Washington · Private foundation
Ajax Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $390k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2024
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $75,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 16
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $22M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Ajax Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 27% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 14 | $365k | 36% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $75k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $176k | 80% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $165k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dog Is My Copilot | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| RED LODGE FIRE RESCUE FOUNDATION a Montana Nonprofit Public Benefit Corp | $35,000 | 3 | 15% |
| Vogel Alcove | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Montana Rescue Mission | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ecuadorian Rivers Institute | $20,000 | 2 | 12% |
| American Whitewater | $12,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Billings Food Bank Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| A Noise Within | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Franciscan Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Northfield Mount Hermon School | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dog Is My Copilot | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| RED LODGE FIRE RESCUE FOUNDATION a Montana Nonprofit Public Benefit Corp | $35,000 | 3 | 15% |
| Vogel Alcove | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Montana Rescue Mission | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ecuadorian Rivers Institute | $20,000 | 2 | 12% |
| American Whitewater | $12,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Billings Food Bank Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| A Noise Within | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Franciscan Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Northfield Mount Hermon School | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Yellowstone River Parks Association | $2,500 | 2 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($566k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ajax Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Montana Community Foundation Inc · Treacy Foundation · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About Ajax Foundation
- How much does Ajax Foundation give?
- Ajax Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $390,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 16 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Ajax Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Science & Tech (18%), Human Services (15%), Youth Development (12%).
- Who are Ajax Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Dog Is My Copilot ($50k), RED LODGE FIRE RESCUE FOUNDATION a Montana Nonprofit Public Benefit Corp ($35k), Vogel Alcove ($30k).
- Does Ajax Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ajax Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Ajax Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc, Montana Community Foundation Inc, Treacy Foundation.
- Where is Ajax Foundation based?
- Ajax Foundation is based in WA.
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