New York · Private foundation
The Gerstner 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.
- $12M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 38
- Grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $221,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,756,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 53
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 9
- Total assets, FY2024
- $158M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations The Gerstner Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 50% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.2M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 33 | $9.0M | 45% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $2.5M | 33% |
| FY2022 | 28 | $5.5M | 36% |
| FY2021 | 38 | $7.1M | 24% |
| FY2020 | 40 | $7.3M | 33% |
| FY2019 | 53 | $6.0M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Museum of Natural History | $2,555,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Coalition for the Homeless Inc | $1,905,200 | 5 | 2% |
| Familyaid Boston Inc | $1,758,767 | 5 | 4% |
| Safe Horizon Inc | $1,605,100 | 5 | 0% |
| Adopt-A-Family of the Palm Beaches Inc | $1,437,763 | 5 | 4% |
| Treasure Coast Food Bank Inc | $1,320,069 | 4 | 2% |
| Sanctuary for Families Inc | $1,280,200 | 5 | 1% |
| The Havens Relief Fund Society | $1,125,100 | 4 | 17% |
| Part of the Solution | $1,025,200 | 5 | 3% |
| Cornell University | $1,020,163 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 73 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($11M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Gerstner 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The New York Community Trust · Robin Hood Foundation · Pinkerton Foundation · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Suny Impact Foundation Inc · Mbia Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Boston Foundation Inc · David and Katherine Moore Family Foundation · Carson Family Charitable Trust
How this is measured
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About The Gerstner Family Foundation
- How much does The Gerstner Family Foundation give?
- The Gerstner Family Foundation reported 38 grants totaling $12,467,392 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 53 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does The Gerstner Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (27%), Human Services (14%), Housing & Shelter (11%).
- Who are The Gerstner Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: American Museum of Natural History ($2.6M), Coalition for the Homeless Inc ($1.9M), Familyaid Boston Inc ($1.8M).
- Does The Gerstner Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Gerstner 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 Gerstner Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The New York Community Trust, Robin Hood Foundation, Pinkerton Foundation.
- Where is The Gerstner Family Foundation based?
- The Gerstner Family Foundation is based in NY.
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