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Elhapa 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.

$5.0M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
122
Grants FY2025
125
Organizations funded FY2024
18%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$25,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$200,000
Organizations funded a year
65 to 125
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
17
Total assets, FY2025
$34M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 18% of the organizations Elhapa Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $900k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEnvironmentEducationArts & CultureHealthPhilanthropyOther
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 arriving119$5.0M8%
FY2024125$4.6M18%
FY2023111$3.7M17%
FY2022101$3.3M11%
FY2021103$3.8M10%
FY202093$3.3M31%
FY201978$2.3M32%
FY201865$1.9M66%
95% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$5.9MHealth$3.4MEnvironment$3.1MHuman Services$3.0MArts & Culture$2.5MHousing & Shelter$1.9MYouth Development$1.4MCrime & Legal$1.1MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
St Anne's-Belfield Inc$1,250,00090%
One-Eighty Place$1,095,00083%
Beyond Our Walls Inc$777,000988%
Johns Hopkins University$750,00050%
The Women's Initiative$570,00066%
Kids on Point Inc$552,00089%
The Charleston Promise Neighborhood$539,000611%
Children's Museum of the Lowcountry$500,000526%
Turn90$470,00064%
Kentucky Resources Council Inc$461,000326%
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All grantees of Elhapa Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
St Anne's-Belfield Inc$1,250,00090%
One-Eighty Place$1,095,00083%
Beyond Our Walls Inc$777,000988%
Johns Hopkins University$750,00050%
The Women's Initiative$570,00066%
Kids on Point Inc$552,00089%
The Charleston Promise Neighborhood$539,000611%
Children's Museum of the Lowcountry$500,000526%
Turn90$470,00064%
Kentucky Resources Council Inc$461,000326%
Star Gospel Mission$460,00094%
Trustees of Westminster School Inc$425,00080%
Patriot Foundation$375,00095%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$370,00070%
Eight Million Stories Inc$365,00077%
My Sister's House Inc$365,00093%
Wings for Kids$345,00062%
One Parent Family Facility Corporation$335,00097%
Lexington Leadership Foundation Inc$325,00047%
Transylvania University$300,00060%
City of Promise Inc$300,00067%
Smoketown Family Wellness Center Corp$270,000913%
Kentucky Natural Lands Trust Inc$250,00092%
Metanoia$250,00081%
Micah Legal Services Inc$245,000532%
Lowcountry Land Trust Inc$240,00081%
Readykids Inc$240,00061%
Ashley Hall Foundation$235,00050%
The Hope Center Inc$220,00080%
Salisbury School Inc$220,00080%
Equal Justice Initiative$215,00060%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill$200,0001n/a
Chrysalis House Inc$200,00091%
The Berry Center Inc$199,00093%
Kentucky Center for Economic Policy Inc$185,00063%
Operation Home Inc$183,00093%
Bluegrass Land Conservancy Inc$167,00092%
Vermont Wilderness School$165,00098%
Meeting Street Schools$160,00060%
Northside Common Market$155,000318%
Fayette County Public Schools$150,0003n/a
Porter-Gaud School$150,0002n/a
Joshua Community Connectors Inc$150,000218%
Dream Center Clinic Inc$150,000618%
Virginia Discovery Museum Inc$150,00076%
Barrier Islands Free Medical Clinic$145,00062%
Fetter Health Care Network Inc$145,00050%
Office of Kentucky Legal Services Programs Inc$140,00053%
Montpelier Foundation$135,00012%
Appalachian Community Fund$135,00052%
Communities in Schools of South Carolina$131,00031%
Dee Norton Lowcountry Children's Center$130,00061%
Park County Environmental Council$125,00073%
Kentucky Waterways Alliance Inc$125,00063%
Charleston Collegiate School$120,00031%
Little Traverse Conservancy Inc$111,00080%
Blue School$105,00021%
Kentucky Voices for Health Inc$105,00063%
Uniting Voices$105,00021%
Highlander Research & Education Center Inc$105,00070%
Jefferson School African American Heritage Center Inc$102,00044%
The Black Soil Charitable Fund Inc$100,000276%
Charlottesville Free Clinic$100,00021%
Henry Clay Memorial Foundation$100,000110%
Educational Video Center Inc$100,00056%
South Carolina Childrens Fund$100,00016%
Foodchain Inc$100,00022%
Northern Homes Community Development Corporation$95,00034%
New Morning$95,00040%
The Lower East Side Girls Club of New York Inc$95,00061%
Slave Dwelling Project Inc$90,000727%
Lexington Rescue Mission$90,00061%
International African American Museum$90,00050%
South Carolina Appleseed Legal Justice Center$87,00062%
Sayre School$85,00050%
Kentucky Refugee Ministries Inc$85,00040%
Blue Grass Trust for Historic Preservation Inc$85,00085%
Kids Cancer Alliance Inc$85,00092%
Learning Outside Inc$80,00083%
Worldwide Hearts and Hands Inc$80,00088%
Lexington Public Library Foundation$80,00084%
The Brigid Alliance Inc$80,00040%
Good Friends of the Lowcountry$75,000711%
Commonwealth Fund for Ket Inc$75,00060%
Yellowstone Forever$75,00060%
Charleston Area Justice Ministry$75,00063%
Enough Pie$70,000419%
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic Inc$70,00040%
Alliance of Families for Justice Inc$70,00048%
Eblen Charities Inc$70,00011%
The Surfrider Foundation$65,00030%
The High Country Charitable Foundation$65,00017%
Lowcountry Literacy Project$60,000113%
Central Kentucky Youth Orchestra Society Inc$60,00064%
Fresh Future Farm Inc$57,00037%
The Everglades Foundation Inc$55,00050%
Karme Choling$55,0002n/a
God's Pantry Food Bank Inc$55,00030%
Seedleaf Inc$50,00026%
Baby Health Services Inc$50,00036%
Teachers Unite Inc$45,000511%
Lexington Philharmonic Society Inc$45,00081%
Neighbors Together Inc$45,00041%
Pine Mountain Settlement School$45,00033%
Heart Math Tutoring Inc$45,00030%
Lexington Habitat for Humanity Inc$40,00031%
Mountain Association for Community Economic Development Inc$40,00020%
The Bail Project Inc$40,00020%
International Rescue Committee INC$40,00040%
Teton Regional Land Trust Inc$40,00030%
Junior Achievement of Greater South Carolina Inc$40,00022%
The Formation Project$40,00021%
Surgery on Sunday Inc$36,00037%
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation$35,00030%
National Audubon Society Inc$30,00030%
Dreamorg$30,00020%
Central Kentucky Riding for Hope Inc$30,00022%
Florence Crittenton Programs of South Carolina Inc$30,00031%
Believing in Forever Inc$29,0005n/a
The Charleston Forum$25,000321%
Vision to Learn$25,00010%
Step by Step Inc$25,0001n/a
Vanderbilt University$25,00010%
Charleston County Parks Foundation Inc$25,00058%
Carnegie Literacy Center Inc Carnegie Center for Literacy & Learning$25,00012%
Casa of Lexington Inc$20,00040%
Hospice of the Bluegrass Inc$20,00010%
Braver AngelsInc$20,00011%
Kentucky Coalition Inc$20,00040%
Center for Humane Technology$20,00011%
BISSELL Pet Foundation$20,00020%
Edisto Island Open Land Trust$20,00022%
Beyond Basic Life Skills$20,00021%
Lexington School Inc$17,50020%
Alliance for Global Justice Corp$15,00010%
Mountain Empire Older Citizens Inc$15,0001n/a
Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Bluegrass Inc$15,00011%
Georgia Tennis Foundation Inc$15,00014%
Magnolia Tree Earth Center of Bedford Stuyvesant$12,000116%
Empowers Africa Inc$10,00011%
Focusing Philanthropy Inc$10,00010%
Positive Vibes Ronjanae Smith$10,0001n/a
The Children's Home Society of Florida$10,00010%
The Protestant Episcopal High School in Virginia$10,00010%
Ser-Jobs for Progress of the Texas Gulf Coast Inc$10,00010%
Backcountry Hunters & Anglers$10,00010%
The Sakyong Foundation$8,00012%
American College of the Building Arts$5,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 49 recipients with no EIN on record ($6.5M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Elhapa Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 6 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 140 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSt Anne's-Belfield Inc: $1,250,000 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetOne-Eighty Place: $1,095,000 over 8y, 2.8% of budgetBeyond Our Walls Inc: $777,000 over 9y, 88% of budgetJohns Hopkins University: $750,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Women's Initiative: $570,000 over 6y, 5.6% of budgetKids on Point Inc: $552,000 over 8y, 9.1% of budgetThe Charleston Promise Neighborhood: $539,000 over 6y, 11% of budgetChildren's Museum of the Lowcountry: $500,000 over 5y, 26% of budgetTurn90: $470,000 over 6y, 4.3% of budgetKentucky Resources Council Inc: $461,000 over 3y, 26% of budgetStar Gospel Mission: $460,000 over 9y, 3.6% of budgetTrustees of Westminster School Inc: $425,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetPatriot Foundation: $375,000 over 9y, 4.6% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $370,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetEight Million Stories Inc: $365,000 over 7y, 6.6% of budgetMy Sister's House Inc: $365,000 over 9y, 3.2% of budgetWings for Kids: $345,000 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetOne Parent Family Facility Corporation: $335,000 over 9y, 7.3% of budgetLexington Leadership Foundation Inc: $325,000 over 4y, 6.7% of budgetTransylvania University: $300,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCity of Promise Inc: $300,000 over 6y, 6.9% of budgetSmoketown Family Wellness Center Corp: $270,000 over 9y, 13% of budgetKentucky Natural Lands Trust Inc: $250,000 over 9y, 1.8% of budgetMetanoia: $250,000 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetMicah Legal Services Inc: $245,000 over 5y, 32% of budgetLowcountry Land Trust Inc: $240,000 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetReadykids Inc: $240,000 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetAshley Hall Foundation: $235,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetThe Hope Center Inc: $220,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetSalisbury School Inc: $220,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetEqual Justice Initiative: $215,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetChrysalis House Inc: $200,000 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetThe Berry Center Inc: $199,000 over 9y, 2.7% of budgetKentucky Center for Economic Policy Inc: $185,000 over 6y, 2.8% of budgetOperation Home Inc: $183,000 over 9y, 3.3% of budgetBluegrass Land Conservancy Inc: $167,000 over 9y, 2.3% of budgetVermont Wilderness School: $165,000 over 9y, 8.1% of budgetMeeting Street Schools: $160,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNorthside Common Market: $155,000 over 3y, 18% of budgetJoshua Community Connectors Inc: $150,000 over 2y, 18% of budgetDream Center Clinic Inc: $150,000 over 6y, 18% of budgetVirginia Discovery Museum Inc: $150,000 over 7y, 5.5% of budgetBarrier Islands Free Medical Clinic: $145,000 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetFetter Health Care Network Inc: $145,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetOffice of Kentucky Legal Services Programs Inc: $140,000 over 5y, 3.0% of budgetMontpelier Foundation: $135,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetAppalachian Community Fund: $135,000 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetCommunities in Schools of South Carolina: $131,000 over 3y, 1.0% 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 140.

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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.

Blue Grass Community Foundation IncKY82.4× affinity44 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc · Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc · Henry & Sylvia Yaschik Foundation Inc · The Joanna Foundation · The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc · Trident United Way · The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · LG&E and Ku Foundation Inc · Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina · Patrick Family Foundation

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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Find your warmest path to Elhapa Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

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About Elhapa Foundation Inc

How much does Elhapa Foundation Inc give?
Elhapa Foundation Inc reported 122 grants totaling $5,025,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 65 and 125 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Elhapa Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (20%), Health (12%), Environment (11%).
Who are Elhapa Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: St Anne's-Belfield Inc ($1.3M), One-Eighty Place ($1.1M), Beyond Our Walls Inc ($777k).
Does Elhapa Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Elhapa 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 Elhapa Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc, Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc, Henry & Sylvia Yaschik Foundation Inc.
Where is Elhapa Foundation Inc based?
Elhapa Foundation Inc is based in KY.

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 199 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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