
MD
NC
DC
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Village Life Outreach Project Inc$28,80081%
University of Oregon Foundation$23,50040%
Community Health Association of Spokane$21,00030%
Los Angeles Food Bank$17,2006n/a
Rosalie Murrey Memorial Foundation$15,00025%
William J Brennan Center for Justice Inc$15,00050%
Marble House Project Inc$13,50081%
The Open Temple$13,0006n/a
Chabad of Eugene$11,1004n/a
Anti-Defamation League$10,90040%
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All grantees of The Gellman Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Village Life Outreach Project Inc$28,80081%
University of Oregon Foundation$23,50040%
Community Health Association of Spokane$21,00030%
Los Angeles Food Bank$17,2006n/a
Rosalie Murrey Memorial Foundation$15,00025%
William J Brennan Center for Justice Inc$15,00050%
Marble House Project Inc$13,50081%
The Open Temple$13,0006n/a
Chabad of Eugene$11,1004n/a
Anti-Defamation League$10,90040%
Medical Lake School District$6,5481n/a
Fulfillment Fund$6,00030%
Northwest Sarcoma Foundation$5,00011%
Protect Democracy Project$5,00030%
Akiba Academy of Dallas$4,00020%
Fairmount Memorial Association$3,20010%
Spread the Vote Inc$3,10020%
350org$3,00030%
Providence Health Care Foundation$3,00030%
Silverlake Independent Jewish Community Center$3,00020%
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc$2,50010%
Spokane Jazz Society$2,50013%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill$2,5001n/a
Our Children's Trust$2,50020%
Fairvote$2,30020%
St Johns Lutheran Church$2,2501n/a
The Louis D Brandeis Center Inc$2,00010%
Jewish Student Center$2,0003n/a
Homeless Not Toothless$2,00010%
Rochester Zen Center$2,0002n/a
Yestermorrow Inc$2,00020%
The University of Cincinnati Foundation$2,00010%
The Clear Fund$1,75010%
Nefesh La$1,70020%
The Harley School$1,50030%
Spectrum$1,50010%
Elementz$1,50010%
Trybal Gatherings Inc$1,50010%
Providence Health Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$1,00010%
Israel on Campus Coalition Inc$1,00010%
Honor the Earth$1,00010%
Washington State University$1,0001n/a
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc$1,0001n/a
Environmental and Energy Study Institute$75010%
Chabad Lubavitch of Orange County Inc$5001n/a
Congregation Shaare Tefilla$5001n/a
The Art of Elysium$5001n/a
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation$50010%
Create Now Inc$5001n/a
North Mason Resources$2501n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 56 recipients with no EIN on record ($201k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Gellman Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetVillage Life Outreach Project Inc: $28,800 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetUniversity of Oregon Foundation: $23,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Health Association of Spokane: $21,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRosalie Murrey Memorial Foundation: $15,000 over 2y, 5.3% of budgetWilliam J Brennan Center for Justice Inc: $15,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMarble House Project Inc: $13,500 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetAnti-Defamation League: $10,900 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFulfillment Fund: $6,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNorthwest Sarcoma Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetProtect Democracy Project: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAkiba Academy of Dallas: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFairmount Memorial Association: $3,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSpread the Vote Inc: $3,100 over 2y, 0.4% of budget350org: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetProvidence Health Care Foundation: $3,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSilverlake Independent Jewish Community Center: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Union of Concerned Scientists Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSpokane Jazz Society: $2,500 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetOur Children's Trust: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFairvote: $2,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Louis D Brandeis Center Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHomeless Not Toothless: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetYestermorrow Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe University of Cincinnati Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Clear Fund: $1,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNefesh La: $1,700 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Harley School: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSpectrum: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetElementz: $1,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTrybal Gatherings Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetProvidence Health Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIsrael on Campus Coalition Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHonor the Earth: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEnvironmental and Energy Study Institute: $750 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSandy Hook Promise Foundation: $500 over 1y, 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 36.

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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.

Jewish Community Foundation of Los AngelesCA16× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Jewish Federation Council of Greater La · California Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable 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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About The Gellman Foundation

How much does The Gellman Foundation give?
The Gellman Foundation reported 26 grants totaling $65,200 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 29 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Gellman Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (20%), Religion (20%), Health (14%).
Who are The Gellman Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Village Life Outreach Project Inc ($29k), University of Oregon Foundation ($24k), Community Health Association of Spokane ($21k).
Does The Gellman Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 48% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Gellman 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 Gellman Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles, Jewish Federation Council of Greater La, California Community Foundation.
Where is The Gellman Foundation based?
The Gellman Foundation is based in WA.

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 108 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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