Massachusetts · Private foundation
William V & Betty M Ellis Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $160k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2024
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $27,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 15
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.5M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 7% of the organizations William V & Betty M Ellis Family 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; $3k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 15 | $160k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $145k | 7% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $145k | 8% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $135k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $150k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $128k | 8% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $121k | 8% |
| FY2017 | 11 | $115k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Ann Museum Inc | $122,500 | 8 | 2% |
| The Trustees of Reservations | $100,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Gloucester Lyceum and Sawyer Free Library Inc | $91,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Rockport Music Inc | $80,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Pathways for Childreninc | $77,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Cape Ann Art Haven Inc | $55,000 | 7 | 6% |
| Generous Gardeners Inc | $20,000 | 8 | 1% |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($553k), not named here.
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: Boston Foundation Inc · Charles Family Charitable Foundation · Institution for Savings in Newburyport & Its Vicinity Charitable Foundation Inc · The Peter and Elizabeth C Tower Foundation · Essex County Community Foundation Inc · Bruce J Anderson Foundation · Tower Family Fund Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About William V & Betty M Ellis Family Foundation
- How much does William V & Betty M Ellis Family Foundation give?
- William V & Betty M Ellis Family Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $160,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 15 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does William V & Betty M Ellis Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (24%), Environment (20%), Health (18%).
- Who are William V & Betty M Ellis Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Cape Ann Museum Inc ($123k), The Trustees of Reservations ($100k), Gloucester Lyceum and Sawyer Free Library Inc ($91k).
- Does William V & Betty M Ellis Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does William V & Betty M Ellis Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as William V & Betty M Ellis Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, Charles Family Charitable Foundation, Institution for Savings in Newburyport & Its Vicinity Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is William V & Betty M Ellis Family Foundation based?
- William V & Betty M Ellis Family Foundation is based in MA.
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