Arizona · Private foundation
Ellman 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.
- $243k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2024
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 47%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $228,123
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 18
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $515k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 47% of the organizations Ellman Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 55% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 45% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k 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 | 10 | $242k | 10% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $58k | 47% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $252k | 38% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $243k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $250k | 44% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $235k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $223k | 53% |
| FY2017 | 15 | $41k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simon Wiesenthal Center Inc | $1,010,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Phoenix Art Museum | $386,806 | 8 | 2% |
| Fund for Israel's Tomorrow | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of the Sea Lions Inc Dba Pacific Marine Mammal Center | $23,971 | 7 | 0% |
| Teen Lifeline Inc | $14,800 | 1 | 1% |
| Sandra Day O'Connor Institute for American Democracy | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Arizona Humane Society | $8,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Surfrider Foundation | $7,104 | 7 | 0% |
| Southwest Wildlife Conservation Center | $5,998 | 6 | 0% |
| Honorhealth Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 38 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($21k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ellman Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Ellman Foundation
- How much does Ellman Foundation give?
- Ellman Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $242,896 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 18 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Ellman Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Civil Rights (65%), Arts & Culture (25%), Animals (3%).
- Who are Ellman Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Simon Wiesenthal Center Inc ($1.0M), Phoenix Art Museum ($387k), Fund for Israel's Tomorrow ($25k).
- Does Ellman Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 47% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ellman 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 Ellman Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Endowment Foundation, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation.
- Where is Ellman Foundation based?
- Ellman Foundation is based in AZ.
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