Colorado · Private foundation
The Edelstein Foundation
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.
- $162k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 15%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $78,625
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 15% of the organizations The Edelstein Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k 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 | 12 | $155k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $108k | 15% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $97k | 36% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $103k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $95k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $75k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $95k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $75k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aspen Art Museum | $228,175 | 5 | 2% |
| Music Associates of Aspen Inc | $55,100 | 3 | 0% |
| Sybarite Chamber Players Ltd | $25,000 | 5 | 5% |
| Keep Memory Alive | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Anderson Ranch Arts Center | $24,100 | 4 | 0% |
| High Desert Test Sites | $22,100 | 3 | 3% |
| Aspen Center for Environmental Studies | $17,500 | 4 | 0% |
| The Desert Biennial Dba Desert X | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| English in Action | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Discovery Land Company Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aspen Art Museum | $228,175 | 5 | 2% |
| Music Associates of Aspen Inc | $55,100 | 3 | 0% |
| Sybarite Chamber Players Ltd | $25,000 | 5 | 5% |
| Keep Memory Alive | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Anderson Ranch Arts Center | $24,100 | 4 | 0% |
| High Desert Test Sites | $22,100 | 3 | 3% |
| Aspen Center for Environmental Studies | $17,500 | 4 | 0% |
| The Desert Biennial Dba Desert X | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| English in Action | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Discovery Land Company Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Rancho Mirage Writers Festival | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of the Aspen Animal Shelter | $4,795 | 2 | 1% |
| Palm Springs Art Museum | $4,700 | 1 | 0% |
| Aspen Junior Golf Foundation Inc | $2,400 | 1 | 1% |
| The Performance Zone Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jewish Agency for Israel - North American Council | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Celebrate the Beat | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($471k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Edelstein 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: The Galen Family Foundation · Aspen Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Edelstein Foundation
- How much does The Edelstein Foundation give?
- The Edelstein Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $162,325 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Edelstein Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (39%), Health (34%), Philanthropy (18%).
- Who are The Edelstein Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Aspen Art Museum ($228k), Music Associates of Aspen Inc ($55k), Sybarite Chamber Players Ltd ($25k).
- Does The Edelstein Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Edelstein 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 Edelstein Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Galen Family Foundation, Aspen Community Foundation, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc.
- Where is The Edelstein Foundation based?
- The Edelstein Foundation is based in CO.
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