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Elm Foundation Inc at a glance

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Elm Foundation Inc

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.

$45k
Granted FY2024still arriving
2
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0189% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$143kEducation$96kRecreation & Sports$27kHuman Services$5kAnimals$3kHealth$2kEnvironment$1kFood & Nutrition$1kOther$0
02FY2024 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$25,189
Median grant
2
States reached
$787k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MIAMI CITY BALLET$25,189
THE WILLOW SCHOOL$20,209
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–23, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 4%, 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%LIFE CAMP: $4k → 4%LIFE CAMP: $1k → 4%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

IL
NY
MA
OH
NJ
CT
RI
DC
LA
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$261k · 13 repeat orgs$11k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +25% since the first grant, against +24% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
9

Total granted

$261k
$11k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+24%

Still filing today

77%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesFood & NutritionInternationalOther
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

  • MC
    MIAMI CITY BALLET INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $140k · revenue +19%
  • TW
    THE WILLOW SCHOOL INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $25k · revenue +25%
  • US
    UNITED STATES EQUESTRIAN TEAM FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2019–2020 · $24k · revenue +11%

Funded once

  • CA
    COUNTRYSIDE ALLIANCE OF SOMERSET HILLS A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION
    one grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue -31%
  • UF
    USET FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $2k
  • MG
    MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED
    one grant, 2020 · $1k
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
Dickinson College

Dickinson college provides a useful, innovative and interdisciplinary education in the liberal arts and sciences to prepare students to lead rich and fulfilling lives of engaged global citizenship

Education
2
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
3
Manhattan School of Music

Manhattan school of music is deeply committed to excellence in education, performance, and creative activity; to the humanity of the school's environment; and to the cultural enrichment of the larger community. a premiere international…

Arts & Culture
4
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
5
Princeton Ballet Society

Princeton ballet society's mission is to nurture a lifelong love of dance and lift the collective spirit through excellent, relevant, and accessible artistic and educational programs, with a focus on classical ballet.

Arts & Culture
6
Balletx

Balletx expands the vocabulary of contemporary ballet for all audiences through innovative performances, world premiere choreography, dance education, and community programs.

Arts & Culture
7
School of American Ballet Inc

The school of american ballet's mission is to train students for professional careers in classical ballet.

Arts & Culture
8
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
9
Masters School

The masters school celebrates active participation, deep understanding, and meaningful connection. a community of diverse individuals, we gather to learn, to strive, to dare, to do - to be a power for good in the world.

—
10
Pomona College

Throughout its history, pomona college has educated men and women of exceptional promise. we gather individuals, regardless of financial circumstances, into a small residential community that is strongly rooted in southern california yet…

Education
11
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
12
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Brown University; the most unlike its peers is Feeding America. 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

15 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. 15 of the 23 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
12/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MIAMI CITY BALLET INC: $139,872 · Arts & CultureMIAMI CITY BALLET INC+3 more: $6,000 · Arts & CultureKENYON COLLEGE: $30,000 · EducationKENYON COLLEGETHE WILLOW SCHOOL INC: $25,209 · EducationTHE WILLOW SCHOOL INCUniversity of Miami: $20,000 · EducationUniversity of MiamiTHE HOTCHKISS SCHOOL: $3,000 · EducationUNITED STATES EQUESTRIAN TEAM FOUNDATION INC: $23,750 · Recreation & SportsUNITED STA…HOLE IN THE WALL GANG FUND INC: $3,000 · Recreation & SportsHOLE IN TH…PS 108: $3,000 · OtherPINGRY SCHOOL: $3,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $2,000 · OtherUSET FOUNDATION: $1,850 · OtherMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED: $1,000 · OtherTEWKSBURY LAND TRUST: $1,000 · OtherSMILE TRAIN INC: $1,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $1,000 · OtherPENNINGTON: $1,000 · OtherBROWN UNIVERSITY: $12,000 · Community ImprovementLIFE CAMP INC: $4,885 · Human ServicesFeeding America: $1,000 · Food & NutritionJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NEW JERSEY: $1,000 · International
Arts & Culture$145,872Education$78,209Recreation & Sports$26,750Other$14,850Community Improvement$12,000Human Services$4,885Food & Nutrition$1,000International$1,000

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 budgetMIAMI CITY BALLET INC: $139,872 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetKENYON COLLEGE: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WILLOW SCHOOL INC: $25,209 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED STATES EQUESTRIAN TEAM FOUNDATION INC: $23,750 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetUniversity of Miami: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBROWN UNIVERSITY: $12,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLIFE CAMP INC: $4,885 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE HOTCHKISS SCHOOL: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHOLE IN THE WALL GANG FUND INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOUNTRYSIDE ALLIANCE OF SOMERSET HILLS A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $2,500 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetNEW YORK CITY BALLET INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBALLET THEATRE FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NEW JERSEY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Swiftwater Foundation…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Swiftwater Foundation IncFL13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Swiftwater Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Elm Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Elm Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • University of Miami: 5% of income from government
  • Life Camp Inc: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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.

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 23 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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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home