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Element Solutions Foundation Inc

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.

$779k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
68
Grants FY2025
58
Organizations funded FY2024
52%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$131,233
Organizations funded a year
20 to 58
FY2021 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
17
Total assets, FY2025
$3.5M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 52% of the organizations Element Solutions Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 31% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $203k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’22’23’24
HealthAnimalsInternationalHuman ServicesEnvironmentYouth DevelopmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving67$648k70%
FY202458$654k52%
FY202356$513k59%
FY202252$514k85%
FY202120$114kn/a
94% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Environment$452kPhilanthropy$443kInternational$418kHealth$275kYouth Development$236kEducation$86kFood & Nutrition$85kCivil Rights$71kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MO
VA
KS
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
OK
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Element Solutions Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Everglades Foundation Inc$180,40040%
Save The Children Federation Inc$132,97520%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$130,85030%
Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust Inc$100,0001n/a
United States Fund for Unicef$93,00030%
Earth Day Network Inc$78,20051%
Police Activity League of Waterbury$65,00041%
Equality Now Inc$54,50040%
Mattatuck Historical Society$50,00050%
Waterbury Youth Services Inc$48,88041%
Easter Seal Rehabilitation Center of Greater Waterbury Inc$43,82140%
Rainforest Alliance Inc$37,40020%
American Cancer Society Inc$30,00040%
Park Central Inc$30,00023%
Folds of Honor Foundation$27,72020%
The Waterbury Young Men's Christian Association$25,00030%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$24,01720%
Children's Community School Inc$20,24031%
International Rescue Committee INC$18,00020%
Open Hand Atlanta Inc$15,00030%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$15,00020%
Carrie Steele-Pitts Home Inc$15,00030%
Biscayne Bay Waterkeeper Inc$15,00030%
Must Ministries Inc$15,00030%
Charity Global Inc$13,70010%
Atlanta Community Food Bank Inc$13,57630%
South Lyon Area Youth Assistance$13,00046%
Als United Connecticut$10,00030%
Greater Waterbury Campership Fund Inc$10,00019%
Southington Education Foundation Inc$10,0001n/a
National Breast Cancer Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Kidz2leaders Inc$10,00020%
Womens Campaign International$10,00016%
Als Angels Inc$10,0001n/a
World Wildlife Fund Inc$10,00010%
Prostate Cancer Foundation$10,00010%
Connecticut Children's Foundation Inc$10,00010%
The United Way of Greater Waterbury Inc$9,10010%
William F Ryan Community Health Center Inc$8,50020%
Folds of Honor - Motor City Inc$8,00012%
Maui Food Bank Inc$7,50010%
Lifeline Animal Project Inc$5,00010%
The University of Florida Foundation Inc$5,00010%
One Health Organization$5,00011%
Children's Dyslexia Centers Inc$5,00010%
The Aloha Foundation Inc$5,0001n/a
Broken Souls Rescue & Recovery Inc$5,0001n/a
Stratford Animal Rescue Society$5,00012%
The Avenue Dream Center$5,00012%
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc$5,0001n/a
Mindful Life Project$5,00010%
Engineers Without Borders-Usainc$5,00010%
Habitat for Humanity of Coastal Fairfield County Inc$4,5001n/a
La Porte Citizens Police Academy Alumni Assoc$3,8001n/a
Orono Rotary Foundation$3,5002n/a
Camp Anderson Corporation$3,00012%
Hands of Esperanza$3,0001n/a
The Brain Aneurysm Foundation Inc$2,50010%
Maui Humane Society$2,50010%
Smile Train Inc$2,50010%
Filling in the Blanks Inc$2,50030%
Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America$2,5001n/a
Sound Mind Sound Body Foundation$2,50010%
Acts 4 Ministry Inc$2,5001n/a
Shaggy Dog Rescue$2,50011%
Friends of the Senior Center Inc$2,50014%
Westchester Day School$2,5001n/a
Carolyns Place Inc$2,50011%
Nami Minnesota$2,50010%
Houston Pets Alive$1,50010%
Blair Clearfield Association for the Blind and Vis$1,50010%
The Brenen Hornstein Autism Research & Education Foundation$1,00013%
Altoona District United States Bowling Congress Inc$1,00011%
East End Youth Baseball$1,0002n/a
Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida I$1,00010%
Torrington Area Parkinsons Support Group Inc$1,0001n/a
Boys & Girls Club of Pbc$1,00010%
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc$1,00010%
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$1,00010%
Friends of Nagoya International School Inc$6731n/a
The Chamber of Commerce Foundation of Greater Waterbury Ct Inc$50010%
Lunch Break Inc$50010%
East End Little League Inc$50011%
Blood Cancer United Inc$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 90 recipients with no EIN on record ($888k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Element Solutions Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Everglades Foundation Inc: $180,400 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $132,975 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $130,850 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Fund for Unicef: $93,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEarth Day Network Inc: $78,200 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetPolice Activity League of Waterbury: $65,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetEquality Now Inc: $54,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMattatuck Historical Society: $50,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetWaterbury Youth Services Inc: $48,880 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetEaster Seal Rehabilitation Center of Greater Waterbury Inc: $43,821 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetRainforest Alliance Inc: $37,400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $30,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPark Central Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetFolds of Honor Foundation: $27,720 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Waterbury Young Men's Christian Association: $25,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Friends of Magen David Adom: $24,017 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Community School Inc: $20,240 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $18,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOpen Hand Atlanta Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCarrie Steele-Pitts Home Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetBiscayne Bay Waterkeeper Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMust Ministries Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCharity Global Inc: $13,700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAtlanta Community Food Bank Inc: $13,576 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSouth Lyon Area Youth Assistance: $13,000 over 4y, 5.9% of budgetAls United Connecticut: $10,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetGreater Waterbury Campership Fund Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 8.5% of budgetNational Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKidz2leaders Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetWomens Campaign International: $10,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetWorld Wildlife Fund Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetProstate Cancer Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetConnecticut Children's Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe United Way of Greater Waterbury Inc: $9,100 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWilliam F Ryan Community Health Center Inc: $8,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFolds of Honor - Motor City Inc: $8,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetMaui Food Bank Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLifeline Animal Project Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe University of Florida Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOne Health Organization: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetChildren's Dyslexia Centers Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetStratford Animal Rescue Society: $5,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetThe Avenue Dream Center: $5,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetMindful Life Project: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEngineers Without Borders-Usainc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCamp Anderson Corporation: $3,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetThe Brain Aneurysm Foundation Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 68.

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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.

Thomaston Savings Bank Foundation IncCT27.8× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Thomaston Savings Bank Foundation Inc · The Connecticut Community Foundation · Ion Bank Foundation Inc · American Savings Foundation Inc · Elisha Leavenworth Foundation Inc · Tw Marian W Ottley-Watertown · The United Way of Greater Waterbury Inc · Savings Bank of Danbury Foundation Inc · Webster Bank Charitable Foundation · Trinity Health of New England Corporation Inc · The Leever Foundation · Aetna Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Element Solutions Foundation Inc

How much does Element Solutions Foundation Inc give?
Element Solutions Foundation Inc reported 68 grants totaling $779,341 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 58 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
What does Element Solutions Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (17%), Philanthropy (17%), International (16%).
Who are Element Solutions Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: The Everglades Foundation Inc ($180k), Save The Children Federation Inc ($133k), Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc ($131k).
Does Element Solutions Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 52% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Element Solutions Foundation Inc 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 Element Solutions Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Thomaston Savings Bank Foundation Inc, The Connecticut Community Foundation, Ion Bank Foundation Inc.
Where is Element Solutions Foundation Inc based?
Element Solutions Foundation Inc is based in FL.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 179 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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