Funding search · EIN 133056514 · Louisville, KY

The Harvey & Ruth Gelfenbein Charitable

Name: The Harvey & Ruth Gelfenbein Charitable grants, 2021–2022
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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.

80
grants reported: $1.8M
total given: 2021–2022
filing years: $1,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2022. 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

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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The Gelfenbein-Kaplan Charitable Foundation1 grant · $704,982
The Meckler Gelfenbein Family Charitable Foundation1 grant · $704,982
The Gelfenbein Family Charitable Foundation1 grant · $300,000
Jewish Community of Louisville1 grant · $10,000
Nyufaces1 grant · $10,000
The Temple1 grant · $8,100
Colon Cancer Prevention Project1 grant · $5,000
Planned Parenthood1 grant · $4,800
Sierra Club Foundation2 grants · $4,566
Coalition for Rainforest Nations2 grants · $3,566

Giving over time

$110,650

2021

$1.7M

2022

Grant history

All 80 reported grants, largest first.

$704,982
The Gelfenbein-Kaplan Charitable Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2022
General operating funds
$704,982
The Meckler Gelfenbein Family Charitable Foundation · South Burlington, VT · 2022
General operating funds
$300,000
The Gelfenbein Family Charitable Foundation · South Burlington, VT · 2022
General operating funds
$10,000
Jewish Community of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2021
General operating funds
$10,000
Nyufaces · New York, NY · 2021
General operating fund
$8,100
The Temple · Louisville, KY · 2021
General operating funds
$5,000
Colon Cancer Prevention Project · Louisville, KY · 2021
General operating fund
$4,800
Planned Parenthood · Louisville, KY · 2021
General operating funds
$3,000
Protect Our Winters · Boulder, CO · 2021
General operating funds
$2,800
Sierra Club Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2021
General operating funds
$2,500
Flynn Center for Performing Arts · Burlington, VT · 2021
General operating funds
$2,000
Aclu of Vermont · Montpelier, VT · 2021
General operating funds
$2,000
Boys & Girls Club of Burlington · Burlington, VT · 2021
General operating funds
$2,000
Chittenden County Humane Society · South Burlington, VT · 2021
General operating funds
$2,000
Nami · Louisville, KY · 2021
General operating fund
$2,000
Shelburne Farms · Shelburne, VT · 2021
General orerating funds
$2,000
Shelburne Museum · Shelburne, VT · 2021
General operating funds
$2,000
Turning Point Center · Jeffersonville, IN · 2021
General operating funds
$1,800
Bard Prison Initiative · Annandaleonhudson, NY · 2021
Genereal operating fund
$1,800
Carbon Removal · Washington, DC · 2021
General operating fund
$1,800
Coalition for Rainforest Nations · New York, NY · 2021
General operating fund
$1,800
Fair Fight Action · Atlanta, GA · 2021
General operating fund
$1,800
Ocean Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2021
General operating fund
$1,766
Bard Prison Initiative · Red Hook, NY · 2022
Genereal operating fund
$1,766
Carbon Removal · Washington, DC · 2022
General operating fund
$1,766
Coalition for Rainforest Nations · New York, NY · 2022
General operating fund
$1,766
Ocean Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2022
General operating fund
$1,766
Sierra Club Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2022
General operating funds
$1,766
Students Rising Above · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General operating fund
$1,500
Alzheimers Association · Chicago, IL · 2021
General operating funds
$1,500
Dare To Care Food Bank · Louisville, KY · 2021
General operating funds
$1,500
Greenpeace · Washington, DC · 2021
General operating fund
$1,500
Hosparus Health Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2021
General operating funds
$1,500
Nrdc · New York, NY · 2021
General operating fund
$1,500
South Burlington Food Shelf · South Burlington, VT · 2021
General operating funds
$1,400
Jcc Maccabi · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
General operating funds
$1,050
Jcc Maccabi · Palo Alto, CA · 2021
General operating funds
$1,000
Cochran'S · Richmond, VT · 2022
General operating fund
$1,000
Anew Place Fka Burlington Emergency Shelter · Burlington, VT · 2021
General operating funds
$1,000
Autism Speaks · Boston, MA · 2021
General operating funds
$1,000
Birthright Israel Foundation · New York, NY · 2021
General operating funds
$1,000
Burlington City Arts · Burlington, VT · 2021
General operating funds
$1,000
Common Roots · South Burlington, VT · 2021
General operating funds
$1,000
Cots · Burlington, VT · 2021
General operating funds
$1,000
Gunsense Vermont Education Fund · Burlington, VT · 2021
General operating funds
$1,000
Hope Lodge · Burlington, VT · 2021
General operating funds
$1,000
Howard Center · Burlington, VT · 2021
General operating funds
$1,000
Jawonio · New City, NY · 2021
General operating funds
$1,000
Jewish Family and Career Services · Louisville, KY · 2021
General operating funds
$1,000
Justice for All · Burlington, VT · 2021
General operating fund
$1,000
Kayla'S Directory · Shelburne, VT · 2021
General operating funds
$1,000
King Street Youth Center · Burlington, VT · 2021
General operating funds
$1,000
Make a Wish Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2021
General operating funds
$1,000
National Tay Sachs Foundation · Boston, MA · 2021
General operating funds
$1,000
Punta Santiago Dogs · Andover, NJ · 2021
General operating funds
$1,000
Ronald McDonald House · Burlington, VT · 2021
General operating funds
$1,000
Spectrum Youth · Burlington, VT · 2021
General operating funds
$1,000
Susan G Komen Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2021
General operating funds
$1,000
The Healing Place · Louisville, KY · 2021
General operating funds
$1,000
Uniting Partners for Women and Children · Louisville, KY · 2021
General operating fund
$1,000
US Holocaust Memorial Museum · Washington, DC · 2021
General operating funds
$1,000
Vermont International Film Festival · Burlington, VT · 2021
General operating funds
$1,000
Vermont Natural Resources Council · Montpelier, VT · 2021
General operating funds
$1,000
Vermont Public Radio · Colchester, VT · 2021
General operating funds
$1,000
Vermont Special Olympics · South Burlington, VT · 2021
General operating funds
$1,000
Vpirg · Montpelier, VT · 2021
General operating funds
$500
Hand in Hand Parenting · New York, NY · 2022
General operating fund
$500
Siskiyou School · Ashland, OR · 2022
General operating funds
$500
Alliance of Hope · Evanston, IL · 2021
General operating fund
$500
Hand in Hand Parenting · San Francisco, CA · 2021
General operating fund
$500
Kentucky Performing Arts Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2021
General operating funds
$500
No Kill Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2021
General operating funds
$500
Siskiyou School · Ashland, OR · 2021
General operating funds
$400
Champlain College Single Parents Program · Burlington, VT · 2021
General operating funds
$250
Baptist Health Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2021
General operating fund
$150
Janet S Munt Family Room · Burlington, VT · 2022
General operating fund
$100
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network · Manhattan Beach, CA · 2022
General operating fund
$100
Macular Degeneration Association · Northhampton, MA · 2021
General operating funds
$100
Vermont Kidney Association · Burlington, VT · 2021
General operating fund
$50
Louisville Vad Hakashruth · Louisville, KY · 2021
General operating funds

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