New York · Private foundation
Elmer and Mamdouha Bobst 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.
- $410k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 7
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $24M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Elmer and Mamdouha Bobst Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 10 | $410k | 40% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $180k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $275k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $110k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $5.5M | 25% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $5.5M | 67% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $6.6M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American University of Beirut | $11,450,000 | 3 | 1% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $1,250,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Richard Nixon Foundation | $610,000 | 6 | 1% |
| HealthCare Chaplaincy Inc DBA HealthCare Chaplaincy Network | $155,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Institute 2100 Inc | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Kamen Brain Tumor Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The National Museum of Women in the Arts | $60,000 | 3 | 0% |
| National Parks of New York Harbor Conservancy Dba Federal Hall Conservancy | $30,000 | 2 | 3% |
| White House Historical Association | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Johann Fust Library Foundation Inc | $11,000 | 3 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American University of Beirut | $11,450,000 | 3 | 1% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $1,250,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Richard Nixon Foundation | $610,000 | 6 | 1% |
| HealthCare Chaplaincy Inc DBA HealthCare Chaplaincy Network | $155,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Institute 2100 Inc | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Kamen Brain Tumor Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The National Museum of Women in the Arts | $60,000 | 3 | 0% |
| National Parks of New York Harbor Conservancy Dba Federal Hall Conservancy | $30,000 | 2 | 3% |
| White House Historical Association | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Johann Fust Library Foundation Inc | $11,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Boca Grande Health Clinic Fndtn Inc | $11,000 | 3 | 0% |
| New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mane Stream Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The American Ditchley Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Camca Group Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Calvary Hospital Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of the American University of Afghanistan | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Friends of Boca Grande Community Center Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Elmer and Mamdouha Bobst 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.
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How this is measured
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About Elmer and Mamdouha Bobst Foundation
- How much does Elmer and Mamdouha Bobst Foundation give?
- Elmer and Mamdouha Bobst Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $410,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 7 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Elmer and Mamdouha Bobst Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (63%), Health (29%), Philanthropy (4%).
- Who are Elmer and Mamdouha Bobst Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: American University of Beirut ($11M), American Cancer Society Inc ($1.3M), The Richard Nixon Foundation ($610k).
- Does Elmer and Mamdouha Bobst Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Elmer and Mamdouha Bobst 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 Elmer and Mamdouha Bobst Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, American Endowment Foundation, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is Elmer and Mamdouha Bobst Foundation based?
- Elmer and Mamdouha Bobst Foundation is based in NY.
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