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Eskin Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$35k
Granted FY2024still arriving
23
Grants FY2024still arriving
11
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$620kEducation$107kCivil Rights$76kInternational$41kCrime & Legal$16kEnvironment$6kRecreation & Sports$5kScience & Tech$3kOther$0
02FY2024 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k22 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$1,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$14k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NEW YORK LIVE ARTS$10,000
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF IOWA$5,000
SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER$2,500
ARTS IOWA CITY$2,000
FRACTURED ATLAS INC$2,000
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA CENTER FOR ADVANCEMENT$2,000
RIVERSIDE THEATRE$2,000
THE PEACE APPEAL FOUNDATION$1,000
IOWA UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION$1,000
THE OAKNOLL FOUNDATION$1,000
THE CENTER FOR VICTIMS OF TORTURE$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
IOWA CITY FOREIGN RELATIONS COUNCIL$1,000
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL USA$565
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SERVICE COMMITTEE$500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 77% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%NEW YORK LIVE ARTS: $50k → 17%RIVERSIDE THEATRE: $5k → 12%ARTS IOWA CITY: $50k → 15%SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER: $3k → 18%ANDERSON RANCH ARTS CENTER: $22k → 6%ROLAND PARK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5k → 19%WATERSHED CENTER FOR THE CERAMIC ARTS: $25k → 9%NEW YORK LIVE ARTS: $50k → 17%AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF IOWA: $10k → 10%WILLOWWIND SCHOOL: $4k → 15%SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER: $3k → 18%ANDERSON RANCH ARTS CENTER: $18k → 6%NEW YORK LIVE ARTS: $50k → 17%SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE: $3k → 14%AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF IOWA: $9k → 10%SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER: $3k → 18%ANDERSON RANCH ARTS CENTER: $18k → 6%NEW YORK LIVE ARTS: $35k → 17%USA FOR UNHCR: $5k → 14%AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF IOWA: $5k → 10%SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER: $3k → 18%ANDERSON RANCH ARTS CENTER: $18k → 6%NEW YORK LIVE ARTS: $35k → 17%IOWA UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION: $3k → 14%AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF IOWA: $3k → 10%SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER: $3k → 18%ANDERSON RANCH ARTS CENTER: $15k → 6%NEW YORK LIVE ARTS: $35k → 17%USA FOR UNHCR: $5k → 14%ANDERSON RANCH ARTS CENTER: $10k → 6%NEW YORK LIVE ARTS: $33k → 17%IOWA UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION: $3k → 14%CARBONDALE CLAY CENTER: $10k → 6%NEW YORK LIVE ARTS: $10k → 17%STRENGTH GROW EVOLVE (THE ENGLERT CIVIC THEATRE INC): $40k → 15%CARBONDALE CLAY CENTER: $10k → 6%IOWA UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION: $3k → 14%STRENGTH GROW EVOLVE (THE ENGLERT CIVIC THEATRE INC): $20k → 15%ASPEN CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES: $5k → 6%STRENGTH GROW EVOLVE (THE ENGLERT CIVIC THEATRE INC): $20k → 15%ASPEN SANTA FE BALLET: $3k → 6%ASPEN PUBLIC RADIO: $3k → 6%INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE INC: $5k → 17%AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION: $8k → 17%AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION: $8k → 17%AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION: $6k → 17%AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION: $6k → 17%AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION: $3k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

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MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
IA
CA
CO
NE
VA
MD
AZ
TN
DC
AL
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$820k · 25 repeat orgs$64k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

25 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
15

Total granted

$820k
$57k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+18%

Still filing today

68%
87%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureInternationalEducationCrime & LegalEnvironmentCivil RightsOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • NY
    NEW YORK LIVE ARTS INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $298k · revenue +52%
  • AR
    ANDERSON RANCH ARTS CENTER
    6× · 2017–2022 · $101k · revenue +29%
  • AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2017–2022 · $31k · revenue +102%

Funded once

  • WC
    WATERSHED CENTER FOR THE CERAMIC ARTS
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue +12%
  • RP
    ROLAND PARK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +132%
  • IR
    International Rescue Committee INC
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue -4%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Iowa

The foundation works to defend and promote the constitution of the united states, focusing especially on the first, fourth, fifth, sixth, eighth, and 14th amendments. the foundation also works to defend and promote the constitution of the…

Civil Rights
2
American Civil Liberties Union Fund of the District of Columbia

Preservation of civil liberties through litigation and public education.

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3
Iowa City Unesco City of Literature

To build and support diverse communities of writers and audiences through the transformative power of story. We lead by inclusion and collaboration, celebrating the emotions, discovery and connections inspired by the written word in all…

Education
4
Institute for Conservation Leadership

To support healthy communities and a healthy earth, the institute for conservation leadership strengthens leaders, organizations, coalitions and networks.

Community Improvement
5
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
6
United States Artists Inc

To invest in america's finest artists and illuminate the value of artists to society.

Arts & Culture
7
International Women's Forum Inc

The mission of the international women's forum is to advance women's leadership worldwide. iwf takes direct action to achieve our mission in three important ways. connect: our convenings provide networking and cutting-edge content…

Education
8
The International Institute for Strategic Studies - Us

To provide accurate, objective information and analysis on international strategic issues for legislators, diplomats, foreign affairs analysts, international business leaders, economists, the military, defense commentators, journalists,…

International
9
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
10
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…

International
11
International Rivers Network

International Rivers protects rivers and defends the rights of communities that depend on them.

Environment
12
International Federation of Accountants

Ifac acts in the public interest and has no profit-making purpose. ifac serves the public interest by: speaking out and engaging as the voice for the global profession; leading and developing a future-ready accountancy profession; and…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Iowa Legal Aid; the most unlike its peers is Friends of Givat Haviva. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

40 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 40 of the 52 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
40/40
Grantees still filing
27/40
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NEW YORK LIVE ARTS INC: $298,000 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK LIVE ARTS INCANDERSON RANCH ARTS CENTER: $100,500 · Arts & CultureANDERSON RANCH ARTS CENTERWATERSHED CENTER FOR THE CERAMIC ARTS: $25,000 · Arts & CultureWATERSHED CENTER FOR THE CERAMIC ARTS+7 more: $29,650 · Arts & Culture+7 moreSTRENGTH GROW EVOLVE (THE ENGLERT CIVIC THEATRE INC): $80,000 · OtherSTRENGTH GROW EVOLVE (THE ENGLERT CI…UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FOUNDATION: $78,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF IOWA FOUNDATIONARTS IOWA CITY: $52,000 · OtherARTS IOWA CITYAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF IOWA: $27,000 · OtherAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF IO…THE PEACE APPEAL FOUNDATION: $13,500 · OtherIOWA UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION: $10,500 · Other+14 more: $26,065 · Other+14 moreSTATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FOUNDATION: $24,750 · EducationCARBONDALE CLAY CENTER: $20,000 · EducationWILLOWWIND SCHOOL: $4,100 · EducationMIKVA CHALLENGE GRANT FOUNDATION: $3,000 · EducationLONGHOUSE RESERVE: $2,000 · EducationAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $31,000 · Civil Rights+1 more: $500 · Civil RightsUnited States Association for UNHCR: $17,000 · InternationalInternational Rescue Committee INC: $5,000 · InternationalIOWA CITY FOREIGN RELATIONS COUNCIL: $3,000 · InternationalTHE CENTER FOR VICTIMS OF TORTURE: $3,000 · InternationalFRIENDS OF GIVAT HAVIVA: $2,000 · International+2 more: $550 · InternationalSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $15,500 · Crime & LegalSHRIVER CENTER ON POVERTY LAW: $1,000 · Crime & LegalIowa Legal Aid: $1,000 · Crime & Legal+1 more: $250 · Crime & LegalROLAND PARK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · EnvironmentASPEN CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES: $5,000 · Environment+2 more: $500 · Environment
Arts & Culture$453,150Other$287,065Education$53,850Civil Rights$31,500International$30,550Crime & Legal$17,750Environment$10,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNEW YORK LIVE ARTS INC: $298,000 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetANDERSON RANCH ARTS CENTER: $100,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $31,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF IOWA: $27,000 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetWATERSHED CENTER FOR THE CERAMIC ARTS: $25,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetSTATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FOUNDATION: $24,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCARBONDALE CLAY CENTER: $20,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR: $17,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $15,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetASPEN SANTA FE BALLET: $13,200 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetRIVERSIDE THEATRE INC: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetROLAND PARK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASPEN CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWILLOWWIND SCHOOL: $4,100 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $3,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMIKVA CHALLENGE GRANT FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetIOWA CITY FOREIGN RELATIONS COUNCIL: $3,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR VICTIMS OF TORTURE: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKANEKO: $3,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFRACTURED ATLAS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLONGHOUSE RESERVE: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF GIVAT HAVIVA: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCEDAR RAPIDS OPERA THEATRE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDOMESTIC VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROGRAM: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetSHRIVER CENTER ON POVERTY LAW: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIowa Legal Aid: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Women's Health Network: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE OAKNOLL FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED ACTION FOR YOUTH: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO YOUTH SHAKESPEARE INC: $500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetUnitarian Universalist Service Committee Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIOWA PUBLIC RADIO INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROARING FORK CONSERVANCY: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIOWA MIGRANT MOVEMENT FOR JUSTICE: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL LAW ALLIANCE WORLDWIDE: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFINCA INTERNATIONAL INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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 …Alliant Energy Founda…Community Fdn of Grea…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…Raymond James Charita…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Network for GoodDonor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…
Community Foundation of Johnson CountyIA15.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Johnson County · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Eskin Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Eskin Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    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 52 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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