Kansas · Private foundation
William H and Velma C Gerber Trust
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $27k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 44%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $7,409
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $627k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 44% of the organizations William H and Velma C Gerber Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 41% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 6 | $27k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $29k | 44% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $33k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $38k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $36k | 71% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $35k | 10% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $35k | 44% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $38k | 90% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homestead Memorial Foundation | $46,700 | 8 | n/a |
| Idalia Ambulance Service Inc | $45,909 | 7 | n/a |
| Idalia Fire Department | $9,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Vernon Volunteer Fire Department | $7,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Great Plains of Cheyenne County Inc | $5,900 | 1 | 0% |
| Idalia Vision Foundation Inc | $4,500 | 1 | 5% |
| Wray Area Foundation Inc | $4,400 | 2 | 4% |
| Prairie Family Center | $4,300 | 1 | n/a |
| South Y-W Ambulance Service Inc | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Regional Home Visitation Program dba Baby Bear Hugs | $3,190 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homestead Memorial Foundation | $46,700 | 8 | n/a |
| Idalia Ambulance Service Inc | $45,909 | 7 | n/a |
| Idalia Fire Department | $9,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Vernon Volunteer Fire Department | $7,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Great Plains of Cheyenne County Inc | $5,900 | 1 | 0% |
| Idalia Vision Foundation Inc | $4,500 | 1 | 5% |
| Wray Area Foundation Inc | $4,400 | 2 | 4% |
| Prairie Family Center | $4,300 | 1 | n/a |
| South Y-W Ambulance Service Inc | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Regional Home Visitation Program dba Baby Bear Hugs | $3,190 | 1 | 0% |
| Wray Community District Hospital | $3,091 | 1 | n/a |
| Yuma County Council on Aging | $2,900 | 1 | n/a |
| Idalia After Prom | $2,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Vernon Community Center Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Cub's Den | $1,700 | 2 | 1% |
| Kansas State University | $800 | 1 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of Colorado | $500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 27 recipients with no EIN on record ($159k), not named here.
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: Kitzmiller-Bales Trust · Kenneth and Ethel Powell Trust · El Pomar Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About William H and Velma C Gerber Trust
- How much does William H and Velma C Gerber Trust give?
- William H and Velma C Gerber Trust reported 6 grants totaling $27,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does William H and Velma C Gerber Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (32%), Health (25%), Public Safety & Disaster (16%).
- Who are William H and Velma C Gerber Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Homestead Memorial Foundation ($47k), Idalia Ambulance Service Inc ($46k), Idalia Fire Department ($9k).
- Does William H and Velma C Gerber Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does William H and Velma C Gerber Trust accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as William H and Velma C Gerber Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Kitzmiller-Bales Trust, Kenneth and Ethel Powell Trust, El Pomar Foundation.
- Where is William H and Velma C Gerber Trust based?
- William H and Velma C Gerber Trust is based in KS.
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