California · Private foundation
The Gordon Charitable 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.
- $45k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2024
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $7,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 12
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations The Gordon Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k 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 | 5 | $45k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $92k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $83k | 75% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $53k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $65k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $61k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $55k | 60% |
| FY2017 | 7 | $40k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Rand Corporation | $120,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Wilshire Boulevard Temple | $93,600 | 2 | n/a |
| University Synagogue | $61,720 | 4 | n/a |
| Step Up Tutoring | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Rohr Chabad House at Vanderbilt University | $11,100 | 2 | n/a |
| Washington University | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| West Los Angeles College Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Idyllwild Arts Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Faith Crusades Ministries | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Windward School | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Rand Corporation | $120,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Wilshire Boulevard Temple | $93,600 | 2 | n/a |
| University Synagogue | $61,720 | 4 | n/a |
| Step Up Tutoring | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Rohr Chabad House at Vanderbilt University | $11,100 | 2 | n/a |
| Washington University | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| West Los Angeles College Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Idyllwild Arts Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Faith Crusades Ministries | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Windward School | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of United Hatzalah Inc | $1,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Reut USA | $1,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Amas Musical Theatre Inc | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| F B Alliance | $1,250 | 3 | 1% |
| Look What She Did | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Writers Guild Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Los Angeles Leadership Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jewish Center for Justice | $250 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($149k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Gordon Charitable 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: California Community Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Gordon Charitable Foundation
- How much does The Gordon Charitable Foundation give?
- The Gordon Charitable Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $45,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 12 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Gordon Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (32%), Environment (23%), Social Science (22%).
- Who are The Gordon Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Rand Corporation ($120k), Wilshire Boulevard Temple ($94k), University Synagogue ($62k).
- Does The Gordon Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Gordon Charitable 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 Gordon Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Community Foundation, Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc.
- Where is The Gordon Charitable Foundation based?
- The Gordon Charitable Foundation is based in CA.
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