Gertrude L Hirsch Charitable Trust
Saint Louis, MO · EIN 22-6422143. Reported 70 grants totalling $500,000 to 50 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. 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. Gertrude L Hirsch Charitable Trust 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 $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $10,000; the smallest was $5,000 and the largest $20,000. 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. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Edison State University | Trenton, NJ | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Womanspace Inc | Lawrenceville, NJ | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Greater Life Inc | Newark, NJ | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Samaritan Inn Inc | Newton, NJ | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| 180 Turning Lives Around Inc | Hazlet, NJ | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| 4CS of Passaic County Inc | Paterson, NJ | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Alternatives Inc | Raritan, NJ | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Center for Family Services Inc | Camden, NJ | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Food Bank of South Jersey Inc | Pennsauken, NJ | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Jewish Family Childrens Services | San Francisco, CA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Matheny School and Hospital Inc | Peapack, NJ | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| New Jersey Seeds Inc | Newark, NJ | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Oasis Haven for Women & Children | Paterson, NJ | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| 4C'S of Passaic County Inc | Paterson, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Arm in Arm Inc | Timonium, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bridges Outreach Inc | Summit, NJ | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cumac Echo Inc | Paterson, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Evas Village Inc | Paterson, NJ | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Family Promise of Southern | West Creek, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Georgian Court University | Lakewood, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Habitat for Humanity | Atlanta, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Interfaith Caregivers of Greater Mercer | Hamilton, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New City Kids Inc | Grand Rapids, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The College of New Jersey Foundation Inc | Ewing, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Virtua Health Foundation Inc | Marlton, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Family Promise of Hunterdon County Inc | Flemington, NJ | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Family Promise of Southern Ocean County | West Creek, NJ | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Family Promise of Sussex County Inc | Newton, NJ | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Vincents Academy | Newark, NJ | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Arm in Arm Inc | Hamilton, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Aslan Inc | Red Bank, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cancer Care Inc | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Center for Hope and Safety Inc | Rochelle Park, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Children on the Green Inc | Morristown, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Childrens Aid and Family Services Inc | Paramus, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Christian Health Care Center | Wyckoff, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Culture Is Key | Trenton, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Family and Children's Services of Monmouth Co | Long Branch, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Family Promise of the Jersey Shore Inc | West Creek, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Father Johns Animal House | Lafayette, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Freedom House Nj | Clinton, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Interfaith Hospitality Network of | Spokane, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Interfaith Hospitality Network of Ocean | Toms River, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jewish Family Service Agency of Central | Elizabeth, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jewish Family Service Agency of Central Jersey | Elizabeth, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Meals on Wheels of Mercer County Inc | Ewing, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Meals on Wheels of Salem County Inc | Elmer, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mend on the Move | W Bloomfield, MI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Oasis Animal Sanctuary Inc | Franklinville, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Summit Speech School | New Providence, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
14 of 50 (28%) received money in more than one year over the 4 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 29%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 51 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 14 | $120,000 | $7,500 |
| 2022 | 17 | $135,000 | $7,500 |
| 2023 | 15 | $125,000 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 24 | $120,000 | $5,000 |
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
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 88% of this one's giving went to organizations in New Jersey. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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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 the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New Jersey.
- 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 Gertrude L Hirsch Charitable Trust's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 505 Mac H0006-092, Saint Louis, MO, 63166. 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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