Mississippi · Private foundation
The Gertrude C Ford Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $3.7M
- Granted FY2023
- 41
- Itemized grants FY2023
- 40
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 30%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2023
- $3.3M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2023
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $1,150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 33 to 40
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 5
- Total assets, FY2023
- $45M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 30% of the organizations The Gertrude C Ford Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $295k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 40 | $3.3M | 30% |
| FY2021 | 33 | $2.4M | 42% |
| FY2020 | 34 | $1.8M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Mississippi Foundation | $2,227,500 | 3 | 1% |
| St Dominic Health Services Foundation Inc | $540,000 | 3 | 16% |
| Mississippi College | $400,000 | 3 | 0% |
| French Camp Academy | $150,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Mississippi Children's Museum | $150,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Park Place Christian Academy Inc | $122,400 | 3 | 1% |
| Century Club Charities Inc | $105,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Sunnybrook Children's Home Inc | $105,000 | 3 | 2% |
| St Andrew's Episcopal School | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| But God Ministries | $100,000 | 2 | 3% |
Show all 30 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.9M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Gertrude C Ford Foundation Inc 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: Ergon Foundation Inc · Selby and Richard McRae Foundation · Community Foundation for Mississippi · Van Devender Family Foundation William Van Devender Trustee · Feild Co-Operative Association · Make a Difference Foundation · Walker Foundation · Mike and Janie Jarvis Family Foundation · Hf McCarty Jr Family Foundation · T H Etheridge Trust · The Lifeshare Foundation · Dorsey J Barefield Charitable Trust
How this is measured
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About The Gertrude C Ford Foundation Inc
- How much does The Gertrude C Ford Foundation Inc give?
- The Gertrude C Ford Foundation Inc reported 41 itemized grants totaling $3,330,167, out of $3,720,167 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 33 and 40 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Gertrude C Ford Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2023, its largest causes are Education (18%), Health (11%), Arts & Culture (3%).
- Who are The Gertrude C Ford Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2023: University of Mississippi Foundation ($2.2M), St Dominic Health Services Foundation Inc ($540k), Mississippi College ($400k).
- Does The Gertrude C Ford Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Gertrude C Ford Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Gertrude C Ford Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ergon Foundation Inc, Selby and Richard McRae Foundation, Community Foundation for Mississippi.
- Where is The Gertrude C Ford Foundation Inc based?
- The Gertrude C Ford Foundation Inc is based in MS.
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