Alabama · Private foundation
The Elm 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.
- $75k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 25
- Grants FY2024
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 59%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $6,319
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 70
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 59% of the organizations The Elm Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 53% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k 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 | 25 | $75k | 56% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $62k | 59% |
| FY2022 | 25 | $88k | 64% |
| FY2021 | 26 | $92k | 54% |
| FY2020 | 22 | $79k | 55% |
| FY2019 | 33 | $119k | 70% |
| FY2017 | 70 | $233k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Way of Madison County Inc | $3,250 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 158 recipients with no EIN on record ($744k), not named here.
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About The Elm Foundation
- How much does The Elm Foundation give?
- The Elm Foundation reported 25 grants totaling $75,053 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 70 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Elm Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (78%), Human Services (10%), Religion (3%).
- Who are The Elm Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: United Way of Madison County Inc ($3k).
- Does The Elm Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 59% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Elm 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.
- Where is The Elm Foundation based?
- The Elm Foundation is based in AL.
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