Funding search · EIN 133750336 · New York, NY

Gerson Family Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

223
grants reported
$2.3M
total given
2021–2023
filing years
$5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20212023. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Top recipients

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  • Hand in Hand3 grants · $258,000
  • Center for Reproductive Rights3 grants · $160,000
  • Congregation B'Nai Israel3 grants · $145,000
  • Hebrew Union College3 grants · $140,000
  • Arbor Rising2 grants · $100,000
  • Dartmouth College3 grants · $90,000
  • Central Park Conservancy3 grants · $85,000
  • Smith College3 grants · $81,000
  • Agawam Council3 grants · $75,000
  • Bowdoin College3 grants · $60,000

Giving over time

$721,500
2021
$750,500
2022
$815,750
2023

Grant history

The 100 largest of 223 grants.

  • $108,000

    Hand in Hand · Portland, OR · 2023

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $90,000

    Congregation B'Nai Israel · Bridgeport, CT · 2023

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $75,000

    Hand in Hand · Portland, OR · 2022

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $75,000

    Hand in Hand · Portland, OR · 2021

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $75,000

    Hebrew Union College · New York, NY · 2021

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $60,000

    Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2022

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $50,000

    Arbor Rising · New York, NY · 2023

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $50,000

    Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2023

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $50,000

    Arbor Rising · New York, NY · 2022

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $50,000

    Arbor Brothers · New York, NY · 2021

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $50,000

    Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2021

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $45,000

    Hebrew Union College · New York, NY · 2022

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $35,000

    Central Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2023

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $30,000

    Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH · 2023

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $30,000

    Smith College · Northampton, MA · 2023

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $30,000

    Congregation B'Nai Israel · Bridgeport, CT · 2022

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $30,000

    Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH · 2022

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $30,000

    Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH · 2021

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $26,000

    Smith College · Northampton, MA · 2021

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $25,000

    Agawam Council · Falmouth, ME · 2023

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $25,000

    Cong Rodeph Sholom · New York, NY · 2023

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $25,000

    New Israel Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $25,000

    Agawam Council · Falmouth, ME · 2022

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $25,000

    Central Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2022

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $25,000

    Citizen'S Comm for Children of Ny · New York, NY · 2022

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $25,000

    Hias · Silver Spring, MD · 2022

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $25,000

    Smith College · Northampton, MA · 2022

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $25,000

    Agawam Council · Falmouth, ME · 2021

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $25,000

    Central Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2021

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $25,000

    Congregation B'Nai Israel · Bridgeport, CT · 2021

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $25,000

    Hias · Silver Spring, MD · 2021

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $25,000

    Hopewell Fund Rad · Washington, DC · 2021

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $25,000

    National Network of Abortion Funds · Beaverton, OR · 2021

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $22,500

    Citizen'S Comm for Children of Ny · New York, NY · 2023

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $20,000

    Bowdoin College · Brunswick, ME · 2023

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $20,000

    Hebrew Union College · New York, NY · 2023

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $20,000

    Resurrection Episcopal Day School · New York, NY · 2023

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $20,000

    Bowdoin College · Brunswick, ME · 2022

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $20,000

    Cong Rodeph Sholom · New York, NY · 2022

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $20,000

    Mostly Modern Projects · New York, NY · 2022

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $20,000

    Bowdoin College · Brunswick, ME · 2021

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $15,000

    Mostly Modern Projects · New York, NY · 2023

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $15,000

    Spence School · New York, NY · 2023

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $15,000

    Resurrection Episcopal Day School · New York, NY · 2022

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $15,000

    Tikva Childrens Home · West Caldwell, NJ · 2021

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $12,500

    Columbia University · New York, NY · 2023

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $12,500

    Jewish Federation of Greater Metrowest Nj · Whippany, NJ · 2023

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $12,000

    Spence School · New York, NY · 2022

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $12,000

    Spence School · New York, NY · 2021

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    American Friends of Leket Israel · Teaneck, NJ · 2023

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    Kol Henarim · Great Neck, NY · 2023

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    Razom · New York, NY · 2023

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    St Bernard'S School · New York, NY · 2023

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    American Friends of Leket Israel · Teaneck, NJ · 2022

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    Columbia University · New York, NY · 2022

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    Jewish Federation of Greater Metrowest Nj · Whippany, NJ · 2022

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2022

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    New Israel Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    Razom · New York, NY · 2022

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    Citizen'S Comm for Children of Ny · New York, NY · 2021

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    Columbia University · New York, NY · 2021

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    Mostly Modern Projects · New York, NY · 2021

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    Razom · New York, NY · 2021

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $7,500

    Chabad of the Undergrads · State College, PA · 2023

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $7,500

    St Bernards School · New York, NY · 2022

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $7,500

    Friendship Circle Nj · Livingston, NJ · 2021

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $7,500

    Jewish Federation of Greater Metrowest Nj · Whippany, NJ · 2021

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $7,500

    St Bernards School · New York, NY · 2021

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $6,000

    City Harvest · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $6,000

    Rofeh Cholim Cancer Society · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $6,000

    Wassaic Project · Wassaic, NY · 2023

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $6,000

    Cystic Fibrosis Foundation · Bethesda, MD · 2021

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    City Year Ny · New York, NY · 2023

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Cystic Fibrosis Foundation · Bethesda, MD · 2023

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Friendship Circle · Livingston, NJ · 2023

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    God'S Love We Deliver · New York, NY · 2023

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Hebrew Free Burial Society · New York, NY · 2023

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Hias · Silver Spring, MD · 2023

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Hillel International · Washington, DC · 2023

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Lev Lechayal · Teaneck, NJ · 2023

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Midori & Friends · New York, NY · 2023

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Music Maker Relief Foundation · Hillsborough, NC · 2023

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Ncjw Essex County · Livingston, NJ · 2023

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Ny Common Pantry · New York, NY · 2023

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Penn State Hillel · State College, PA · 2023

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Project Ezrah · Teaneck, NJ · 2023

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Rutgers Hillel · New Brunswick, NJ · 2023

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Student Clinic for Immigrant Justice · Boston, MA · 2023

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Tikva Children'S Home · West Caldwell, NJ · 2023

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    West Side Campaign Against Hunger · New York, NY · 2023

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Yeshivat Heatid · Teaneck, NJ · 2023

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Athletes for Israel · New York, NY · 2022

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Bonei Olam · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Chabad of the Undergrad · State College, PA · 2022

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    City Harvest · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    City Year Ny · New York, NY · 2022

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Civic Nation · Washington, DC · 2022

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Cystic Fibrosis Foundation · Bethesda, MD · 2022

    To further donee's exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Friendship Circle Nj · Livingston, NJ · 2022

    To further donee's exempt purpose

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.