Utah · Private foundation
Esther and Otto Seligmann Foundation Inc
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.
- $136k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2024
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
72% of Esther and Otto Seligmann Foundation Inc’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Triangle Community Foundation Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 3 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2024, the last year Esther and Otto Seligmann Foundation Inc named its own grantees at scale: 6 organizations, $136k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 15
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Esther and Otto Seligmann Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 30% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k 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 | 9 | $111k | 44% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $74k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $25k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $10k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $115k | 64% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $188k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $232k | 44% |
| FY2017 | 15 | $206k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| B Team Headquarters Inc | $150,000 | 2 | 2% |
| American Dance Festival Inc | $118,131 | 7 | 1% |
| Multiplier | $65,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Shift | $40,000 | 3 | 7% |
| Conservation International Foundation | $35,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bay Area Discovery Museum | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Northwest Indian College Foundation | $30,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Goodpower Education Fund Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Wasatch Mountain Institute | $25,000 | 2 | 21% |
| Round River Conservation Studies | $25,000 | 2 | 1% |
Show all 26 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($724k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Esther and Otto Seligmann Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Triangle Community Foundation Inc · The Vermont Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Esther and Otto Seligmann Foundation Inc with peer funders
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About Esther and Otto Seligmann Foundation Inc
- How much does Esther and Otto Seligmann Foundation Inc give?
- Esther and Otto Seligmann Foundation Inc reported 10 grants totaling $136,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 15 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Esther and Otto Seligmann Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (74%), Environment (11%), Arts & Culture (4%).
- Who are Esther and Otto Seligmann Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: B Team Headquarters Inc ($150k), American Dance Festival Inc ($118k), Multiplier ($65k).
- Does Esther and Otto Seligmann Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Esther and Otto Seligmann Foundation Inc 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 Esther and Otto Seligmann Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Triangle Community Foundation Inc, The Vermont Community Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is Esther and Otto Seligmann Foundation Inc based?
- Esther and Otto Seligmann Foundation Inc is based in UT.
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