West Virginia · Private foundation
Esbenshade 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.
- $546k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 17
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $8.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations Esbenshade Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1000 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 | $546k | 40% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $203k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $384k | 30% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $418k | 35% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $227k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $74k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duke University | $385,000 | 6 | 0% |
| West Virginia University Foundation Inc | $125,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Hill School | $112,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Marietta College | $42,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Jupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc | $41,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The University of Charleston Inc | $12,500 | 1 | 0% |
| United Way of Washington County | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Children's Home Society of West Virginia Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Friends of Vienna | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United States Golf Association | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duke University | $385,000 | 6 | 0% |
| West Virginia University Foundation Inc | $125,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Hill School | $112,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Marietta College | $42,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Jupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc | $41,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The University of Charleston Inc | $12,500 | 1 | 0% |
| United Way of Washington County | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Children's Home Society of West Virginia Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Friends of Vienna | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United States Golf Association | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Vienna Library Board | $2,500 | 2 | n/a |
| American Junior Golf Association Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| March of Dimes Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Esbenshade Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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About Esbenshade Foundation
- How much does Esbenshade Foundation give?
- Esbenshade Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $545,950 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 17 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Esbenshade Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (55%), Health (21%), Recreation & Sports (18%).
- Who are Esbenshade Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Duke University ($385k), West Virginia University Foundation Inc ($125k), The Hill School ($112k).
- Does Esbenshade Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Esbenshade 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.
- Where is Esbenshade Foundation based?
- Esbenshade Foundation is based in WV.
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