Funding search · EIN 133750336 · New York, NY
Gerson 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.
- 223
- grants reported
- $2.3M
- total given
- 2021–2023
- filing years
- $5,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2023. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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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.
- Hand in Hand3 grants · $258,000
- Center for Reproductive Rights3 grants · $160,000
- Congregation B'Nai Israel3 grants · $145,000
- Hebrew Union College3 grants · $140,000
- Arbor Rising2 grants · $100,000
- Dartmouth College3 grants · $90,000
- Central Park Conservancy3 grants · $85,000
- Smith College3 grants · $81,000
- Agawam Council3 grants · $75,000
- Bowdoin College3 grants · $60,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 223 grants.
- $108,000
Hand in Hand · Portland, OR · 2023
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $90,000
Congregation B'Nai Israel · Bridgeport, CT · 2023
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $75,000
Hand in Hand · Portland, OR · 2022
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $75,000
Hand in Hand · Portland, OR · 2021
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $75,000
Hebrew Union College · New York, NY · 2021
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $60,000
Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2022
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $50,000
Arbor Rising · New York, NY · 2023
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $50,000
Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2023
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $50,000
Arbor Rising · New York, NY · 2022
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $50,000
Arbor Brothers · New York, NY · 2021
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $50,000
Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2021
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $45,000
Hebrew Union College · New York, NY · 2022
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $35,000
Central Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2023
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $30,000
Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH · 2023
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $30,000
Smith College · Northampton, MA · 2023
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $30,000
Congregation B'Nai Israel · Bridgeport, CT · 2022
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $30,000
Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH · 2022
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $30,000
Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH · 2021
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $26,000
Smith College · Northampton, MA · 2021
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $25,000
Agawam Council · Falmouth, ME · 2023
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $25,000
Cong Rodeph Sholom · New York, NY · 2023
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $25,000
New Israel Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $25,000
Agawam Council · Falmouth, ME · 2022
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $25,000
Central Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2022
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $25,000
Citizen'S Comm for Children of Ny · New York, NY · 2022
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $25,000
Hias · Silver Spring, MD · 2022
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $25,000
Smith College · Northampton, MA · 2022
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $25,000
Agawam Council · Falmouth, ME · 2021
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $25,000
Central Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2021
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $25,000
Congregation B'Nai Israel · Bridgeport, CT · 2021
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $25,000
Hias · Silver Spring, MD · 2021
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $25,000
Hopewell Fund Rad · Washington, DC · 2021
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $25,000
National Network of Abortion Funds · Beaverton, OR · 2021
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $22,500
Citizen'S Comm for Children of Ny · New York, NY · 2023
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $20,000
Bowdoin College · Brunswick, ME · 2023
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $20,000
Hebrew Union College · New York, NY · 2023
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $20,000
Resurrection Episcopal Day School · New York, NY · 2023
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $20,000
Bowdoin College · Brunswick, ME · 2022
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $20,000
Cong Rodeph Sholom · New York, NY · 2022
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $20,000
Mostly Modern Projects · New York, NY · 2022
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $20,000
Bowdoin College · Brunswick, ME · 2021
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $15,000
Mostly Modern Projects · New York, NY · 2023
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $15,000
Spence School · New York, NY · 2023
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $15,000
Resurrection Episcopal Day School · New York, NY · 2022
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $15,000
Tikva Childrens Home · West Caldwell, NJ · 2021
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $12,500
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2023
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $12,500
Jewish Federation of Greater Metrowest Nj · Whippany, NJ · 2023
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $12,000
Spence School · New York, NY · 2022
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $12,000
Spence School · New York, NY · 2021
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $10,000
American Friends of Leket Israel · Teaneck, NJ · 2023
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $10,000
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2023
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $10,000
Kol Henarim · Great Neck, NY · 2023
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $10,000
Razom · New York, NY · 2023
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $10,000
St Bernard'S School · New York, NY · 2023
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $10,000
American Friends of Leket Israel · Teaneck, NJ · 2022
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $10,000
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2022
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $10,000
Jewish Federation of Greater Metrowest Nj · Whippany, NJ · 2022
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $10,000
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2022
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $10,000
New Israel Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $10,000
Razom · New York, NY · 2022
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $10,000
Citizen'S Comm for Children of Ny · New York, NY · 2021
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $10,000
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2021
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $10,000
Mostly Modern Projects · New York, NY · 2021
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $10,000
Razom · New York, NY · 2021
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $7,500
Chabad of the Undergrads · State College, PA · 2023
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $7,500
St Bernards School · New York, NY · 2022
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $7,500
Friendship Circle Nj · Livingston, NJ · 2021
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $7,500
Jewish Federation of Greater Metrowest Nj · Whippany, NJ · 2021
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $7,500
St Bernards School · New York, NY · 2021
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $6,000
City Harvest · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $6,000
Rofeh Cholim Cancer Society · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $6,000
Wassaic Project · Wassaic, NY · 2023
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $6,000
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation · Bethesda, MD · 2021
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
City Year Ny · New York, NY · 2023
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation · Bethesda, MD · 2023
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Friendship Circle · Livingston, NJ · 2023
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
God'S Love We Deliver · New York, NY · 2023
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Hebrew Free Burial Society · New York, NY · 2023
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Hias · Silver Spring, MD · 2023
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Hillel International · Washington, DC · 2023
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Lev Lechayal · Teaneck, NJ · 2023
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Midori & Friends · New York, NY · 2023
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Music Maker Relief Foundation · Hillsborough, NC · 2023
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Ncjw Essex County · Livingston, NJ · 2023
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Ny Common Pantry · New York, NY · 2023
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Penn State Hillel · State College, PA · 2023
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Project Ezrah · Teaneck, NJ · 2023
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Rutgers Hillel · New Brunswick, NJ · 2023
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Student Clinic for Immigrant Justice · Boston, MA · 2023
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Tikva Children'S Home · West Caldwell, NJ · 2023
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
West Side Campaign Against Hunger · New York, NY · 2023
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Yeshivat Heatid · Teaneck, NJ · 2023
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Athletes for Israel · New York, NY · 2022
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Bonei Olam · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Chabad of the Undergrad · State College, PA · 2022
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
City Harvest · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
City Year Ny · New York, NY · 2022
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Civic Nation · Washington, DC · 2022
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation · Bethesda, MD · 2022
To further donee's exempt purpose
- $5,000
Friendship Circle Nj · Livingston, NJ · 2022
To further donee's exempt purpose
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Search funders like this oneSource: 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.

