Connecticut · Private foundation
Edward and Jeanne Epstein 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.
- $6k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $2,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 8
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $67k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 29% of the organizations Edward and Jeanne Epstein Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 | 5 | $6k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $7k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $7k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $9k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $10k | 17% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $9k | 14% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $8k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $9k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dorot Inc | $12,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The New Canaan Library Inc | $11,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Connecticut Inc | $7,000 | 5 | 0% |
| New Canaan Land Conservation Trust Inc | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
| St Marys Health Wagon Inc | $5,000 | 3 | 0% |
| American Jewish Committee | $4,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Remote Area Medical | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Shriners' Hospital for Children | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Earthjustice | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dorot Inc | $12,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The New Canaan Library Inc | $11,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Connecticut Inc | $7,000 | 5 | 0% |
| New Canaan Land Conservation Trust Inc | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
| St Marys Health Wagon Inc | $5,000 | 3 | 0% |
| American Jewish Committee | $4,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Remote Area Medical | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Shriners' Hospital for Children | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Earthjustice | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New Canaan EMS Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Camp Sunshine at Sebago Lake Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| African Wildlife Foundation Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($9k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Edward and Jeanne Epstein 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.
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How this is measured
Compare Edward and Jeanne Epstein Foundation with peer funders
About Edward and Jeanne Epstein Foundation
- How much does Edward and Jeanne Epstein Foundation give?
- Edward and Jeanne Epstein Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $6,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 8 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Edward and Jeanne Epstein Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (36%), Human Services (19%), Education (17%).
- Who are Edward and Jeanne Epstein Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Dorot Inc ($12k), The New Canaan Library Inc ($11k), Make-A-Wish Foundation of Connecticut Inc ($7k).
- Does Edward and Jeanne Epstein Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Edward and Jeanne Epstein 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 Edward and Jeanne Epstein Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Edward and Jeanne Epstein Foundation based?
- Edward and Jeanne Epstein Foundation is based in CT.
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