Connecticut · Private foundation
The Ila 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.
- $7k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 57%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,775
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $140k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 57% of the organizations The Ila Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 57% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 43% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k 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 | 5 | $7k | 40% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $7k | 57% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $10k | 80% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $10k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $7k | 75% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $8k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $8k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $9k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oxford Academy Inc | $8,475 | 7 | 0% |
| Palestine Children's Relief Fund | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Newark School of the Arts | $3,200 | 2 | 0% |
| Jazz Foundation of America Inc | $3,200 | 1 | 0% |
| Centurion Ministries Inc | $2,850 | 3 | 0% |
| Western Health Services Foundation | $1,800 | 2 | 8% |
| Essex County Legal Aid Association Inc | $1,700 | 1 | 2% |
| Friends of the Everglades Inc | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| National Public Radio Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Mhany Management Inc | $1,440 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oxford Academy Inc | $8,475 | 7 | 0% |
| Palestine Children's Relief Fund | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Newark School of the Arts | $3,200 | 2 | 0% |
| Jazz Foundation of America Inc | $3,200 | 1 | 0% |
| Centurion Ministries Inc | $2,850 | 3 | 0% |
| Western Health Services Foundation | $1,800 | 2 | 8% |
| Essex County Legal Aid Association Inc | $1,700 | 1 | 2% |
| Friends of the Everglades Inc | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| National Public Radio Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Mhany Management Inc | $1,440 | 1 | 0% |
| The Matheny School and Hospital Inc | $1,350 | 3 | 0% |
| Market Street Mission Inc | $1,150 | 3 | n/a |
| Pratt Institute | $1,080 | 2 | 0% |
| The Horns Project Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Ehlers-Danlos Society | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project Inc | $800 | 1 | 0% |
| New Eyes for the Needy Inc | $600 | 3 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | $450 | 3 | 0% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $300 | 3 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($37k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Ila Foundation supplied at peak.
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: Community Foundation of New Jersey · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About The Ila Foundation
- How much does The Ila Foundation give?
- The Ila Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $7,090 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Ila Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (27%), Health (19%), Education (13%).
- Who are The Ila Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Oxford Academy Inc ($8k), Palestine Children's Relief Fund ($5k), Newark School of the Arts ($3k).
- Does The Ila Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Ila 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 Ila Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of New Jersey, The Hyde and Watson Foundation, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation.
- Where is The Ila Foundation based?
- The Ila Foundation is based in CT.
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