Oregon · Private foundation
Matthew and Emmanuella Essieh Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $365k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 24
- Grants FY2025
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 31%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $110,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 17
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.3M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 31% of the organizations Matthew and Emmanuella Essieh Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24k 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 | 23 | $365k | 65% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $135k | 31% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $89k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $100k | 35% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $121k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $91k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $78k | 54% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $109k | 50% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portland Opera Association Inc | $105,300 | 8 | 1% |
| Palm University Foundation | $70,000 | 1 | 37% |
| Childrens AIDS Art Programme | $24,000 | 9 | 5% |
| St Andrew Nativity School | $20,500 | 7 | n/a |
| Juneteenth OR | $15,898 | 1 | n/a |
| Peace Corps Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Harambee Centre Inc | $8,100 | 3 | 5% |
| Cantores in Ecclesia | $7,051 | 6 | 2% |
| The Family Room | $6,650 | 2 | 3% |
| Fly Fishing Collaborative | $5,950 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portland Opera Association Inc | $105,300 | 8 | 1% |
| Palm University Foundation | $70,000 | 1 | 37% |
| Childrens AIDS Art Programme | $24,000 | 9 | 5% |
| St Andrew Nativity School | $20,500 | 7 | n/a |
| Juneteenth OR | $15,898 | 1 | n/a |
| Peace Corps Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Harambee Centre Inc | $8,100 | 3 | 5% |
| Cantores in Ecclesia | $7,051 | 6 | 2% |
| The Family Room | $6,650 | 2 | 3% |
| Fly Fishing Collaborative | $5,950 | 1 | 1% |
| Portland Community College Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Georgetown University | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Obo Addy Legacy Project | $3,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Yo Ghana | $3,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Ko-Falen Cultural Center | $3,000 | 3 | 2% |
| World Affairs Council of Oregon dba WorldOregon | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Tigard Community Friends Church | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Ndi Ichi in Diaspora | $1,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Southern Oregon University Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 49 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Matthew and Emmanuella Essieh Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 15 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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 Oregon Community Foundation · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund · Meyer Memorial Trust · The Autzen Foundation · Careoregon Inc · Juan Young Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
Compare Matthew and Emmanuella Essieh Foundation with peer funders
About Matthew and Emmanuella Essieh Foundation
- How much does Matthew and Emmanuella Essieh Foundation give?
- Matthew and Emmanuella Essieh Foundation reported 24 grants totaling $364,704 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 17 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Matthew and Emmanuella Essieh Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (63%), Arts & Culture (14%), Health (8%).
- Who are Matthew and Emmanuella Essieh Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Portland Opera Association Inc ($105k), Palm University Foundation ($70k), Childrens AIDS Art Programme ($24k).
- Does Matthew and Emmanuella Essieh Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Matthew and Emmanuella Essieh Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Matthew and Emmanuella Essieh Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Oregon Community Foundation, Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust, Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund.
- Where is Matthew and Emmanuella Essieh Foundation based?
- Matthew and Emmanuella Essieh Foundation is based in OR.
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