Washington, D.C. · Private foundation
The Ellen Wills Martin Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $82k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 48
- Grants FY2024
- 39
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $6,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 39
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 15
- Total assets, FY2024
- $783k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 13% of the organizations The Ellen Wills Martin Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 43 | $82k | 49% |
| FY2023 | 39 | $72k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 38 | $95k | 24% |
| FY2021 | 34 | $60k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 35 | $60k | 29% |
| FY2019 | 29 | $60k | 31% |
| FY2018 | 31 | $76k | 45% |
| FY2017 | 17 | $38k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romanian Christian Enterprises | $40,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Oglala Lakota College | $20,250 | 5 | 0% |
| Orangutan Outreach Inc Attn Richard Zimmerman | $19,250 | 8 | 1% |
| Grace Church School | $18,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Foundation of America Inc | $16,250 | 7 | 0% |
| Chapman University | $14,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $11,000 | 8 | 0% |
| New Mission Systems Inc | $10,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Hidden Wings | $10,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Loomis Institute D/B/A the Loomis Chaffee School | $10,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 41 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 54 recipients with no EIN on record ($249k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Ellen Wills Martin 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.
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How this is measured
About The Ellen Wills Martin Foundation
- How much does The Ellen Wills Martin Foundation give?
- The Ellen Wills Martin Foundation reported 48 grants totaling $82,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 39 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Ellen Wills Martin Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (41%), International (18%), Health (7%).
- Who are The Ellen Wills Martin Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Romanian Christian Enterprises ($40k), Oglala Lakota College ($20k), Orangutan Outreach Inc Attn Richard Zimmerman ($19k).
- Does The Ellen Wills Martin Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Ellen Wills Martin 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 Ellen Wills Martin Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Ayco Charitable Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust, Chubb Charitable Foundation.
- Where is The Ellen Wills Martin Foundation based?
- The Ellen Wills Martin Foundation is based in DC.
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