Melvin & Estelle Gelman Foundation Inc
EIN 52-6042344 · files IRS 990-PF
Where it gives
By cause and by place, from its own returns.
By cause
The cause each recipient registered with the IRS
Mostly grants abroad and recipients without a US registration. Shown, never hidden.
By place
Dollars received, by the recipient's state
half the top state or more10–50%2–10%under 2%
Grants abroad and place not on file: 86 grants · $1.3m
Who it funds most
10 of its 22 grantees were funded in more than one year.
Melvin & Estelle Gelman Foundation Inc's own IRS 990-PF returns, as filed, in USD
Who funds the same organisations
Counted over its 22 largest grantees, leaving out fiscal sponsors and donor-advised funds, which share an address rather than a cause. A fact, not a partnership.
Its board and officers
From its latest return.
Form 990PF Part VIII, tax year 2024, filing 202513169349103511
Name and title as its own return lists them. No pay, no address. A photograph appears only where the person's own organisation or a free licence publishes one, credited beside it; otherwise none. Anyone can ask to be removed: hello@philanova.ai.
Its money
What it gave, held and paid, by year.
Giving by year
A year with no bar has no grants on file yet: its returns may not be loaded. It is not a year without giving.
Its returns6 filings
| Tax year | Form | Filing | Where to read it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | IRS 990-PF | 202513169349103511 | IRS batch file |
| 2023 | IRS 990-PF | 202423209349103332 | IRS batch file |
| 2022 | IRS 990-PF | 202313199349100031 | IRS batch file |
| 2021 | IRS 990-PF | 202203189349105275 | IRS batch file |
| 2020 | IRS 990-PF | 202123199349101527 | IRS batch file |
| 2018 | IRS 990-PF | 201903189349100635 | IRS batch file |
An IRS batch file holds many returns; the filing number finds this one inside it.
The record as filedEvery table this page has always shown, in full.open
Melvin & Estelle Gelman Foundation Inc made 138 grants across 2018–2024, totalling $1.8m as filed.
- Grants
- 138
- Total, as filed
- $1.8m
- Years
- 2018–2024
- Filed in
- USD
Who it funds
| Organisation | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA | 3 | $225.0k |
| Alzheimer's Drug Discover | 3 | $176.2k |
| ADAS ISRAEL CONGREGATION | 6 | $172.5k |
| ALZHEIMER'S DRUG DISCOVERY FOUNDATION | 1 | $112.7k |
| University of Pennsylvania | 2 | $105.0k |
| GEORGETOWN DAY SCHOOL | 6 | $85.5k |
| WASHINGTON HEBREW CONGREGATION | 6 | $80.4k |
| BREM FOUNDATION | 6 | $63.5k |
| AMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY | 4 | $56.2k |
| CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL | 3 | $55.0k |
| The Washington Ballet | 3 | $46.5k |
| MORSELIFE FOUNDATION | 6 | $41.7k |
| THE LAB SCHOOL | 1 | $38.6k |
| THE KENNEDY CENTER | 3 | $37.7k |
| Washington DC JCC | 3 | $37.3k |
By year
| Year | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 33 | $471.5k |
| 2020 | 24 | $342.3k |
| 2021 | 23 | $352.9k |
| 2022 | 24 | $172.3k |
| 2023 | 18 | $238.5k |
| 2024 | 16 | $232.7k |
Where this came from
Identifier US-EIN-526042344. Register: Internal Revenue Service (US). Machine-readable: JSON.
What this page does not know
- Wrong if: a figure recovered from a subtotal is read as the sum of the recovered rows. A subtotal divides onto a whole penny whatever its parts did, so rows the per-row rule refuses are inside these figures.
- What they say they exist to do
- What each grant was for
- What they fund, by theme
- Balance sheet and financials
- Who runs it
- Whether they accept proposals
- Their own record on the register
- No website on file
- Leadership not yet identified