Arizona · Public charity
Ellis Center for Educational Excellence
To perform the functions of, or to carry out the purposes of the arizona community foundation, an az nonprofit corporation, so long as the arizona community foundation, inc. Remains a qualified organization.
- $1.8M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2024
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Ellis Center for Educational Excellence’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Arizona Community Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2024, the last year Ellis Center for Educational Excellence named its own grantees at scale: 12 organizations, $2M. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $696,300
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 28
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $42M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Ellis Center for Educational Excellence funded were first-time grantees, receiving 44% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $585k 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 | 12 | $1.8M | 17% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $1.3M | 50% |
| FY2022 | 28 | $1.6M | 61% |
| FY2021 | 26 | $1.9M | 58% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $1.2M | 50% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $1.3M | 60% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $1.8M | 42% |
| FY2017 | 26 | $1.5M | n/a |
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University | $1,349,090 | 8 | 0% |
| Afc Public Foundation | $696,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Live the Solution Dba Earn to Learn | $500,000 | 4 | 6% |
| Center for the Future of Arizona | $425,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Arizona Republic | $417,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Arizona Technology Council Foundation | $375,000 | 3 | 20% |
| Partnership for Economic Innovation Inc | $375,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Creighton Community Foundation | $375,000 | 3 | 71% |
| Common Sense Media | $360,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Make Way For Books | $345,000 | 3 | 4% |
Show all 90 grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($209k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Ellis Center for Educational Excellence supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 70 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: Arizona Community Foundation · Burton Family Foundation · Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust · Valley of the Sun United Way · Helios Education Foundation · Thunderbirds Charities · Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust · The Foundation for Community and Health Advancement · Phoenix Community Development and Investment Corporation · John F Long Foundation Inc · Garcia Family Foundation · BHHS Legacy Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Ellis Center for Educational Excellence with peer funders
About Ellis Center for Educational Excellence
- How much does Ellis Center for Educational Excellence give?
- Ellis Center for Educational Excellence reported 12 grants totaling $1,771,300 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 28 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Ellis Center for Educational Excellence fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (34%), Philanthropy (33%), Youth Development (7%).
- Who are Ellis Center for Educational Excellence's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University ($1.3M), Afc Public Foundation ($696k), Live the Solution Dba Earn to Learn ($500k).
- Does Ellis Center for Educational Excellence fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Ellis Center for Educational Excellence?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Arizona Community Foundation, Burton Family Foundation, Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust.
- Where is Ellis Center for Educational Excellence based?
- Ellis Center for Educational Excellence is based in AZ.
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