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The Gerber Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$3.8M
Granted FY2023
234
Grants FY2023
31
States reached
$172k
Largest
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$1.9MEducation$1.6MHuman Services$90kArts & Culture$33kPhilanthropy$33kReligion$26kYouth Development$19kFood & Nutrition$17kOther$0
02FY2023 · 234 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k180 grants · $481k
  • $10k–50k28 grants · $550k
  • $50k–250k26 grants · $2.7M
$2,800
Median grant
31
States reached
$103M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Children's Hospital Medical Center (Cincinnati)$172,000
Ann & Robert Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago$164,990
University of Florida$125,000
University of Texas Health Science Ctr at Houston$125,000
Boston Medical Center$125,000
Children's Mercy Hospitals$124,181
Memorial - Sloan Kettering Cancer Center$120,000
Duke University Medical Center$119,999
Purdue Univeristy/Foundation$112,113
Boston Children's Hospital$105,885
Leland Stanford Junior University$101,000
University of Michigan Medical School$100,676
Virginia Commonwealth University$100,000
University of Vermont & State Agricultural College$97,573
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia$92,495
02Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
2
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
3
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
4
Dordt University

As an institution of higher education committed to the reformed christian perspective, dordt university equips students, alumni, and the broader community to work effectively toward christ-centered renewal in all aspects of contemporary…

Education
5
DePauw University

Depauw university develops leaders the world needs through an uncommon commitment to the liberal arts. depauw's diverse and inclusive learning and living experience, distinctive in its rigorous intellectual engagement and its global and…

Education
6
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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7
Kalamazoo College

The mission of kalamazoo college is to prepare its graduates to better understand, live sucessfully within, and provide enlightened leadership to a richly diverse and increasingly complex world. as a highly selective, nationally renowened…

Education
8
Benedictine University

Benedictine University is an inclusive academic community dedicated to teaching and learning, scholarship and service, truth and justice, as inspired by the Catholic intellectual tradition, the social teaching of the Church, and the…

Education
9
Calvin University

The mission of calvin university is to equip students to think deeply, to act justly, and to live wholeheartedly as christ's agents of renewal in the world.

Education
10
Cornell College

Cornell college offers an innovative and rigorous learning community where faculty and staff collaborate with students to develop the intellectual curiosity, creativity and moral courage necessary for a lifetime of learning and engaged…

Education
11
The College of Wooster

The college of wooster is a community of independent minds, working together to prepare students to become leaders of character and influence in an interdependent global community. (continued on schedule o)we engage motivated students in a…

Education
12
Greenville College

Greenville college d/b/a greenville university empowers students for lives of character and service through a transforming christ-centered education in the liberal arts, sciences, and professional studies.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Madonna University; the most unlike its peers is American Diabetes Association. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

95 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 95 of the 204 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
94/95
Grantees still filing
71/95
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Children's Hospital Medical Center (Cincinnati): $257,000 · OtherChildren's Hospital Medical Center (Cincinnati)Helen DeVos Children's Hospital Foundation: $172,181 · OtherHelen DeVos Children's Hospital FoundationPurdue Univeristy/Foundation: $127,663 · OtherUniversity of Florida: $125,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER HOUSTON: $125,000 · OtherChildren's Mercy Hospitals: $124,181 · OtherMemorial - Sloan Kettering Cancer Center: $120,000 · OtherDuke University Medical Center: $119,999 · OtherUniversity of Michigan: $115,000 · OtherBoston Children's Hospital: $105,885 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: $104,826 · OtherVirginia Commonwealth University: $100,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF VERMONT AND STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE: $97,573 · Other+119 more: $1,136,379 · Other+119 moreAnn & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago: $164,990 · HealthAnn & Robert …BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION: $125,000 · HealthBOSTON MEDICA…THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $92,495 · HealthTHE CHILDREN'…Children's Hospital Corporation: $31,000 · HealthChildren's Ho…+9 more: $39,250 · Health+9 moreTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $101,000 · EducationTHE BOARD…ST LOUIS UNIVERSITY: $90,000 · EducationST LOUIS …UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $27,000 · EducationUNIVERSIT…WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $14,925 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF BATH FOUNDATION LTD: $11,500 · Education+31 more: $86,214 · Education+31 moreTRUENORTH COMMUNITY SERVICES: $56,350 · Human ServicesOperation Warm Inc: $6,500 · Human ServicesThe Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Grand Rapids (3019): $4,500 · Human Services+3 more: $4,230 · Human ServicesGRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $14,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF THE LAKESHORE: $10,600 · PhilanthropyDISABILITY ADVOCATES OF KENT COUNTY: $3,000 · PhilanthropyThe Periwinkle Foundation: $1,500 · PhilanthropyHERITAGE MUSEUM OF NEWAYGO COUNTY: $11,160 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME INC: $8,000 · Arts & CultureGRAND RAPIDS CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $6,000 · Arts & CultureCLOSE UP FOUNDATION: $2,310 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $150 · Arts & CultureBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE MUSKEGON LAKESHORE: $6,000 · Youth DevelopmentMICHIGAN 4-H FOUNDATION: $5,300 · Youth DevelopmentROSE LAKE YOUTH CAMP: $3,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOUTS OF MICHIGAN SHORE TO SHORE: $2,000 · Youth Development
Other$2,830,687Health$452,735Education$330,639Human Services$71,580Philanthropy$29,100Arts & Culture$27,620Youth Development$16,300

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAnn & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago: $164,990 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION: $125,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $115,000 over 1y, 34% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $101,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $92,495 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST LOUIS UNIVERSITY: $90,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRUENORTH COMMUNITY SERVICES: $56,350 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation: $31,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $27,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $14,925 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $14,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF GRAND RAPIDS: $12,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF BATH FOUNDATION LTD: $11,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetHERITAGE MUSEUM OF NEWAYGO COUNTY: $11,160 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE LAKESHORE: $10,600 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetALMA COLLEGE: $9,833 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGrand Canyon University: $8,834 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Grand Rapids Red Project: $8,750 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN INC: $8,641 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF THE MICHIGAN GREAT LAKES INC: $8,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME INC: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR OCEANA COUNTY: $8,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNational Kidney Foundation of Michigan Inc: $8,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Miami: $7,657 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFremont Christian School Society: $7,400 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetVANDERCOOK COLLEGE OF MUSIC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCornerstone University: $6,650 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOperation Warm Inc: $6,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE MUSKEGON LAKESHORE: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGRAND RAPIDS CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $6,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCedarville University: $5,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMICHIGAN 4-H FOUNDATION: $5,300 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetKIDS' FOOD BASKET INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Ranken-Jordan Home For Convalescent Crippled Children: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Grand Rapids (3019): $4,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHADS COALITION FOR MENTAL HEALTH: $4,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTALL TURF MINISTRIES: $4,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetOLIVET COLLEGE: $3,833 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTaylor University: $3,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE COLLEGE: $3,350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIFE ALIGN INC: $3,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetDISABILITY ADVOCATES OF KENT COUNTY: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetROSE LAKE YOUTH CAMP: $3,000 over 1y, 9.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwood University: $2,650 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHURCH WORLD SERVICE INC: $2,550 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCLOSE UP FOUNDATION: $2,310 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago ↗
  • Who funds BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds University of Michigan ↗
  • Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA ↗
  • Who funds ST LOUIS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds TRUENORTH COMMUNITY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds Children's Hospital Corporation ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER ↗
  • Who funds WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗

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.

Fremont Area Community FoundationMI47.6× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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.

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 204 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $3.8M of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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