Virginia · Private foundation
The Erkiletian Family 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.
- $348k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 28
- Grants FY2025
- 30
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $159,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 30
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 10
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 43% of the organizations The Erkiletian Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $69k 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 | 28 | $348k | 32% |
| FY2024 | 30 | $289k | 43% |
| FY2023 | 26 | $308k | 35% |
| FY2022 | 26 | $295k | 77% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $246k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 23 | $306k | 43% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $157k | 43% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $144k | 10% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emerging Scholars Program Inc | $349,100 | 5 | 26% |
| The Shakespeare Theatre | $225,000 | 9 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $149,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc | $131,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Housing for All Incorporated | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Amazon Conservation Team | $40,334 | 7 | 0% |
| Americares Foundation Inc | $37,665 | 5 | 0% |
| Operation Smile Inc | $36,500 | 7 | 0% |
| United Help Ukraine Inc | $32,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Boulder Crest Foundation | $32,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 56 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 33 recipients with no EIN on record ($719k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Erkiletian Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 48 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Act for Alexandria · Greater Washington Community Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About The Erkiletian Family Foundation
- How much does The Erkiletian Family Foundation give?
- The Erkiletian Family Foundation reported 28 grants totaling $347,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 30 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Erkiletian Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (37%), Environment (12%), Arts & Culture (11%).
- Who are The Erkiletian Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Emerging Scholars Program Inc ($349k), The Shakespeare Theatre ($225k), World Central Kitchen Inc ($149k).
- Does The Erkiletian Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Erkiletian Family 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 Erkiletian Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Act for Alexandria, Greater Washington Community Foundation, Mightycause Charitable Foundation.
- Where is The Erkiletian Family Foundation based?
- The Erkiletian Family Foundation is based in VA.
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