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Gerson Family Foundation

Name: Gerson Family Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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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.

67
grants reported: $854,800
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $5,000
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

education

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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.

Detroit Institute of Arts3 grants · $186,500
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit3 grants · $140,000
Hopewell Fund1 grant · $100,000
Detroit Symphony Orchestra3 grants · $51,000
The Children'S Foundation3 grants · $47,500
The Washington Institute3 grants · $45,000
Cranbrook Educational Community2 grants · $41,000
The Zekelman Holocaust Center3 grants · $21,800
Michigan Medicine Office of Development1 grant · $20,000
Yale University2 grants · $20,000

Giving over time

$297,800

2022

$261,100

2023

$295,900

2024

Grant history

All 67 reported grants, largest first.

$100,000
Hopewell Fund · Washington Dc, DC · 2022
General support
$83,000
Detroit Institute of Arts · Detroit, MI · 2024
General support
$53,500
Detroit Institute of Arts · Detroit, MI · 2022
General support
$50,000
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2024
General support
$50,000
Detroit Institute of Arts · Detroit, MI · 2023
General support
$45,000
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2023
General support
$45,000
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2022
General support
$36,000
Detroit Symphony Orchestra · Detroit, MI · 2023
General support
$30,000
The Children'S Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2024
General support
$25,000
The Washington Institute · Washington Dc, DC · 2023
General support
$21,000
Cranbrook Educational Community · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2023
Education
$20,000
Michigan Medicine Office of Development · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
General support
$20,000
Cranbrook Educational Community · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2022
Education
$10,000
Cranbrook Academy of Art · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2024
Education
$10,000
Detroit Symphony Orchestra · Detroit, MI · 2024
General support
$10,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · Washington Dc, DC · 2024
General support
$10,000
The Washington Institute · Washington Dc, DC · 2024
General support
$10,000
The Zekelman Holocaust Center · Farmington Hills, MI · 2024
General support
$10,000
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2024
General support
$10,000
Farber Hebrew Day School · Southfield, MI · 2023
General support
$10,000
The Children'S Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2023
General support
$10,000
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2023
General support
$10,000
Detroit Opera · Detroit, MI · 2022
General support
$10,000
The Washington Institute · Washington Dc, DC · 2022
General support
$10,000
The Zekelman Holocaust Center · Farmington Hills, MI · 2022
General support
$10,000
Yale University - Jackson Institute · New Haven, CT · 2022
General support
$7,500
Forgotten Harvest · Oak Park, MI · 2023
General support
$7,500
The Children'S Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2022
General support
$6,800
Ort America · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2022
General support
$5,000
Detroit Opera - Dichiera Society · Detroit, MI · 2024
General support
$5,000
Detroit Riverfront Conservancy · Detroit, MI · 2024
General support
$5,000
Forgotten Harvest · Oak Park, MI · 2024
General support
$5,000
Henry Ford Estate · Dearborn, MI · 2024
General support
$5,000
Jewish Family Service of Metro Detroit · West Bloomfield, MI · 2024
General support
$5,000
Jsl Foundation · Southfield, MI · 2024
General support
$5,000
Nf Forward Benefit Xi · Detroit, MI · 2024
General support
$5,000
Cabaret 313 · Southfield, MI · 2023
General support
$5,000
Cranbrook Center for Collections & Research (House Party) · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$5,000
Detroit Opera - Dichiera Society · Detroit, MI · 2023
General support
$5,000
Detroit Riverfront Conservancy · Detroit, MI · 2023
General support
$5,000
Nf Forward Benefit Xi · Detroit, MI · 2023
General support
$5,000
Royal African Foundation · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023
General support
$5,000
Tamarack Camps · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2023
General support
$5,000
Basblue · Detroit, MI · 2022
General support
$5,000
Detroit Riverfront Conservancy · Detroit, MI · 2022
General support
$5,000
Detroit Symphony Orchestra · Detroit, MI · 2022
General support
$5,000
Yeshiva Beth Yehudah · Southfield, MI · 2022
General support
$3,600
Royal African Foundation · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024
General support
$2,500
Cabaret 313 · Southfield, MI · 2024
General support
$2,500
Farber Hebrew Day School · Southfield, MI · 2024
General support
$2,500
Wayne State University Law School · Detroit, MI · 2024
General support
$2,500
Cranbrook Academy of Art · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$2,500
Starfish Family Services · Inkster, MI · 2023
General support
$2,000
Film at Lincoln Center · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$2,000
Friends of Elnet · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$1,800
Ort America · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$1,800
Ort America · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2023
General support
$1,800
The Zekelman Holocaust Center · Farmington Hills, MI · 2023
General support
$1,000
Festival of Trees · Livonia, MI · 2024
General support
$1,000
National Music Institute · Bingham Farms, MI · 2024
General support
$1,000
The Emergency Animal Relief Foundation · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2024
General support
$1,000
Detroit Zoological Society · Royal Oak, MI · 2023
General support
$1,000
Festival of Trees (Chm) · Livonia, MI · 2023
General support
$1,000
The Empowerment Plan · Detroit, MI · 2023
General support
$1,000
Big Cat Rescue · Tampa, FL · 2022
General support
$1,000
Congregation Shaarey Zedek · Southfield, MI · 2022
General support
$1,000
Jewish Family Service · West Bloomfield, MI · 2022
General support

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