California · Private foundation
The Gerdybirds 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.
- $16k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 82%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $4,100
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 11
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $73k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 82% of the organizations The Gerdybirds Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 61% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 10 | $16k | 20% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $20k | 82% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $16k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Second Harvest of Silicon Valley | $9,638 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Orange Inc | $8,000 | 3 | 1% |
| The East Oakland Collective | $4,238 | 2 | 0% |
| Hopes Corner Inc | $2,045 | 1 | n/a |
| Motivating Inspiring Supporting and Serving Sexually Exploited Youth | $1,700 | 2 | 0% |
| Wikimedia Foundation Inc | $1,020 | 2 | 0% |
| Critical Resistance | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rape Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN) | $723 | 1 | 0% |
| Sogorea Te Land Trust | $700 | 2 | 0% |
| Gofundmeorg | $648 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 11 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Second Harvest of Silicon Valley | $9,638 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Orange Inc | $8,000 | 3 | 1% |
| The East Oakland Collective | $4,238 | 2 | 0% |
| Hopes Corner Inc | $2,045 | 1 | n/a |
| Motivating Inspiring Supporting and Serving Sexually Exploited Youth | $1,700 | 2 | 0% |
| Wikimedia Foundation Inc | $1,020 | 2 | 0% |
| Critical Resistance | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rape Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN) | $723 | 1 | 0% |
| Sogorea Te Land Trust | $700 | 2 | 0% |
| Gofundmeorg | $648 | 1 | 0% |
| The People's Fund | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($22k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Gerdybirds Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: East Bay Community Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Gerdybirds Foundation
- How much does The Gerdybirds Foundation give?
- The Gerdybirds Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $15,783 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 11 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does The Gerdybirds Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (27%), Food & Nutrition (22%), Housing & Shelter (19%).
- Who are The Gerdybirds Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Second Harvest of Silicon Valley ($10k), University of Orange Inc ($8k), The East Oakland Collective ($4k).
- Does The Gerdybirds Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 82% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Gerdybirds 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 Gerdybirds Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include East Bay Community Foundation, The San Francisco Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
- Where is The Gerdybirds Foundation based?
- The Gerdybirds Foundation is based in CA.
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