Colorado · Private foundation
The Esther 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.
- $198k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2024
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $110,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 12
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations The Esther Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 50% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $258k 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 | 11 | $198k | 18% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $513k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $320k | 58% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $189k | 60% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $211k | 64% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $262k | 73% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $95k | 80% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $550k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance for Choice in Education | $523,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Jeremiah's Hope Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 60% |
| Habitat for Humanity Inc | $150,000 | 2 | 74% |
| Azusa Pacific University | $130,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Wild Philanthropy Inc | $75,000 | 2 | 26% |
| Scholar Leaders International | $45,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Hope Without Boundaries | $40,000 | 3 | 29% |
| Focus on the Family | $27,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Family Research Council | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Cherry Hills Community Church | $12,500 | 2 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance for Choice in Education | $523,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Jeremiah's Hope Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 60% |
| Habitat for Humanity Inc | $150,000 | 2 | 74% |
| Azusa Pacific University | $130,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Wild Philanthropy Inc | $75,000 | 2 | 26% |
| Scholar Leaders International | $45,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Hope Without Boundaries | $40,000 | 3 | 29% |
| Focus on the Family | $27,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Family Research Council | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Cherry Hills Community Church | $12,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Michael S Heiser Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Colorado Christian University | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Central Wesleyan Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Forte for Children | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Vision America Action | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Billy Graham Evangelistic Association | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Upper Colorado River Alliance | $5,000 | 1 | 11% |
| FND Courage | $1,260 | 1 | 2% |
| Point Loma Nazarene University | $300 | 1 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $220 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Esther Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 15 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.
Open a dossier: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Esther Foundation
- How much does The Esther Foundation give?
- The Esther Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $197,800 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 12 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Esther Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (37%), Education (30%), Human Services (13%).
- Who are The Esther Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Alliance for Choice in Education ($523k), Jeremiah's Hope Inc ($250k), Habitat for Humanity Inc ($150k).
- Does The Esther Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Esther 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 Esther Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, American Endowment Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is The Esther Foundation based?
- The Esther Foundation is based in CO.
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