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The Hal and Kathleen Gershman Family Foundation at a glance

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The Hal and Kathleen Gershman Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$149k
Granted FY2025still arriving
23
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$1.3MArts & Culture$263kHuman Services$213kHealth$114kPhilanthropy$45kReligion$18kCivil Rights$12kYouth Development$8kOther$0
02FY2025 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k18 grants · $29k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $120k
$1,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$961k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FONTBONNE ACADEMY$40,000
EMPIRE ARTS CENTER$35,000
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION & FOUNDATION$20,000
INDEPENDENT SHAKESPEARE COMPANY$15,000
GLOBAL FRIENDS COALITION$10,000
THE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS$5,000
COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION CENTER$5,000
NORTH DAKOTA NEWS COOPERATIVE$2,500
SOCIAL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS$2,000
VIDIOTS FOUNDATION$2,000
A PLACE CALLED HOME$1,000
MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION OF NORTH DAKOTA$1,000
THE TREVOR PROJECT$1,000
DELLARTE INTERNATIONAL$1,000
PATH PEOPLE HELPING THE HOMELESS$1,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $204k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%DOWNTOWN WOMENS CENTER: $500 → 14%DOWNTOWN WOMENS CENTER: $500 → 14%COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION CENTER: $50k → 13%COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION CENTER (CVIC): $50k → 13%COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION CENTER: $40k → 13%GLOBAL FRIENDS COALITION: $10k → 13%GLOBAL FRIENDS COALITION: $10k → 13%GLOBAL FRIENDS COALITION: $8k → 13%GLOBAL FRIENDS COALITION: $7k → 13%GLOBAL FRIENDS COALITION: $7k → 13%GLOBAL FRIENDS COALITION: $7k → 13%COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION CENTER: $5k → 13%GLOBAL FRIENDS COALITION: $5k → 13%COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION CENTER (CVIC): $3k → 13%NDAD: $1k → 13%GLOBAL FRIENDS COALITION: $1k → 13%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

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MN
IL
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PA
CA
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DC
OK
AL
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

43%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$808k · 49 repeat orgs$1.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +51% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

49 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 35 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

49
27

Total granted

$808k
$1.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+51%
+13%

Still filing today

71%
74%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $29k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

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Arts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesEnvironmentEducationInternationalOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • GF
    GRAND FORKS FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION INC
    5× · 2017–2023 · $132k · revenue +67%
  • EA
    EMPIRE ARTS CENTER
    7× · 2017–2025 · $125k · revenue +32%
  • TI
    THE INDEPENDENT SHAKESPEARE CO INC
    7× · 2017–2025 · $58k · revenue +145%

Funded once

  • TR
    THEODORE ROOSEVELT PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $1.0M · revenue -3%
  • CO
    CONGREGATION OF SISTERS OF ST JOSEPH OF BOSTON
    one grant, 2017 · $16k
  • GF
    GRAND FORKS CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue -57%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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2
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
3
California Dental Association

The california dental association is committed to the success of our members in service to their patients and the public.

Community Improvement
4
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
5
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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6
Eastern National

Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.

Recreation & Sports
7
Midwest Dairy Association

Midwest dairy works with others to give consumers an excellent dairy experience increasing sales, fostering innovation, and inspiring consumer confidence of dairy products and practices.

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8
California Dental Association Foundation

The foundation's mission is to improve the oral health of all californians by supporting the dental profession and its efforts to meet community needs.

Science & Tech
9
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
10
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

The Television Academy is dedicated to celebrating excellence, innovation and the advancement of the telecommunications arts and sciences through recognition, education and leadership, while fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible…

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11
Npr International Operations Inc

Npr international operations, inc. ("nprio") supports the international newsgathering activities of national public radio, inc. through bureaus and offices established locally in foreign countries.

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12
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc; the most unlike its peers is Cape Cod Shakespeare Festival in Chatham. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

66 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 66 of the 88 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
65/66
Grantees still filing
47/66
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THEODORE ROOSEVELT PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 · EducationTHEODORE ROOSEVELT PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY FOUNDATION+2 more: $1,700 · EducationGRAND FORKS FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION INC: $131,633 · OtherGRAND FORKS FOUNDATION …FONTBONNE ACADEMY: $83,200 · OtherFONTBONNE ACADEMYUNITED WAY OF GRAND FORKS EAST GRAND FORKS AND THE AREA INC: $40,000 · OtherUNITED WAY OF GRAND FOR…UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION & FOUNDATION: $20,000 · OtherCONGREGATION OF SISTERS OF ST JOSEPH OF BOSTON: $16,000 · Other+46 more: $124,100 · Other+46 moreEMPIRE ARTS CENTER: $124,900 · Arts & CultureEMPIRE ARTS C…THE INDEPENDENT SHAKESPEARE CO INC: $58,000 · Arts & CultureTHE INDEPENDE…VIDIOTS FOUNDATION: $19,500 · Arts & CultureVIDIOTS FOUND…+12 more: $29,100 · Arts & Culture+12 moreCOMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION CENTER: $147,500 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY V…GLOBAL FRIENDS COALITION: $54,500 · Human ServicesGLOBAL FRIE…+3 more: $3,500 · Human ServicesMAYO CLINIC: $72,250 · HealthTHIRD STREET CLINIC: $6,500 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $3,000 · Health+5 more: $4,250 · HealthTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $11,250 · Civil RightsTREVOR PROJECT INC: $3,100 · Civil RightsSOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC: $6,500 · EnvironmentTHE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION: $800 · EnvironmentTREEPEOPLE INC: $500 · Environment+1 more: $250 · Environment
Education$1,001,700Other$414,933Arts & Culture$231,500Human Services$205,500Health$86,000Civil Rights$14,350Environment$8,050

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHEODORE ROOSEVELT PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION CENTER: $147,500 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetGRAND FORKS FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION INC: $131,633 over 5y, 7.5% of budgetEMPIRE ARTS CENTER: $124,900 over 7y, 10% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $72,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE INDEPENDENT SHAKESPEARE CO INC: $58,000 over 7y, 2.0% of budgetGLOBAL FRIENDS COALITION: $54,500 over 8y, 4.2% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GRAND FORKS EAST GRAND FORKS AND THE AREA INC: $40,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetVIDIOTS FOUNDATION: $19,500 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetALTRU HEALTH FOUNDATION: $12,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $11,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGRAND FORKS CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTheodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHIRD STREET CLINIC: $6,500 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetSOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC: $6,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNorthern Valley Youth Orchestras: $5,250 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetTHE MOUNT VERNON LADIES' ASSOCIATION OF THE UNION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDEVELOPMENT HOMES INC: $5,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetATLANTIC THEATER COMPANY: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER GF SYMPHONY ASSN: $3,500 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetA PLACE CALLED HOME: $3,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $3,100 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHERN LIGHTS COUNCIL OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFARGO-MOORHEAD AREA FOUNDATION CORPORATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPublic Arts Commission: $3,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GRAND FORKS EAST GRAND FORKS AND REGION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF NORTH DAKOTA: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $1,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $1,550 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCYCLICAL INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCOLORECTAL CANCER ALLIANCE: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMOUNT ALOYSIUS COLLEGE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDellArte Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWELL AWARE INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCape Cod Shakespeare Festival in Chatham: $1,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH DAKOTA ASSOCIATION FOR THE DISABLED INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetATLANTIC WHITE SHARK CONSERVANCY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION: $800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetImmigrant Defenders Law Center: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTREEPEOPLE INC: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

Myra FoundationCommunity Foundation …Blue Cross Blue Shiel…North Dakota Communit…Xcel Energy FoundationOtto Bremer TrustImpact FoundationFargo-Moorhead Area F…Midcontinent Foundati…Botsford Family Found…The Barry FoundationSanford Group Return
Myra FoundationND34.6× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Myra Foundation · Community Foundation of Grand Forks East Grand Forks and Region · Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Caring Foundation · North Dakota Community Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Impact Foundation · Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation Corporation · Midcontinent Foundation · Botsford Family Foundation · The Barry Foundation · Sanford Group Return

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Hal and Kathleen Gershman Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Hal and Kathleen Gershman Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Atlantic White Shark Conservancy Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
20report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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 88 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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