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The Gershwind Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$874k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
46
Grants FY2024
35
Organizations funded FY2023
17%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$4,167
Largest grant, FY2024
$444,846
Organizations funded a year
27 to 42
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
5
Total assets, FY2024
$19M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 17% of the organizations The Gershwind Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $41k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthArts & CultureInternationalHuman ServicesEducationCrime & LegalOther
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
FY2024still arriving33$808k39%
FY202335$1.4M17%
FY202237$1.4M41%
FY202138$1.0M34%
FY202028$1.0M29%
FY201942$461k38%
FY201827$195k44%
FY201733$544kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$2.8MPhilanthropy$1.7MReligion$927kArts & Culture$679kInternational$647kEducation$206kHuman Services$202kRecreation & Sports$147kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
IL
NY
MA
PA
CA
MD
AR
DC
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 72 grantees
All grantees of The Gershwind Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
New York-Presbyterian Fund Inc$2,275,84640%
United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc$1,274,15460%
Temple Beth El of Great Neck$725,0004n/a
American Israel Education Foundation Inc$450,00060%
Northwell Health Foundation$338,20070%
Raymond F Kravis Center for the Performing Arts Inc$178,33060%
The Jewish Museum$135,00070%
American Friends of the Israel Museum$119,85070%
Morselife Foundation Inc$114,80080%
Israel Tennis Centers Foundation Inc$111,80080%
Temple Emanu-El$111,1506n/a
American Friends of Hebrew University Inc$82,84740%
Norton Museum of Art Inc$64,00060%
Sid Jacobson Jewish Community Center$62,32180%
Maccabi World Union Inc$60,00013%
Birthright Israel Foundation$52,00030%
New York University$50,00010%
American Friends of Israel Philharmonic Orchestra$33,10050%
Town of Palm Beach United Way Inc$31,00070%
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai$31,00030%
Feinstein Health Fund Inc$30,50060%
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces$28,30030%
The Society of the Four Arts Inc$28,00040%
Congregation Emanu-El of the City of New York$25,3705n/a
Honestreportingcom Inc$20,00011%
Solomon R Guggenheim Foundation$15,00020%
Riverside Church in the City of New York$13,3331n/a
Nassau County Police Department Foundation Inc$12,50010%
Prep for Prep$11,96030%
Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life$11,00030%
Palm Beach Country Club Foundation Inc$10,00070%
American Heart Association Inc$10,00010%
The Fort Ticonderoga Association$7,50020%
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc$5,70040%
Park Avenue Synagogue Inc$5,5002n/a
Partnership to End Addiction$5,50020%
Bruce and Marsha Moskowitz Foundation Inc$5,00012%
Blood Cancer United Inc$4,50020%
American Cancer Society Inc$4,50030%
Planned Parenthood of South Florida and the Treasure Coast Inc$4,50010%
Jewish Center for the United Nations$3,6541n/a
The Oxalosis & Hyperoxaluria Foundation$3,05020%
National Liberty Museum$3,00010%
Central Synagogue$2,5001n/a
American Friends of Yahad - in Unum Inc$2,50010%
Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation$2,50010%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$2,5001n/a
Promise Fund of Florida Inc$2,20010%
Central Park Conservancy Inc$2,00010%
Head Injury Association Inc$2,00020%
Friends of Jcc Krakow Inc$1,80010%
Palm Beach Orthodox Synagogue Inc$1,5002n/a
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation$1,50030%
Play for Pink Inc$1,30020%
Palm Beach Opera Inc$1,25010%
Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation$1,00010%
Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History$1,00010%
Jewish Board of Family & Children's Services Inc$1,00010%
Foundation to Combat Anti-Semitism Inc$1,00010%
Selfhelp Community Services Foundation Inc$1,00020%
The Ryan Licht Sang Bipolar Foundation Inc$1,00020%
Palm Beach Civic Association Inc$1,00010%
Impactisrael Inc$1,00010%
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc$1,00010%
Sunrise Day Camps Association Inc$50010%
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research$50010%
The Rogosin Institute Inc$50010%
Harmonie Preservation Foundation Inc$50010%
Temple Judea of Manhasset$5001n/a
High Ridge Charitable Foundation Inc$3001n/a
Friends of Morselife Inc$30010%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$12510%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 44 recipients with no EIN on record ($329k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Gershwind Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNew York-Presbyterian Fund Inc: $2,275,846 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetUnited Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc: $1,274,154 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Israel Education Foundation Inc: $450,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNorthwell Health Foundation: $338,200 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetRaymond F Kravis Center for the Performing Arts Inc: $178,330 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetThe Jewish Museum: $135,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Friends of the Israel Museum: $119,850 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetMorselife Foundation Inc: $114,800 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetIsrael Tennis Centers Foundation Inc: $111,800 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican Friends of Hebrew University Inc: $82,847 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNorton Museum of Art Inc: $64,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSid Jacobson Jewish Community Center: $62,321 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetMaccabi World Union Inc: $60,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetBirthright Israel Foundation: $52,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNew York University: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Israel Philharmonic Orchestra: $33,100 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetTown of Palm Beach United Way Inc: $31,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: $31,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFeinstein Health Fund Inc: $30,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetFriends of the Israel Defense Forces: $28,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Society of the Four Arts Inc: $28,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHonestreportingcom Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSolomon R Guggenheim Foundation: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNassau County Police Department Foundation Inc: $12,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPrep for Prep: $11,960 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life: $11,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPalm Beach Country Club Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Fort Ticonderoga Association: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc: $5,700 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPartnership to End Addiction: $5,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBruce and Marsha Moskowitz Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of South Florida and the Treasure Coast Inc: $4,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Oxalosis & Hyperoxaluria Foundation: $3,050 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNational Liberty Museum: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Friends of Yahad - in Unum Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAlzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPromise Fund of Florida Inc: $2,200 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCentral Park Conservancy Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHead Injury Association Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Jcc Krakow Inc: $1,800 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCystic Fibrosis Foundation: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPlay for Pink Inc: $1,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPalm Beach Opera Inc: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSamuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWeitzman National Museum of American Jewish History: $1,000 over 1y, 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 61.

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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 FundNY20.1× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · The Jacobson Family Foundation · The Gershwind Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Gershwind Family Foundation

How much does The Gershwind Family Foundation give?
The Gershwind Family Foundation reported 46 grants totaling $874,357 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 27 and 42 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Gershwind Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (38%), Philanthropy (23%), Religion (13%).
Who are The Gershwind Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: New York-Presbyterian Fund Inc ($2.3M), United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc ($1.3M), Temple Beth El of Great Neck ($725k).
Does The Gershwind Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Gershwind 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 Gershwind Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, The Jacobson Family Foundation, The Gershwind Foundation.
Where is The Gershwind Family Foundation based?
The Gershwind Family 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 119 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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