New York · Private foundation
The Elena Melius Foundation Inc
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.
- $45k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $16,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 34
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $9k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations The Elena Melius Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k 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 | 14 | $44k | 43% |
| FY2024 | 18 | $32k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $13k | 56% |
| FY2022 | 34 | $47k | 79% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $1k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 22 | $21k | 91% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $8k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 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, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Pat Cairo Family Foundation Inc | $30,800 | 7 | 1% |
| St Francis Hospital Foundation Inc | $19,000 | 3 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | $8,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $6,300 | 3 | 0% |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Northwell Health Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Save The Children Federation Inc | $3,500 | 5 | 0% |
| American Kidney Fund Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Mercy Ships International | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 42 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 34 recipients with no EIN on record ($47k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Elena Melius Foundation Inc 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: Peter & Jeri Dejana Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Elena Melius Foundation Inc
- How much does The Elena Melius Foundation Inc give?
- The Elena Melius Foundation Inc reported 15 grants totaling $44,820 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 34 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does The Elena Melius Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (61%), Animals (18%), International (5%).
- Who are The Elena Melius Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: The Pat Cairo Family Foundation Inc ($31k), St Francis Hospital Foundation Inc ($19k), St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc ($10k).
- Does The Elena Melius Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Elena Melius Foundation Inc 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 Elena Melius Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Peter & Jeri Dejana Foundation, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation, The Pfizer Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Elena Melius Foundation Inc based?
- The Elena Melius Foundation Inc is based in NY.
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