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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 95-4305828

The Gere Foundation

A private foundation in New Canaan, CT. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 4 grants and $115,500 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2024

    $115,500

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $3,785,038

  • Tax year 2023

    $189,061

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $3,048,847

  • Tax year 2022

    $323,915

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $2,957,761

  • Tax year 2021

    $105,995

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $3,153,529

  • Tax year 2020

    $72,818

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $3,015,911

  • Tax year 2019

    $140,602

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $2,549,035

  • Tax year 2018

    $179,992

    Grants listed
    29
    Assets, end of year
    $2,621,734

Grants paid in 2024

4 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Legacy Philanthropy WorksSanta Barbara, CA

    Help communities envision their desired future and figure out how to get there

    $65,000
  2. The Looking GlassWhite Plains, NY

    General purposes

    $29,500
  3. Helsinki FoundationPoland

    To promote human rights as indispensable for the functioning of the state and to strengthen respect for those rights in the society.

    $11,000
  4. Karuna-ShechenNew York, NY

    International non-profit organization which provides health care, education, community development and women empowerment services in india, nepal and tibet

    $10,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Environment1 grant $65,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California1 grant $65,000
  2. New York2 grants $39,500

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Richard T GerePRESIDENT Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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