Illinois · Private foundation
The Harold and Marion Gordon 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.
- $107k
- Granted FY2021
- 12
- Grants FY2021
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 45%
- First-time grantees FY2021
Read this first · the figures below need context
56% of The Harold and Marion Gordon Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Greater Miami Jewish Federation Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 9 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year The Harold and Marion Gordon Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 6 organizations, $107k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2021
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $31,667
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 13
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 4
- Total assets, FY2021
- $1.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 45% of the organizations The Harold and Marion Gordon Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 48% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $36k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 11 | $75k | 45% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $74k | 69% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $43k | 78% |
| FY2017 | 10 | $57k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Passageway Residence of Dade County Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Common Ground | $24,300 | 2 | 0% |
| Serving Tennis Women | $21,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The Musical Arts Association | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Einstein Method Fka Einstein Education Ecosystem Inc | $19,166 | 5 | 11% |
| Creative Visions Foundation | $14,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Team Paradise Sailing Inc | $11,667 | 2 | 6% |
| Central Park Conservancy Inc | $11,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mad About Art | $10,123 | 3 | 1% |
| Merit Spread Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 38 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($277k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Harold and Marion Gordon 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: Colorado Gives Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Miami Foundation Inc · The Denver Foundation · The Batchelor Foundation Inc · Community Foundation Boulder County · Greater Miami Jewish Federation Inc · United Way Miami Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
Compare The Harold and Marion Gordon Foundation with peer funders
About The Harold and Marion Gordon Foundation
- How much does The Harold and Marion Gordon Foundation give?
- The Harold and Marion Gordon Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $106,667 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does The Harold and Marion Gordon Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (46%), Arts & Culture (13%), Health (9%).
- Who are The Harold and Marion Gordon Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Passageway Residence of Dade County Inc ($25k), Common Ground ($24k), Serving Tennis Women ($21k).
- Does The Harold and Marion Gordon Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 45% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Harold and Marion Gordon 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 Harold and Marion Gordon Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Colorado Gives Foundation, Mightycause Charitable Foundation, The Miami Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Harold and Marion Gordon Foundation based?
- The Harold and Marion Gordon Foundation is based in IL.
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