Funding search · EIN 261584651 · Grand Forks, ND

The Hal and Kathleen Gershman

Name: The Hal and Kathleen Gershman 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.

59
grants reported: $1.4M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $1,000
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

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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

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Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation1 grant · $1.0M
Community Violence Intervention Center3 grants · $95,000
Grand Forks Foundation for Education2 grants · $63,500
Empire Arts Center3 grants · $43,000
Fontbonne Academy1 grant · $40,000
Global Friends Coalition3 grants · $24,000
University of North Dakota Alumni Association & Foundation1 grant · $20,000
Independent Shakespeare Company2 grants · $20,000
Grand Forks Children'S Museum1 grant · $10,000
Altru Health Foundation1 grant · $10,000

Giving over time

$1.2M

2022

$57,250

2023

$18,000

2024

$148,500

2025

Grant history

All 59 reported grants, largest first.

$1.0M
Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation · Bismarck, ND · 2022
Furtherance of 501(c)(3)s charitable purpose
$62,500
Grand Forks Foundation for Education · Grand Forks, ND · 2022
Furtherance of 501(c)(3)s charitable purpose
$50,000
Community Violence Intervention Center · Grand Forks, ND · 2022
Furtherance of 501(c)(3)s charitable purpose
$40,000
Fontbonne Academy · Milton, MA · 2025
Furtherance of 501(c)(3)s charitable purpose
$40,000
Community Violence Intervention Center · Grand Forks, ND · 2023
Furtherance of 501(c)(3)s charitable purpose
$35,000
Empire Arts Center · Grand Forks, ND · 2025
Furtherance of 501(c)(3)s charitable purpose
$20,000
University of North Dakota Alumni Association & Foundation · Grand Forks, ND · 2025
Furtherance of 501(c)(3)s charitable purposes
$15,000
Independent Shakespeare Company · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Furtherance of 501(c)(3)s charitable purpose
$10,000
Global Friends Coalition · Grand Forks, ND · 2025
Furtherance of 501(c)(3)s charitable purpose
$10,000
Altru Health Foundation · Grand Forks, ND · 2024
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$10,000
Grand Forks Children'S Museum · Grand Forks, ND · 2023
Furtherance of 501(c)(3)s charitable purpose
$7,000
Global Friends Coalition · Grand Forks, ND · 2024
Furtherance of 501(c)(3)s charitable purpose
$7,000
Empire Arts Center · Grand Forks, ND · 2022
Furtherance of 501(c)(3)s charitable purpose
$7,000
Global Friends Coalition · Grand Forks, ND · 2022
Furtherance of 501(c)(3)s charitable purpose
$5,000
Community Violence Intervention Center · Grand Forks, ND · 2025
Furtherance of 501(c)(3)s charitable purpose
$5,000
The Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2025
Furtherance of 501(c)(3)s charitable purpose
$5,000
North Dakota News Nonprofit · Bismarck, ND · 2023
Furtherance of 501(c)(3)s charitable purpose
$5,000
Independent Shakespeare Company · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Furtherance of 501(c)(3)s charitable purpose
$5,000
Vidiots Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Futherance of 501(c)(3)s charitable purpose
$2,500
North Dakota News Cooperative · Bismarck, ND · 2025
Furtherance of 501(c)(3)s charitable purpose
$2,500
Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2022
Furtherance of 501(c)(3)s charitable purpose
$2,500
Social & Environmental Entrepreneurs · Calabasas, CA · 2022
Furtherance of 501(c)(3)s charitable purpose
$2,000
Social & Environmental Entrepreneurs · Calabasas, CA · 2025
Furtherance of 501(c)(3)s charitable purpose
$2,000
Vidiots Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Futherance of 501(c)(3)s charitable purpose
$2,000
Community Foundation of Grand Forks East Grand Forks and Region · Grand Forks, ND · 2022
Furtherance of 501(c)(3)s charitable purpose
$2,000
Salvation Army · Grand Forks, ND · 2022
Furtherance of 501(c)(3)'s charitable purpose
$2,000
Third Street Clinic · Grand Forks, ND · 2022
Furtherance of 501(c)(3)s charitable purpose
$1,000
A Place Called Home · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Furtherance of 501(c)(3)s charitable purpose
$1,000
Atlantic White Shark Conservancy · North Chatham, MA · 2025
Furtherance of 501(c)(3)s charitable purpose
$1,000
Cape Cod Shakespeare Festival in Chatham (Ccsfc) · Chatham, MA · 2025
Furtherance of 501(c)(3)s charitable purpose
$1,000
Cyclical · Pasadena, CA · 2025
Furtherance of 501(c)(3)s charitable purpose
$1,000
Dellarte International · Blue Lake, CA · 2025
Furtherance of 501(c)(3)s charitable purpose
$1,000
Elysian Theater · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Furtherance of 501(c)(3)s charitable purpose
$1,000
Make a Wish Foundation of North Dakota · Fargo, ND · 2025
Furtherance of 501(c)(3)s charitable purpose
$1,000
Path People Helping the Homeless · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Furtherance of 501(c)(3)s charitable purpose
$1,000
St Jude'S Children'S Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2025
Furtherance of 501(c)(3)s charitable purpose
$1,000
The Trevor Project · West Hollywood, CA · 2025
Furtherance of 501(c)(3)s charitable purpose
$1,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2025
Furtherance of 501(c)(3)s charitable purpose
$1,000
Empire Arts Center · Grand Forks, ND · 2024
Furtherance of 501(c)(3)s charitable purpose
$1,000
Grand Forks Foundation for Education · Grand Forks, ND · 2023
Furtherance of 501(c)(3)s charitable purpose
$1,000
Northern Lights Council · Fargo, ND · 2023
Furtherance of 501(c)(3)s charitable purpose
$1,000
A Place Called Home · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Furtherance of 501(c)(3)s charitable purpose
$1,000
Development Homes · Grand Forks, ND · 2022
Furtherance of 501(c)(3)s charitable purpose
$1,000
Friends of the Grand Forks Public Library · Grand Forks, ND · 2022
Furtherance of 501(c)(3)s charitable purpose
$1,000
Grand Forks Historical Society · Grand Forks, ND · 2022
Furtherance of 501(c)(3)s charitable purpose
$1,000
Make a Wish Foundation of North Dakota · Fargo, ND · 2022
Furtherance of 501(c)(3)s charitable purpose
$1,000
Northern Lights Council · Fargo, ND · 2022
Furtherance of 501(c)(3)s charitable purpose
$1,000
Northern Valley Youth Orchestras · Grand Forks, ND · 2022
Furtherance of 501(c)(3)s charitable purpose
$1,000
Northwood Performing Arts Council · Northwood, ND · 2022
Furtherance of 501(c)(3)s charitable purpose
$1,000
The Trevor Project · West Hollywood, CA · 2022
Furtherance of 501(c)(3)s charitable purpose
$500
Cancer Research Institute · New York, NY · 2025
Furtherance of 501(c)(3)s charitable purpose
$500
Prairie Public Broadcasting · Fargo, ND · 2025
Furtherance of 501(c)(3)'s charitable purposes
$500
American Cancer Society · Oklahoma City, OK · 2022
Furtherance of 501(c)(3)s charitable purpose
$500
Cyclical · Pasadena, CA · 2022
Furtherance of 501(c)(3)s charitable purpose
$500
La Leche League · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Furtherance of 501(c)(3)s charitable purpose
$500
Peace Over Violence · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Furtherance of 501(c)(3)s charitable purpose
$500
University of North Dakota Foundation · Grand Forks, ND · 2022
Furtherance of 501(c)(3)s charitable purposes
$500
Well Aware · Austin, TX · 2022
Furtherance of 501(c)(3)s charitable purpose
$250
Sertoma Club · Grand Forks, ND · 2023
Furtherance of 501(c)(3)s charitable purpose

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