Wisconsin · Private foundation
Mark a and Jean M Elste Family 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.
- $13k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 16
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $59k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Mark a and Jean M Elste Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 40% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 | 10 | $12k | 60% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $4k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $5k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $12k | 75% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $3k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doorway to Learning Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United Way of Door County Inc | $3,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Friends of Pbs Wisconsin Inc | $2,515 | 5 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Door County Inc | $2,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Door County Memorial Hospital Foundation Inc | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Wisconsin Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Wisconsin Veteran's Village Association Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Birch Creek Music Performance Center Inc | $750 | 2 | 0% |
| Diocese of la Crosse | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Calvary Episcopal Church | $500 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doorway to Learning Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United Way of Door County Inc | $3,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Friends of Pbs Wisconsin Inc | $2,515 | 5 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Door County Inc | $2,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Door County Memorial Hospital Foundation Inc | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Wisconsin Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Wisconsin Veteran's Village Association Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Birch Creek Music Performance Center Inc | $750 | 2 | 0% |
| Diocese of la Crosse | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Calvary Episcopal Church | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Sue Baldwin Fund Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Beja Shriners | $500 | 2 | 0% |
| Midsummer's Music Ltd | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Help of Door County Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Wikimedia Foundation Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Michigan Animal Rescue League | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| New Life Clinic | $250 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($14k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Mark a and Jean M Elste Family Foundation Inc 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.
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How this is measured
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About Mark a and Jean M Elste Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Mark a and Jean M Elste Family Foundation Inc give?
- Mark a and Jean M Elste Family Foundation Inc reported 11 grants totaling $12,575 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 16 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Mark a and Jean M Elste Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (27%), Human Services (14%), Health (12%).
- Who are Mark a and Jean M Elste Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Doorway to Learning Inc ($5k), United Way of Door County Inc ($3k), Friends of Pbs Wisconsin Inc ($3k).
- Does Mark a and Jean M Elste Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Mark a and Jean M Elste Family 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 Mark a and Jean M Elste Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Green Bay Community Foundation Inc, Door County Community Foundation Inc, Ellsworth and Carla Peterson Charitable Foundation.
- Where is Mark a and Jean M Elste Family Foundation Inc based?
- Mark a and Jean M Elste Family Foundation Inc is based in WI.
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