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Gem Star Foundation

Name: Gem Star Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
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.

60
grants reported: $153,000
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $1,250
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

educational arts scholarship environmental

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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.

Cardoza Law School4 grants · $30,000
Women in Film and Video4 grants · $22,000
Madison Area Ymca4 grants · $21,500
Melanoma Research Alliance4 grants · $20,000
Colgate University4 grants · $18,000
Ohio State University4 grants · $13,000
Avalon Theatre4 grants · $9,000
Hearing Health Foundation4 grants · $3,500
Save Barnegat Bay4 grants · $2,500
Dc Roadrunners4 grants · $2,500

Giving over time

$39,500

2022

$36,250

2023

$37,250

2024

$40,000

2025

Grant history

All 60 reported grants, largest first.

$10,000
Cardoza Law School · New York, NY · 2023
Educational
$10,000
Cardoza Law School · New York, NY · 2022
Educational
$6,000
Women in Film and Video · Washington, DC · 2025
Arts
$6,000
Madison Area Ymca · Madison, NJ · 2024
Educational
$6,000
Women in Film and Video · Washington, DC · 2024
Arts
$5,500
Madison Area Ymca · Madison, NJ · 2022
Educational
$5,500
Melanoma Research Alliance · Washington, DC · 2022
Educational
$5,000
Cardoza Law School · New York, NY · 2025
Educational
$5,000
Colgate University · Hamilton, NY · 2025
Scholarship program
$5,000
Madison Area Ymca · Madison, NJ · 2025
Educational
$5,000
Melanoma Research Alliance · Washington, DC · 2025
Educational
$5,000
Cardoza Law School · New York, NY · 2024
Educational
$5,000
Colgate University · Hamilton, NY · 2024
Scholarship program
$5,000
Melanoma Research Alliance · Washington, DC · 2024
Educational
$5,000
Madison Area Ymca · Madison, NJ · 2023
Educational
$5,000
Women in Film and Video · Washington, DC · 2023
Arts
$5,000
Women in Film and Video · Washington, DC · 2022
Educational
$4,500
Melanoma Research Alliance · Washington, DC · 2023
Educational
$4,000
Ohio State University · Columbus, OH · 2025
Educational
$4,000
Colgate University · Hamilton, NY · 2023
Scholarship program
$4,000
Colgate University · Hamilton, NY · 2022
Scholarship program
$3,500
Avalon Theatre · Washington, DC · 2025
Arts
$3,500
Ohio State University · Columbus, OH · 2024
Educational
$3,000
Ohio State University · Columbus, OH · 2023
Educational
$2,500
Avalon Theatre · Washington, DC · 2024
Arts
$2,500
Ohio State University · Columbus, OH · 2022
Educational
$1,500
Hearing Health Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
Educational
$1,500
University of Maryland Student Crisis Fund · College Park, MD · 2025
Educational
$1,500
Avalon Theatre · Washington, DC · 2023
Arts
$1,500
Avalon Theatre · Washington, DC · 2022
Educational
$1,000
Dc Roadrunners · Washington, DC · 2023
Educational
$1,000
American Kidney Fund · Rockville, MD · 2022
Educational
$1,000
Diabetes Action Research and Educational Foundation · Bethesda, MD · 2022
Educational
$1,000
Hearing Health Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Educational
$1,000
Save Barnegat Bay · Toms River, NJ · 2022
Educational
$750
Alliance Francaise · Washington, DC · 2025
Educational
$750
French American Cultural Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025
Educational
$500
Dc Roadrunners · Washington, DC · 2025
Educational
$500
Imagination Stage · Bethesda, MA · 2025
Educational
$500
Save Barnegat Bay · Toms River, NJ · 2025
Educational
$500
Alliance Francaise · Washington, DC · 2024
Educational
$500
Dc Roadrunners · Washington, DC · 2024
Educational
$500
French American Cultural Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Educational
$500
Hearing Health Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Educational
$500
Imagination Stage · Bethesda, MA · 2024
Educational
$500
Save Barnegat Bay · Toms River, NJ · 2024
Educational
$500
The Charles Koiner Conservancy · Silver Spring, MD · 2024
Environmental
$500
University of Maryland Student Crisis Fund · College Park, MD · 2024
Educational
$500
Hearing Health Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Educational
$500
Imagination Stage · Bethesda, MA · 2023
Educational
$500
Save Barnegat Bay · Toms River, NJ · 2023
Educational
$500
The Charles Koiner Conservancy · Silver Spring, MD · 2023
Environmental
$500
Dc Roadrunners · Washington, DC · 2022
Educational
$500
Imagination Stage · Bethesda, MA · 2022
Educational
$500
University of Maryland · College Park, MD · 2022
Educational
$250
Tunnels To Towers · Staten Island, NY · 2025
Educational
$250
West Tech Alumni Association · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Educational
$250
West Tech Alumni Association · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Educational
$250
West Tech Alumni Association · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Educational
$0
Breast Cancer Research Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Educational

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