· Private foundation
William V & Betty M Ellis Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k6 grants · $23k
- $10k–50k9 grants · $138k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CAPE ANN MUSEUM | $27,500 |
| GLOUCESTER LYCEUM & SAWYER FREE LIBRARY | $25,000 |
| ADDISON GILBERT HOSPITAL | $22,500 |
| THE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS | $12,500 |
| OPEN DOOR FOOD PANTRY | $10,000 |
| PATHWAYS FOR CHILDREN | $10,000 |
| GREENBELT | $10,000 |
| ROCKPORT MUSIC | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| CAPE ANN ART HAVEN | $7,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| HAMMOND CASTLE MUSEUM | $2,500 |
| GENEROUS GARDENERS | $2,500 |
| MARITIME GLOUCESTER | $2,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $78k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
15 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
CAPE ANN MUSEUM INC8× · 2017–2024 · $123k · revenue +421%
THE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS8× · 2017–2024 · $100k · revenue +50%
Gloucester Lyceum and Sawyer Free Library Inc8× · 2017–2024 · $91k · revenue +183%
Funded once
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Foster the creation and appreciation of the fine arts by holding art exhibitions; conducting educational programs; acquiring and displaying a permanent collection of representational cape ann works of art; maintaining and preserving our…
Preserve and promote awareness of gloucesters fisheries, heritage, and the fabric of gloucester, massachusetts community;protecting and enhancing the port of gloucester and the ports infrastructure;and, in order to aid fishermen, serving…
To promote tourism and the visitor-based economy by increasing awareness of the seaport of gloucester massachusetts through the use of visitor guides and a website.
Promotion of tourism on cape ann including the towns of rockport, gloucester, manchester, essex, and ipswich ma.
Public lending library
Maintain a public library in the village of centerville, ma.
Providing quality materials and services, which fulfill the educational, information, cultural and recreational needs of the entire community in an atmosphere that is welcoming and respectful.
To inspire appreciation, understanding and stewardship of our natural environment through discovery and learning.
To enhance the quality of life of our community by inspiring lifelong learning, providing free and open access to information, and fostering community connections.
Provide financial support for new and innovative programs for the public schools of Gloucester, Massachusetts
To establish and maintain a public library in scarborough, maine.
The library is a vibrant center of community life in stockbridge, massachusetts and serves the needs of the residents of stockbridge and the surrounding area by supporting lifelong learning, strengthening the community, and preserving the…
How this is measured
7 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 7 of the 15 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization William V & Betty M Ellis Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from William V & Betty M Ellis Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Pathways for Childreninc: 86% of income from government
- Cape Ann Museum Inc: 38% of income from government
- Rockport Music Inc: 4% of income from government
- The Trustees of Reservations: 2% of income from government
- Cape Ann Art Haven Inc: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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