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The Ellis Foundation Inc 26-28165

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.

$3.8M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
43
Grants FY2024
55
Organizations funded FY2023
18%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$25,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$2,500,000
Organizations funded a year
44 to 68
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
13
Total assets, FY2024
$11M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 18% of the organizations The Ellis Foundation Inc 26-28165 funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $116k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationEnvironmentRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesCrime & LegalFood & NutritionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving43$3.8M7%
FY202355$1.3M18%
FY202255$1.3M20%
FY202168$1.3M28%
FY202067$1.2M36%
FY201944$1.0M25%
FY201845$1.2M20%
FY201762$1.1Mn/a
94% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Religion$4.1MInternational$1.7MEnvironment$1.2MEducation$892kArts & Culture$713kHealth$703kPhilanthropy$482kCommunity Improvement$465kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
WA
MT
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MO
KY
WV
AZ
NC
DC
HI
AL
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of The Ellis Foundation Inc 26-28165 by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
International Wilderness Leadership Foundation Inc$477,00081%
Opportunity International Inc D/B/A Opportunity International-Us$465,00080%
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc$402,00080%
Fcs Urban Ministries Inc$375,00073%
Angel Flight Soars Inc$350,00082%
The Carter Center Inc$308,00080%
The Theatrical Outfit Inc$275,00071%
Georgia Works Inc$235,00083%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$188,00080%
Climate Ride Inc$182,50063%
The Westminster Schools Inc$180,80080%
Fernbank Inc$180,00070%
V-Day$178,332316%
Grand Valley State University$176,0006n/a
Equal Justice Initiative$175,00040%
Samaritan Counseling Center of Atlanta Inc$169,50088%
Southern Environmental Law Center$165,00060%
UniversalGiving$140,00084%
The Trust for Public Land$120,00020%
National Writing Project Corporation$110,00061%
Trinity School Inc$107,15060%
Trees Atlanta Inc$106,00080%
Childspring International Inc$105,00081%
Atlanta Union Mission Corporation$103,00030%
Housing Tonight Inc$85,00037%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$81,00030%
Atlanta Historical Society Inc$80,00050%
Conveners-Org$75,000210%
The Taft School Corporation$65,00080%
City of Refuge$60,00030%
Agape Community Center$55,00031%
Nyaka Inc$55,00051%
Grand Rapids Public Schools Foundation$50,00041%
University of Louisville Foundation Inc$50,00020%
West Michigan Environmental Action Council Educational Foundation$50,00022%
Columbia Theological Seminary$50,0002n/a
Chautauqua Foundation Inc$40,00080%
Project Drawdown$40,00021%
Year Up Inc$40,00070%
Moving in the Spirit Inc$38,50031%
World Pulse Voices$35,00021%
Spelman College$30,00020%
Visiting Nurse Hospice Atlanta Foundation Inc$30,0006n/a
Mission Wolf$25,00041%
Solutions Project Inc$20,00010%
University of Michigan$20,00023%
Scholar Leaders International$20,00021%
Common Market Georgia Incorporated$20,00025%
Morehouse College$20,00010%
Land Conservancy of West Michigan$20,00021%
Friends of Grand Rapids Parks$20,00023%
Covenant House Georgia Inc$20,00020%
Georgia Interfaith Power & Light Inc$15,00031%
Chattahoochee Nature Center Inc$15,00010%
Duke University$11,00030%
National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association Inc$10,00010%
The South Fork Conservancy Incorporated$10,00012%
Restorers Inc$10,000211%
Global Growers Network Inc$10,00011%
Baxter Community Center$10,00010%
The Dale House Project$10,00020%
Berklee College of Music Inc$8,50050%
American Foundation for the University of British Columbia$8,00040%
Biblical Ministries Worldwide Inc$6,0003n/a
Yale University$5,5001n/a
Johnson C Smith Theological Seminary Inc$5,0001n/a
Family Centers Inc$5,00010%
Heart of West Michigan United Way$5,00010%
Health Volunteers Overseas Inc$4,00030%
Alumni Fund Association of Yale University$4,0002n/a
Magnalia Homestead Foundation James P Van Eerden$3,73011%
Washington University$3,50040%
Atlanta Community Food Bank Inc$2,50030%
The Trustees of Princeton University$2,00020%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$2,00020%
American Academy of Dermatology Inc$1,50030%
Atlanta Memorial Park Conservancy Inc$1,00010%
Family Health Ministries Inc$90030%
Park Pride Inc$50010%
Christian Union Inc$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 69 recipients with no EIN on record ($5.6M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Ellis Foundation Inc 26-28165 supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetInternational Wilderness Leadership Foundation Inc: $477,000 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetOpportunity International Inc D/B/A Opportunity International-Us: $465,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc: $402,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFcs Urban Ministries Inc: $375,000 over 7y, 3.1% of budgetAngel Flight Soars Inc: $350,000 over 8y, 2.2% of budgetThe Carter Center Inc: $308,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Theatrical Outfit Inc: $275,000 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetGeorgia Works Inc: $235,000 over 8y, 2.6% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $188,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetClimate Ride Inc: $182,500 over 6y, 3.1% of budgetThe Westminster Schools Inc: $180,800 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFernbank Inc: $180,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetV-Day: $178,332 over 3y, 16% of budgetEqual Justice Initiative: $175,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSamaritan Counseling Center of Atlanta Inc: $169,500 over 8y, 8.1% of budgetSouthern Environmental Law Center: $165,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetUniversalGiving: $140,000 over 8y, 3.6% of budgetThe Trust for Public Land: $120,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNational Writing Project Corporation: $110,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetTrinity School Inc: $107,150 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetTrees Atlanta Inc: $106,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetChildspring International Inc: $105,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetAtlanta Union Mission Corporation: $103,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetHousing Tonight Inc: $85,000 over 3y, 6.5% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $81,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAtlanta Historical Society Inc: $80,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetConveners-Org: $75,000 over 2y, 10% of budgetThe Taft School Corporation: $65,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCity of Refuge: $60,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetAgape Community Center: $55,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetNyaka Inc: $55,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetGrand Rapids Public Schools Foundation: $50,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetUniversity of Louisville Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWest Michigan Environmental Action Council Educational Foundation: $50,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetChautauqua Foundation Inc: $40,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetProject Drawdown: $40,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetYear Up Inc: $40,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMoving in the Spirit Inc: $38,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetWorld Pulse Voices: $35,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetSpelman College: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMission Wolf: $25,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetSolutions Project Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $20,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetScholar Leaders International: $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCommon Market Georgia Incorporated: $20,000 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetMorehouse College: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLand Conservancy of West Michigan: $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetFriends of Grand Rapids Parks: $20,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 73.

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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.

The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta IncGA32.1× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · Fraser-Parker Foundation · Tw Marian W Ottley Atlanta Main · The Imlay Foundation Inc · Tull Charitable Foundation Inc · The Waterfall Foundation Inc · The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation Inc · J Bulow Campbell Foundation · Betty and Davis Fitzgerald Foundation Inc · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · Atl Fdn-W Peters Main · The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About The Ellis Foundation Inc 26-28165

How much does The Ellis Foundation Inc 26-28165 give?
The Ellis Foundation Inc 26-28165 reported 43 grants totaling $3,766,593 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 44 and 68 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Ellis Foundation Inc 26-28165 fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (33%), International (14%), Environment (10%).
Who are The Ellis Foundation Inc 26-28165's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: International Wilderness Leadership Foundation Inc ($477k), Opportunity International Inc D/B/A Opportunity International-Us ($465k), Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc ($402k).
Does The Ellis Foundation Inc 26-28165 fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Ellis Foundation Inc 26-28165 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 Ellis Foundation Inc 26-28165?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc, Fraser-Parker Foundation, Tw Marian W Ottley Atlanta Main.
Where is The Ellis Foundation Inc 26-28165 based?
The Ellis Foundation Inc 26-28165 is based in GA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 155 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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