New Jersey · Private foundation
The Isdell Family 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.
- $2.5M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2025
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 16%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $60,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $550,800
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 19
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $10M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 16% of the organizations The Isdell Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $550k 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 | 18 | $2.5M | 11% |
| FY2024 | 19 | $3.4M | 16% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $3.1M | 100% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $2.1M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $1.5M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $1.1M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $1.1M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $1.2M | 0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friends of Birdlife International Inc | $1,621,026 | 3 | 16% |
| University of Cape Town Fund Inc | $1,500,000 | 1 | 59% |
| Pace Academy Inc | $1,211,600 | 3 | 1% |
| Fernbank Inc | $660,000 | 3 | 1% |
| The Atlanta Botanical Garden Inc | $650,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Atlanta Humane Society & Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Inc | $610,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Friends of South Georgia Island | $500,000 | 1 | 21% |
| GEORGIA RIVER NETWORK INC dba GEORGIA RIVERS | $170,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Wildlife Media | $130,000 | 3 | 15% |
| Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International Inc | $120,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friends of Birdlife International Inc | $1,621,026 | 3 | 16% |
| University of Cape Town Fund Inc | $1,500,000 | 1 | 59% |
| Pace Academy Inc | $1,211,600 | 3 | 1% |
| Fernbank Inc | $660,000 | 3 | 1% |
| The Atlanta Botanical Garden Inc | $650,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Atlanta Humane Society & Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Inc | $610,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Friends of South Georgia Island | $500,000 | 1 | 21% |
| GEORGIA RIVER NETWORK INC dba GEORGIA RIVERS | $170,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Wildlife Media | $130,000 | 3 | 15% |
| Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International Inc | $120,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Captain Planet Foundation Inc | $75,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Path Foundation Inc | $45,000 | 3 | 0% |
| World Parrot Trust USA Inc | $37,676 | 2 | 2% |
| Chattahoochee Riverkeeper Inc | $35,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Trust for Public Land | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($9.5M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Isdell Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 15 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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.
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How this is measured
About The Isdell Family Foundation
- How much does The Isdell Family Foundation give?
- The Isdell Family Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $2,520,683 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 19 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Isdell Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (16%), Animals (15%), Environment (12%).
- Who are The Isdell Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Friends of Birdlife International Inc ($1.6M), University of Cape Town Fund Inc ($1.5M), Pace Academy Inc ($1.2M).
- Does The Isdell Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 16% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Isdell Family 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 Isdell Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc, National Philanthropic Trust, American Endowment Foundation.
- Where is The Isdell Family Foundation based?
- The Isdell Family Foundation is based in NJ.
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