Washington · Private foundation
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
- 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.
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 | 26 | $65k | 23% |
| FY2024 | 29 | $62k | 48% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $65k | 26% |
| FY2022 | 22 | $51k | 32% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $60k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $34k | 45% |
| FY2019 | 28 | $53k | 57% |
| FY2018 | 28 | $39k | 96% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Village Life Outreach Project Inc | $28,800 | 8 | 1% |
| University of Oregon Foundation | $23,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Community Health Association of Spokane | $21,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Los Angeles Food Bank | $17,200 | 6 | n/a |
| Rosalie Murrey Memorial Foundation | $15,000 | 2 | 5% |
| William J Brennan Center for Justice Inc | $15,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Marble House Project Inc | $13,500 | 8 | 1% |
| The Open Temple | $13,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Chabad of Eugene | $11,100 | 4 | n/a |
| Anti-Defamation League | $10,900 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 51 grantees
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.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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.
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
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.
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