Washington, D.C. · Public charity
Esa's Foundation
The esa foundation harnesses the power of the video game industry to benefit students, schools, and charities, with the ultimate goal of improving the lives of america's youth and setting them on career paths.
- $10k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2024
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 10
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.4M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Esa's Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $119k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 1 | $10k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $119k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $43k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $268k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $45k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $345k | 60% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $305k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Girls Code Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Children's Miracle Network | $155,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Gg Professionals Inc | $113,814 | 2 | 27% |
| Icivics Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 2% |
| International Scholarship and Tuition Services Inc | $88,520 | 1 | n/a |
| Smithsonian Institution | $66,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of America | $50,000 | 3 | 0% |
| After-School All-Stars | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Global Kids Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Vision Quest 2020 | $35,000 | 1 | 12% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Girls Code Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Children's Miracle Network | $155,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Gg Professionals Inc | $113,814 | 2 | 27% |
| Icivics Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 2% |
| International Scholarship and Tuition Services Inc | $88,520 | 1 | n/a |
| Smithsonian Institution | $66,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of America | $50,000 | 3 | 0% |
| After-School All-Stars | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Global Kids Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Vision Quest 2020 | $35,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Alliance for Young Artists and Writers Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Girlstart | $30,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Global Game Jam Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Becker College | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Community Initiatives | $21,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Learndistrict Inc | $21,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Women in Games International | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Warfighter Engaged Inc | $11,250 | 1 | 22% |
| Tracys Kids Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Project Tomorrow | $6,250 | 1 | 1% |
Where it is load-bearing
Esa's Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 17 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.
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How this is measured
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About Esa's Foundation
- How much does Esa's Foundation give?
- Esa's Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $10,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Esa's Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (41%), Health (17%), Youth Development (15%).
- Who are Esa's Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Black Girls Code Inc ($250k), Children's Miracle Network ($155k), Gg Professionals Inc ($114k).
- Does Esa's Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Esa's Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Silicon Valley Community Foundation, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Esa's Foundation based?
- Esa's Foundation is based in DC.
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