About Gilbert Rivera Charitable Foundation
The Gilbert Rivera Charitable Foundation concentrates on neighborhood-level basic needs and community services in Brooklyn and the broader New York area, with a notable secondary interest in Puerto Rico. They fund hospitals and community health providers, front-line hunger and food-security programs, youth sports/out-of-school initiatives, and faith-based schools and churches. The foundation tends to make a few larger, strategic gifts alongside smaller community grants and repeats support to organizations they trust.
Focus Areas
Community healthcare and hospital-community programs in Brooklyn (e.g., hospital community outreach)Neighborhood food security and hunger-relief organizations in NYCEmergency relief and development for Puerto RicoYouth sports, recreational programs and after-school services for Brooklyn youthSupport for local faith-based schools and parish community programs
Who They Fund
local community residentsneighborhood populationsgeneral public in targeted communities
About Gilbert Rivera Charitable Foundation
A defining feature of the Gilbert Rivera Charitable Foundation is its repeated support for Brooklyn community programs, especially hospital-based outreach and neighborhood services. Maimonides Medical Center received the largest recent gifts in the record, including $55,000 in 2024 and $52,500 in 2023 for community program work, which places health access near the center of the foundation’s giving. The foundation also backed The Campaign Against Hunger across multiple years, with grants of $28,500 in 2024, $22,500 in 2025, and $15,000 in 2023, showing a steady relationship with food-security work in Brooklyn. Beyond those anchors, the foundation’s recent grants also touch youth sports, parish and school support, and emergency relief connected to Puerto Rico. The pattern suggests a funder that favors direct, place-based service organizations serving local residents rather than broad statewide or national initiatives. Most of the recent activity stays in New York, with a few larger gifts standing out alongside smaller community grants.
What Gilbert Rivera Charitable Foundation Funds
Community healthcare is a clear theme in the foundation’s recent giving. It gave $55,000 in 2024 and $52,500 in 2023 to Maimonides Medical Center for community program work, and also awarded $20,000 in 2024 to Community Healthcare Network Inc for a community program. Food security is another core area: The Campaign Against Hunger received $28,500 in 2024, $22,500 in 2025, and $15,000 in 2023. The foundation also supports youth activities, including $25,000 in 2025 and $10,000 in 2024 to Brooklyn Youth Sports Club, plus $10,000 in 2024 to Brooklyn USA Sports Assc Inc. Faith-based and school-based support appears as well, with $10,000 in 2024 to Saint Stanislaus Koska Catholic Academy and $10,000 in 2023 to Calvary St Cyprian Episcopal Church.
How Gilbert Rivera Charitable Foundation Gives
Typical grant size sits in a middle range, with p25 at $10,625, a median of $19,000, and p75 at $27,625. The recent list shows a mix of larger anchor grants and smaller community awards, including repeated support to the same organizations across 2023, 2024, and 2025. That repeat pattern appears with Maimonides Medical Center and The Campaign Against Hunger, while other recipients appear once. The foundation is a charitable foundation rather than a donor-advised fund, and it does not fund individuals or make program-related investments. Grants are presented as program support/community program awards, which points to direct operating or project funding for local service organizations.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$78K
Total Assets
$266K
Total Revenue
$166K
Total Expenses
$122K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $11K and $28K, with a median of $19K.
25th Percentile
$11K
Median
$19K
75th Percentile
$28K
Geographic Reach
Local2 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
RAYMOND RIVERA
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