New Jersey · Private foundation
Joseph and Barbara Ellis 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.
- $475k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 34
- Grants FY2025
- 43
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 9%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,150
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 43 to 67
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $582k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 9% of the organizations Joseph and Barbara Ellis Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 | 34 | $475k | 3% |
| FY2024 | 43 | $520k | 9% |
| FY2023 | 59 | $525k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 64 | $1.1M | 27% |
| FY2021 | 67 | $1.3M | 30% |
| FY2020 | 53 | $879k | 28% |
| FY2019 | 67 | $2.1M | 61% |
| FY2018 | 59 | $1.1M | 47% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earthjustice | $490,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Rare | $460,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Barnard College | $405,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Colorado State University Foundation | $400,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Audubon Society Inc | $355,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Dorot Inc | $316,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc | $290,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Friends of Birdlife International Inc | $263,500 | 3 | 3% |
| Housatonic Valley Association Inc | $197,600 | 8 | 3% |
| United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc | $188,000 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 109 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 79 recipients with no EIN on record ($5.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Joseph and Barbara Ellis 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: Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation Inc · Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc · The Harriet F Dickenson Foundation Xxxxx4008 · Foundation for Community Health Inc · The Connecticut Community Foundation · Mutual of America Foundation · The Grace R and Alan D Marcus Foundation · Fjc · Jewish Communal Fund · Cain Brothers Foundation · The Geisser Family Foundation · The Hallingby Family Foundation Inc
How this is measured
Compare Joseph and Barbara Ellis Foundation with peer funders
About Joseph and Barbara Ellis Foundation
- How much does Joseph and Barbara Ellis Foundation give?
- Joseph and Barbara Ellis Foundation reported 34 grants totaling $475,050 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 43 and 67 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Joseph and Barbara Ellis Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (36%), Environment (15%), Philanthropy (13%).
- Who are Joseph and Barbara Ellis Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Earthjustice ($490k), Rare ($460k), Barnard College ($405k).
- Does Joseph and Barbara Ellis Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Joseph and Barbara Ellis 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 Joseph and Barbara Ellis Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation Inc, Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc, The Harriet F Dickenson Foundation Xxxxx4008.
- Where is Joseph and Barbara Ellis Foundation based?
- Joseph and Barbara Ellis Foundation is based in NJ.
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