Gerondelis Foundation Inc
Lynn, MA · EIN 04-6130871. Reported 337 grants totalling $8,952,822 to 155 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Gerondelis Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $505,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St George Greek Orthodox Church | Lynn, MA | $1,272,736 | 7 | 5 | 2025 |
| YMCA Metro North | Saugus, MA | $800,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Saint Vasilios Greek Orthodox Churc | Peabody, MA | $652,360 | 5 | 4 | 2025 |
| High School Scholarships | Lynn, MA | $442,357 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Lynn Economic Opportunity | Lynn, MA | $350,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| United Services Organization | Washington, DC | $350,000 | 7 | 5 | 2025 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Lynn | Lynn, MA | $227,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Boston | Brookline, MA | $210,000 | 3 | 2 | 2025 |
| Nemours Children's Health | Melbourne, FL | $200,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| North Shore Community Development | Salem, MA | $175,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| American College of Greece | Boston, MA | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Suffolk University | Boston, MA | $150,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Columbia University | New York, NY | $130,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Gerondelion School | Heraklion | $120,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Holy Monastery Kalyviani | Heraklion, Crete | $118,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| City of Lynn | Lynn, MA | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Gregg Neighborhood House Associatio | Lynn, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Pasedena Community Foundation | Pasedena, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Saint George Classical Academy | Boxford, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Camp Fire North Shore | Lynn, MA | $99,334 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | Atlanta, GA | $95,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Leap for Education | Salem, MA | $90,000 | 4 | 3 | 2025 |
| Purdue University | Lafayette, IN | $90,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Catholic Schools Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | $85,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Hellenic Woman's Benevolent Associa | Canton, MA | $81,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Dormition of the Virgin Mary Greek | Somerville, MA | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $60,000 | 4 | 3 | 2025 |
| University of Texas at Austin | Austin, TX | $60,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Boston University | Boston, MA | $55,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Raw Art Works | Lynn, MA | $55,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| University of Illinois Urbana Cham | Champaign, IL | $55,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Beloved Asheville | Asheville, NC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Community Action Inc | Haverhill, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Cornell University | Ithaca, NY | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Holy Ascension Greek Orthodx Church | Clearwater, FL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Leo Inc | Lynn, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Martha's Barn Inc | Essex Junction, VT | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital | Boston, MA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| New York University | New York, NY | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Rockville Rotary Club Foundation | Rockville, MD | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Saint Nikolaos Monastery | Heraklion, Crete | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Trustees of Anatolia College | Boston, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Florida | Gainesville, FL | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Greek 4 Kids | Newton, MA | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Haven Project | Lynn, MA | $45,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technolo | Cambridge, MA | $45,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison | Madison, WI | $45,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Boston University Tanglewood Instit | Boston, MA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Harvard Business School | Cambridge, MA | $40,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Intercity Scholarship Fund | New York, NY | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Lynn Community Health Center | Lynn, MA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Saint Marys High School | Lynn, MA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Texas A&m | College Station, TX | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Habitat Plus Inc | Lynn, MA | $37,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Rutgers the State University of Ne | New Brunswick, NJ | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | $35,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Centerboard | Lynn, MA | $30,000 | 3 | 2 | 2025 |
| Greek Group Tutoring | Lexington, MA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| La Vida Scholars | Lynn, MA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| University of Delaware | Newark, DE | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Brigham and Woman's Hospital | Boston, MA | $26,235 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Childrens Law Center | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Gloucester Schooner Festival | Gloucester, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Greater Lynn Senior Services | Lynn, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Tuskegee Airman Inc | Tuskegee, AL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Way | Boston, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| University of Chicago Law School | Chicago, IL | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| University of Massachusetts Amhers | Amherst, MA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Agganis Foundation | Lynn, MA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Care Dimensions | Danvers, MA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Emory University | Atlanta, GA | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Harvard College Fund | Cambridge, MA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Harvard University | Cambridge, MA | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Here Tomorrow Inc | Neptune Beach, FL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Joslin Diabetes Center | Boston, MA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Northeastern University | Boston, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Stony Brook University | Stony Brook, NY | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Transfiguration of Our Savior Greek | Lowell, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| University of California Berkley | Berkley, CA | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| University of Maryland | Maryland, MD | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Drexel University | Philedelphia, PA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| North Carolina University | Raleigh, NC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Office of Economic and Community De | Lynn, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Salem State University Foundation | Salem, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of California Irvine | Irvine, CA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| University of Cincinnati | Cincinnati, OH | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| University of Connecticut | Storrs, CT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Houston | Houston, TX | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| University of Massachusetts Lowell | Lowell, MA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| University of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Bridgewell | Peabody, MA | $12,300 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Boston Firefighters Burn Foundation | Dorchester, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Stonehamwak | Stoneham, MA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Chicago School of Professional Psyc | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Columbia Law School | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Duke University | Durham, NC | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Florida Atlantic University | Boca Raton, FL | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Georgetown University | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Harvard Graduate School of Design | Cambridge, MA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Lynn Museum | Lynn, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ma Coalition for the Homeless | Lynn, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Northwestern University | Evanston, IL | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Pathways Adut Education & Training | Lynn, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Raising a Reader | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Ruths Way | East Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| School of the Art Institute of Chic | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| The Salem Pantry | Salem, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Third Sector New England | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Tufts University | Medford, MA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| University of California Regents | Oakland, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| University of California Santa Bar | Santa Barbara, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of California Santa Cru | Santa Cruz, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| University of Georgia | Athens, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Iowa | Iowa City, IA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, MN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| University of Utah | Salt Lake City, UT | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute | Blacksburg, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Girls Inc of Lynn | Lynn, MA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Auburn University | Auburn, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Brown University | Providence, RI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| California Institute of Technology | Pasedena, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| California Institute of the Arts | Valencia, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| CASA Mariposa | Salem, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Fisher College of Business | Columbus, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Florida International University | Miami, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Harrisburg University of Science An | Harrisburg, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount S | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ladybug Love Inc | Peabody, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Lousiana State University | Baton Rouge, LA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Loyola University | Chicago, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Michigan State | East Lansing, MI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mission of Deeds Inc | Reading, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| New York University - Tisch School | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Northshore Community College | Danvers, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Pennsylvania State University | University Park, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pratt Institute | Brooklyn, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute | Troy, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Rice University | Houston, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| School of Visual Arts | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Stanford University | Stanford, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| SUNY Fredonia | Fredonia, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham | Birmingham, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| University of California Los Angel | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of California Riverside | Riverside, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Illinois at Chicago | Chicago, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| University of Memphis | Memphis, TN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Minnesota Dentistry | Minneapolis, MN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Texas at Arlington | Arlington, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| University of Vermont | Burlington, VT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Virginia | Charlottesville, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville, TN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Saint Basil Academy | Garrison, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
77 of 155 (50%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 60%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 111 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 51 | $1,575,357 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 74 | $2,056,416 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 66 | $1,378,680 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 64 | $1,871,735 | $10,000 |
| 2025 | 82 | $2,070,634 | $10,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Gerondelis Foundation Inc has 31 of them, worth $4,034,786. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Boston | Brookline, MA | $400,000 |
| Lynn Economic Opportunity | Lynn, MA | $400,000 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Lynn | Lynn, MA | $400,000 |
| Gregg Neighborhood House Associatio | Lynn, MA | $400,000 |
| Saint George Classical Academy | Boxford, MA | $400,000 |
| YMCA Metro North | Saugus, MA | $400,000 |
| Saint Vasilios Greek Orthodox Churc | Peabody, MA | $250,000 |
| Nemours Children's Health | Pensacola, FL | $200,000 |
| St George Greek Orthodox Church | Lynn, MA | $150,000 |
| The Catholic Schools Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | $80,000 |
| Transfiguration of Our Savior Greek | Lowell, MA | $80,000 |
| Saint Vasilios Greek Orthodox Churc | Peabody, MA | $75,620 |
| Dormition of the Virgin Mary Greek | Somerville, MA | $75,000 |
| Leap for Education | Salem, MA | $75,000 |
| United Way | Boston, MA | $75,000 |
Where its money goes
72% of its giving went to organizations in Massachusetts. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Massachusetts.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Gerondelis Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 56 Central Avenue Ste 201, Lynn, MA, 01901. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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