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The Peter and Kristen Gerhard Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

The Peter and Kristen Gerhard 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.

$70k
Granted FY2024still arriving
18
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$33k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
0189% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Health$143kPhilanthropy$39kPublic Safety & Disaster$17kHuman Services$6kPublic Benefit$6kAnimals$6kInternational$3kReligion$3kOther$0
02FY2024 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 18 grants below total $67,408, the rows itemized in this filing. The $69,568 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $2,160 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k15 grants · $9k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $58k
$180
Median grant
6
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$33,000
American Heart Association$15,000
American Heart Association$10,000
Anabel Foundation$4,000
Colts Neck Township Pba Local 333 Civic Association Inc$2,000
Black Poster Project$1,000
Partnership for A Drug-Free New Jersey$1,000
Childfund International$300
Childfund International$180
Childfund International$180
Childfund International$180
Wounded Warrior Project$100
Florida Sheriffs Association$100
Special Olympics Florida Inc$100
Miami Fraternal Order of Police Associates Inc$100
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

68%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$132k · 14 repeat orgs$62k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against +35% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
25

Total granted

$132k
$56k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+35%

Still filing today

71%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthCrime & LegalAnimalsPhilanthropyHuman ServicesPublic BenefitOther
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

  • AH
    American Heart Association Inc
    4× · 2019–2024 · $49k · revenue +43%
  • TP
    The Palm Beach Police and Fire Foundation Inc
    2× · 2019–2023 · $16k · revenue +215%
  • CI
    CHILDFUND INTERNATIONAL USA
    6× · 2019–2024 · $5k · revenue +7%

Funded once

  • HF
    HUMC FOUNDATION [Hackensack University Medical Center]
    one grant, 2019 · $15k
  • MH
    MERIDIAN HEALTH FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $12k
  • HM
    HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH INC
    one grant, 2021 · $6k
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.

03Its 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.

1
America's Vetdogs the Veterans K-9 Corps Inc

To assist disabled veterans, active military personnel, first responders with disabilities, and those who have served our country honorably to live with dignity and independence. america's vetdogs trains and places guide dogs for…

Public Benefit
2
Patriot K9S of Wisconsininc

Provide service dogs for qualified disabled military veterans diagnosed with ptsd, tbi or msi located in the state of wisconsin.

Public Benefit
3
Ny Police and Fire Widows' & Children's Benefit Fund Inc

Brief description of the organization's mission the purpose of the fund is to provide assistance to the families of new york city police officers and firefighters who have been killed in the line of duty. after the events of september 11,…

Human Services
4
K9S for Warriors Inc

Determined to end veteran suicide, k9s for warriors provides highly-trained service dogs to military veterans suffering from ptsd, traumatic brain injury and/or military sexual trauma. with the majority of dogs being rescues, this…

Animals
5
The Fire Watch Project Inc

The mission of the fire watch project, inc. is to end veteran suicide in florida and across the united states by partnering with local and state governments, corporations, and other non-profit organizations to develop "ground up"…

Health
6
National Association of Police Organizations Inc

The national association of police organizations (napo) was established to unite all law enforcement organizations within the united states in order to promote and maintain federal legislation and policies most beneficial to law…

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7
Palm Springs Police Officers Memori

Programs benefiting deceased palm springs police officers that have died in the line of duty and other police officers that have served for a long time with distinction protecting the citizens of palm springs. events are held at various…

Religion
8
Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind Inc

The guide dog foundation for the blind, inc. provides guide and service dogs free of charge to provide increased independence, enhanced mobility, and companionship to people who are blind, visually impaired or have other disablities. the…

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9
CJ3 Foundation

Cj3 foundation provides services, support, and advocacy to united states military service members, veterans/disabled veterans, law enforcement, and emergency responders who need/require assistance, and then connecting them with resources…

Human Services
10
Puppies Behind Bars Inc

Puppies behind bars trains incarcerated individuals to raise service dogs for wounded war veterans and first responders, facility dogs for police departments, and explosive-detecton canines for law enforcement.

Human Services
11
Police Benevolent Associaton Charity Fund Inc

To provide financial assistance to the families of police officers in need.

Education
12
American Federation of Police and Concerned Citizens Inc

Afp&cc's mission is to support & promote the law enforcement profession by assisting family members of slain officers through programs of compassion, by assisting in the perpetuation of the american police hall of fame & museum, & by…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wounded Warrior Project Inc; the most unlike its peers is Anabel Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

25 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. 25 of the 45 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/25
Grantees still filing
19/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JOE DIMAGGIO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $50,275 · HealthJOE DIMAGGIO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INCAmerican Heart Association Inc: $48,500 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc+3 more: $4,000 · HealthHUMC FOUNDATION [Hackensack University Medical Center]: $15,000 · OtherHUMC FOUNDATION [Hackensack …MERIDIAN HEALTH FOUNDATION: $12,000 · OtherMERIDIAN HEALTH FOUNDATIONHACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH INC: $6,000 · OtherHACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH I…Adopt-A-Family of the Palm Beaches Inc: $5,000 · OtherAdopt-A-Family of the Palm B…JOE DIMAGGIO CHILDERN'S HOSPITAL: $5,000 · OtherJOE DIMAGGIO CHILDERN'S HOSP…SPTS (SOCIETY FOR PREVENTION TEEN SUICIDE): $2,050 · OtherOrange County Fellowship of Christian: $2,000 · OtherCHILDFUND INTERNATIONAL USA: $5,212 · OtherCHILDFUND INTERNATIONAL USA+20 more: $5,535 · Other+20 moreFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $33,000 · Community ImprovementFIDELITY INVESTM…The Palm Beach Police and Fire Foundation Inc: $15,840 · Crime & Legal+2 more: $200 · Crime & LegalANABEL FOUNDATION: $4,000 · PhilanthropyTown of Palm Beach United Way Inc: $2,200 · Philanthropy+1 more: $200 · PhilanthropyCOLTS NECK PBA 333 CIVIC ASSOC INC: $5,800 · Public Benefit+1 more: $100 · Public BenefitBIG DOG RANCH RESCUE INC: $5,000 · AnimalsVESTED INTEREST IN K9S INC: $500 · AnimalsPROJECT K9 HERO: $400 · Animals
Health$102,775Other$57,797Community Improvement$33,000Crime & Legal$16,040Philanthropy$6,400Public Benefit$5,900Animals$5,900

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJOE DIMAGGIO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $50,275 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $48,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $33,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Palm Beach Police and Fire Foundation Inc: $15,840 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCHILDFUND INTERNATIONAL USA: $5,212 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAdopt-A-Family of the Palm Beaches Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBIG DOG RANCH RESCUE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANABEL FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetTown of Palm Beach United Way Inc: $2,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BLACK POSTER PROJECT A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $1,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetPARTNERSHIP FOR A DRUG-FREE NEW JERSEY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $650 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVESTED INTEREST IN K9S INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT K9 HERO: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS FLORIDA Inc: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION INC: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLTS NECK FIRE DEPARTMENT INC: $100 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFLORIDA STATE LODGE FOP MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL POLICE ASSOCIATION INC: $50 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.

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How do I get to The Peter and Kristen Gerhard Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Peter and Kristen Gerhard Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 45 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $52k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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