The Gerald And Sheila Jeffry Foundation
The organization is a private foundation focused on supporting religious and educational initiatives. Its mission appears to center on providing financial assistance to churches, educational institutions, and health-related charities, reflecting a commitment to faith-based and community-oriented causes. The foundation serves a variety of recipients, including schools, charities, and religious organizations, with a notable emphasis on scholarships for students and support for religious education. It primarily operates within California, where it allocates the majority of its funding.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
A local California faith-based school, parish, or small education/charitable organization seeking scholarships or modest program support and with local ties to the trustees.
Good Fit
- • Faith-based or Catholic school, parish, or diocesan program in California
- • A clearly defined scholarship or student-support request
- • Local presence or prior relationship with foundation trustees or grantees
- • A concise, letter-based funding request that explains use of funds
- • Requests sized to small-to-midsize grants (most gifts are under $5K, with occasional larger scholarships)
Geography
Giving is strongly concentrated in California — about 94% of dollars in the latest year — though small gifts reached a handful of other states.
Recipient Variety
The foundation funded 21–23 distinct recipients annually (23 in 2024) across churches, schools, and small charities, with 18 recurring grantees over the three-year record, indicating a broad recipient set for a micro-foundation despite dollar concentration in a few large awards.
New Applicants
The filings show about five new grantees in the latest year (roughly a 22% new rate), so occasional new entrants are possible, but the foundation also states it funds only preselected applicants and lacks a public website, so openness to unfamiliar applicants cannot be confirmed.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
