Michigan · Private foundation
The Gerber Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $3.8M
- Granted FY2023
- 234
- Grants FY2023
- 198
- Organizations funded FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $2,800
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $172,000
- States reached, FY2023
- 31
- Total assets, FY2023
- $103M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
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, FY2023 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago | $164,990 | 1 | 0% |
| Boston Medical Center Corporation | $125,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Texas Health Science Center Houston | $125,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Michigan | $115,000 | 1 | 34% |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $104,826 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Vermont and State Agricultural College | $97,573 | 1 | n/a |
| The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | $92,495 | 1 | 0% |
| Pennsylvania State University | $90,933 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Washington | $90,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Louis University | $90,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 113 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 85 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.9M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Gerber Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 87 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
Open a dossier: Fremont Area Community Foundation · Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · Frey Foundation · Community Foundation for Muskegon County · The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc · Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc · Heart of West Michigan United Way · Cdv5 Foundation · Barnabas Foundation
How this is measured
About The Gerber Foundation
- How much does The Gerber Foundation give?
- The Gerber Foundation reported 234 grants totaling $3,790,453 in its FY2023 IRS filing.
- What does The Gerber Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2023, its largest causes are Health (6%), Education (6%), Human Services (0%).
- Who are The Gerber Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2023: Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago ($165k), Boston Medical Center Corporation ($125k), University of Texas Health Science Center Houston ($125k).
- Does The Gerber Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Gerber Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fremont Area Community Foundation, Grand Rapids Community Foundation, Consumers Energy Foundation.
- Where is The Gerber Foundation based?
- The Gerber Foundation is based in MI.
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