Pennsylvania · Private foundation
Theodore W & Betty J Eckels Fdn-Tr
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.
- $610k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 12
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $68M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations Theodore W & Betty J Eckels Fdn-Tr funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $82k 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 | 12 | $600k | 17% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $420k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $340k | 30% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $310k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $313k | 27% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $280k | 11% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $270k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 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, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dixon Gallery and Gardens | $620,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Rhodes College | $400,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Real Partners Uganda Inc | $290,000 | 7 | 8% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $100,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Memphis Opportunity Scholarship Trust Inc | $90,000 | 5 | 2% |
| The Hutchison School | $75,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Memphis Botanic Garden Foundation Inc | $70,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Princeton Day School Inc | $67,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Memphis Foundation | $65,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Dream Catchers Inc | $35,000 | 2 | 6% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dixon Gallery and Gardens | $620,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Rhodes College | $400,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Real Partners Uganda Inc | $290,000 | 7 | 8% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $100,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Memphis Opportunity Scholarship Trust Inc | $90,000 | 5 | 2% |
| The Hutchison School | $75,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Memphis Botanic Garden Foundation Inc | $70,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Princeton Day School Inc | $67,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Memphis Foundation | $65,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Dream Catchers Inc | $35,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Artsmemphis | $35,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Emory University | $25,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Pure Youth Athletics Alliance Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Humane Society of Memphis & Shelby County | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Memphis University School | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Wesley House Family Services Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($585k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Theodore W & Betty J Eckels Fdn-Tr 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: Christian Community Foundation of Memphis · Thomas Garrott Foundation · The Kemmons Wilson Family Foundation · Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc · The Sims Family Charitable Trust 44-5001145 · Deborah D Tipton Charitable Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Canale Foundation Inc · Brinkley Taf Brinkley Foundation · Thomas W Briggs Foundation Inc · The Goldsmith Family Foundation Inc · Belz Foundation
How this is measured
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About Theodore W & Betty J Eckels Fdn-Tr
- How much does Theodore W & Betty J Eckels Fdn-Tr give?
- Theodore W & Betty J Eckels Fdn-Tr reported 13 grants totaling $610,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 12 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Theodore W & Betty J Eckels Fdn-Tr fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (31%), Arts & Culture (25%), Religion (16%).
- Who are Theodore W & Betty J Eckels Fdn-Tr's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Dixon Gallery and Gardens ($620k), Rhodes College ($400k), Real Partners Uganda Inc ($290k).
- Does Theodore W & Betty J Eckels Fdn-Tr fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Theodore W & Betty J Eckels Fdn-Tr 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 Theodore W & Betty J Eckels Fdn-Tr?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Christian Community Foundation of Memphis, Thomas Garrott Foundation, The Kemmons Wilson Family Foundation.
- Where is Theodore W & Betty J Eckels Fdn-Tr based?
- Theodore W & Betty J Eckels Fdn-Tr is based in PA.
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