Funding search · EIN 043485516 · Wayne, PA
Germeshausen 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.
- 103
- grants reported
- $4.3M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $13,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
What they fund
educationalacrossartisticdisciplineseducationfoodincubationnutritious
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Funding pattern
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Peace First3 grants · $710,000
- Grist3 grants · $480,000
- Wgbh2 grants · $350,000
- Hks Cultural Bridge Fellowship Program2 grants · $330,000
- Thomas Berry Foundation3 grants · $305,000
- Full Frame Initiative3 grants · $235,000
- Food Corps3 grants · $225,000
- Rebuild Congress3 grants · $185,000
- Food Tank3 grants · $175,000
- Harvard University1 grant · $165,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 103 grants.
- $350,000
Peace First · Boston, MA · 2022
General support
- $185,000
Wgbh · Boston, MA · 2024
Support educational programs
- $180,000
Peace First · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
- $180,000
Peace First · Boston, MA · 2023
General support
- $165,000
Harvard University · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Support educational programs
- $165,000
Hks Cultural Bridge Fellowship Program · Cambridge, MA · 2023
General support
- $165,000
Hks Cultural Bridge Fellowship Program · Cambridge, MA · 2022
General support
- $165,000
Wgbh · Boston, MA · 2022
General support
- $160,000
Grist · Seattle, WA · 2024
General support
- $160,000
Grist · Seattle, WA · 2023
General support
- $160,000
Grist · Seattle, WA · 2022
General support
- $150,000
Thomas Berry Foundation · Woodbridge, CT · 2024
General support
- $100,000
Food Corps · Portland, OR · 2024
General support
- $100,000
Upstander Project · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
- $100,000
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2022
General support
- $91,000
Gateway Horseworks · Malvern, PA · 2024
General support
- $85,000
Full Frame Initiative · Greenfield, MA · 2024
General support
- $85,000
Upstander · Boston, MA · 2022
General support
- $80,000
Thomas Berry Foundation · Woodbridge, CT · 2022
General support
- $75,000
Rebuild Congress · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
- $75,000
Full Frame Initiative · Greenfield, MA · 2023
General support
- $75,000
Thomas Berry Foundation · Woodbridge, CT · 2023
General support
- $75,000
Food Corps · Portland, OR · 2022
General support
- $75,000
Full Frame Initiative · Greenfield, MA · 2022
General support
- $65,000
Food Tank · New Orleans, LA · 2023
General support
- $60,000
Food Tank · New Orleans, LA · 2024
General support
- $60,000
Rebuild Congress · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
- $55,000
Charlie Cart Project · Berkeley, CA · 2024
General support
- $50,000
Braiding Seeds Fellowship · Wayne, PA · 2023
General support
- $50,000
Food Corps · Portland, OR · 2023
General support
- $50,000
Food Tank · New Orleans, LA · 2022
General support
- $50,000
Rebuild Congress · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
- $50,000
Social Good Fund · Richmond, CA · 2022
General support
- $45,000
Upstander · Boston, MA · 2023
General support
- $41,000
Riverbend · Gladwyne, PA · 2022
General support
- $38,000
Nature Sacred · Annapolis, MD · 2023
General support
- $35,000
Charlie Cart Project · Berkeley, CA · 2023
General support
- $31,000
Gateway Horseworks · Malvern, PA · 2023
General support
- $30,000
Food Connect Co · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
- $30,000
Resource Renewal Institute · Fairfax, CA · 2024
General support
- $30,000
Food Connect Co · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
- $30,000
Resource Renewal Institute · Fairfax, CA · 2023
General support
- $26,000
Chester County Fund for Women & Girls · West Chester, PA · 2024
General support
- $23,500
Chester County Fund for Women & Girls · West Chester, PA · 2023
General support
- $21,000
Riverbend · Gladwyne, PA · 2024
General support
- $20,000
Soul Fire Farm Institute · Petersburgh, NY · 2023
General support
- $20,000
Winsor School · Downingtown, PA · 2023
General support
- $20,000
Soul Fire Farm · Central Point, OR · 2022
General support
- $18,500
Chester County Fund for Women & Girls · West Chester, PA · 2022
General support
- $15,000
Teen Empowerment · Roxbury, MA · 2023
General support
- $15,000
Pic Fundraising · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support
- $13,000
To the Cell Theater · New York, NY · 2022
General support
- $10,000
Bounty & Soul · Black Mountain, SC · 2024
Support nutritious food education programs
- $10,000
Mighty Writers Grant · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support
- $5,000
Parent Infant Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
- $5,000
Wicd · Guttenberg, NJ · 2024
General support
- $5,000
Parent Infant Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
- $5,000
Wicd · Guttenberg, NJ · 2023
General support
- $5,000
International Documentary Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General support
- $5,000
Wicd · Guttenberg, NJ · 2022
General support
- $3,330
Whyy · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
- $3,330
Whyy · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
- $3,330
Whyy · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support
- $3,000
Cell Theatre Company Ltd · New York, NY · 2024
Support incubation and presentation of new work across all artistic disciplines
- $3,000
Nature Sacred · Annapolis, MD · 2024
General support
- $3,000
To the Cell Theater · New York, NY · 2023
General support
- $2,500
Aleph P Nai Or Rabbi Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
- $2,500
Philadelphia Museum of Art · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
- $2,500
Aleph P Nai Or Rabbi Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
- $2,500
Philadelphia Museum of Art · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
- $2,500
Aleph P Nai Or Rabbi Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support
- $2,500
Philadelphia Museum of Art · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support
- $2,000
Ecs St Barnabas Mission · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
- $2,000
Philabundance · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
- $2,000
Ecs St Barnabas Mission · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
- $2,000
Philabundance · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
- $2,000
Ecs St Barnabas Mission · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support
- $2,000
Philabundance · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support
- $1,500
Willistown Conservation Trust · Newton Square, PA · 2024
General support
- $1,500
Willistown Conservation Trust · Newton Square, PA · 2023
General support
- $1,500
Willistown Conservation Trust · Newton Square, PA · 2022
General support
- $1,000
Ecohealth Alliance · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $1,000
The Orion Society · Great Barrington, MA · 2024
General support
- $1,000
Ecohealth Alliance · New York, NY · 2023
General support
- $1,000
Riverbend · Gladwyne, PA · 2023
General support
- $1,000
The Orion Society · Great Barrington, MA · 2023
General support
- $1,000
Crs Learning Center · Holland, PA · 2022
General support
- $1,000
Ecohealth Alliance · New York, NY · 2022
General support
- $1,000
Gateway Horseworks · Malvern, PA · 2022
General support
- $1,000
The Orion Society · Great Barrington, MA · 2022
General support
- $500
Crs Learning Center · Holland, PA · 2023
General support
- $500
Trustees of U of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support
- $500
Tufts University · Boston, MA · 2022
General support
- $200
Amnesty International · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
General support
- $200
Habitat for Humanity · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
- $200
Oxfam American · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
- $200
Amnesty International · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General support
- $200
Habitat for Humanity · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
- $200
Oxfam American · Boston, MA · 2023
General support
- $200
Amnesty International · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General support
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