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The Ettinger 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.

$635k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
77
Grants FY2024
71
Organizations funded FY2023
80%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$30,000
Organizations funded a year
56 to 73
FY2019 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
16
Total assets, FY2024
$12M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 80% of the organizations The Ettinger Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 71% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 29% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $479k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’22’23
Arts & CultureEducationEnvironmentHuman ServicesPublic BenefitHealthOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving63$600k46%
FY202371$678k80%
FY202271$692k65%
FY202056$459k100%
FY201973$591kn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$1.0MEducation$485kHealth$294kPhilanthropy$171kPublic Benefit$160kHuman Services$152kInternational$122kCivil Rights$117kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
WA
WI
NY
MA
OR
NV
SD
OH
PA
NJ
CA
UT
CO
NE
VA
AZ
DC
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 124 grantees
All grantees of The Ettinger Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Upstate Films Ltd$127,50035%
American Academy in Rome$100,00020%
Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival Inc$87,00030%
Film Independent$50,00020%
Chicken & Egg Films Inc$44,00021%
NDH Foundation$32,50020%
Fountain Valley School of Colorado$30,00030%
Media Matters for America$30,00020%
Sutter Bay Medical Foundation$30,00020%
Media Art Xploration Inc$28,00032%
World Monuments Fund Inc$27,50030%
Bard College$25,00030%
World Central Kitchen Inc$25,00020%
American Foundation for the Blind Inc$23,00010%
Breastcancerorg$22,50020%
Native American Heritage Association$20,00010%
The Heritage Foundation$20,00010%
The Olana Partnership$20,00020%
Day One$20,00020%
Imagine Science Films Corp$20,00029%
Semper Fi & America's Fund$19,00020%
The Dramatists Guild Fund Inc$17,50020%
National Audubon Society Inc$17,00010%
The Brigid Alliance Inc$16,00010%
The Voter Participation Center$15,00010%
From The Heart Productions$15,00010%
Thomas Cole Historic House$15,00021%
Sundance Institute$15,00020%
Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History$15,00021%
Glynwood Center Inc$15,00010%
All Faiths Food Bank Inc$15,00010%
Edible Schoolyard New York$13,00030%
Philipstown Depot Theatre Inc$12,500110%
Infact DBA Corporate Accountability$11,00020%
City-As-School Parent & Community Organization$10,6001n/a
Women Make Movies Inc$10,00010%
Basilica Arts Inc$10,00014%
Theatre for a New Audience Inc$10,00010%
Points North Institute$10,00020%
Center for Common Ground$10,00010%
Oceana Inc$10,00010%
Columbia Opportunities Inc$10,00010%
California Farmworker Foundation$10,00010%
Woodstock Film Festival Inc$10,00021%
American Documentary Inc$10,00020%
Children's Health Defense$10,00010%
Storm King Art Center$10,00010%
Gary Sinise Foundation$10,00010%
Alliance for Youth Organizing$10,00010%
Youth Service America$10,00020%
Communities For A New California Education Fund$10,00010%
Uniondocs Inc$10,00011%
Homeless Children's Foundation of Indian River County Inc$10,00011%
New York Foundation for the Arts Inc$10,00010%
Fractured Atlas Inc$10,00010%
RepresentUs Education Fund$10,00010%
Friends of Hudson Youth Inc$10,00013%
Friends of San Martin Animal Society$10,000143%
The Ohio Environmental Council$10,00010%
The Uc Davis Foundation$10,00010%
Orfeo Ensemble Inc$10,0001n/a
National Vote At Home Institute$10,00010%
The American Independent Foundation$10,00020%
Thank You Life$9,00021%
Threshold Foundation$8,80010%
Film Fatales NYC Inc$8,10022%
Whittier College$8,00020%
Love This Horse Equine Rescue Inc$7,50021%
Refugepoint Inc$7,50010%
City Harvest Inc$7,50010%
The Prentice School$7,00020%
San Francisco University High School$7,00020%
Synergy School$7,00020%
The Trustees of the Cushing Academy$7,00030%
Clean and Prosperous America Education Fund$6,00010%
Judicial Watch Inc$5,00010%
Senderos$5,00011%
The Center for Independent Documentary Inc$5,00010%
Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant$5,00011%
Workmoney Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Sequoia Center$5,00014%
Fuse Theatre Ensemble$5,00013%
Psychedelic Safety Institue$5,0001n/a
Environmental Protection Network$5,00010%
New York Restoration Project$5,00010%
Evergreen Collaborative$5,00010%
Sag Harbor Cinema Arts Center Inc Co Susan Mead$5,00010%
Phame Academy$5,00010%
Virginia League for Planned Parenthood Incorporated$5,00010%
Virginia New Majority Education Fund$5,00010%
Our Family Coalition$5,00011%
Friends Committee on National Legislation$5,00010%
Women in Need Inc$5,00010%
Madison Square Park Conservancy Inc$5,00010%
The 52nd Street Project Inc$5,00010%
Harmony Project Hudson Inc$5,00013%
Missing Movies Inc$5,0001n/a
National Association of State Energy Officials$5,00010%
Fair Shot Texas$5,00010%
Nextgen Education Fund$5,00010%
Way to Rise$5,00010%
Pen American Center Inc$5,00010%
Wamc$5,00010%
Death Penalty Focus$5,00012%
Taking the Reins$4,50020%
Environmental Health Coalition$4,00010%
Goodpower Education Fund Inc$4,00010%
Forward Together Wisconsin$4,0001n/a
Arizona Coalition for Change$4,00010%
Open Mind School$3,00010%
Red Wine & Blue Education Fund$3,00010%
University of Nevada Reno Foundation$3,00010%
Common Sense Media$3,00010%
WorkingFilms Inc$2,50010%
Work on Climate$2,50010%
Reel Stories Teen Filmmaking Inc$2,50010%
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington Inc$2,50010%
Orinda Network for Education$2,0001n/a
Columbia Land Conservancy Inc$2,0001n/a
Mentis$1,50010%
Arteeast Inc$1,50011%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles$1,0001n/a
Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center Inc$1,00010%
San Francisco Friends School$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 137 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.4M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Ettinger Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 116 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUpstate Films Ltd: $127,500 over 3y, 4.9% of budgetAmerican Academy in Rome: $100,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetHudson Valley Shakespeare Festival Inc: $87,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetFilm Independent: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetChicken & Egg Films Inc: $44,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetNDH Foundation: $32,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetFountain Valley School of Colorado: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMedia Matters for America: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSutter Bay Medical Foundation: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMedia Art Xploration Inc: $28,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetWorld Monuments Fund Inc: $27,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBard College: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Foundation for the Blind Inc: $23,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBreastcancerorg: $22,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNative American Heritage Association: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Heritage Foundation: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Olana Partnership: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetDay One: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetImagine Science Films Corp: $20,000 over 2y, 8.8% of budgetSemper Fi & America's Fund: $19,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Dramatists Guild Fund Inc: $17,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNational Audubon Society Inc: $17,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Brigid Alliance Inc: $16,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Voter Participation Center: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFrom The Heart Productions: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThomas Cole Historic House: $15,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSundance Institute: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSanta Cruz Museum of Natural History: $15,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetGlynwood Center Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAll Faiths Food Bank Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEdible Schoolyard New York: $13,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetPhilipstown Depot Theatre Inc: $12,500 over 1y, 9.5% of budgetInfact DBA Corporate Accountability: $11,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWomen Make Movies Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBasilica Arts Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetTheatre for a New Audience Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPoints North Institute: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCenter for Common Ground: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOceana Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetColumbia Opportunities Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCalifornia Farmworker Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWoodstock Film Festival Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetAmerican Documentary Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetChildren's Health Defense: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetStorm King Art Center: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGary Sinise Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlliance for Youth Organizing: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 116.

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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.

The Educational Foundation of AmericaMD49.6× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Educational Foundation of America · Clean and Prosperous America · Impactassetsinc · The San Francisco Foundation · The Ford Foundation · Tides Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley Inc · United States Energy Foundation · The Jm Kaplan Fund Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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Find your warmest path to The Ettinger Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

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About The Ettinger Foundation Inc

How much does The Ettinger Foundation Inc give?
The Ettinger Foundation Inc reported 77 grants totaling $635,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 56 and 73 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
What does The Ettinger Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (20%), Education (9%), Health (6%).
Who are The Ettinger Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Upstate Films Ltd ($128k), American Academy in Rome ($100k), Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival Inc ($87k).
Does The Ettinger Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 80% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Ettinger 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 Ettinger Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Educational Foundation of America, Clean and Prosperous America, Impactassetsinc.
Where is The Ettinger Foundation Inc based?
The Ettinger Foundation Inc is based in NY.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 270 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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