Illinois · Private foundation
Gail G Ellis Foundation Inc
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.
- $641k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 123
- Grants FY2024
- 134
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 6%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 105 to 145
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 25
- Total assets, FY2024
- $13M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 6% of the organizations Gail G Ellis Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k 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 | 121 | $606k | 5% |
| FY2023 | 134 | $654k | 6% |
| FY2022 | 134 | $711k | 4% |
| FY2021 | 138 | $561k | 10% |
| FY2020 | 129 | $590k | 12% |
| FY2019 | 145 | $615k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 132 | $523k | 33% |
| FY2017 | 105 | $618k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kidspace a Participatory Museum | $507,000 | 7 | 4% |
| Mobile Care Foundation | $300,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Pathway to Kinship Inc | $200,000 | 4 | 19% |
| Polytechnic School | $180,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Abilityfirst | $123,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Special Olympics Inc | $60,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $44,700 | 8 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $43,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Union Station Homeless Services | $39,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Autism Speaks Inc | $38,000 | 8 | 0% |
Show all 133 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 100 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Gail G Ellis 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: The Rose Hills Foundation · Pasadena Community Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · California Community Foundation · Western Asset Management Company Charitable Foundation · Ann Peppers Foundation · John Jewett & Helen Chandler Garland Fou Ndation · Pasadena Showcase House For The Arts · The Green Foundation · The Confidence Foundation · The Patron Saints Foundation
How this is measured
About Gail G Ellis Foundation Inc
- How much does Gail G Ellis Foundation Inc give?
- Gail G Ellis Foundation Inc reported 123 grants totaling $640,910 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 105 and 145 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Gail G Ellis Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (30%), Education (24%), Arts & Culture (17%).
- Who are Gail G Ellis Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Kidspace a Participatory Museum ($507k), Mobile Care Foundation ($300k), Pathway to Kinship Inc ($200k).
- Does Gail G Ellis Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Gail G Ellis 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 Gail G Ellis Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Rose Hills Foundation, Pasadena Community Foundation, The Ahmanson Foundation.
- Where is Gail G Ellis Foundation Inc based?
- Gail G Ellis Foundation Inc is based in IL.
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