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Elias 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.

$1.1M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
61
Grants FY2024
80
Organizations funded FY2023
50%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$105,000
Organizations funded a year
46 to 80
FY2019 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
9
Total assets, FY2024
$3.5M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Elias Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 34% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $426k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23
EducationInternationalCivil RightsCrime & LegalHuman ServicesYouth 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
FY2024still arriving60$1.0M22%
FY202380$1.3M50%
FY202249$757k45%
FY202153$1.1M49%
FY202053$864k51%
FY201946$644kn/a
69% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Human Services$926kReligion$722kCrime & Legal$425kCivil Rights$422kEducation$304kArts & Culture$215kCommunity Improvement$207kEmployment$167kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
WA
MN
IL
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CT
CA
MD
AZ
TN
NC
SC
DC
LA
MS
AL
GA
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Children's Village Inc$325,81060%
Westchester Children's Association Inc$317,500610%
Wespac Foundation Inc$277,000610%
Carolina Public Press Inc$200,000243%
Neighbors Link Corp$157,00051%
Justleadershipusa Inc$134,79953%
Rutgers University Foundation$100,00020%
Orleans Parish Prison Reform Coalition$85,00029%
American Friends Service Committee$79,0001n/a
Southern Maine Workers Center$70,00037%
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All grantees of Elias Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Children's Village Inc$325,81060%
Westchester Children's Association Inc$317,500610%
Wespac Foundation Inc$277,000610%
Carolina Public Press Inc$200,000243%
Neighbors Link Corp$157,00051%
Justleadershipusa Inc$134,79953%
Rutgers University Foundation$100,00020%
Orleans Parish Prison Reform Coalition$85,00029%
American Friends Service Committee$79,0001n/a
Southern Maine Workers Center$70,00037%
Community Voices Heard Inc$67,50060%
New Jersey Policy Perspective$62,00051%
United We Dream Network Inc$40,00020%
Building From Below$30,00034%
Marijuana Policy Project$30,00031%
Parents for Public Schools Inc$30,00024%
Latin American Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc$25,00021%
Community Movement Builders Inc$25,0001n/a
Daughters Beyond Incarceration$23,00031%
Youth Represent Inc$21,55440%
Worker Justice Center of New York Inc$20,00011%
Sarah Lawrence College$16,27010%
Ashraya Initiative for Children$15,000199%
The Education & Training Institute Inc$15,00013%
Thousand Currents$15,00020%
Southerners on New Ground Inc$13,00010%
Campus Bound Scholars Inc$12,60035%
The College and Community Fellowship Inc$12,18130%
Cgdcny Inc$11,0001n/a
Boys and Girls Club of New Rochelle Inc$10,00010%
A Sani Heartbeat$10,0001n/a
Kensington Corridor Trust$10,00011%
A Jewish Voice for Peace$10,00010%
Grassroots Global Justice$9,00030%
The Watershed Center Inc$8,50021%
Newburgh Lgbtqia Center$7,5001n/a
Maine Equal Justice Partners$6,00020%
New Economy Coalition Inc$6,00010%
914united Inc$5,85821%
Horace Greeley Scholarship Fund$5,07321%
Hias Inc$5,00010%
Earsay Inc$5,00018%
International Rescue Committee INC$5,00010%
Movement Generation$5,00011%
Western Pennsylvania Fund for Choic$3,0001n/a
YWCA Central Maine$3,00010%
Rise Up Kingston Inc$2,50011%
Hour Children Inc$2,19520%
City of Portland$2,0521n/a
Ramapough Mountain Indians Inc$2,00020%
Manna Food Bank Inc$2,00010%
Jacobin Foundation Ltd$2,00020%
Positive Futures Network Dba Yes Media$2,00020%
Vera Institute of Justice Inc$2,00010%
The Fyera Foundation$1,16412%
Bard College$1,00010%
Hand in Hand Mano en Mano$1,00010%
Portland Public Library$1,00010%
Cross Catholic Outreach Inc$1,0001n/a
Friends of the Mst$1,0001n/a
Westchester Land Trust Inc$1,00010%
South Africa Development Fund Inc$1,00010%
The Havens Relief Fund Society$1,00010%
Feeding Westchester Inc$52610%
Tonatierra Community Development Institute$3001n/a
Pace University$25010%
Haitian Education and Leadership Program$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 107 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.3M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Elias Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 57 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Children's Village Inc: $325,810 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetWestchester Children's Association Inc: $317,500 over 6y, 9.7% of budgetWespac Foundation Inc: $277,000 over 6y, 10% of budgetCarolina Public Press Inc: $200,000 over 2y, 43% of budgetNeighbors Link Corp: $157,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetJustleadershipusa Inc: $134,799 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetRutgers University Foundation: $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOrleans Parish Prison Reform Coalition: $85,000 over 2y, 9.1% of budgetSouthern Maine Workers Center: $70,000 over 3y, 7.4% of budgetCommunity Voices Heard Inc: $67,500 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetNew Jersey Policy Perspective: $62,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetUnited We Dream Network Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBuilding From Below: $30,000 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetMarijuana Policy Project: $30,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetParents for Public Schools Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetLatin American Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetDaughters Beyond Incarceration: $23,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetYouth Represent Inc: $21,554 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetWorker Justice Center of New York Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSarah Lawrence College: $16,270 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAshraya Initiative for Children: $15,000 over 1y, 99% of budgetThe Education & Training Institute Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetThousand Currents: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSoutherners on New Ground Inc: $13,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCampus Bound Scholars Inc: $12,600 over 3y, 4.9% of budgetThe College and Community Fellowship Inc: $12,181 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of New Rochelle Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKensington Corridor Trust: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetA Jewish Voice for Peace: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGrassroots Global Justice: $9,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Watershed Center Inc: $8,500 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetMaine Equal Justice Partners: $6,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNew Economy Coalition Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budget914united Inc: $5,858 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetHorace Greeley Scholarship Fund: $5,073 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetHias Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEarsay Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 8.3% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMovement Generation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetYWCA Central Maine: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRise Up Kingston Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetHour Children Inc: $2,195 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRamapough Mountain Indians Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetManna Food Bank Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJacobin Foundation Ltd: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPositive Futures Network Dba Yes Media: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVera Institute of Justice Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Fyera Foundation: $1,164 over 1y, 1.7% 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 57.

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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.

Amalgamated Charitable Foundation IncDC33.7× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Impactassetsinc · Tides Foundation · Novo Foundation · Surdna Foundation Inc · Common Counsel Foundation · The New York Community Trust · North Star Fund Inc · Solidaire Network Inc · Proteus Fund Inc · Borealis Philanthropy · NEO Philanthropy 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.

Compare Elias Foundation with peer funders

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How do I get to Elias Foundation?

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

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Elias Foundation

How much does Elias Foundation give?
Elias Foundation reported 61 grants totaling $1,050,041 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 46 and 80 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
What does Elias Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (16%), Religion (12%), Crime & Legal (7%).
Who are Elias Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: The Children's Village Inc ($326k), Westchester Children's Association Inc ($318k), Wespac Foundation Inc ($277k).
Does Elias Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Elias 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 Elias Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc, Impactassetsinc, Tides Foundation.
Where is Elias Foundation based?
Elias Foundation is based in NY.

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 177 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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