Funding search · EIN 206609204 · Columbus, OH

Frank & Pearl Gelbman Charitable Fdn

Name: Frank & Pearl Gelbman Charitable Fdn grants, 2022–2025
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

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

76
grants reported: $2.5M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

scholarships

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

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

United Way Worldwide4 grants · $612,500
Youngstown State University Foundation2 grants · $500,000
Youngstown State University1 grant · $250,000
Henry H Stambaugh Auditorium Association2 grants · $200,000
Golden String3 grants · $75,000
Youngstown Warren Regional Chamber of Co2 grants · $75,000
Oblate Sisters3 grants · $75,000
Yndc1 grant · $50,000
Healthy Community Parntership Mahoning2 grants · $50,000
Ursuline High School1 grant · $47,500

Giving over time

$440,345

2022

$829,500

2023

$593,500

2024

$617,500

2025

Grant history

All 76 reported grants, largest first.

$250,000
Youngstown State University Foundation · Youngstown, OH · 2025
General operating
$250,000
Youngstown State University Foundation · Youngstown, OH · 2024
General operating
$250,000
Youngstown State University · Youngstown, OH · 2023
Scholarships
$162,500
United Way Worldwide · Alexandria, VA · 2022
General operating
$150,000
United Way Worldwide · Alexandria, VA · 2025
General operating
$150,000
United Way Worldwide · Alexandria, VA · 2024
General operating
$150,000
Henry H Stambaugh Auditorium Association · Youngstown, OH · 2023
General operating
$150,000
United Way Worldwide · Alexandria, VA · 2023
General operating
$50,000
Yndc · Youngstown, OH · 2023
General operating
$50,000
Youngstown Warren Regional Chamber of Co · Youngstown, OH · 2023
General operating
$50,000
Henry H Stambaugh Auditorium Association · Youngstown, OH · 2022
General operating
$47,500
Ursuline High School · Youngstown, OH · 2022
General operating
$25,000
Golden String · Youngstown, OH · 2025
General operating
$25,000
Lake To River Foundation · Youngstown, OH · 2025
General operating
$25,000
Oak Hill Collaborative · Youngstown, OH · 2025
General operating
$25,000
Oblate Sisters · Hubbard, OH · 2025
General operating
$25,000
Valley Economic Development Partners · Youngstown, OH · 2025
General operating
$25,000
Golden String · Columbus, OH · 2024
General operating
$25,000
Healthy Community Parntership Mahoning · Youngstown, OH · 2024
General operating
$25,000
Oblate Sisters · Hubbard, OH · 2024
General operating
$25,000
Youngstown Warren Regional Chamber · Youngstown, OH · 2024
General operating
$25,000
Friends of Fellows Riverside Gardens · Columbus, OH · 2023
General operating
$25,000
Golden String · Columbus, OH · 2023
General operating
$25,000
Oblate Sisters · Hubbard, OH · 2023
General operating
$25,000
Youngstown Playhouse · Columbus, OH · 2023
General operating
$25,000
Education Center · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
General operating
$25,000
Healthy Community Parntership Mahoning · Youngstown, OH · 2022
General operating
$25,000
Potential Development · Youngstown, OH · 2022
General operating
$25,000
Youngstown Warren Regional Chamber of Co · Youngstown, OH · 2022
General operating
$20,000
Mypath · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General operating
$15,000
Community Foundation of Mahoning · Youngstown, OH · 2025
General operating
$15,000
Goodwill Industries of Akron · Akron, OH · 2025
General operating
$15,000
Helms Foundation · Youngstown, OH · 2022
General operating
$12,500
Mahoning Valley Community School · Youngstown, OH · 2024
General operating
$11,000
Youngstown Jewish Federation · Youngstown, OH · 2024
General operating
$10,000
Butler Institute of American Art · Youngstown, OH · 2025
General operating
$10,000
Coleman Health Services · Kent, OH · 2025
General operating
$10,000
Junior Achievement of North Central Ohio · Canton, OH · 2025
General operating
$10,000
Opera Western Reserve · Youngstown, OH · 2025
General operating
$10,000
Acld · Bethpage, NY · 2024
General operating
$10,000
Clothed in Strength · Poland, OH · 2024
General operating
$10,000
Community Foundation of Western Pa · Sharon, PA · 2024
General operating
$10,000
Opera Western Reserve · Youngstown, OH · 2024
General operating
$10,000
Sight for All United · Struthers, OH · 2024
General operating
$10,000
Community Foundation of the Mahoning · Youngstown, OH · 2023
General operating
$10,000
Opera Western Reserve · Youngstown, OH · 2023
General operating
$10,000
Sister Jermones Schools · Columbus, OH · 2023
General operating
$10,000
Student Run Free Clinic · Columbus, OH · 2023
General operating
$10,000
Community Foundation of the Mahoning · Youngstown, OH · 2022
General operating
$10,000
Opera Western Reserve · Youngstown, OH · 2022
General operating
$6,500
Public Library of Youngstown & Mahoning · Youngstown, OH · 2025
General operating
$6,345
Occha · Youngstown, OH · 2022
General operating
$6,000
Columbiana Community Foundation · Columbus, OH · 2023
General operating
$6,000
Warren Philharmonic Orchestra · Warren, OH · 2023
General operating
$5,000
Goodness Grows · North Lima, OH · 2025
General operating
$5,000
Youngstown Warren Regional Chamber · Youngstown, OH · 2025
General operating
$5,000
Friends of Fellows Riverside Gardens · Columbus, OH · 2024
General operating
$5,000
Yellow Brick Place · Youngstown, OH · 2024
General operating
$5,000
Ymca · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating
$5,000
Big Brothers & Big Sisters · New Philadelphia, OH · 2023
General operating
$5,000
Diocese of Youngstown · Youngstown, OH · 2023
General operating
$5,000
Trumbull County Historical Society · Warren, OH · 2023
General operating
$5,000
Youngstown Regional Library · Columbus, OH · 2023
General operating
$5,000
Friends of the Public Library of · Youngstown, OH · 2022
General operating
$5,000
Mahoning Valley Sojourn To the Past · Youngstown, OH · 2022
General operating
$5,000
Simply Slavic · Youngstown, OH · 2022
General operating
$4,000
Youngstown Press Club · Columbus, OH · 2023
General operating
$3,000
Lit Youngstown · Youngstown, OH · 2024
General operating
$3,000
Wysu · Youngstown, OH · 2022
General operating
$2,500
Friends of Fellows Riverside Gardens · Youngstown, OH · 2025
General operating
$2,500
Northern Trumbull County Community Fdn · Kinsman, OH · 2025
General operating
$2,500
Friends of Fellows Garden Party · Columbus, OH · 2023
General operating
$2,000
The Way Station Healthy Food Pantry · Columbiana, OH · 2024
General operating
$1,000
Youngstown Jewish Federation · Youngstown, OH · 2025
General operating
$1,000
Jcc · Columbus, OH · 2023
General operating
$1,000
The Valley Fine Arts Academy · Youngstown, OH · 2022
General operating

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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.