New York · Private foundation
Ben & Estelle Sommers Foundation Inc
Its FY2023 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $7k
- Granted FY2023
- 28
- Grants FY2023
- 27
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 41%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $100
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $2,007
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 35
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 6
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 41% of the organizations Ben & Estelle Sommers Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $970 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 27 | $7k | 41% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $5k | 39% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $4k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 22 | $5k | 59% |
| FY2019 | 28 | $10k | 46% |
| FY2018 | 35 | $10k | 74% |
| FY2017 | 31 | $8k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
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 FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Synagogue | $19,940 | 7 | n/a |
| Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Inc | $6,865 | 7 | 0% |
| New York City Ballet Inc | $2,793 | 6 | 0% |
| Jessica Lang Dance Inc | $1,733 | 2 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $1,300 | 2 | 0% |
| Ramapo for Children Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fordham University | $800 | 2 | 0% |
| Museum of Modern Art | $600 | 6 | 0% |
| The Weston Playhouse Theater | $595 | 2 | 0% |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | $488 | 3 | 0% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 51 recipients with no EIN on record ($8k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ben & Estelle Sommers Foundation Inc 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: Ibm International Foundation · Vermont Council on the Arts Inc · The Shubert Foundation Inc · The Enoch Foundation · The Harkness Foundation for Dance Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · The Howard Gilman Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
Compare Ben & Estelle Sommers Foundation Inc with peer funders
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About Ben & Estelle Sommers Foundation Inc
- How much does Ben & Estelle Sommers Foundation Inc give?
- Ben & Estelle Sommers Foundation Inc reported 28 grants totaling $7,487 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 35 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Ben & Estelle Sommers Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (44%), Religion (43%), Public Safety & Disaster (3%).
- Who are Ben & Estelle Sommers Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Central Synagogue ($20k), Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Inc ($7k), New York City Ballet Inc ($3k).
- Does Ben & Estelle Sommers Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 41% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ben & Estelle Sommers Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Ben & Estelle Sommers Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ibm International Foundation, Vermont Council on the Arts Inc, The Shubert Foundation Inc.
- Where is Ben & Estelle Sommers Foundation Inc based?
- Ben & Estelle Sommers Foundation Inc is based in NY.
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