Alaska · Private foundation
Ellsworth 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.
- $491k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 30
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 80%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 10
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 80% of the organizations Ellsworth Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 77% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 27 | $491k | 81% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $383k | 80% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $130k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Chefs Inc | $210,000 | 1 | 45% |
| Providence Alaska Foundation | $160,900 | 3 | 0% |
| Anchorage International Film Festival | $125,000 | 2 | 16% |
| Camp Fire Alaska | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Baby2baby | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alaska Special Olympics DBA Special Olympics Alaska Inc | $47,900 | 2 | 1% |
| Challenge Alaska | $33,100 | 2 | 2% |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | $25,450 | 1 | 0% |
| Alyeska Ski Club Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Alaska Jewish Campus | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Chefs Inc | $210,000 | 1 | 45% |
| Providence Alaska Foundation | $160,900 | 3 | 0% |
| Anchorage International Film Festival | $125,000 | 2 | 16% |
| Camp Fire Alaska | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Baby2baby | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alaska Special Olympics DBA Special Olympics Alaska Inc | $47,900 | 2 | 1% |
| Challenge Alaska | $33,100 | 2 | 2% |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | $25,450 | 1 | 0% |
| Alyeska Ski Club Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Alaska Jewish Campus | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alaska State Hockey Association Inc | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Anchorage Opera Company | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Best Friends Animal Rescue | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Anchorage Sports Association | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Sg United Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| University of Alaska Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lynx Peak Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alaska Center for the Performing Arts | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| South Anchorage Hockey Association | $1,200 | 1 | 0% |
| Denali Montessori PTSA | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($181k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Ellsworth Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 14 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: The Alaska Community Foundation · Rasmuson Foundation · The Carr Foundation Inc · Richard L and Diane M Block Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Ellsworth Foundation
- How much does Ellsworth Foundation give?
- Ellsworth Foundation reported 30 grants totaling $491,400 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 10 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does Ellsworth Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (23%), Philanthropy (21%), Recreation & Sports (18%).
- Who are Ellsworth Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: 10 Chefs Inc ($210k), Providence Alaska Foundation ($161k), Anchorage International Film Festival ($125k).
- Does Ellsworth Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 80% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ellsworth 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 Ellsworth Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Alaska Community Foundation, Rasmuson Foundation, The Carr Foundation Inc.
- Where is Ellsworth Foundation based?
- Ellsworth Foundation is based in AK.
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