Funding search · EIN 236297463 · Philadelphia, PA

Joseph N Gorson Foundation

Name: Joseph N Gorson Foundation grants, 2020–2024
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.

57
grants reported: $169,500
total given: 2020–2024
filing years: $2,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2020–2024. 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

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Jewish Federation5 grants · $52,750
Congregation Beth El Ner Tamid4 grants · $24,500
Har Zion Temple5 grants · $23,500
Jfcs of Greater Philadelphia5 grants · $10,000
Jewish National Fund3 grants · $9,000
St Jude'S Childrens Research Hosp4 grants · $7,000
Jewish Relief Agency5 grants · $7,000
American Jewsih Committee2 grants · $6,000
American Heart Association5 grants · $5,000
Philabundance1 grant · $3,500

Giving over time

$18,000

2020

$36,500

2021

$40,000

2022

$40,000

2023

$35,000

2024

Grant history

All 57 reported grants, largest first.

$14,000
Jewish Federation · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Charitable donation
$11,750
Jewish Federation · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Charitable donation
$10,000
Jewish Federation · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Charitable donation
$10,000
Jewish Federation · Philadelphia, PA · 2020
Charitable donation
$9,500
Congregation Beth El Ner Tamid · Broomall, PA · 2021
Charitable donation
$7,000
Jewish Federation · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Charitable donation
$5,000
Congregation Beth El Ner Tamid · Broomall, PA · 2024
Charitable donation
$5,000
Har Zion Temple · Narberth, PA · 2024
Charitable donation
$5,000
Congregation Beth El Ner Tamid · Broomall, PA · 2023
Charitable donation
$5,000
Har Zion Temple · Narberth, PA · 2023
Charitable donation
$5,000
Congregation Beth El Ner Tamid · Broomall, PA · 2022
Charitable donation
$5,000
Har Zion Temple · Narberth, PA · 2022
Charitable donation
$5,000
Har Zion Temple · Narberth, PA · 2021
Charitable donation
$4,000
St Jude'S Childrens Research Hosp · Memphis, TN · 2021
Charitable donation
$3,500
Philabundance · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Charitable donation
$3,500
Har Zion Temple · Narberth, PA · 2020
Charitable donation
$3,000
Jewish National Fund · Rockville, NY · 2024
Charitable donation
$3,000
American Jewsih Committee · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Charitable donation
$3,000
Jewish National Fund · Rockville, NY · 2023
Charitable donation
$3,000
American Jewsih Committee · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Charitable donation
$3,000
Friends of Idf · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable donation
$3,000
Jewish National Fund · Rockville, NY · 2022
Charitable donation
$2,500
American Jewish Committee · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Charitable donation
$2,000
Jewish Relief Agency · Bala Cynwyd, PA · 2024
Charitable donation
$2,000
Jfcs of Greater Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Charitable donation
$2,000
Jewish Relief Agency · Bala Cynwyd, PA · 2023
Charitable donation
$2,000
Jfcs of Greater Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Charitable donation
$2,000
Jfcs of Greater Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Charitable donation
$2,000
Jfcs of Greater Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Charitable donation
$2,000
Jfcs of Greater Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2020
Charitable donation
$1,500
Planned Parenthood Fed of America · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable donation
$1,500
Sierra Club · Oakland, CA · 2023
Charitable donation
$1,000
American Heart Association · Waltham, MA · 2024
Charitable donation
$1,000
Laurel House · Norristown, PA · 2024
Charitable donation
$1,000
Planned Parenthood Federation · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable donation
$1,000
Rettssyndromeorg · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Charitable donation
$1,000
St Jude'S Childrens Research Hosp · Memphis, TN · 2024
Charitable donation
$1,000
American Heart Association · Waltham, MA · 2023
Charitable donation
$1,000
American Israel Education Fdn · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable donation
$1,000
American Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable donation
$1,000
Int'L Rett Syndrome Assoc · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Charitable donation
$1,000
Laurel House · Norristown, PA · 2023
Charitable donation
$1,000
Ronald McDonald House · San Diego, CA · 2023
Charitable donation
$1,000
St Jude'S Childrens Research Hosp · Memphis, TN · 2023
Charitable donation
$1,000
American Heart Association · Waltham, MA · 2022
Charitable donation
$1,000
Jewish Relief Agency · Bala Cynwyd, PA · 2022
Charitable donation
$1,000
Rettssyndromeorg · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Charitable donation
$1,000
St Jude'S Childrens Research Hosp · Memphis, TN · 2022
Charitable donation
$1,000
Thank Israeli Soldiers · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Charitable donation
$1,000
American Heart Association · Waltham, MA · 2021
Charitable donation
$1,000
Jewish Learning Venture · Jenkintown, PA · 2021
Charitable donation
$1,000
Jewish Relief Agency · Bala Cynwyd, PA · 2021
Charitable donation
$1,000
Rettssyndromeorg · Cincinnati, OH · 2021
Charitable donation
$1,000
American Heart Association · Waltham, MA · 2020
Charitable donation
$1,000
Jewish Relief Agency · Bala Cynwyd, PA · 2020
Charitable donation
$500
Rettssyndromeorg · Cincinnati, OH · 2020
Charitable donation
$250
Congregation Ocean Reef · Key Largo, FL · 2021
Charitable donation

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Source: 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.