Wyoming · Private foundation
Ruth R Ellbogen Foundation
Its FY2018 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $255k
- Granted FY2018
- 19
- Grants FY2018
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2018
- 37%
- First-time grantees FY2018
- Median grant, FY2018
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2018
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 19 to 20
- FY2017 to FY2018
- States reached, FY2018
- 1
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2018, 37% of the organizations Ruth R Ellbogen Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 39% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2018 | 19 | $255k | 37% |
| FY2017 | 20 | $491k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2018.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2018, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Volunteers of America Northern Rockies | $110,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Wyoming Rescue Mission | $45,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Cathedral Home for Children | $45,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mercer Family Resource Center Inc | $45,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Central Wyoming Hospice & Transitions | $30,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Natrona County Public Library Foundation | $30,000 | 2 | 5% |
| The Healthy Birth and Infant Brains Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 39% |
| Make a Wish Foundation of Wyoming | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Casper Humane Society | $20,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Youth Crisis Center | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Volunteers of America Northern Rockies | $110,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Wyoming Rescue Mission | $45,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Cathedral Home for Children | $45,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mercer Family Resource Center Inc | $45,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Central Wyoming Hospice & Transitions | $30,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Natrona County Public Library Foundation | $30,000 | 2 | 5% |
| The Healthy Birth and Infant Brains Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 39% |
| Make a Wish Foundation of Wyoming | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Casper Humane Society | $20,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Youth Crisis Center | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Climb Dba Climb Wyoming | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Self Help Center Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Raising Readers in Wyoming | $20,000 | 2 | 12% |
| Casper Family YMCA INC | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Nicolaysen Art Museum | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| University of Wyoming Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Craig & Susan Thomas Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Joshuas Storehouse and Distribution Center | $10,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Laramie Interfaith | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Laramie Soup Kitchen | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Child Evangelism Fellowship of Michigan Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($229k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Ruth R Ellbogen Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 21 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Wyoming Community Foundation · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Natrona Collective Health Trust · The McMurry Foundation · Zimmerman Family Foundation · The John P Ellbogen Foundation · Hughes Charitable Foundation · Bnsf Railway Foundation · The Goodstein Foundation · Double 4 Foundation · Masterson Family Foundation · United Way of Natrona County
How this is measured
About Ruth R Ellbogen Foundation
- How much does Ruth R Ellbogen Foundation give?
- Ruth R Ellbogen Foundation reported 19 grants totaling $254,998 in its FY2018 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 20 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2018.
- What does Ruth R Ellbogen Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2018, its largest causes are Human Services (31%), Education (23%), Health (17%).
- Who are Ruth R Ellbogen Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2018: Volunteers of America Northern Rockies ($110k), Wyoming Rescue Mission ($45k), Cathedral Home for Children ($45k).
- Does Ruth R Ellbogen Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2018, 37% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ruth R Ellbogen 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 Ruth R Ellbogen Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Wyoming Community Foundation, First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc, Natrona Collective Health Trust.
- Where is Ruth R Ellbogen Foundation based?
- Ruth R Ellbogen Foundation is based in WY.
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