Missouri · Private foundation
Essman Family Charitable 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.
- $5k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2024
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $4,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $4,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 35
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $189k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 75% of the organizations Essman Family Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 64% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 36% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k 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 | 2 | $5k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $17k | 75% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $11k | 35% |
| FY2021 | 27 | $20k | 7% |
| FY2020 | 27 | $21k | 22% |
| FY2019 | 35 | $20k | 57% |
| FY2018 | 25 | $25k | 68% |
| FY2017 | 15 | $25k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish Community Center | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Maryville University - St Louis | $10,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Jewish Family Services of St Louis | $6,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Logos Inc | $5,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| City Academy Inc | $4,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood Great Rivers-Missouri | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The St Louis Children's Choirs | $3,600 | 5 | 0% |
| Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra | $3,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Hias Inc | $3,500 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 41 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 35 recipients with no EIN on record ($52k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Essman Family Charitable 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 · Jewish Federation of St Louis · St Louis Community Foundation · World Wide Technology Foundation · Gallop Family Foundation · Sam and Marilyn Fox Foundation · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · The William R Orthwein Jr and Laura Rand Orthwein Foundation Inc · The Goldstein Family Foundation · Pott Foundation · The Kranzberg Family Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Essman Family Charitable Foundation with peer funders
About Essman Family Charitable Foundation
- How much does Essman Family Charitable Foundation give?
- Essman Family Charitable Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $4,504 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 35 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Essman Family Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (18%), Human Services (16%), Religion (12%).
- Who are Essman Family Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Jewish Community Center ($15k), Maryville University - St Louis ($11k), Jewish Family Services of St Louis ($6k).
- Does Essman Family Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Essman Family Charitable 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 Essman Family Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include St Louis Community Foundation Inc, Jewish Federation of St Louis, St Louis Community Foundation.
- Where is Essman Family Charitable Foundation based?
- Essman Family Charitable Foundation is based in MO.
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