Gerald L Lennard Foundation Inc

Overview

Mission

Private Independent Foundations

What it reported funding in 2024

The foundation reported 80 grants totaling $2,489,333. The stated grant purposes included general & unrestricted, women's health in puerto rico, and women's program and alumni, plus 34 other reported purposes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 91% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The foundation distributed 91% of its reported charitable disbursements as grants.
  • Includes asset-sale income: Asset-sale income is shown separately from recurring resources when classifying the revenue model.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
133888381
IRS 990-PF coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2024
Headquarters
Wilmington, DE, USA
Rating
90
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Private Independent Foundations

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes to charitable grants and the filing identifies who received its grants. Assets provide a limited cushion relative to annual grants and the filing reports one or more activities that warrant closer review.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: 100
  • Cost Efficiency: 78
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 98
  • Endowment Health: 49

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: 100%; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 78.3%; rating input score 78; 37th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: 18 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 95
  • Filing consistency checks: 9; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 18.16; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
  • Payout: 100% grant deployment rate
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Investments: 49th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Filing history: 6 annual filings from 2013 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 85 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.