Nevada · Private foundation
The E L Cord Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $3.6M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 90
- Grants FY2024
- 84
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 46%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $830,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 83 to 84
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $69M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 46% of the organizations The E L Cord Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 32% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 87 | $3.6M | 25% |
| FY2023 | 84 | $3.0M | 46% |
| FY2022 | 83 | $2.7M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Nevada Reno Foundation | $1,810,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Nevada Museum of Art | $610,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Channel 5 Public Broadcasting Inc | $555,000 | 3 | 3% |
| The First Tee of Northern Nevada | $380,000 | 3 | 18% |
| Artown | $300,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Food Bank of Northern Nevada Inc | $300,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Reno Philharmonic Association Inc | $300,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Sky Tavern Inc | $275,000 | 2 | 15% |
| Keep Memory Alive | $200,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Harrah Automobile Foundation National Automobile Museum | $200,000 | 2 | 4% |
Show all 100 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 44 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The E L Cord Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 89 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: Robert Z Hawkins Foundation · NV Energy Charitable Foundation · Community Foundation of Northern Nevada · The Nell J Redfield Foundation · Dermody Properties Foundation · John Ben Snow Memorial Tr Uw #839158 · Thelma B & Thomas P Hart Foundation · Renown Health · Helen Close Charitable Foundation · William N Pennington Foundation · Tahoe Community Foundation · Peek Family Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
About The E L Cord Foundation
- How much does The E L Cord Foundation give?
- The E L Cord Foundation reported 90 grants totaling $3,593,750 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 83 and 84 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does The E L Cord Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (10%), Education (9%), Health (4%).
- Who are The E L Cord Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: University of Nevada Reno Foundation ($1.8M), Nevada Museum of Art ($610k), Channel 5 Public Broadcasting Inc ($555k).
- Does The E L Cord Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 46% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The E L Cord Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The E L Cord Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Robert Z Hawkins Foundation, NV Energy Charitable Foundation, Community Foundation of Northern Nevada.
- Where is The E L Cord Foundation based?
- The E L Cord Foundation is based in NV.
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