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Emsa Fund Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$560k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
18
Grants FY2024
128
Organizations funded FY2023
20%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$15,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$184,720
Organizations funded a year
104 to 128
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
12
Total assets, FY2024
$5.6M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 20% of the organizations Emsa Fund Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $131k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesCivil RightsHealthEnvironmentInternationalOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving16$530k81%
FY2023128$456k20%
FY2022128$382k85%
FY2021104$342k28%
FY2020109$292kn/a
96% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Philanthropy$482kCivil Rights$245kHuman Services$242kArts & Culture$215kEducation$186kEnvironment$130kPublic Benefit$127kReligion$116kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Georgia Organics Inc$35,00021%
Intercambio de Comunidades$35,00021%
The Boulder Jewish Community Center$29,46430%
Arizona Coalition for Change$25,00011%
Memphis Community Against Pollution Inc$25,0001n/a
One Pennsylvania Activists United$25,00010%
North Carolina Asian Americans Together$25,00010%
Motus Theater$21,50022%
Isaiah$20,00010%
Flux Projects Inc$20,00024%
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All grantees of Emsa Fund Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Georgia Organics Inc$35,00021%
Intercambio de Comunidades$35,00021%
The Boulder Jewish Community Center$29,46430%
Arizona Coalition for Change$25,00011%
Memphis Community Against Pollution Inc$25,0001n/a
One Pennsylvania Activists United$25,00010%
North Carolina Asian Americans Together$25,00010%
Motus Theater$21,50022%
Isaiah$20,00010%
Flux Projects Inc$20,00024%
Women Donors Network$20,00020%
Ground Game Fund$20,00011%
Wylde Center Inc$20,00021%
Leaders Igniting Transformation Education Fund Inc$20,00010%
Community Farmers Markets Inc$15,29121%
Family Learning Center$15,00021%
New Disabled South Inc$10,00010%
The Int'L Center for Journalists Inc$10,00020%
Tomorrow We Vote$10,0001n/a
Fugees Family Inc$10,00010%
Southern Environmental Law Center$10,00010%
Life University Inc$9,00020%
YWCA Boulder County$8,63430%
Boulder County Latina League Inc$8,00023%
El Centro AMISTAD$8,00021%
Food Well Alliance$7,50020%
Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra$7,50020%
Anti-Defamation League$6,12620%
Bridge House$6,00020%
Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition$6,00020%
The Cultural Caravan$6,00024%
The Dairy Center for the Arts$5,00020%
Atlanta Contempory Art Center Inc$5,00011%
Arizona Center for Empowerment$5,00010%
Environment Georgia Research and Policy Center$5,00011%
Via Mobility Services$5,00020%
Translifeline DBA Trans Lifeline$5,00010%
Path Foundation Inc$5,00010%
New Georgia Project Inc$5,00010%
Trustees of Lawrence Academy at Groton Ma Corp$4,00020%
El Comite de Longmont$4,00021%
Bnai Vail Congregation Inc$3,6002n/a
Chattahoochee National Park Conservancy Inc$3,30020%
Sistersong Inc$3,10020%
National Women's Health Network$3,03120%
National Abortion Federation$3,03020%
Community Food Share Inc$3,00120%
Women's Reproductive Rights Assistance Project$3,00020%
New Era Colorado Foundation$3,00020%
National Network of Abortion Funds Inc$3,00020%
University of Colorado Foundation$3,00020%
Native American Rights Fund Inc$3,00020%
World Central Kitchen Inc$2,96020%
United States Fund for Unicef$2,56920%
Child and Family Advocacy Program$2,55020%
Jewish Family Service of Colorado Inc$2,50010%
Museum of Design-Atlanta Inc$2,12010%
Colorado Music Festival & Center for Musical Arts$2,03020%
Public Broadcasting of Colorado Inc$2,00020%
The Bell Policy Center$2,00020%
Colorado Center on Law and Policy$2,00020%
Thorne Ecological Institute$2,00020%
Ecotrust$2,00020%
American Jewish Committee$2,00020%
New Horizon's School$2,00020%
Vail Valley Charitable Fund Inc$2,00020%
Boulder Shelter for the Homeless Inc$2,00020%
Metropolitan State University of Denver Foundation Inc$2,00020%
Chinook Fund Inc$2,00020%
E Town$2,00020%
Boulder Historical Society Inc$1,53520%
Davis Phinney Foundation$1,50030%
Ignite Adaptive Sports$1,50020%
The Humane Society of Boulder Valley Inc$1,50020%
Trees Atlanta Inc$1,03020%
Boulder County Arts Alliance Inc$1,02020%
Immigrant Legal Center of Boulder County$1,00010%
Mountain Family Health Centers$1,00020%
Northern Michigan University$1,0002n/a
Globalgiving Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory at Gothic$1,00020%
Friends of the Vergennes Opera House Inc$1,00021%
Greater Yellowstone Coalition$1,00020%
Direct Relief$1,00010%
Mother House Dba Haven Ridge$1,00020%
Rocky Mountain Public Media Inc$1,00020%
Lake Champlain Maritime Museum at Basin Harbor Inc$1,00020%
Meals on Wheels of Boulder Inc$1,00020%
Vergennes Partnership Inc$1,00011%
Artnauts$1,00011%
Mainspring Conservation Trust Inc$1,00010%
Columbia Riverkeeper$1,00020%
Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company$1,00010%
National Center for Civil and Human Rights Inc$75810%
Imagine Foundation$75010%
National Parks Conservation Association$75020%
Colorado Mama Tribe$6002n/a
Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services$52510%
Mother and Child Alliance$51510%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$50010%
Dental Aid$50010%
Trustees of Eliot School$50010%
Rosenwald Park Campaign$50010%
Boulder Community Broadcast Assoc Inc$50020%
United South End Settlements$50010%
Turning the Wheel Productions Inc$50020%
Wild Bear Nature Center$50020%
Vail Health Services Foundation$50020%
San Juan Citizens Alliance$50010%
Colorado Museum of Natural History$42520%
Windhorse Guild Inc$32210%
Dup 15q Alliance$30910%
Boulder Rotary Club$25610%
Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation$25010%
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research$25010%
Denver Art Museum$25010%
Boulder Day Nursery Association$25010%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$5510%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 168 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Emsa Fund Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGeorgia Organics Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetIntercambio de Comunidades: $35,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetThe Boulder Jewish Community Center: $29,464 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetArizona Coalition for Change: $25,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetOne Pennsylvania Activists United: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNorth Carolina Asian Americans Together: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMotus Theater: $21,500 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetIsaiah: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFlux Projects Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetWomen Donors Network: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGround Game Fund: $20,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetWylde Center Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetLeaders Igniting Transformation Education Fund Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCommunity Farmers Markets Inc: $15,291 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetFamily Learning Center: $15,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetNew Disabled South Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Int'L Center for Journalists Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFugees Family Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSouthern Environmental Law Center: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLife University Inc: $9,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYWCA Boulder County: $8,634 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBoulder County Latina League Inc: $8,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetEl Centro AMISTAD: $8,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetFood Well Alliance: $7,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBoulder Philharmonic Orchestra: $7,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetAnti-Defamation League: $6,126 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBridge House: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetColorado Immigrant Rights Coalition: $6,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe Cultural Caravan: $6,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetThe Dairy Center for the Arts: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAtlanta Contempory Art Center Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetArizona Center for Empowerment: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEnvironment Georgia Research and Policy Center: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetVia Mobility Services: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTranslifeline DBA Trans Lifeline: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPath Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNew Georgia Project Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Lawrence Academy at Groton Ma Corp: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEl Comite de Longmont: $4,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetChattahoochee National Park Conservancy Inc: $3,300 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSistersong Inc: $3,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNational Women's Health Network: $3,031 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNational Abortion Federation: $3,030 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Food Share Inc: $3,001 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWomen's Reproductive Rights Assistance Project: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNew Era Colorado Foundation: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNational Network of Abortion Funds Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Colorado Foundation: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 113.

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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.

Community Foundation Boulder CountyCO74.7× affinity36 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation Boulder County · Colorado Gives Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · The Denver Foundation · AEC Trust · The Colorado Health Foundation · Louis P Singer Fund Inc · The Longmont Community Foundation · The Wolf Family Foundation · Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation · Kissinger Family Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc

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.

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How do I get to Emsa Fund Inc?

Find your warmest path to Emsa Fund Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Emsa Fund Inc

How much does Emsa Fund Inc give?
Emsa Fund Inc reported 18 grants totaling $559,749 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 104 and 128 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Emsa Fund Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (21%), Civil Rights (11%), Human Services (11%).
Who are Emsa Fund Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Georgia Organics Inc ($35k), Intercambio de Comunidades ($35k), The Boulder Jewish Community Center ($29k).
Does Emsa Fund Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Emsa Fund Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Emsa Fund Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation Boulder County, Colorado Gives Foundation, Rose Community Foundation.
Where is Emsa Fund Inc based?
Emsa Fund Inc is based in NY.

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 292 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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