Utah · Private foundation
Diana S Ellis Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $18k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $6,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 6
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $379k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations Diana S Ellis Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 47% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 53% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 4 | $18k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $19k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $16k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $8k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $9k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $14k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $14k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ogden School Foundation | $30,000 | 6 | 0% |
| People Helping People | $20,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Weber Pathways | $7,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Samaritan Foundation | $5,750 | 4 | 5% |
| Canine Companions for Independence Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Union Station Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Onstage Ogden | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kostopulos Dream Foundation | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($30k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Diana S Ellis 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: Lawrence & Janet Dee Foundation · George S and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation · Sorenson Legacy Foundation · Msl Family Foundation · Douglas & Shelley Felt Family Found · Ralph Nye Charitable Foundation · Val a Browning Charitable Foundation · Willard L Eccles Charitable Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Diana S Ellis Foundation
- How much does Diana S Ellis Foundation give?
- Diana S Ellis Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $18,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 6 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Diana S Ellis Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (38%), Human Services (26%), Recreation & Sports (19%).
- Who are Diana S Ellis Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Ogden School Foundation ($30k), People Helping People ($20k), Weber Pathways ($7k).
- Does Diana S Ellis Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Diana S Ellis 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 Diana S Ellis Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Lawrence & Janet Dee Foundation, George S and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation, Sorenson Legacy Foundation.
- Where is Diana S Ellis Foundation based?
- Diana S Ellis Foundation is based in UT.
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