South Dakota · Private foundation
The James and Eloise Elmen 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.
- $844k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 21
- Grants FY2024
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $350,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 29
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $11M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 10% of the organizations The James and Eloise Elmen Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k 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 | 21 | $844k | 24% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $828k | 10% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $742k | 6% |
| FY2021 | 24 | $589k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 29 | $649k | 14% |
| FY2019 | 29 | $624k | 28% |
| FY2018 | 21 | $511k | 24% |
| FY2017 | 20 | $448k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Augustana University Association | $818,100 | 8 | 0% |
| Sanford Health Foundation | $700,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Sioux Falls Zoo & Aquarium | $474,900 | 8 | 2% |
| South Dakota Parks and Wildlife Foundation | $272,000 | 4 | 14% |
| Children's Home Society of South Dakota | $83,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Butterfly House & Aquarium Inc | $75,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Sioux Falls Cares Inc | $64,000 | 8 | 6% |
| Fisher House Foundation Inc | $55,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Glory House of Sioux Falls | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 27 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The James and Eloise Elmen Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation Inc · Sanford Group Return · Midcontinent Foundation · The Robert and Rita Elmen Foundation · Avera Health · South Dakota Community Foundation · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Greg and Pam Sands Foundation · Sheldon F Reese Foundation · The Mike Cindy and Kylie Huether Family Foundation · Larson Foundation · Sfs Foundation
How this is measured
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About The James and Eloise Elmen Foundation
- How much does The James and Eloise Elmen Foundation give?
- The James and Eloise Elmen Foundation reported 21 grants totaling $844,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 29 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The James and Eloise Elmen Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (20%), Animals (19%), Education (17%).
- Who are The James and Eloise Elmen Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Augustana University Association ($818k), Sanford Health Foundation ($700k), Sioux Falls Zoo & Aquarium ($475k).
- Does The James and Eloise Elmen Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The James and Eloise Elmen 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 James and Eloise Elmen Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation Inc, Sanford Group Return, Midcontinent Foundation.
- Where is The James and Eloise Elmen Foundation based?
- The James and Eloise Elmen Foundation is based in SD.
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