Massachusetts · Private foundation
The Gess 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.
- $183k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 26
- Grants FY2024
- 25
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 16%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $60,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 25 to 36
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 16% of the organizations The Gess 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; $3k 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 | 26 | $183k | 27% |
| FY2023 | 25 | $127k | 16% |
| FY2022 | 25 | $87k | 8% |
| FY2021 | 36 | $143k | 8% |
| FY2020 | 35 | $173k | 14% |
| FY2019 | 33 | $100k | 21% |
| FY2018 | 34 | $108k | 41% |
| FY2017 | 27 | $118k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| From the Top Inc | $362,393 | 7 | 4% |
| 30 Mile River Watershed Association | $117,500 | 8 | 6% |
| Jewish Arts Collaborative Inc | $110,250 | 5 | 3% |
| Temple Beth Elohim | $73,180 | 8 | n/a |
| Illustration Institute | $53,660 | 8 | 5% |
| La Jolla Music Society | $26,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $23,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Boston Jewish Film Inc | $17,700 | 6 | 1% |
| Maine Public Broadcasting Corporation | $13,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Theater & Arts Foundation of San Diego County Dba la Jolla Playhouse | $13,500 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 38 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 31 recipients with no EIN on record ($117k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Gess 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: Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Boston Foundation Inc · The Klarman Family Foundation · Eastern Bank Foundation · Joseph and Rae Gann Charitable Foundation · Onion Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · Maine Community Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Charities Aid Foundation America
How this is measured
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About The Gess Foundation
- How much does The Gess Foundation give?
- The Gess Foundation reported 26 grants totaling $182,630 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 25 and 36 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Gess Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (64%), Environment (12%), Religion (7%).
- Who are The Gess Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: From the Top Inc ($362k), 30 Mile River Watershed Association ($118k), Jewish Arts Collaborative Inc ($110k).
- Does The Gess Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 16% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Gess 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 Gess Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc, Boston Foundation Inc, The Klarman Family Foundation.
- Where is The Gess Foundation based?
- The Gess Foundation is based in MA.
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