Illinois · Private foundation
Elkay Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $49k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 31
- Grants FY2024
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 92%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $568
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $12,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 72
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 13
- Total assets, FY2024
- $540k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 92% of the organizations Elkay Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 98% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 2% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $27k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 31 | $49k | 94% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $28k | 92% |
| FY2022 | 60 | $114k | 97% |
| FY2021 | 72 | $89k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $44k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $118k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Heart Association Inc | $16,800 | 2 | 0% |
| Milwaukee Rescue Mission | $5,528 | 1 | n/a |
| Gathering of Southeast Wi Inc | $3,068 | 1 | 0% |
| South Mecklenburg Presbyterian Church | $2,639 | 1 | n/a |
| Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers Inc | $2,130 | 1 | 0% |
| Pembroke Rescue Squad Inc | $1,659 | 1 | 0% |
| Rock Church Academy Inc | $1,055 | 1 | 0% |
| Lena Community Trust Fund Inc | $1,055 | 2 | 2% |
| Council Oak Montessori School Ltd | $1,053 | 1 | 0% |
| Wreaths Across America | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 63 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Heart Association Inc | $16,800 | 2 | 0% |
| Milwaukee Rescue Mission | $5,528 | 1 | n/a |
| Gathering of Southeast Wi Inc | $3,068 | 1 | 0% |
| South Mecklenburg Presbyterian Church | $2,639 | 1 | n/a |
| Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers Inc | $2,130 | 1 | 0% |
| Pembroke Rescue Squad Inc | $1,659 | 1 | 0% |
| Rock Church Academy Inc | $1,055 | 1 | 0% |
| Lena Community Trust Fund Inc | $1,055 | 2 | 2% |
| Council Oak Montessori School Ltd | $1,053 | 1 | 0% |
| Wreaths Across America | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Guest House of Milwaukee Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Capital Area Food Bank Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Colts Rehab Rescue | $569 | 1 | n/a |
| First United Methodist Church | $569 | 1 | n/a |
| Chattanooga Area Food Bank Inc | $569 | 1 | 0% |
| Fuquay Varina United Methodist Church | $568 | 1 | n/a |
| Southside Christian School | $568 | 1 | 0% |
| Milwaukee Habitat for Humanity Inc | $528 | 1 | 0% |
| Meals on Wheels of Stevens Point | $528 | 1 | 0% |
| Harvest Bible Chapel | $527 | 1 | n/a |
| Abused and Homeless Children's Refuge Inc | $527 | 1 | 0% |
| Camp Courageous of Iowa | $527 | 1 | 0% |
| Waco Southern Panthers Youth | $527 | 1 | n/a |
| Park City Conservation Association | $527 | 1 | 0% |
| Penfield Children's Center Inc | $527 | 1 | 0% |
| The Growing Season Inc | $527 | 1 | 0% |
| Trinity Lutheran Church | $527 | 1 | n/a |
| United Cerebral Palsy Center for Disability Services | $527 | 1 | 0% |
| Grand Avenue Club Inc | $527 | 1 | 0% |
| St Thomas Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Chicago in Illinois | $527 | 1 | n/a |
| Rolling Hills Progress Center Inc | $527 | 1 | 0% |
| Charles Reed Elementary PTA | $527 | 1 | 3% |
| Clinton Foursquare Church | $527 | 1 | n/a |
| Rescue Mission of Salt Lake Inc | $527 | 1 | 0% |
| Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Prospect Volunteer Fire Department Inc | $459 | 1 | n/a |
| New Seales Elementary School PTO | $441 | 1 | 25% |
| Women's Business Development Center | $426 | 1 | 0% |
| Calvary Lutheran Church | $426 | 1 | n/a |
| Believe in the Children Inc | $426 | 1 | 0% |
| Mt Carroll Church of God | $426 | 1 | n/a |
| Knox Presbyterian Church | $426 | 1 | n/a |
| Lutheran Outdoor Ministries Center | $426 | 1 | n/a |
| Silver Birch Ranch Inc & Affiliate | $426 | 1 | 0% |
| Seton Catholic School | $426 | 1 | n/a |
| Zetta Nicole Girls | $426 | 1 | n/a |
| Leo High School | $426 | 1 | n/a |
| Rush Copley Medical Center | $426 | 1 | n/a |
| Harvest Church of the Assemblies of God Inc | $426 | 1 | n/a |
| First Baptist Academy | $426 | 1 | n/a |
| St Johns Lutheran Church | $426 | 1 | n/a |
| Davis Mental Health Group | $426 | 1 | n/a |
| Fort Loudoun Association | $426 | 1 | n/a |
| First Reformedchurch of Ostburg | $426 | 1 | n/a |
| Southside Organizing Committee Inc | $426 | 1 | 0% |
| Winnebago Lutheran Academy | $426 | 1 | n/a |
| Spring Lake Public Schools | $426 | 1 | n/a |
| Wesley Chapel Volunteer Fire Department Inc | $426 | 1 | 0% |
| St Anthony of Padua | $426 | 1 | n/a |
| Village Bible Church | $426 | 1 | n/a |
| Evangelical Child and Family Agency | $426 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindi Academy | $426 | 1 | 0% |
| Marine Toys for Tots Foundation | $250 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 109 recipients with no EIN on record ($380k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Elkay Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 34 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Joseph and Vera Zilber Family Foundation Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Gardner Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Thrivent Financial for Lutherans · Texas Instruments Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation
How this is measured
About Elkay Family Foundation
- How much does Elkay Family Foundation give?
- Elkay Family Foundation reported 31 grants totaling $49,388 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 72 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Elkay Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Safety & Disaster (38%), Education (33%), Human Services (11%).
- Who are Elkay Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: American Heart Association Inc ($17k), Milwaukee Rescue Mission ($6k), Gathering of Southeast Wi Inc ($3k).
- Does Elkay Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 92% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Elkay Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Elkay Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc, Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc, Joseph and Vera Zilber Family Foundation Inc.
- Where is Elkay Family Foundation based?
- Elkay Family Foundation is based in IL.
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