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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “gerber”
Where the money went
Largest: $20,000 to THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC — charlie and hayley gerber advised fund
Largest: $40,000 to GERBER HART LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES — general operations
Tides FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $95,000 · through 2024Largest: $30,000 to GERBER HART LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES — equity, human rights, and economic empowerment
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $632,000 · through 2021Largest: $316,000 to Southwestern Medical Foundation — general operating support. support to research projects of dr. david gerber in honor of the work he continues to do at utsw. in support of research conducted by dr. kevin forsberg,…
Largest: $1.2M to AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION FBO GERBER FAMILY FOUNDATION — general unrestricted fund grant
Southwestern Medical FoundationDallas, TXCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $30,000 · through 2024Largest: $15,000 to UT SOUTHWESTERN — to support the research under the direction of dr. david gerber
Largest: $10,000 to AUGUSTANA COLLEGE — gerber scholarship fund
The Cleveland FoundationCleveland, OHCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $106,927 · through 2023Largest: $55,356 to CLEVELAND GRAYS — income distribution from gerber trust
Largest: $1,600 to MT VERNON NAZARENE — s gerber speech pathology and audiology ed
Largest: $41,400 to GERBER ALICE — graduate interns at the getty
Largest: $10,130 to LAUREN GERBER — educational scholarship
Fremont Area Community FoundationFremont, MICharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $135,800 · through 2022Largest: $135,800 to Spectrum Health Gerber Memorial — tamarac expansion and enhancements
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →