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Melvin & Estelle Gelman Foundation

Name: Melvin & Estelle Gelman Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

66
grants reported: $960,195
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $10,000
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

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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.

Alzheimer'S Drug Discover3 grants · $248,617
University of Pennsylvania2 grants · $105,000
Adas Israel Congregation1 grant · $50,176
Georgetown Day School3 grants · $50,000
Human Rights Campaign2 grants · $44,000
Washington Hebrew Congregation3 grants · $41,369
Childrens Hospital Found1 grant · $35,000
Brem Foundation3 grants · $34,500
The Washington Ballet2 grants · $34,000
Adas Israel Congregation2 grants · $33,198

Giving over time

$172,302

2022

$416,290

2023

$371,603

2024

Grant history

All 66 reported grants, largest first.

$150,468
Alzheimer'S Drug Discover · New York, NY · 2023
Further donee's charitable purpose.
$93,399
Alzheimer'S Drug Discover · New York, NJ · 2024
Further Donee's Charitable Purpose
$60,000
University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Further donee's charitable purpose.
$50,176
Adas Israel Congregation · Washington, DC · 2024
Further Donee's Charitable Purpose
$45,000
University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Further Donee's Charitable Purpose
$35,000
Childrens Hospital Found · Richmond, VA · 2023
Further donee's charitable purpose.
$31,117
Adas Israel Congregation · Washington, DC · 2023
Further donee's charitable purpose.
$26,000
Human Rights Campaign · Washington, DC · 2024
Further Donee's Charitable Purpose
$23,000
The Washington Ballet · Washington, DC · 2023
Further donee's charitable purpose.
$20,000
Georgetown Day School · Washington, DC · 2024
Further Donee's Charitable Purpose
$20,000
Georgetown Day School · Washington, DC · 2022
Further donee's charitable purpose.
$18,000
Human Rights Campaign · Washington, DC · 2023
Further donee's charitable purpose.
$18,000
Capital Jewish Museum · Washington, DC · 2022
Further donee's charitable purpose.
$15,000
American Friends of the Hebrew University · New York, NY · 2024
Further Donee's Charitable Purpose
$15,000
Brem Foundation · Prince Frederick, MD · 2023
Further donee's charitable purpose.
$15,000
Brem Foundation · Prince Frederick, MD · 2022
Further donee's charitable purpose.
$14,471
Washington Hebrew Congregation · Washington, DC · 2022
Further donee's charitable purpose.
$14,370
Washington Hebrew Congregation · Washington, DC · 2023
Further donee's charitable purpose.
$13,000
Sibley Memorial Hospital Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Further Donee's Charitable Purpose
$12,528
Washington Hebrew Congregation · Washington, DC · 2024
Further Donee's Charitable Purpose
$12,500
Children'S Hospital Found · Richmond, VA · 2024
Further Donee's Charitable Purpose
$12,500
Morselife Foundation · West Palm Beach, FL · 2022
Further donee's charitable purpose.
$12,000
Washington Dc Jcc · Washington, DC · 2024
Further Donee's Charitable Purpose
$11,000
The Washington Ballet · Washington, DC · 2022
Further donee's charitable purpose.
$10,000
George Washington University · Washington, DC · 2024
Further Donee's Charitable Purpose
$10,000
Jewish Federation of Group Homes · Rockville, MD · 2024
Further Donee's Charitable Purpose
$10,000
Morselife Foundation · West Palm Beach, FL · 2024
Further Donee's Charitable Purpose
$10,000
Riverdale · Bronx, NY · 2024
Further Donee's Charitable Purpose
$10,000
George Washington University · Washington, DC · 2023
Further donee's charitable purpose.
$10,000
Georgetown Day School · Washington, DC · 2023
Further donee's charitable purpose.
$10,000
Jewish Federation of Group Homes · Rockville, MD · 2023
Further donee's charitable purpose.
$10,000
Morselife Foundation · West Palm Beach, FL · 2023
Further donee's charitable purpose.
$10,000
Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2022
Further donee's charitable purpose.
$10,000
Riverdale Campaign · Bronx, NY · 2022
Further donee's charitable purpose.
$7,500
Foxhall Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Further Donee's Charitable Purposes
$7,500
US Against Alzheimer'S · Chevy Chase, MD · 2024
Further Donee's Charitable Purpose
$7,500
Hilarity for Charity · Beverly Hills, CA · 2022
Further donee's charitable purpose.
$7,500
Norton Museum of Art · West Palm Beach, GA · 2022
Further donee's charitable purpose.
$7,000
Palm Beach Country Club Foundation · Palm Beach, FL · 2024
Further Donee's Charitable Purpose
$6,000
Jewish Federation of Group Homes · Rockville, MD · 2022
Further donee's charitable purpose.
$5,000
Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2023
Further donee's charitable purpose.
$5,000
University of Michigan Law School · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
Further donee's charitable purpose.
$5,000
US Against Alzheimer'S · Chevy Chase, MD · 2023
Further donee's charitable purpose.
$5,000
American Friends of Hebrew University · New York, NY · 2022
Further donee's charitable purpose.
$5,000
Lab School of Washington · Washington, DC · 2022
Further donee's charitable purpose.
$5,000
University of Michigan Law School · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
Further donee's charitable purpose.
$5,000
US Against Alzheimer'S · Chevy Chase, MD · 2022
Further donee's charitable purpose.
$4,750
Alzheimer'S Drug Discover · New York, NY · 2022
Further donee's charitable purpose.
$4,500
Brem Foundation · Prince Frederick, MD · 2024
Further Donee's Charitable Purpose
$4,500
Israel Tennis Centers · New York, NY · 2024
Further Donee's Charitable Purpose
$4,335
Washington Dc Jcc · Washington, DC · 2023
Further donee's charitable purpose.
$4,000
The Kennedy Center · Washington, DC · 2023
Further donee's charitable purpose.
$4,000
The Kennedy Center · Washington, DC · 2022
Further donee's charitable purpose.
$2,500
Washington Dc Jcc · Washington, DC · 2022
Further donee's charitable purpose.
$2,081
Adas Israel Congregation · Washington, DC · 2022
Further donee's charitable purpose.
$2,000
Palm Beach Country Club Foundation · Palm Beach, FL · 2023
Further donee's charitable purpose.
$2,000
Palm Beach Country Club Foundation · Palm Beach, FL · 2022
Further donee's charitable purpose.
$2,000
Palm Beach United Way · Palm Beach, FL · 2022
Further donee's charitable purpose.
$1,500
Palm Beach United Way · Palm Beach, FL · 2023
Further donee's charitable purpose.
$1,500
Brigham & Women'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2022
Further donee's charitable purpose.
$1,000
University of Michigan Law School · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
Further Donee's Charitable Purpose
$1,000
Israel Tennis Centers · New York, NY · 2023
Further donee's charitable purpose.
$1,000
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Further donee's charitable purpose.
$1,000
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Further donee's charitable purpose.
$500
Foxhall Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Further donee's charitable purpose.
$500
Foxhall Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
Further donee's charitable purpose.

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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.