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Elliott Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Elliott Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$258k
Granted FY2024still arriving
28
Grants FY2024still arriving
11
States reached
$23k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$915kHuman Services$67kArts & Culture$55kPublic Safety & Disaster$19kHealth$10kAnimals$6kFood & Nutrition$4kYouth Development$1kOther$0
02FY2024 · 28 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k14 grants · $44k
  • $10k–50k14 grants · $214k
$10,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$2.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE CULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA$23,000
BENTLEY UNIVERSITY$20,000
CHAMPLAIN COLLEGE$20,000
SAVANNAH COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN$19,000
UNIVERSITY OF ST JOSEPH$18,000
KEENE STATE COLLEGE$18,000
ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY$16,000
UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND$16,000
UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD$12,000
VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY$12,000
TOWSON UNIVERSITY$10,000
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA$10,000
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT$10,000
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA$10,000
PACE UNIVERSITY$9,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%WOMEN'S SUPPORT SERVICES INC: $1k → 9%WOMEN'S SUPPORT SERVICES INC: $1k → 9%SALISBURY FAMILY SERVICES: $1k → 9%CHORE SERVICE: $500 → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
VT
NH
IL
NY
MA
WY
OH
PA
CT
RI
NE
MD
NC
SC
GA
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$826k · 38 repeat orgs$216k to everyone else

38 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2024, 20 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

38
34

Total granted

$826k
$155k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+45%

Still filing today

58%
29%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $62k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureFood & NutritionPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • CULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA
    4× · 2017–2024 · $72k · revenue +29%
  • BC
    BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $44k · revenue +18%
  • UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD
    3× · 2022–2024 · $42k · revenue +13%

Funded once

  • FU
    Fordham Universitygraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue +28%
  • GV
    GEER VILLAGE SENIOR COMMUNITY
    one grant, 2021 · $20k
  • UO
    University of New Haven
    one grant, 2023 · $16k · revenue +13%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education
2
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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3
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
4
Seton Hall University

Seton hall university is a catholic institution of higher education

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5
Fairleigh Dickinson University

Fairleigh dickinson university is a center of academic excellence dedicated to the preparation of world citizens through global education. the university strives to provide students with the multi-disciplinary, intercultural, and ethical…

Education
6
President and Trustees of Bates College

Bates is a college of the liberal arts and sciences, and is a coeducational, nonsectarian, residential college with special commitments to academic rigor, and to assuring in all of its efforts the dignity of each individual, and access to…

Education
7
Monmouth University Inc

See schedule omonmouth university is a comprehensive institution of higher education committed to excellence and integrity in teaching, scholarship and service. through its offerings in liberal arts, sciences, and professional programs,…

Education
8
Trustees of Tufts College

Education and Research

Education
9
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
10
Trustees of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.

Education
11
Endicott College

Endicott college offers students a vibrant academic environment that remains true to its founding principle of integrating professional and liberal arts with experiential learning. for more information see schedule o.

Education
12
Fairfield University

To establish, organize, maintain and conduct an institution for secondary, undergraduate and graduate education in the state of connecticut, and to perform such other works of education, charity and religion. see schedule o.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fordham University; the most unlike its peers is Fishes and Loaves Food Pantry Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

39 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 39 of the 81 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
39/39
Grantees still filing
31/39
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ITHACA COLLEGE: $79,790 · EducationITHACA COLLEGECULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA: $72,106 · EducationCULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICABERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC INC: $44,000 · EducationBERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC INCUNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD: $42,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF HARTFORDCHAMPLAIN COLLEGE INCORPORATED: $40,000 · EducationCHAMPLAIN COLLEGE INCORPORATEDBENTLEY UNIVERSITY: $40,000 · EducationBENTLEY UNIVERSITYSavannah College of Art and DesignInc: $38,000 · EducationSavannah College of Art and DesignIncCANISIUS UNIVERSITY: $32,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $30,000 · EducationVILLANOVA UNIVERSITY: $30,000 · EducationMANHATTANVILLE UNIVERSITY: $25,500 · EducationFordham University: $25,210 · EducationJOHNSON & WALES UNIVERSITY: $25,000 · EducationROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY: $24,000 · Education+8 more: $112,208 · Education+8 moreUNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT: $51,400 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUTRoosevelt University: $37,840 · OtherRoosevelt UniversityWESTFIELD STATE UNIVERSITY: $32,000 · OtherWESTFIELD STATE UNIVERSITYTOWSON UNIVERSITY: $30,000 · OtherTOWSON UNIVERSITYOHIO STATE UNIV: $21,000 · OtherOHIO STATE UNIVGEER VILLAGE SENIOR COMMUNITY: $20,000 · OtherKEENE STATE COLLEGE: $18,000 · OtherWESTCHESTER PUTNAM COUNCIL BSA: $16,600 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $16,000 · OtherWYOTECH: $15,000 · OtherSUNY COBLESKILL: $14,000 · OtherCOASTAL CAROLINA UNIVERSITY: $13,300 · Other+36 more: $94,653 · Other+36 moreSALISBURY VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE SERV: $10,500 · HealthLEWISBORO VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE CORPS INC: $3,250 · HealthPediatric Brain Tumor Foundation of the United States Inc: $1,000 · HealthTHE SALISBURY ASSOCIATION INC: $11,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $114 · Arts & CultureBROWN UNIVERSITY: $5,101 · Community ImprovementTHE CORNER FOOD PANTRY INC: $3,000 · Food & NutritionFishes and Loaves Food Pantry Inc: $500 · Food & NutritionPROJECT SAGE INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesSALISBURY FAMILY SERVICES INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesCHORE SERVICE INC: $500 · Human Services
Education$659,814Other$379,793Health$14,750Arts & Culture$11,114Community Improvement$5,101Food & Nutrition$3,500Human Services$3,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetITHACA COLLEGE: $79,790 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA: $72,106 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC INC: $44,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD: $42,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHAMPLAIN COLLEGE INCORPORATED: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBENTLEY UNIVERSITY: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSavannah College of Art and DesignInc: $38,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRoosevelt University: $37,840 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCANISIUS UNIVERSITY: $32,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVILLANOVA UNIVERSITY: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMANHATTANVILLE UNIVERSITY: $25,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFordham University: $25,210 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJOHNSON & WALES UNIVERSITY: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY: $24,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSYRACUSE UNIVERSITY: $18,550 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SAINT JOSEPH: $18,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of New Haven: $16,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of New England: $16,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $13,991 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPACE UNIVERSITY: $13,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SALISBURY ASSOCIATION INC: $11,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetSALISBURY VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE SERV: $10,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetBARD COLLEGE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDREXEL UNIVERSITY: $6,667 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBROWN UNIVERSITY: $5,101 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLEWISBORO VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE CORPS INC: $3,250 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetSOUTH SALEM FIRE DEPARTMENT INC: $3,250 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetTHE CORNER FOOD PANTRY INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetPROJECT SAGE INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BARTH SYNDROME FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSALISBURY FAMILY SERVICES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPediatric Brain Tumor Foundation of the United States Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSALISBURY HOUSING TRUST: $1,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE MIDLANDS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVOICES FOR CHILDREN INC: $750 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCHORE SERVICE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

Berkshire Taconic Com…Anne and Rollin Bates…Steven Aresty Foundat…The Fairfield Foundat…Northwest Connecticut…Middle Road FoundationViola FoundationFindlay Family Founda…Silver Mountain Found…C L C Kramer Foundati…Block Family Foundati…Aetna Foundation Inc
Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation IncMA19.6× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc · Anne and Rollin Bates Foundation Inc · Steven Aresty Foundation · The Fairfield Foundation · Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation Inc · Middle Road Foundation · Viola Foundation · Findlay Family Foundation · Silver Mountain Foundation for the Arts · C L C Kramer Foundation Inc · Block Family Foundation · Aetna Foundation 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Elliott Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Elliott Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • The Salisbury Association Inc: 54% of income from government
  • Salisbury Housing Trust: 25% of income from government
  • Northeastern University: 7% of income from government
  • University of New Haven: 2% of income from government
  • University of Saint Joseph: 2% of income from government
  • University of Hartford: 1% of income from government
  • Bentley University: 1% of income from government
  • Berklee College of Music Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Champlain College Incorporated: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Elliott Family Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Elliott Family Foundation Inc 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.

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 81 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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