The Edna M and Aaron E Gingerich Foundation gives locally in Sarasota, concentrating most of its dollars on a single faith-based congregation while also supporting local healthcare and Christian education. Grants are typically unrestricted (“any charitable purpose”) and favor repeated commitments to a few familiar institutions rather than broad, one-off funding across many organizations. The foundation’s giving reflects a clear preference for local religious life, community health, and education within Sarasota County.
A single Sarasota congregation received the foundation’s largest recent gift: $103,449 to Abundant Life in 2025 for any charitable purpose. That pattern sets the tone for Edna M and Aaron E Gingerich Foundation Incorporated’s grantmaking. The foundation gives locally and repeatedly, with a clear preference for unrestricted support to a small circle of Sarasota-area organizations rather than a broad portfolio of recipients. Across the recent grants list, the same institutions reappear year after year, including Abundant Life, Sarasota Memorial Hospital Foundation, Sarasota Christian School, and New College Foundation. The grants are framed as “any charitable purpose,” which gives recipients flexibility in how they use the funds. Most dollars stay in Sarasota, and the foundation’s activity centers on faith-based work, community health, and Christian education. Even smaller awards follow the same pattern of local, discretionary support, including funding to various charities and other Sarasota nonprofits. The result is a grantmaking profile defined less by formal program categories than by sustained relationships with familiar local institutions.
Faith-based support is a major part of the foundation’s work. In 2024, it gave $26,756 to Abundant Life, and the congregation also received a $13,584 grant in 2023, both for any charitable purpose. Healthcare appears through repeated support for Sarasota Memorial Hospital Foundation. The organization received $10,000 in 2025, alongside two $10,000 grants in 2024 and another $10,000 grant in 2023, all described as any charitable purpose. Education is another recurring theme. Sarasota Christian School received $9,886 in 2023 and two $1,598 grants in 2024, again with unrestricted use. Higher education also appears in the list: New College Foundation received $10,000 in 2025 for any charitable purpose. Smaller grants show the same flexible approach, including support to New Hope and various charities in Sarasota.
Typical grant size is modest, with a p25 of $1,598, a median of $7,278, and a p75 of $10,000. The pattern is relationship-driven rather than one-off: Abundant Life, Sarasota Memorial Hospital Foundation, and Sarasota Christian School each appear in multiple years, often with repeated awards. The foundation is a private foundation, and its grants are described as unrestricted support for any charitable purpose. No application process is shown in the data.
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Most grants fall between $2K and $10K, with a median of $7K.
25th Percentile
$2K
Median
$7K
75th Percentile
$10K
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Highly concentrated: the majority of dollars go to one repeat grantee (Abundant Life), with additional recurring support for the local hospital and a few local education institutions; grants are mostly unrestricted and modest in number.
Notable grantees: Abundant Life, Sarasota Memorial Hospital Foundation, Sarasota Christian School, New College Foundation
Giving is overwhelmingly local. Of the recent grants listed, 93% went to recipients in Florida, and every grant in the dataset went to a U.S. recipient. Sarasota dominates the map of recipients, including Abundant Life, Sarasota Memorial Hospital Foundation, New College Foundation, Sarasota Christian School, New Hope, and Various Charities. Outside Sarasota, the only named recipient city in the recent list is Boone, North Carolina, for Samaritans Purse.
The recent grants point to a local mix of faith-based organizations, healthcare philanthropy, Christian education, and other Sarasota nonprofits. Examples in the dataset include a congregation, a hospital foundation, a Christian school, a college foundation, and several grants labeled for any charitable purpose.
Typical grants are relatively small to mid-sized: the p25 is $1,598, the median is $7,278, and the p75 is $10,000. The recent list also includes a much larger outlier of $103,449.
Yes. Several recipients appear in multiple years, including Abundant Life, Sarasota Memorial Hospital Foundation, and Sarasota Christian School. The repeated awards suggest ongoing relationships rather than isolated gifts.
The foundation gives locally. Florida recipients account for 93% of grants in the data, and all listed recipients are in the United States. Sarasota is the main recipient city across the recent grants.
The recent grants are repeatedly labeled “any charitable purpose,” indicating broad, unrestricted support rather than tightly defined project funding.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABUNDANT LIFE | SARASOTA, FL | $27,688 | 2026 | ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE |
| SARASOTA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION | SARASOTA, FL | $21,500 | 2026 | ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE |
| NEW COLLEGE FOUNDATION | SARASOTA, FL | $20,000 | 2026 | ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE |
| VARIOUS CHARITIES | SARASOTA, FL | $6,900 | 2026 | ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE |
| CARY COHENOUR TENNIS FOUNDATION | SARASOTA, FL | $5,000 | 2026 | ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE |
| BOYS & GIRLS CLUB | SARASOTA, FL | $5,000 | 2026 | ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE |
| ABUNDANT LIFE | SARASOTA, FL | $103,449 | 2025 | ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE |
| SARASOTA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION | SARASOTA, FL | $10,000 | 2025 | ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE |
| NEW COLLEGE FOUNDATION | SARASOTA, FL | $10,000 | 2025 | ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE |
| VARIOUS CHARITIES | SARASOTA, FL | $8,014 | 2025 | ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE |
| ABUNDANT LIFE | SARASOTA, FL | $26,756 | 2024 | ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE |
| ABUNDANT LIFE | SARASOTA, FL | $26,756 | 2024 | ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE |
| SARASOTA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION | SARASOTA, FL | $10,000 | 2024 | ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE |
| SARASOTA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION | SARASOTA, FL | $10,000 | 2024 | ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE |
| VARIOUS CHARITIES | SARASOTA, FL | $4,670 | 2024 | ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE |
| VARIOUS CHARITIES | SARASOTA, FL | $4,670 | 2024 | ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE |
| SARASOTA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL | SARASOTA, FL | $1,598 | 2024 | ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE |
| SARASOTA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL | SARASOTA, FL | $1,598 | 2024 | ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE |
| ABUNDANT LIFE | SARASOTA, FL | $13,584 | 2023 | ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE |
| SARASOTA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION | SARASOTA, FL | $10,000 | 2023 | ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE |
| SARASOTA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL | SARASOTA, FL | $9,886 | 2023 | ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE |
| VARIOUS CHARITIES | SARASOTA, FL | $1,300 | 2023 | ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE |
| SAMARITANS PURSE | BOONE, NC | $1,000 | 2023 | ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE |
| NEW HOPE | SARASOTA, FL | $1,000 | 2023 | ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE |
ABUNDANT LIFE
$27,688ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE
SARASOTA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
$21,500ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE
VARIOUS CHARITIES
$6,900ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE
CARY COHENOUR TENNIS FOUNDATION
$5,000ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB
$5,000ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE
ABUNDANT LIFE
$103,449ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE
SARASOTA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
$10,000ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE
VARIOUS CHARITIES
$8,014ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE
ABUNDANT LIFE
$26,756ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE
ABUNDANT LIFE
$26,756ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE
SARASOTA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
$10,000ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE
SARASOTA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
$10,000ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE
VARIOUS CHARITIES
$4,670ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE
VARIOUS CHARITIES
$4,670ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE
SARASOTA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
$1,598ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE
SARASOTA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
$1,598ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE
ABUNDANT LIFE
$13,584ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE
SARASOTA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
$9,886ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE
VARIOUS CHARITIES
$1,300ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE
NEW HOPE
$1,000ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE