Funding search · EIN 208559135 · Armonk, NY

The Gerstner 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.

86
grants reported
$25.1M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$189,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

emergencyresearchenvironmentaleducationbiomedicalscholarshipduesexpenses

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Funding pattern

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9 grants matching “biomedical · $2.4M

  • $1.0M

    Columbia University in the City of New York · New York, NY · 2024

    Biomedical research

  • $100,000

    Mass General Brigham Incorporated · Boston, MA · 2024

    Biomedical research

  • $75,000

    The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · New York, NY · 2024

    Biomedical research

  • $20,000

    Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2024

    Biomedical research

  • $10,000

    Alzheimer'S Disease Research Foundation · Wellesley Hills, MA · 2024

    Biomedical research

  • $10,000

    National Multiple Sclerosis Society · New York, NY · 2024

    Biomedical research

  • $100,000

    Mass General Brigham - Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2023

    Biomedical research

  • $1.0M

    Columbia University in the City of New York Trustees of · New York, NY · 2022

    Biomedical research

  • $75,000

    Columbia University in the City of New York Trustees of · New York, NY · 2022

    Biomedical research

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

  • Trustees of Dartmouth College3 grants · $4.2M
  • Windward Fund3 grants · $3.5M
  • Treasure Coast Food Bank Incorporated2 grants · $1.2M
  • Columbia University in the City of New York Trustees of2 grants · $1.1M
  • Cornell University4 grants · $1.0M
  • United States Catholic Conference1 grant · $1.0M
  • Columbia University in the City of New York1 grant · $1.0M
  • Familyaid Boston2 grants · $788,000
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology3 grants · $786,082
  • Coalition for the Homeless2 grants · $785,000

Giving over time

$6.7M
2022
$5.9M
2023
$12.5M
2024

Grant history

All 86 reported grants, largest first.

  • $1.8M

    Trustees of Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH · 2024

    Education - scholarship program

  • $1.8M

    Windward Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

    Environmental research

  • $1.3M

    Windward Fund · Washington, DC · 2023

    Environmental research

  • $1.2M

    Trustees of Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH · 2023

    Education - scholarship program

  • $1.2M

    Trustees of Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH · 2022

    Emergency grants program

  • $1.0M

    Treasure Coast Food Bank Incorporated · Fort Pierce, FL · 2024

    Food pantry program

  • $1.0M

    Columbia University in the City of New York · New York, NY · 2024

    Biomedical research

  • $1.0M

    United States Catholic Conference · Bronx, NY · 2023

    Education

  • $1.0M

    Columbia University in the City of New York Trustees of · New York, NY · 2022

    Biomedical research

  • $609,052

    Activate Global · Berkeley, CA · 2024

    Environmental research

  • $500,000

    Windward Fund · Washington, DC · 2023

    Environmental research

  • $500,000

    Family Promise · Summit, NJ · 2022

    Emergency grants program

  • $493,271

    Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2024

    Environmental research

  • $479,836

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Environmental research

  • $465,000

    Coalition for the Homeless · New York, NY · 2024

    Emergency grants program

  • $438,000

    Familyaid Boston · Boston, MA · 2024

    Emergency grants program

  • $414,000

    Diocese of Palm Beach · Palm Beach Gardens, FL · 2024

    Education - scholarship program

  • $395,000

    Safe Horizon · New York, NY · 2024

    Emergency grants program

  • $365,000

    Part of the Solution · Bronx, NY · 2024

    Emergency grants program

  • $355,000

    Metropolitan New York Coordinating Council On Jewish Poverty · New York, NY · 2024

    Emergency grants program

  • $350,000

    Familyaid Boston · Boston, MA · 2022

    Emergency grants program

  • $350,000

    Safe Horizon · New York, NY · 2022

    Emergency grants program

  • $337,000

    Adopt-a-Family of the Palm Beaches · Lake Worth, FL · 2024

    Emergency grants program

  • $328,000

    Legal Services of the Hudson Valley · White Plains, NY · 2024

    Emergency grants program

  • $320,000

    Coalition for the Homeless · New York, NY · 2022

    Emergency grants program

  • $310,000

    Good Shepherd Services · New York, NY · 2024

    Emergency grants program

  • $300,000

    Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2023

    Environmental research

  • $297,000

    Diocese of Palm Beach (Office of Catholic Schools) · Palm Beach Gardens, FL · 2022

    Education - scholarship program

  • $289,906

    Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated · New York, NY · 2024

    Environmental research

  • $275,000

    Havens Relief Fund Society · New York, NY · 2022

    Emergency grants program

  • $250,000

    Sanctuary for Families · New York, NY · 2024

    Emergency grants program

  • $250,000

    Adopt-a-Family of the Palm Beaches · Lake Worth, FL · 2022

    Emergency grants program

  • $246,772

    Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2023

    Environmental research

  • $240,120

    Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2023

    Environmental research

  • $231,246

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    Environmental research

  • $221,000

    Homestart · Boston, MA · 2024

    Emergency grants program

  • $220,000

    Aid To Victims of Domestic Abuse · Delray Beach, FL · 2024

    Emergency grants program

  • $210,000

    Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Palm Beach · Palm Beach Gardens, FL · 2023

    Education - scholarship program

  • $200,154

    Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    Environmental research

  • $200,000

    Treasure Coast Food Bank Incorporated · Fort Pierce, FL · 2023

    Emergency grants program

  • $200,000

    Good Shepherd Services · New York, NY · 2022

    Emergency grants program

  • $200,000

    Sanctuary for Families · New York, NY · 2022

    Emergency grants program

  • $198,000

    Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Palm Beach · Palm Beach Gardens, FL · 2023

    Education - scholarship program

  • $180,000

    Cristo Rey Brooklyn High School · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    Education - scholarship program

  • $180,000

    Cristo Rey New York High School · New York, NY · 2022

    Education - scholarship program

  • $180,000

    Part of the Solution · Bronx, NY · 2022

    Emergency grants program

  • $175,000

    Legal Services of the Hudson Valley · White Plains, NY · 2022

    Emergency grants program

  • $150,000

    United Against Poverty · Vero Beach, FL · 2024

    Emergency grants program

  • $150,000

    Metropolitan New York Coordinating Council On Jewish Poverty · New York, NY · 2022

    Emergency grants program

  • $140,000

    Make the Road New York · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    Emergency grants program

  • $125,000

    The Jewish Board of Family and Children'S Services · New York, NY · 2022

    Emergency grants program

  • $120,467

    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution · Woods Hole, MA · 2024

    Environmental research

  • $120,000

    Surfrider Foundation · San Clemente, CA · 2023

    Environmental research

  • $118,215

    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution · Woods Hole, MA · 2023

    Environmental research

  • $105,000

    Diocese of Palm Beach (Office of Catholic Schools) · Palm Beach Gardens, FL · 2022

    Education - scholarship program

  • $100,000

    Mass General Brigham Incorporated · Boston, MA · 2024

    Biomedical research

  • $100,000

    Mass General Brigham - Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2023

    Biomedical research

  • $100,000

    Aid To Victims of Domestic Abuse · Delray Beach, FL · 2022

    Emergency grants program

  • $100,000

    Westchester Community College · Valhalla, NY · 2022

    Emergency grants program

  • $84,434

    Colorado State University Foundation · Fort Collins, CO · 2024

    Environmental research

  • $80,000

    Homestart · Boston, MA · 2022

    Emergency grants program

  • $75,000

    The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · New York, NY · 2024

    Biomedical research

  • $75,000

    Columbia University in the City of New York Trustees of · New York, NY · 2022

    Biomedical research

  • $75,000

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    Environmental research

  • $50,000

    Project Hope Boston Little Sisters of the Asumption Family Health Services · Roxbury, MA · 2022

    Emergency grants program

  • $40,000

    The Door · New York, NY · 2022

    Emergency grants program

  • $25,000

    Disaster Services Corporation- Society of St Vincent De Paul USA · Irving, TX · 2022

    Emergency grants program

  • $20,000

    Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2024

    Biomedical research

  • $20,000

    Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Palm Beach · Palm Beach Gardens, FL · 2022

    Emergency grants program

  • $20,000

    Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2022

    Trustee gift

  • $14,350

    Philanthropy New York · New York, NY · 2023

    General operating expenses

  • $11,050

    Philanthropy New York · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating expenses

  • $10,000

    Alzheimer'S Disease Research Foundation · Wellesley Hills, MA · 2024

    Biomedical research

  • $10,000

    Foundations and Donor Interests in Catholic Activities · Washington, DC · 2024

    Annual dues

  • $10,000

    National Multiple Sclerosis Society · New York, NY · 2024

    Biomedical research

  • $10,000

    Oak Rose Fund · Denver, CO · 2024

    Annual dues

  • $10,000

    Person To Person · Darien, CT · 2024

    Social services

  • $10,000

    Summer On the Hill · Bronx, NY · 2024

    Education

  • $10,000

    Vera Institute of Justice · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    Social services

  • $10,000

    Foundations and Donors Interested in Catholic Activities · Washington, DC · 2023

    General operating expenses

  • $10,000

    Catholic School Philanthropy Working Group (Fiscal Sponsor Oak Rose Fund) · Denver, CO · 2022

    General support

  • $10,000

    Foundations and Donors Interested in Catholic Activities (Fadica) · Washington, DC · 2022

    Annual dues

  • $10,000

    Shorefront Ym-Ywha of Brighton- Manhattan Beach · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    Emergency grants program

  • $8,403

    Sharing Shelf · Port Chester, NY · 2024

    Education

  • $5,000

    Heart of Dinner · Beverly Hills, CA · 2024

    Food pantry program

  • $5,000

    St Christophers Catholic Church · Hobe Sound, FL · 2022

    Emergency grants program

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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.