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The Gerald & Linda Marsden 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.

$36k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
45
Grants FY2025
52
Organizations funded FY2024
19%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$250
Largest grant, FY2025
$6,200
Organizations funded a year
20 to 52
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
10
Total assets, FY2025
$436k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 19% of the organizations The Gerald & Linda Marsden Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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
HealthHuman ServicesEducationArts & CultureCivil RightsPhilanthropyOther
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 arriving44$35k7%
FY202452$156k19%
FY202347$54k11%
FY202250$53k32%
FY202137$45k27%
FY202034$19k53%
FY201920$14k25%
FY201828$21k50%
95% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$234kEducation$77kHealth$45kArts & Culture$12kReligion$8kCivil Rights$5kInternational$4kRecreation & Sports$4kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MT
NY
SD
IA
OH
PA
NJ
CA
CO
NE
MO
VA
MD
NM
TN
DC
TX
FL

Top grantees

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

Show all 51 grantees
All grantees of The Gerald & Linda Marsden Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Sid Jacobson Jewish Community Center$223,94091%
Stuyvesant High School Alumni Association Inc$23,50061%
The Mount Sinai Hospital$11,50060%
Northwell Health Inc$11,2006n/a
The Hunter College Foundation Inc$10,00040%
Tiegerman School$8,54050%
Smithsonian Institution$2,65080%
American Museum of Natural History$2,62580%
Special Olympics Inc$2,45090%
Northwell Health Foundation$2,00010%
AARP Foundation$1,82550%
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation$1,80060%
National Geographic Society$1,71460%
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$1,71070%
St Labre Indian School$1,6256n/a
St Josephs Indian School$1,4656n/a
Breakthrough T1d$1,35020%
Long Island League to Abolish Cancer Inc$1,0207n/a
Glen Cove Hospital$1,00020%
Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund Inc$1,00010%
The Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County$1,00050%
Sunrise Day Camps Association Inc$1,00010%
Autism Speaks Inc$90050%
Anti-Defamation League$90050%
National Council of Jewish Women Incorporated$75010%
American Indian College Fund$70040%
United States Olympic and Paralympic Foundation$65040%
Birthright Israel Foundation$50020%
Urbanglass New York Contemporary Glass Center Inc$50020%
Disabled Veterans National Foundation$50030%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$50020%
March of Dimes Inc$50030%
Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation$45020%
Multiple Sclerosis Foundation Inc$45020%
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$40020%
Mdrc$37510%
Dorot Inc$35030%
Manhasset Women's Coalition Against Breast Cancer Inc$30010%
West Islip Breast Cancer Coalition for Long Island Inc$30010%
Board of Jewish Education Inc$25020%
Stony Brook Foundation Inc$25010%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$2501n/a
The Viscardi Center Inc$2001n/a
Telluride Association Inc$2001n/a
Metropolitan Museum of Art$11010%
Gideons International$1001n/a
American Battlefield Trust$10020%
Diabetes Research Institute Foundation Inc$10010%
Sierra Club$10020%
St Francis Hospital$10020%
Temple Beth Torah$1001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 55 recipients with no EIN on record ($95k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Gerald & Linda Marsden Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSid Jacobson Jewish Community Center: $223,940 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetStuyvesant High School Alumni Association Inc: $23,500 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetThe Mount Sinai Hospital: $11,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Hunter College Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTiegerman School: $8,540 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSmithsonian Institution: $2,650 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Museum of Natural History: $2,625 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSpecial Olympics Inc: $2,450 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwell Health Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAARP Foundation: $1,825 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMarine Toys for Tots Foundation: $1,800 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNational Geographic Society: $1,714 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNational Multiple Sclerosis Society: $1,710 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBreakthrough T1d: $1,350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGlen Cove Hospital: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLambda Legal Defense & Education Fund Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County: $1,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSunrise Day Camps Association Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAutism Speaks Inc: $900 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAnti-Defamation League: $900 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNational Council of Jewish Women Incorporated: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Indian College Fund: $700 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Olympic and Paralympic Foundation: $650 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBirthright Israel Foundation: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUrbanglass New York Contemporary Glass Center Inc: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDisabled Veterans National Foundation: $500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMarch of Dimes Inc: $500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMarc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation: $450 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMultiple Sclerosis Foundation Inc: $450 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMdrc: $375 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDorot Inc: $350 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetManhasset Women's Coalition Against Breast Cancer Inc: $300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWest Islip Breast Cancer Coalition for Long Island Inc: $300 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBoard of Jewish Education Inc: $250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetStony Brook Foundation Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMetropolitan Museum of Art: $110 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Battlefield Trust: $100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDiabetes Research Institute Foundation Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSierra Club: $100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSt Francis Hospital: $100 over 2y, 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 42.

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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 Communal FundNY11.1× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Gerald & Linda Marsden Foundation

How much does The Gerald & Linda Marsden Foundation give?
The Gerald & Linda Marsden Foundation reported 45 grants totaling $35,954 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 52 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Gerald & Linda Marsden Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (55%), Education (18%), Health (11%).
Who are The Gerald & Linda Marsden Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Sid Jacobson Jewish Community Center ($224k), Stuyvesant High School Alumni Association Inc ($24k), The Mount Sinai Hospital ($12k).
Does The Gerald & Linda Marsden Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Gerald & Linda Marsden 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 Gerald & Linda Marsden Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust.
Where is The Gerald & Linda Marsden Foundation based?
The Gerald & Linda Marsden Foundation is based in NY.

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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