New York · Private foundation
Ernst Foundation
Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $22k
- Granted FY2021
- 32
- Grants FY2021
- 32
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 28%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Median grant, FY2021
- $100
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $7,450
- Organizations funded a year
- 32 to 55
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 8
- Total assets, FY2021
- $89k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 28% of the organizations Ernst Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 32 | $22k | 28% |
| FY2020 | 40 | $16k | 35% |
| FY2019 | 52 | $28k | 35% |
| FY2018 | 55 | $33k | 84% |
| FY2017 | 32 | $20k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
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 FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Justice in Aging | $15,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Metropolitan Opera Association Inc | $8,100 | 3 | 0% |
| Marthas Vineyard Hebrew Center | $8,059 | 4 | n/a |
| New DramatistsInc | $3,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Parkinson's Foundation Inc | $3,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Landmark West Inc | $3,250 | 5 | 0% |
| Alliance for Justice | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Stanbridge Academy | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Northwell Health Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mastervoices Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 62 grantees
Plus 57 recipients with no EIN on record ($55k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ernst 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: Jewish Communal Fund · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · The New York Community Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About Ernst Foundation
- How much does Ernst Foundation give?
- Ernst Foundation reported 32 grants totaling $21,602 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 32 and 55 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does Ernst Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (38%), Philanthropy (14%), Human Services (14%).
- Who are Ernst Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: Justice in Aging ($15k), Metropolitan Opera Association Inc ($8k), Marthas Vineyard Hebrew Center ($8k).
- Does Ernst Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 28% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ernst 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 Ernst Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund, The New York Community Trust.
- Where is Ernst Foundation based?
- Ernst Foundation is based in NY.
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