Florida · Private foundation
The Ruth & Louis Gerstle Foundation Inc
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.
- $5k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2024
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $500
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 20
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $51k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations The Ruth & Louis Gerstle Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 10 | $5k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $1k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $4k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $3k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $5k | 11% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $13k | 17% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $14k | 19% |
| FY2017 | 20 | $13k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maimonides Shalom Academy Inc | $7,000 | 4 | 0% |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | $3,470 | 7 | 0% |
| American Friends of Dbi Inc | $3,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Chai Lifeline Inc | $2,750 | 5 | 0% |
| American Parkinson Disease Assoc | $2,720 | 6 | 0% |
| Foundation for Diabetes Research | $2,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Israel Cancer Research Fund Inc | $2,000 | 4 | 0% |
| American Friends of Yad Eliezer | $1,750 | 3 | 0% |
| Zaka Rescue & Recovery Inc | $1,610 | 4 | 2% |
| Israel Childrens Cancer Foundation Inc | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maimonides Shalom Academy Inc | $7,000 | 4 | 0% |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | $3,470 | 7 | 0% |
| American Friends of Dbi Inc | $3,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Chai Lifeline Inc | $2,750 | 5 | 0% |
| American Parkinson Disease Assoc | $2,720 | 6 | 0% |
| Foundation for Diabetes Research | $2,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Israel Cancer Research Fund Inc | $2,000 | 4 | 0% |
| American Friends of Yad Eliezer | $1,750 | 3 | 0% |
| Zaka Rescue & Recovery Inc | $1,610 | 4 | 2% |
| Israel Childrens Cancer Foundation Inc | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $1,250 | 5 | 0% |
| Hatzalah of the Rockaways & Nassau County Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Chayal El Chayal Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Friends of United Hatzalah Inc | $750 | 1 | 0% |
| American Friends of Alyn Hospitalinc | $750 | 3 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $750 | 2 | 0% |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| American Friends of Genesis Jerusalem Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Zaka | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Friendship Circle Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($23k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Ruth & Louis Gerstle Foundation Inc 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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About The Ruth & Louis Gerstle Foundation Inc
- How much does The Ruth & Louis Gerstle Foundation Inc give?
- The Ruth & Louis Gerstle Foundation Inc reported 10 grants totaling $5,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 20 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Ruth & Louis Gerstle Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (47%), Education (17%), Religion (16%).
- Who are The Ruth & Louis Gerstle Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Maimonides Shalom Academy Inc ($7k), American Friends of Magen David Adom ($3k), American Friends of Dbi Inc ($3k).
- Does The Ruth & Louis Gerstle Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Ruth & Louis Gerstle 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 Ruth & Louis Gerstle Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, The Pfizer Foundation Inc, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Ruth & Louis Gerstle Foundation Inc based?
- The Ruth & Louis Gerstle Foundation Inc is based in FL.
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