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The Harvey & Ruth Gelfenbein Charitable Foundation Inc

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.7M
Granted FY2023
15
Grants FY2023
15
Organizations funded FY2023
53%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2023
$1,766
Largest grant, FY2023
$704,982
Organizations funded a year
15 to 69
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2023
6
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 53% of the organizations The Harvey & Ruth Gelfenbein Charitable Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 99% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 1% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.7M went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
HealthHuman ServicesEnvironmentPhilanthropyAnimalsArts & CultureOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY202315$1.7M53%
FY202264$101k25%
FY202169$70k51%
FY202067$36kn/a
89% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2023.

Philanthropy$1.7MHealth$41kReligion$27kEnvironment$24kArts & Culture$20kHuman Services$14kYouth Development$13kFood & Nutrition$11kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
IL
NY
MA
OR
IA
IN
NJ
CT
CA
CO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
TN
DC
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Gelfenbein-Kaplan Charitable Foundation Inc$704,9821n/a
The Temple Congregation Adath Isreal B Rith Sholom Inc$13,9503n/a
Flynn Center for the Performing Arts Ltd$7,50030%
Boys and Girls Club of Burlington Inc$6,25030%
Sierra Club Foundation$6,06630%
Bard College$5,26630%
Coalition for Rainforest Nations Secretariat$5,26630%
Good Health Ideas Inc Dba Colon Cancer Prevention Project$5,00012%
Protect Our Winters$4,50020%
Ocean Conservancy$3,56620%
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All grantees of The Harvey & Ruth Gelfenbein Charitable Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Gelfenbein-Kaplan Charitable Foundation Inc$704,9821n/a
The Temple Congregation Adath Isreal B Rith Sholom Inc$13,9503n/a
Flynn Center for the Performing Arts Ltd$7,50030%
Boys and Girls Club of Burlington Inc$6,25030%
Sierra Club Foundation$6,06630%
Bard College$5,26630%
Coalition for Rainforest Nations Secretariat$5,26630%
Good Health Ideas Inc Dba Colon Cancer Prevention Project$5,00012%
Protect Our Winters$4,50020%
Ocean Conservancy$3,56620%
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$3,50030%
Shelburne Farms$3,25030%
King Street Center Inc$3,25030%
Shelburne Museum Inc$3,25030%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$2,90030%
Kaylas Directory Inc$2,7003n/a
Dare to Care Inc$2,60030%
The Center for Women and Families Inc$2,50020%
Punta Santiago Dogs Inc$2,50022%
Planned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc$2,25020%
Siskiyou Initiative$2,15040%
The Healing Place Inc$2,10030%
Boca Raton Regional Hospital Inc$2,00010%
Fair Fight Action Inc$1,80010%
Foundation for Students Rising Above$1,76610%
Birthright Israel Foundation$1,75030%
Committee on Temporary Shelter Inc$1,75030%
National Organization for Women Inc Mass Now$1,70017%
Autism Speaks Inc$1,60020%
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc$1,50020%
HowardCenter Inc$1,50020%
Common Roots Inc$1,50020%
Greenpeace Inc$1,50010%
Gun Sense Vt Education Fund Inc$1,5002n/a
Vermont International Film Foundation$1,50020%
Vermont Public Radio$1,50020%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$1,50010%
Vermont Natural Resources Council Inc$1,50020%
Hand in Hand Parenting$1,15020%
The Boys & Girls Clubs Inc$1,05020%
Jawonio Inc$1,00010%
Uniting Partners for Women and Children$1,00010%
Burlington City Arts Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Kentucky Center for the Arts Foundation Inc$75020%
No Kill Louisville$60021%
Multiple Sclerosis Association of America Inc$55020%
USA Cares Inc$50010%
National Council of Jewish Women Louisville Section$50010%
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc$50010%
Prostate Cancer Foundation$50020%
Cancer Patient Support Program$50010%
University of Louisville Foundation Inc$50010%
The Glaucoma Foundation Inc$50010%
Boys & Girls Clubs of America$50010%
Special Olympics Kentucky Inc$50010%
Parkinson's Foundation Inc$20010%
American Society for Yad Vashem Inc$20010%
The Foundation Fighting Blindness Inc$20010%
Janet Munt Family Room$15010%
The Home of the Innocents Inc$10010%
Statue of Liberty Ellis Island Foundation Inc$10010%
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc$10010%
Vermont Kidney Association$10010%
Humane World for Animals International$10010%
North American Conference on Ethiopian Jewry Inc$5010%
Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc$5010%
Save The Children Federation Inc$5010%
Yeshiva University$5010%
Mutts With a Mission$5010%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$5010%
AARP Foundation$4010%
American Foundation for the Blind Inc$2510%
Animal Legal Defense Fund Inc$251n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 53 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Harvey & Ruth Gelfenbein Charitable Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFlynn Center for the Performing Arts Ltd: $7,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of Burlington Inc: $6,250 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSierra Club Foundation: $6,066 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBard College: $5,266 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCoalition for Rainforest Nations Secretariat: $5,266 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGood Health Ideas Inc Dba Colon Cancer Prevention Project: $5,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetProtect Our Winters: $4,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOcean Conservancy: $3,566 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetShelburne Farms: $3,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKing Street Center Inc: $3,250 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetShelburne Museum Inc: $3,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $2,900 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDare to Care Inc: $2,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Center for Women and Families Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPunta Santiago Dogs Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc: $2,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSiskiyou Initiative: $2,150 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Healing Place Inc: $2,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBoca Raton Regional Hospital Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFair Fight Action Inc: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFoundation for Students Rising Above: $1,766 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBirthright Israel Foundation: $1,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCommittee on Temporary Shelter Inc: $1,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNational Organization for Women Inc Mass Now: $1,700 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetAutism Speaks Inc: $1,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHowardCenter Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCommon Roots Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGreenpeace Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVermont International Film Foundation: $1,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetVermont Public Radio: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVermont Natural Resources Council Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHand in Hand Parenting: $1,150 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Boys & Girls Clubs Inc: $1,050 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJawonio Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniting Partners for Women and Children: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBurlington City Arts Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKentucky Center for the Arts Foundation Inc: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNo Kill Louisville: $600 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetMultiple Sclerosis Association of America Inc: $550 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUSA Cares Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Council of Jewish Women Louisville Section: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetProstate Cancer Foundation: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCancer Patient Support Program: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Louisville Foundation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 68.

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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.

The Vermont Community FoundationVT25.9× affinity11 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Vermont Community Foundation · The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · National Life Group Charitable Foundation Inc · Ben & Jerry's Foundation Inc · The Morris & Bessie Altman Foundation · Antonio B and Rita M Pomerleau Foundation Inc · Charles L Weisberg Family Foundation · George W Mergens Foundation · Republic Bank Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc · Fanny Allen Corporation

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.

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About The Harvey & Ruth Gelfenbein Charitable Foundation Inc

How much does The Harvey & Ruth Gelfenbein Charitable Foundation Inc give?
The Harvey & Ruth Gelfenbein Charitable Foundation Inc reported 15 grants totaling $1,724,210 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 69 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does The Harvey & Ruth Gelfenbein Charitable Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2023, its largest causes are Philanthropy (89%), Health (2%), Religion (1%).
Who are The Harvey & Ruth Gelfenbein Charitable Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2023: Gelfenbein-Kaplan Charitable Foundation Inc ($705k), The Temple Congregation Adath Isreal B Rith Sholom Inc ($14k), Flynn Center for the Performing Arts Ltd ($8k).
Does The Harvey & Ruth Gelfenbein Charitable Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 53% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Harvey & Ruth Gelfenbein Charitable Foundation Inc 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 Harvey & Ruth Gelfenbein Charitable Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Vermont Community Foundation, The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc, National Life Group Charitable Foundation Inc.
Where is The Harvey & Ruth Gelfenbein Charitable Foundation Inc based?
The Harvey & Ruth Gelfenbein Charitable Foundation Inc is based in KY.

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 127 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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