Gund Geoffrey Fdn
Brooklyn, OH · EIN 52-1509128. Reported 226 grants totalling $23.2M to 138 recipients across tax years 2020-2024. 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. Gund Geoffrey Fdn 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 $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $500 and $17,000; the smallest was $100 and the largest $2,100,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Historical Society | New York, NY | $3,625,520 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Putney School | Putney, VT | $3,607,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Musical Arts Association | Cleveland, OH | $3,370,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Say Yes Cleveland Scholarship Inc | Cleveland, OH | $2,550,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Child Mind Institute Inc | New York, NY | $1,930,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Cleveland Orchestra | Cleveland, OH | $1,830,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Cleveland Clinic Foundation | Independence, OH | $1,600,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Marthas Vineyard Museum Inc | Vineyard Hvn, MA | $960,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Sarah Lawrence College | Bronxville, NY | $760,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Bank Street College of Education | New York, NY | $480,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Museum of Modern Art | New York, NY | $348,150 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | $320,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Groton Annual Fund | Groton, MA | $220,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Metropolitan Opera Association Inc | New York, NY | $220,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Bluedot Institute Inc | Westlake Village, CA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sheriffs Meadow Foundation | Vineyard Hvn, MA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wave Hill Incorporated | The Bronx, NY | $165,800 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Stern Center for Language and Learning | Williston, VT | $160,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Metropolitan Opera | New York, NY | $110,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Cleveland Clinic | Cleveland, OH | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Studio in a School Association | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Salisbury School Inc | Salisbury, CT | $34,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Groton School | Groton, MA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Harpswell Foundation | Concord, MA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| The Carter Center | Atlanta, GA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Ron Rappaport Scholar Fund | Chilmark, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| YWCA | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Riverdale Neighborhood House | The Bronx, NY | $16,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Voices of Ascension | New York, NY | $16,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| West Tisbury Library Foundation Inc | West Tisbury, MA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Untermyer Gardens Conservancy | Yonkers, NY | $11,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Martha's Vineyard Playhouse | Vineyard Haven, MA | $10,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Cleveland Institute of Art | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art | Indianapolis, IN | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Woodwell Climate Center | Falmouth, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | New York, NY | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Martha's Vineyard Museum | Vineyard Haven, MA | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Mount Sinai Health System | New York, NY | $5,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Ascension Music Chorus & Orchestra | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Healed Martha Vineyard | Vineyard Haven, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nrdc | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Possibility Project | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Yale Law School | New Haven, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| NAACP | Baltimore, MD | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| 92ND Street Y | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New York Philharmonic | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| WNET Channel Thirteen | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| City Meals on Wheels | New York, NY | $2,088 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Allegheny College | Meadville, PA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Care | Merrifield, VA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Central Park Conservancy | New York, NY | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Children's Aid | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Connecticut College | New London, CT | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Cure Alzheimer's Fund | Wellesley Hills, MA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Harvard College Fund Harvard University | Boston, MA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Human Rights Watch | New York, NY | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Martha's Vineyard Hospital | Oak Bluffs, MA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| New York Civil Liberties Union | New York, NY | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Parkinson's Disease Foundation | New York, NY | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Swarthmore College | Swarthmore, PA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Skowhegan | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Frick Collection | New York, NY | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| The Wilderness Society | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Anera | Washington, DC | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Century Association Archives Fdn | New York, NY | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York, NY | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Trustees of Phillips Academy | Boston, MA | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Van Cortlandt Park Alliance | Bronx, NY | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Carnegie Hill Neighbors | New York, NY | $1,250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Common Cause | Washington, DC | $1,200 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Phoenix House | New York, NY | $1,125 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| American Civil Liberties Union | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| American Museum of Natural History | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bard Prison Initiative | Red Hook, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| City Harvest | New York, NY | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Dalton School | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| God's Love We Deliver | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Habitat for Humanity | Americus, GA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Lawyers for Children | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Liberty of America | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts | New York, NY | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Martha's Vineyard Community Fdn | West Tisbury, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Martha's Vineyard Community Services | Vineyard Haven, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| National Geographic | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Oberlin College | Oberlin, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Prep for Prep | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Riverdale Senior Services | Bronx, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House of New York | New York, NY | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Salvation Army | New York, NY | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Sheriff's Meadow Fdn | Vineyard Haven, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Smile Train | New York, NY | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Southern Poverty Law Center | Montgomery, AL | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Unicef | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Untermyer Gardens | Yonkers, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| World Wildlife Fund | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Woods Hole Oceangraphic Institution | Woods Hole, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Opus 118 Harlem School of Music | New York, NY | $750 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Food Bank for New York City | Bronx, NY | $600 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| American Academy in Rome | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Friends Service Committee | Philadelphia, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Aquinnahgay Head Community Association | Chilmark, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Ashoka Innovators for the Public | Arlington, VA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Beech Brook | Cleveland, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Brennan Center for Justice | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Civitas | Rochester, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Doctors Without Borders | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ethical Culture Fieldston School | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Library of America | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Make-a-Wish Foundation | Washington, DC | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Municipal Art Society | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| National Geographic Society | Tampa, FL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Public Art Fund | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rising Ground | Brooklyn, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Riverdale Nature Preservancy | Bronx, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Second Stage Theater | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Save Our Sound | Hyannia, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The New York Landmarks Conservancy | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| USA for Unhcr | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Visiting Nurse Service of New York | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Vineyard Open Land Foundation | Vineyard Haven, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Learning Ally | Princeton, NJ | $400 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Public Theater | New York, NY | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| National Trust for Historic Preservation | Hagerstown, MD | $275 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Island Housing Trust | West Tisbury, MA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Juvenile Bipolar Research Fdn | White Plains, NY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Martha's Vineyard Boys & Girls Club | Edgartown, MA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Palisades Parks Conservatory | New York, NY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Sierra Club | San Francisco, CA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Bronx Museum of the Arts | Bronx, NY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The New York Public Library | New York, NY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Trustees of Reservations | Beverly, MA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Martha's Vineyard Film Society | Vineyard Haven, MA | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Wfuv Fordham University | Bronx, NY | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Bronx Arts Ensemble | Bronx, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Habitat for Humanity Nyc and Westchester | Washington, DC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Martha's Vineyard Shellfish Group Inc | Oak Bluffs, MA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The New York STEM Cell Fdn | New York, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Wcai | Boston, MA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
63 of 138 (46%) 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 54%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Martha's Vineyard Museum
GENERAL OPERATING PURPOSES
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 143 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 86 | $3,555,285 | $1,000 |
| 2021 | 92 | $2,331,613 | $1,000 |
| 2022 | 23 | $7,325,000 | $70,000 |
| 2023 | 12 | $4,257,980 | $92,500 |
| 2024 | 13 | $5,700,980 | $200,000 |
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.
Where its money goes
41% of its giving went to organizations in Ohio. 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 $1,000. 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 Ohio.
- 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 Gund Geoffrey Fdn's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). 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: 4900 Tiedeman Road Oh-01-49-0381, Brooklyn, OH, 44144. 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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