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Elizabeth and John Moller 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.

$208k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
47
Grants FY2024
22
Organizations funded FY2023
36%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$40,000
Organizations funded a year
7 to 22
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
6
Total assets, FY2024
$1.9M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 36% of the organizations Elizabeth and John Moller Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthEducationArts & CultureEnvironmentHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterOther
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 arriving46$202k50%
FY202322$73k36%
FY202218$99k28%
FY202121$76k52%
FY202014$34k50%
FY20197$17k29%
FY201813$131k62%
FY201720$98kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$249kArts & Culture$191kHealth$107kFood & Nutrition$49kReligion$42kPhilanthropy$35kHuman Services$31kEnvironment$26kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
MA
NJ
CT
CA
VA
MD
DC
GA
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 71 grantees
All grantees of Elizabeth and John Moller Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Robert Louis Stevenson School$92,50030%
World Monuments Fund Inc$87,50030%
Fine Print Funding Inc$60,000332%
President-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College$35,00030%
Foodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc$28,65050%
Stars and Stripes Children's Foundation$25,00010%
Nantucket Sustainable Development Corporation$23,64024%
Crane Country Day School$22,00040%
Pierre Claeyssens Veterans Foundation$20,00043%
Summerland Presbyterian Church Incorporated$18,5004n/a
Nantucket Preservation Trust Inc$14,25071%
Nantucket Atheneum Inc$14,00050%
Casa del Herrero$12,10051%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$12,00040%
Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara$11,25030%
Lobero Theatre Foundation$11,00020%
University of California Santa Barbara$10,0003n/a
Table of Life Ministries$10,00017%
The Garden Conservancy Inc$7,50010%
Friends of Fai - the Italian Environment$7,00011%
Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation$6,30040%
Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation$6,25030%
Nantucket Golf Club Foundation Inc$6,00020%
Regents Univ of California$5,0001n/a
Nantucket Boys and Girls Club Inc$5,00010%
The Breast Cancer Resource Center of Santa Barbara$5,00011%
Regents of the University of California$5,0001n/a
Storyteller Childrens Center Inc$4,05030%
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History$3,75020%
Garden Club of Santa Barbara$3,67532%
Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara$3,50020%
Stevenson University$3,50010%
Nantucket Conservation Foundation Inc$3,50030%
New England Life Flight Inc$3,00030%
Santa Barbara Historical Museum$2,7501n/a
Vna Health Foundation$2,75020%
Holidays for Heroes Inc$2,73011%
Nantucket Historical Association$2,50010%
Santa Barbara Police Foundation$2,30311%
Santa Barbara Center for the Performing Arts Inc$2,00010%
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation$2,00010%
National Parks Conservation Association$2,00010%
Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound Inc$2,00020%
Nantucket Dreamland Foundation Inc$1,50020%
New Haven International Festival of Arts and Ideas Inc$1,50010%
Nantucket Safe Harbor for Animals Inc$1,50010%
Angels Foster Care of Santa Barbara$1,30020%
The Library Foundation of Los Angeles$1,20010%
Catholic Charities of Los Angeles Inc$1,10010%
Santa Barbara Symphony Orchestra Association$1,00010%
Vna Health$1,00010%
American Cancer Society Inc$1,00010%
Nantucket Police Charitable Association Inc$1,000117%
Laguna Blanca School$1,00010%
Bellosguardo Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital$1,00010%
Nantucket Shellfish Association Inc$72530%
National Wildlife Federation$55020%
Aha Attitude Harmony Achievement$50010%
Nantucket Yacht Club$50010%
Episcopal Relief and Development$50010%
Santa Barbara Zoological Foundation$50010%
Breast Cancer Resource Center$50010%
Transition House$50010%
Our House Grief Support Center$25010%
Montecito Friends of the Library$20020%
The Colleagues Inc$20010%
Council on Alcoholism & Drug Abuse$20010%
Gift of Life International Inc$10010%
Moxi the Wolf Museum of Exploration Innovation$10010%
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($104k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Elizabeth and John Moller Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 66 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetRobert Louis Stevenson School: $92,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetWorld Monuments Fund Inc: $87,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFine Print Funding Inc: $60,000 over 3y, 32% of budgetPresident-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College: $35,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFoodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc: $28,650 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetStars and Stripes Children's Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNantucket Sustainable Development Corporation: $23,640 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetCrane Country Day School: $22,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPierre Claeyssens Veterans Foundation: $20,000 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetNantucket Preservation Trust Inc: $14,250 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetNantucket Atheneum Inc: $14,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCasa del Herrero: $12,100 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $12,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCancer Foundation of Santa Barbara: $11,250 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLobero Theatre Foundation: $11,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTable of Life Ministries: $10,000 over 1y, 7.4% of budgetThe Garden Conservancy Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of Fai - the Italian Environment: $7,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease Research Foundation: $6,300 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTeddy Bear Cancer Foundation: $6,250 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetNantucket Golf Club Foundation Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNantucket Boys and Girls Club Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Breast Cancer Resource Center of Santa Barbara: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetStoryteller Childrens Center Inc: $4,050 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSanta Barbara Museum of Natural History: $3,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGarden Club of Santa Barbara: $3,675 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetScholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetStevenson University: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNantucket Conservation Foundation Inc: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNew England Life Flight Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVna Health Foundation: $2,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHolidays for Heroes Inc: $2,730 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNantucket Historical Association: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSanta Barbara Police Foundation: $2,303 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSanta Barbara Center for the Performing Arts Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSanta Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Parks Conservation Association: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlliance to Protect Nantucket Sound Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNantucket Dreamland Foundation Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNew Haven International Festival of Arts and Ideas Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNantucket Safe Harbor for Animals Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAngels Foster Care of Santa Barbara: $1,300 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe Library Foundation of Los Angeles: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCatholic Charities of Los Angeles Inc: $1,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSanta Barbara Symphony Orchestra Association: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVna Health: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNantucket Police Charitable Association Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 17% 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 66.

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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.

Ann Jackson Family FoundationCA46.8× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ann Jackson Family Foundation · Santa Barbara Foundation · Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation · Mosher Foundation · Alice Tweed Tuohy Foundation · The Kirby-Jones Foundation · The Wood-Claeyssens Foundation · The Leslie S and Philip L Bernstein Family Fund · Brittingham Family Foundation · Www Foundation · Manitou Fund · The Nurture 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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About Elizabeth and John Moller Foundation

How much does Elizabeth and John Moller Foundation give?
Elizabeth and John Moller Foundation reported 47 grants totaling $207,543 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 22 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Elizabeth and John Moller Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (33%), Arts & Culture (25%), Health (14%).
Who are Elizabeth and John Moller Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Robert Louis Stevenson School ($93k), World Monuments Fund Inc ($88k), Fine Print Funding Inc ($60k).
Does Elizabeth and John Moller Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Elizabeth and John Moller 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 Elizabeth and John Moller Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ann Jackson Family Foundation, Santa Barbara Foundation, Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation.
Where is Elizabeth and John Moller Foundation based?
Elizabeth and John Moller Foundation is based in CA.

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 88 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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