New Jersey · Private foundation
Ascena Foundation
Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $239k
- Granted FY2020
- 16
- Grants FY2020
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2020
- Median grant, FY2020
- $4,500
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 41
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 10
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 75% of the organizations Ascena Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 80% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 20% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $192k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 16 | $239k | 75% |
| FY2019 | 27 | $1.0M | 85% |
| FY2017 | 41 | $497k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.
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, FY2017 to FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| International Scholarship and Tuition Services Inc | $238,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Ashoka | $200,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Leap Year Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Generation Hope | $100,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Girltrek Incorporated | $94,200 | 2 | 6% |
| Powherful Foundation Inc | $52,500 | 2 | 6% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $30,300 | 3 | 0% |
| Calmer Choice Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Homeless Children's Playtime Project | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Home Works - Thvp | $25,000 | 1 | 4% |
Show all 57 grantees
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($680k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ascena 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: Td Charitable Foundation · The Ford Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Verizon Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc
How this is measured
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About Ascena Foundation
- How much does Ascena Foundation give?
- Ascena Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $238,700 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 41 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does Ascena Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2020, its largest causes are Education (65%), Health (12%), International (11%).
- Who are Ascena Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2020: International Scholarship and Tuition Services Inc ($239k), Ashoka ($200k), Leap Year Inc ($100k).
- Does Ascena Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ascena 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 Ascena Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Td Charitable Foundation, The Ford Foundation, Mightycause Charitable Foundation.
- Where is Ascena Foundation based?
- Ascena Foundation is based in NJ.
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