New York · Private foundation
The Essel 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.
- $14M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 12
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $2.1M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $180,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $400,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 7
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $270M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations The Essel Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $180k 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 | 5 | $1.3M | 40% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $13M | 50% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $13M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $18M | 40% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $2.8M | 80% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $70k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $711k | 60% |
| FY2017 | 7 | $2.2M | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Lieber Institute Inc | $35,472,148 | 5 | 44% |
| National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression | $5,430,777 | 4 | 12% |
| Narsad Research Institute Inc | $1,780,040 | 2 | 32% |
| Williams College | $1,000,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Carter Center Inc | $469,000 | 2 | 0% |
| United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| San Francisco Study Center Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| University of Florida | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Heartshare Human Services of New York | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Institute for Professional Education Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Lieber Institute Inc | $35,472,148 | 5 | 44% |
| National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression | $5,430,777 | 4 | 12% |
| Narsad Research Institute Inc | $1,780,040 | 2 | 32% |
| Williams College | $1,000,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Carter Center Inc | $469,000 | 2 | 0% |
| United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| San Francisco Study Center Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| University of Florida | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Heartshare Human Services of New York | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Institute for Professional Education Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Stamford Education 4 Autism Inc | $3,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Huntington's Disease Foundation | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($6.9M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Essel Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 10 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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
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About The Essel Foundation
- How much does The Essel Foundation give?
- The Essel Foundation reported 12 itemized grants totaling $2,076,924, out of $13,748,538 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 7 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Essel Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (90%), Education (8%), International (1%).
- Who are The Essel Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Lieber Institute Inc ($35M), National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression ($5.4M), Narsad Research Institute Inc ($1.8M).
- Does The Essel Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Essel 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 Essel Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is The Essel Foundation based?
- The Essel Foundation is based in NY.
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