Minnesota · Private foundation
Ess 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.
- $8k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2024
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 14
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $248k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 38% of the organizations Ess Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 27% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k 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 | 4 | $8k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $26k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $15k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $39k | 79% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $27k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ridgeview Foundation | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Food Allergy Research & Education Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Scalpel at the Cross Inc | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Smile Train Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Salvation Army | $400 | 2 | n/a |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Judicial Watch Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| American Cornerstone Institute Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| College of Saint Benedict | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 11 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ridgeview Foundation | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Food Allergy Research & Education Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Scalpel at the Cross Inc | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Smile Train Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Salvation Army | $400 | 2 | n/a |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Judicial Watch Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| American Cornerstone Institute Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| College of Saint Benedict | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| American Family Association Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($101k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ess Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
About Ess Family Foundation
- How much does Ess Family Foundation give?
- Ess Family Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $8,100 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 14 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Ess Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (48%), Health (9%), Food & Nutrition (2%).
- Who are Ess Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Ridgeview Foundation ($8k), Food Allergy Research & Education Inc ($2k), Scalpel at the Cross Inc ($2k).
- Does Ess Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ess Family 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 Ess Family Foundation based?
- Ess Family Foundation is based in MN.
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