The Gretchen Beinecke Charitable Trust
New York, NY · EIN 27-2511652. Reported 77 grants totalling $968,600 to 32 organizations 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. The Gretchen Beinecke 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 $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $7,500 and $15,000; the smallest was $1,800 and the largest $80,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Connecticut | Storrs, CT | $145,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| A Wider Bridge | New York, NY | $80,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Greater Miami Jewish Federation Inc | Miami, FL | $70,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | New York, NY | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Miami Beach Chamber Education Foundation | Miami Beach, FL | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Miami Beach Jewish Community | Miami Beach, FL | $55,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation Inc | Boca Raton, FL | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Hartt Rescues | Clifton, TN | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Tuoro College | New York, NY | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Chabad of the Berkshires | Pittsfield, MA | $43,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Choir School of Hartford Inc | Hartford, CT | $37,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Columbia University - Harms Misumoto Fund | New York, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Community Synagogue Max D Raiskin Center | New York, NY | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Sixth Street Community Synagogue | New York, NY | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Greater Miami Hebrew Academy | Miami Beach, FL | $27,200 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| University of Connecticut Choral Program | Storrs, CT | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| American Friends of the Bar Ilan University | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Boys Town Jerusalem Foundation of America Inc - Public | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Jewish Book Council | New York, NY | $10,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Arizona State University Foundation | Tempe, AZ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mesivta Torah Vodaath Rabbinical Seminary | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Yeshiva Torah Vodaath Inc Scholarship Fund | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Gleanings Housing Inc | Lexington, KY | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Eshel Inc | New York, NY | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Tel Aviv University | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gleanings Inc | Miami Beach, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Jerusalem Open House for Pride and Tolerance | Jerusalem | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Torah Lishmah Institute | Yonkers, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Uja Federation | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jewish Community Relations | New York, NY | $3,600 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nyu Langone Health | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Victor Center for Jewish Genetic Diseases | Miami, FL | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
18 of 32 (56%) 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 70%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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 31 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 14 | $170,000 | $10,000 |
| 2021 | 17 | $181,800 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 12 | $150,000 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 16 | $279,200 | $12,500 |
| 2024 | 18 | $187,600 | $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.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 39% of this one's giving went to organizations in New York. 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 $10,000. 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 York.
- 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 The Gretchen Beinecke Charitable Trust's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Co Cadwalader 200 Liberty Street, New York, NY, 10281. 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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