New York · Private foundation
The Terrence and Ruth Elkes 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.
- $895k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2024
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 9%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 21
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $21M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 9% of the organizations The Terrence and Ruth Elkes 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 | 16 | $895k | 6% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $883k | 9% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $1.2M | 19% |
| FY2021 | 19 | $1.0M | 37% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $1.1M | 81% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $400k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 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, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free the Slaves | $1,159,400 | 6 | 14% |
| San Carlos Educational Foundation | $1,025,000 | 4 | 10% |
| Willamette University | $750,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Menlo School | $455,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Polaris Project | $400,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Thorn | $375,000 | 5 | 1% |
| The Trustees of Princeton University | $200,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Survivor Alliance | $171,000 | 5 | 8% |
| Transparentem Ltd | $170,000 | 3 | 8% |
| The Freedom Fund | $150,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free the Slaves | $1,159,400 | 6 | 14% |
| San Carlos Educational Foundation | $1,025,000 | 4 | 10% |
| Willamette University | $750,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Menlo School | $455,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Polaris Project | $400,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Thorn | $375,000 | 5 | 1% |
| The Trustees of Princeton University | $200,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Survivor Alliance | $171,000 | 5 | 8% |
| Transparentem Ltd | $170,000 | 3 | 8% |
| The Freedom Fund | $150,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Tenants Together | $50,000 | 5 | 1% |
| United Way Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| San Francisco Museum of Modern Art | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| California Academy of Sciences | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Horace Mann School | $35,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Exploratorium | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Cashmere Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mid-Peninsula Education Center Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Grandmother Project Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Healthy Cities Tutoring Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 2% |
| World Wildlife Fund Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sierra Club | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($330k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Terrence and Ruth Elkes 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.
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How this is measured
Compare The Terrence and Ruth Elkes Foundation with peer funders
About The Terrence and Ruth Elkes Foundation
- How much does The Terrence and Ruth Elkes Foundation give?
- The Terrence and Ruth Elkes Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $895,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 21 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does The Terrence and Ruth Elkes Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (45%), International (34%), Crime & Legal (7%).
- Who are The Terrence and Ruth Elkes Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Free the Slaves ($1.2M), San Carlos Educational Foundation ($1.0M), Willamette University ($750k).
- Does The Terrence and Ruth Elkes Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Terrence and Ruth Elkes 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 Terrence and Ruth Elkes Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Humanity United, Marin Community Foundation.
- Where is The Terrence and Ruth Elkes Foundation based?
- The Terrence and Ruth Elkes Foundation is based in NY.
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