California · Private foundation
The Gershen Family 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.
- $84k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $60,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 6
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $276k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations The Gershen Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 3 | $84k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $88k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $74k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $77k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $23k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $40k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $91k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $45k | 60% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc | $344,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Bighorn Golf Club Charities Inc | $43,800 | 7 | 1% |
| United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| San Diego Rescue Mission Inc | $27,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's San Diego | $25,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Greenlaw Foundation Corp | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| San Diego Fire-Rescue Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Best Friends Animal Society | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Fresh Start Surgical Gifts | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Scripps Health | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc | $344,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Bighorn Golf Club Charities Inc | $43,800 | 7 | 1% |
| United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| San Diego Rescue Mission Inc | $27,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's San Diego | $25,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Greenlaw Foundation Corp | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| San Diego Fire-Rescue Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Best Friends Animal Society | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Fresh Start Surgical Gifts | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Scripps Health | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($50k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Gershen Family 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
About The Gershen Family Foundation
- How much does The Gershen Family Foundation give?
- The Gershen Family Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $84,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 6 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Gershen Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (62%), Philanthropy (15%), Health (5%).
- Who are The Gershen Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc ($345k), Bighorn Golf Club Charities Inc ($44k), United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc ($40k).
- Does The Gershen Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Gershen Family 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 Gershen Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is The Gershen Family Foundation based?
- The Gershen Family Foundation is based in CA.
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