New Jersey · Nonprofit
SAVE ELLIS ISLAND INC
SAVE ELLIS ISLAND INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $173,144 to it, the largest being CARNEGIE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK ($50,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 26
- Grants received
- $173k
- Net assets
- $929k
What Save Ellis Island Inc does
Mission
Save ellis island is the national park service non-profit partner assigned to raise the funds and oversee the rehabilitation and restoration of twenty nine historic buildings on the south side of ellis island. Closed and abandoned since 1954, save ellis island will reopen the buildings and tell the stories of millions of our ancestors for the inspiration, enjoyment and education of visitors from around the world.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The ellis island hospital is a 29 building, 750 bed hospital situated on the largest open space on the island. Save ellis island currently leases the historic hospital laundry building from the nps and subleases it to the ferry concession for office space. The rent from this sublease helps to pay for the maintenance of the buildings and property. In addition to regular maintenance, the expense represents unplanned maintenance of the contagious disease hospital to upgrade the area for visitor safety. Save ellis island is responsible for all maintenance of the southside that includes both building and grounds maintenance and insurance.
$61,979 spent$120,000 earned by the program5% of program spendingSave ellis island develops and administers innovative programs on the themes of ellis island designed to deepen public engagement, enhance educational opportunities, and expand the cultural offerings on the island. These programs reflect our commitment to transforming ellis island into a hub of intellectual exchange, artistic expression, and historical education. Our premier program: the hard hat tour, a 90-minute educator led, destination tour has provided visitors from across the us and around the world the opportunity to learn the entire history of immigration through ellis island. Programs in history, science, art, and preservation have brought schools incuding colleges to ellis island to learn about the many stories of the south side hospital.
$1,072,025 spent$846,420 earned by the program95% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,134,004.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $592k to $1.1M (+83%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
28% of SAVE ELLIS ISLAND INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Janis Calella
President and CEO
Board chair
Catherine Burke
Board chairperson
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $6k → $53k.
2 of 26 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of SAVE ELLIS ISLAND INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
SAVE ELLIS ISLAND INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 29% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 78% · 2018 48% · 2019 67% · 2020 66% · 2021 55% · 2022 65% · 2023 55% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
46% of SAVE ELLIS ISLAND INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 42% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
SAVE ELLIS ISLAND INC draws 63% of its grant income from funders outside New Jersey, across 9 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
SAVE ELLIS ISLAND INC is better cushioned than half of the 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding SAVE ELLIS ISLAND INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $9.7M on record.
- GRANT IN AID$6.8M
- TRUST FUND$2.2M
- FEDERAL$547k
- BOND FUND$150k
- DEDICATED$15k
- DIRECT STATE SERVICES - NON-SALARY$6k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like SAVE ELLIS ISLAND INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
75%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 6 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SAVE ELLIS ISLAND INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SAVE ELLIS ISLAND INC?
- SAVE ELLIS ISLAND INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $173,144 to it, the largest being CARNEGIE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK ($50,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SAVE ELLIS ISLAND INC have?
- IRS filings report 26 organizations giving $173,144 in grants to SAVE ELLIS ISLAND INC, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SAVE ELLIS ISLAND INC?
- CARNEGIE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SAVE ELLIS ISLAND INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 26 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing