Missouri · Private foundation
Esse Health 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.
- $45k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 22%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 17
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $61k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 22% of the organizations Esse Health Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 | 14 | $45k | 36% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $33k | 22% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $71k | 18% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $50k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $31k | 38% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $68k | 23% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $58k | 20% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $50k | 31% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $45,000 | 9 | 0% |
| American Diabetes Association | $40,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Loyola Academy of St Louis | $35,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Center for Hearing & Speech | $27,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Memory Care Home Solutions | $21,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Independence Center | $20,500 | 8 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The National Children's Cancer Society | $15,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Addiction Is Real Inc | $12,500 | 3 | 5% |
| Institute for Research and Education in Family Medicine | $11,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $45,000 | 9 | 0% |
| American Diabetes Association | $40,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Loyola Academy of St Louis | $35,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Center for Hearing & Speech | $27,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Memory Care Home Solutions | $21,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Independence Center | $20,500 | 8 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The National Children's Cancer Society | $15,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Addiction Is Real Inc | $12,500 | 3 | 5% |
| Institute for Research and Education in Family Medicine | $11,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Nurses for Newborns | $9,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater St Louis Inc | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Lutheran Senior Services | $5,500 | 2 | 0% |
| St Louis Health Equipment Lending Program Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Casa de Salud | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Kidney Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Great Circle | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Voyce | $3,162 | 1 | 0% |
| Troy Dream Center Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Mighty Oakes Heart Foundation | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Healing Action Network Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| A Million Stars Inc Dba College Bound | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| St Louis Jewish Light | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Children's Heart Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($147k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Esse Health 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: St Louis Community Foundation Inc · St Louis Philanthropic Organization · Youthbridge Community Foundation · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · Centene Foundation · The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital · Pott Foundation · Bjc Health System Dba Bjc Healthcare · Sam and Marilyn Fox Foundation · Tsf · Jefferson Foundation · Moneta Group Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
About Esse Health Foundation
- How much does Esse Health Foundation give?
- Esse Health Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $45,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 17 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Esse Health Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (73%), Education (8%), Human Services (7%).
- Who are Esse Health Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Blood Cancer United Inc ($45k), American Diabetes Association ($40k), Loyola Academy of St Louis ($35k).
- Does Esse Health Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Esse Health 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 Esse Health Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include St Louis Community Foundation Inc, St Louis Philanthropic Organization, Youthbridge Community Foundation.
- Where is Esse Health Foundation based?
- Esse Health Foundation is based in MO.
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