Massachusetts · Private foundation
Ellen S Jaffe Foundation
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.
- $87k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $35,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 16
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 14% of the organizations Ellen S Jaffe Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500 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 | $81k | 18% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $99k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $115k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $152k | 47% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $191k | 38% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $188k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $139k | 43% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $102k | 40% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morselife Foundation Inc | $202,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Norton Museum of Art Inc | $195,526 | 6 | 0% |
| Raymond F Kravis Center for the Performing Arts Inc | $100,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Promise Fund of Florida Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | $26,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $23,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Palm Beach Country Club Foundation Inc | $22,500 | 4 | 1% |
| The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| South Florida Pbs Inc | $15,900 | 3 | 0% |
| National Breast Cancer Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($459k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ellen S Jaffe Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
About Ellen S Jaffe Foundation
- How much does Ellen S Jaffe Foundation give?
- Ellen S Jaffe Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $87,300 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 16 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Ellen S Jaffe Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (35%), Health (34%), Human Services (20%).
- Who are Ellen S Jaffe Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Morselife Foundation Inc ($203k), Norton Museum of Art Inc ($196k), Raymond F Kravis Center for the Performing Arts Inc ($100k).
- Does Ellen S Jaffe Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ellen S Jaffe 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.
- Where is Ellen S Jaffe Foundation based?
- Ellen S Jaffe Foundation is based in MA.
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