New York · Private foundation
The Kathy and Al Gordon Fund
Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $205k
- Granted FY2022
- 2
- Grants FY2022
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Median grant, FY2022
- $118,744
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $118,744
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 27
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 1
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 0% of the organizations The Kathy and Al Gordon Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 1 | $205k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $21k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 24 | $643k | 13% |
| FY2018 | 27 | $714k | 44% |
| FY2017 | 15 | $482k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Literary Classics of the US Inc D/B/A Library of America | $606,400 | 3 | 7% |
| Vassar College | $540,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Brooklyn Botanic Garden Corporation | $280,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Visiting Nurse Service of New York | $22,250 | 3 | 0% |
| Inner City Scholarship Fund Inc | $22,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Citymeals-On-Wheels | $22,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Coalition for the Homeless Inc | $22,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Doe Fund Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ample Table for Everyone Inc | $16,000 | 3 | 12% |
| Lifebox Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 1% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Literary Classics of the US Inc D/B/A Library of America | $606,400 | 3 | 7% |
| Vassar College | $540,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Brooklyn Botanic Garden Corporation | $280,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Visiting Nurse Service of New York | $22,250 | 3 | 0% |
| Inner City Scholarship Fund Inc | $22,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Citymeals-On-Wheels | $22,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Coalition for the Homeless Inc | $22,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Doe Fund Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ample Table for Everyone Inc | $16,000 | 3 | 12% |
| Lifebox Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Capitol Squash Inc | $11,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Raising Hands Tutoring Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Khelshala Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Central Park Conservancy Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Central Park Track Club Corporation | $8,000 | 3 | 2% |
| The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations | $8,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Trinity College | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Reading Team Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Squashsmarts Inc | $5,000 | 3 | n/a |
| City Squash Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($423k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Kathy and Al Gordon Fund 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.
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How this is measured
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About The Kathy and Al Gordon Fund
- How much does The Kathy and Al Gordon Fund give?
- The Kathy and Al Gordon Fund reported 2 grants totaling $204,534 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 27 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does The Kathy and Al Gordon Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2022, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (32%), Education (31%), Environment (14%).
- Who are The Kathy and Al Gordon Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2022: The Literary Classics of the US Inc D/B/A Library of America ($606k), Vassar College ($540k), Brooklyn Botanic Garden Corporation ($280k).
- Does The Kathy and Al Gordon Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Kathy and Al Gordon Fund 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 Kathy and Al Gordon Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Charities Aid Foundation America, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Kathy and Al Gordon Fund based?
- The Kathy and Al Gordon Fund is based in NY.
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