The Ida and Robert Gordon Family
EIN 474828639Total Given 2020–2024
$2.2M
143 grants · $436K avg/year
based on 5 yrs of IRS 990-PF records on file
$100K+/yr
local funder
capacity
$10K
typical small grants · $5K–$25K
grant size
33%
supporter · 25/76 multi-year
repeat
$19.8M
Assets (2024)
76
Distinct Recipients
Focus Areas
Application Information
Accepts Unsolicited Proposals
No — Preselected Only
Phone
(917) 951-4337
Financial Trends
Giving Over Time
Total Assets Over Time
View financial data as table
| Year | Total Giving | Total Assets | Revenue | Grants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $356K | $14.1M | $1.5M | 26 |
| 2022 | $652K | $13.2M | $1.4M | 38 |
| 2023 | $544K | $16.3M | $1.6M | 34 |
| 2024 | $627K | $19.8M | $1.8M | 45 |
Grant Size Distribution
Based on 143 grants on record
Minimum
$1K
25th Pctl
$5K
Median
$10K
Average
$15K
75th Pctl
$25K
Maximum
$50K
Geographic Distribution
Officers & Directors
RG
Roberta Gordon
4+ yrs
President, Treasurer, Dir
Leadership
RG
Richard M Greenberg
4+ yrs
Dir, Sec, Vice President
Leadership
TW
Toby S Wolf
4+ yrs
Dir
RG
Roberta Gordon
4+ yrs
President, Treasurer, Dir
Leadership
RG
Richard M Greenberg
4+ yrs
Dir, Sec, Vice President
Leadership
TW
Toby S Wolf
4+ yrs
Dir
RG
Roberta Gordon
4+ yrs
President, Treasurer, Dir
Leadership
RG
Richard M Greenberg
4+ yrs
Dir, Sec, Vice President
Leadership
TW
Toby S Wolf
4+ yrs
Dir
RG
Roberta Gordon
4+ yrs
President, Treasurer, Dir
Leadership
RG
Richard M Greenberg
4+ yrs
Dir, Sec, Vice President
Leadership
TW
Toby S Wolf
4+ yrs
Dir
Grants Awarded (143 total)
| Purpose | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U C Santa Cruz Foundation | Santa Cruz, CA | $50,000 | ROBERTA GORDON RESEARCH FUND AT THE CENTER FOR AGROECOLOGY AND SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS | 2020 |
| Earthjustice | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 | Program Ushering In an Era of Climate Friendly Farming | 2022 |
| U C Santa Cruz Foundation | Santa Cruz, CA | $50,000 | student research at the intersection of climate and agroecology by students from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds | 2022 |
| U C Santa Cruz Foundation | Santa Cruz, CA | $50,000 | Organic No-Till Specialty Crops, Phase II | 2023 |
| Earthjustice | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 | To Support a Program Ushering In an Era of Climate Friendly Farming | 2024 |
| American Farmland Trust | Washington, DC | $35,000 | climate and agriculture work on the national and New York State levels. | 2022 |
| American Farmland Trust | Washington, DC | $35,000 | American Farmland Trust's Federal and New York State Policy Work | 2023 |
| American Farmland Trust | Washington, DC | $35,000 | American Farmland Trust's Federal and New York State Policy Work | 2024 |
| Soil Health Institute | Morrisville, NC | $35,000 | Support for Lab Partnership Program for Access to Soil Health Measurement | 2024 |
| Union of Concerned Scientists Inc | Cambridge, MA | $30,000 | prepare climate-focused analysis | 2022 |
| Yale University - Yale School of Forestry & Enviro | New Haven, CT | $30,000 | Developing an Innovative Sustainable Agriculture and Food Indicator for the 2022 Environmental Performance Index | 2022 |
| Ceres Inc | Boston, MA | $30,000 | Nature Action 100 Fund | 2023 |
| Soil Health Institute | Morrisville, NC | $30,000 | Support for Phase II of SLAKES Project | 2023 |
| Environmental Advocates Ny Inc | Albany, NY | $30,000 | Climate and Sustainable Agriculture Program | 2024 |
| Sylvester Manor Educational Farm | Shelter Is, NY | $30,000 | Soil Health, Composting & Food Waste Diversion - Expansion & Innovation | 2024 |
| The Safina Center | Setauket, NY | $27,500 | To support a two-tiered Food/Climate fellowship, consisting of a Senior and Junior Fellow, for one year | 2024 |
| American Farmland Trust | Washington, DC | $25,000 | To support state action on climate change | 2020 |
| Earthjustice | San Francisco, CA | $25,000 | healthy soils, reforming forestry management, agricultural reforms, and climate mitigation programs | 2020 |
| Meridian Institute | Dillon, CO | $25,000 | Climate Food and Agriculture fund | 2020 |
| Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic Inc | Elmsford, NY | $25,000 | General & Unrestricted | 2020 |
| Soil Health Institute | Morrisville, NC | $25,000 | To support Ecosystem Services Market Consortium's non-lobbying policy development and advocacy | 2020 |
| Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc | Falmouth, MA | $25,000 | spectroscopy based soil health monitoring project | 2020 |
| Ceres Inc | Boston, MA | $25,000 | Rapid Response Campaign to Counter Anit-ESG Backlash. | 2022 |
| Cornell University | Boone, IA | $25,000 | equipment fund to measure methane and ammonia emissions from NYS dairy farms | 2022 |
| Environmental Advocates Ny Inc | Albany, NY | $25,000 | the New York State Safe Climate for All Campaign's Efforts to Achieve Sustainable Agricultural Practices | 2022 |