New York · Private foundation
The Echo Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $19k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2026
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $3,500
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $7,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 27
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 3
- Total assets, FY2026
- $19k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 13% of the organizations The Echo Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 37% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 6 | $19k | 17% |
| FY2025 | 8 | $29k | 13% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $23k | 38% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $15k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $21k | 10% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $17k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $30k | 6% |
| FY2019 | 27 | $46k | 37% |
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, FY2018 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fashion Institute of Technology Foundation | $28,230 | 7 | 0% |
| Rhode Island School of Design | $26,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Father's Daymother's Day Council Inc | $13,530 | 2 | 0% |
| American Jewish Committee | $13,350 | 2 | 0% |
| Trinity College | $12,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Connecticut College | $7,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Our House Inc | $6,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Delivering Good Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Syracuse University | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fashion Institute of Technology Foundation | $28,230 | 7 | 0% |
| Rhode Island School of Design | $26,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Father's Daymother's Day Council Inc | $13,530 | 2 | 0% |
| American Jewish Committee | $13,350 | 2 | 0% |
| Trinity College | $12,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Connecticut College | $7,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Our House Inc | $6,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Delivering Good Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Syracuse University | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Philadelphia University | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Museum of Modern Art | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| United Way of King County | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lymphoma Research Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lupus Research Alliance Inc | $750 | 2 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders New York City Inc | $700 | 3 | 0% |
| Witherspoon-Jackson Historical and Cultural Society | $400 | 1 | n/a |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $300 | 3 | 0% |
| The Sephardic Food Fund Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Fresh Air Fund | $200 | 3 | 0% |
| The Arnold Gold Foundation | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Hias Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($104k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Echo 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: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Echo Foundation
- How much does The Echo Foundation give?
- The Echo Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $18,790 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 27 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does The Echo Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2026, its largest causes are Education (48%), Health (8%), Philanthropy (6%).
- Who are The Echo Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2026: Fashion Institute of Technology Foundation ($28k), Rhode Island School of Design ($27k), Father's Daymother's Day Council Inc ($14k).
- Does The Echo Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Echo 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 The Echo Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The Echo Foundation based?
- The Echo Foundation is based in NY.
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