Florida · Private foundation
Elise M Besthoff Charitable Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $132k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $49,065
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.0M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations Elise M Besthoff Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 11 | $132k | 36% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $93k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $128k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $85k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $111k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $17k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $56k | 14% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $174k | 63% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chautauqua Institution | $242,460 | 7 | 0% |
| The Reece School | $216,436 | 9 | 1% |
| New Orleans Museum of Art | $200,900 | 7 | 0% |
| The Scripps Research Institute | $45,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Norton Museum of Art Inc | $40,750 | 2 | 0% |
| The University of Florida Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Florida Atlantic University Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 5 | 0% |
| West Palm Beach Center for Arts & Technology Inc | $12,500 | 2 | 4% |
| Palm Beach Habilitation Center Inc | $10,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The Arc of Palm Beach County Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chautauqua Institution | $242,460 | 7 | 0% |
| The Reece School | $216,436 | 9 | 1% |
| New Orleans Museum of Art | $200,900 | 7 | 0% |
| The Scripps Research Institute | $45,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Norton Museum of Art Inc | $40,750 | 2 | 0% |
| The University of Florida Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Florida Atlantic University Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 5 | 0% |
| West Palm Beach Center for Arts & Technology Inc | $12,500 | 2 | 4% |
| Palm Beach Habilitation Center Inc | $10,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The Arc of Palm Beach County Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Council for Economic Education | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ring Lake Ranch Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Palm Healthcare Foundation Inc | $1,250 | 1 | 0% |
| Healthy MothersHealthy Babies Coalition of Palm Beach County Inc | $1,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Jack The Bike Man Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Palm Beach County Food Bank Inc | $750 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($84k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Elise M Besthoff Charitable 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: Quantum Foundation Inc · Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties Inc · Lost Tree Village Charitable Foundation · The Chamber of Nonprofit Health and Human Agencies in Palm Beach County Inc · Lattner Family Foundation Inc · The Jim Moran Foundation Inc · The Batchelor Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Elise M Besthoff Charitable Foundation
- How much does Elise M Besthoff Charitable Foundation give?
- Elise M Besthoff Charitable Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $131,565 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Elise M Besthoff Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (55%), Education (30%), Health (7%).
- Who are Elise M Besthoff Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Chautauqua Institution ($242k), The Reece School ($216k), New Orleans Museum of Art ($201k).
- Does Elise M Besthoff Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Elise M Besthoff Charitable Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Elise M Besthoff Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Quantum Foundation Inc, Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties Inc, Lost Tree Village Charitable Foundation.
- Where is Elise M Besthoff Charitable Foundation based?
- Elise M Besthoff Charitable Foundation is based in FL.
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