California · Private foundation
The Essas Family Foundation Inc
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.
- $152k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2024
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 15
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $174k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 38% of the organizations The Essas Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $29k 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 | 8 | $147k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $111k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $178k | 18% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $226k | 27% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $276k | 15% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $266k | 42% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $293k | 60% |
| FY2017 | 13 | $345k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adas Torah | $279,050 | 5 | n/a |
| Yeshiva Ateres Yisroel | $154,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Noam Hatalmud | $106,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Friends of United Hatzalah Inc | $54,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Minchas Asher Foundation | $45,000 | 3 | 3% |
| National Council of Young Israel | $40,700 | 3 | n/a |
| Mesivta of Greater Los Angeles | $40,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Yeshiva Gedolah Zichron Moshe | $38,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Gindi Maimonides Academy | $36,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Ashdod Mercaz Chinuch Inc | $25,000 | 3 | 8% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adas Torah | $279,050 | 5 | n/a |
| Yeshiva Ateres Yisroel | $154,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Noam Hatalmud | $106,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Friends of United Hatzalah Inc | $54,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Minchas Asher Foundation | $45,000 | 3 | 3% |
| National Council of Young Israel | $40,700 | 3 | n/a |
| Mesivta of Greater Los Angeles | $40,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Yeshiva Gedolah Zichron Moshe | $38,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Gindi Maimonides Academy | $36,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Ashdod Mercaz Chinuch Inc | $25,000 | 3 | 8% |
| Mesivta Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin | $22,149 | 2 | n/a |
| Yeshiva Gedolah of Monmouth County Inc | $16,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Bonei Olam Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Mosdos Beth Yosef Zvi | $13,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Congregation Tifereth Zvi | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Jew in the City A NJ Nonprofit Corporation | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Congregation Forest Glen Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Friends of Yeshiva Tiferet | $7,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Congregation Anshi Fallsburg | $5,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Teachers On Fire | $5,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Los Angeles Community Eruv | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Chai Lifeline Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($899k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Essas Family 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: Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · The Ojc Fund · Jewish Communal Fund · Jack and Gitta Nagel Foundation · Zichron Yechiel Mechel Foundation · Ryzman Foundation Inc · The Elishis Family Foundation · Goldner Family Foundation Inc · Zichron Chaim Charity Fund · Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore · Jack Adjmi Family Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc
How this is measured
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About The Essas Family Foundation Inc
- How much does The Essas Family Foundation Inc give?
- The Essas Family Foundation Inc reported 9 grants totaling $151,800 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 15 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Essas Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (73%), Philanthropy (20%), Arts & Culture (3%).
- Who are The Essas Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Adas Torah ($279k), Yeshiva Ateres Yisroel ($154k), Noam Hatalmud ($106k).
- Does The Essas Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Essas Family 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 Essas Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles, The Ojc Fund, Jewish Communal Fund.
- Where is The Essas Family Foundation Inc based?
- The Essas Family Foundation Inc is based in CA.
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