Funding search · EIN 260795189 · Charlottesville, VA

The Elmo Foundation

Name: The Elmo Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

186
grants reported: $2.5M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

environment health environmental human education justice services mental

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Charlottesville Habitat for Humanit4 grants · $350,000
Charlottesville High School4 grants · $165,000
Ecoaddendum4 grants · $82,000
Strongminds4 grants · $80,000
Virginia Organizing4 grants · $80,000
Piedmont Casa4 grants · $70,000
Build Change4 grants · $70,000
Clean Wisconsin4 grants · $65,000
Anai4 grants · $65,000
Central Mexican Youth Foundation4 grants · $60,000

Giving over time

$561,000

2022

$627,000

2023

$616,500

2024

$663,500

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 186 grants.

$100,000
Charlottesville Habitat for Humanit · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
Housing
$100,000
Charlottesville Habitat for Humanit · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
Housing
$100,000
Charlottesville Habitat for Humanit · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
Housing
$50,000
Charlottesville Habitat for Humanit · Charlottesville, VA · 2025
Housing
$45,000
Charlottesville High School · Charlottesville, VA · 2025
Education
$40,000
Chespeake Climate Action Network · Takoma Park, MD · 2025
Environment
$40,000
Charlottesville High School · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
Education
$40,000
Charlottesville High School · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
Education
$40,000
Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2023
Health
$40,000
Charlottesville High School · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
Education
$30,000
Clean Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2024
Environment
$25,000
Charlottesville Free Clinic · Charlottesville, VA · 2025
Health
$25,000
Virginia Organizing · Charlottesville, VA · 2025
Grassroots organizing
$25,000
Piedmont Casa · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
Child advocacy
$25,000
Anai · Franklin, NC · 2023
Environment
$25,000
Charlottesville Free Clinic · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
Health
$22,000
Ecoaddendum · Atlanta, GA · 2025
Environment
$20,000
Clean Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2025
Environment
$20,000
Evergreen Collaborative · Seattle, WA · 2025
Environment
$20,000
Strongminds · Maplewood, NJ · 2025
Mental health
$20,000
Build Change · Denver, CO · 2024
Resilient construction
$20,000
Citizens Climate Education Corp · Coronado, CA · 2024
Environment
$20,000
Ecoaddendum · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Environment
$20,000
Pbs · Richmond, VA · 2024
Public tv
$20,000
Strongminds · Maplewood, NJ · 2024
Mental health
$20,000
Build Change · Denver, CO · 2023
Resilient construction
$20,000
Ecoaddendum · Decatur, GA · 2023
Environment
$20,000
Piedmont Casa · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
Child advocacy
$20,000
Strongminds · Maplewood, NJ · 2023
Mental health
$20,000
Virginia Organizing · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
Grassroots organizing
$20,000
Central Mexican Youth Foundation · Eugene, OR · 2022
Youth health & education
$20,000
Citizens Climate Education · Coronado, CA · 2022
Environmental education
$20,000
Ecoaddendum · Decatur, GA · 2022
Environment
$20,000
Imokalee Workers Coalition · Imokalee, FL · 2022
Farm workers support
$20,000
One Heart Worldwide · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Medical supplies
$20,000
Rainforest Foundation · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Environmental
$20,000
School Justice Project · Washington, DC · 2022
Incarcerated youth education
$20,000
Strongminds · Maplewood, NJ · 2022
Mental health
$20,000
Virginia Organizing · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
Grassroots organizing
$16,000
Community Climate Collaborative · Charlottesville, VA · 2025
Environment
$15,000
Anai · Franklin, NC · 2025
Environment
$15,000
Build Change · Denver, CO · 2025
Resilient construction
$15,000
Michigan Climate Action Network · Lansing, MI · 2025
Environment
$15,000
Pbs · Richmond, VA · 2025
Public tv
$15,000
Rainforest Action Network · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Environment
$15,000
Sustainable Harvest · Boston, MA · 2025
Environment
$15,000
Ward 8 Woods Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2025
Environment
$15,000
Wvtf · Roanoke, VA · 2025
Public radio
$15,000
Anai · Franklin, NC · 2024
Environment
$15,000
Central Mexican Youth Foundation · Eugene, OR · 2024
Youth health & education
$15,000
Michigan Climate Action Network · Lansing, MI · 2024
Environment
$15,000
Refugee Point · Boston, MA · 2024
Refugees
$15,000
Virginia Organizing · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
Grassroots organizing
$15,000
Central Mexican Youth Foundation · Eugene, OR · 2023
Youth health & education
$15,000
Build Change · Denver, CO · 2022
Resilient construction
$15,000
Evangelical Environmental Network · Westfield, IN · 2022
Environment
$15,000
Piedmont Casa · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
Child advocacy
$12,000
Dogwood Alliance · Ashville, NC · 2025
Environment
$12,000
The Coral Reef Alliance · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Environment
$10,000
Central Mexican Youth Foundation · Eugene, OR · 2025
Youth health & education
$10,000
Citizens for Pennsylvanias Future · Harrisonburg, PA · 2025
Environmental
$10,000
Climate Generation a Will Steger Le · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
Environment
$10,000
Community Justice Project · Harrisburg, PA · 2025
Justice
$10,000
Evangelical Environmental Network · Westfield, IN · 2025
Environment
$10,000
Marine Conservation Institute · Glen Ellen, CA · 2025
Environment
$10,000
Mothers Out Front · Boston, MA · 2025
Environmental
$10,000
Ohio Environmental Council · Columbus, OH · 2025
Environemnt
$10,000
Open City Advocates · Washington, DC · 2025
Juvenile legal aid
$10,000
Piedmont Casa · Charlottesville, VA · 2025
Child advocacy
$10,000
St Anthony Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Homelss relief
$10,000
Sur Legal Collaborative · Decatur, GA · 2025
Worker rights
$10,000
The Climate Center · Santa Rosa, CA · 2025
Environmental
$10,000
Women'S Initiative · Charlottesville, VA · 2025
Mental health
$10,000
Youth Sentencing and Reentry Projec · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Justice
$10,000
Action for the Climate Emergency in · Charlestown, MA · 2024
Environment
$10,000
Anabaptist Climate · Harrisonburg, VA · 2024
Environment
$10,000
Appalachian Voices · Boone, NC · 2024
Environment
$10,000
Calcutta Kids · Marlboro, VT · 2024
Health
$10,000
Climate Generation a Will Steger Le · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Environment
$10,000
Community Climate Collaborative · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
Environment
$10,000
Dogwood Alliance · Ashville, NC · 2024
Environment
$10,000
Evangelical Environmental Network · Westfield, IN · 2024
Environment
$10,000
Evergreen Collaborative · Seattle, WA · 2024
Environment
$10,000
New Era Colorado Foundation · Denver, CO · 2024
Youth leadership
$10,000
Open City Advocates · Washington, DC · 2024
Juvenile legal aid
$10,000
Pamplin Community Market · Pamplin, VA · 2024
Mulitpurpose human services
$10,000
St Anthony Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Homelss relief
$10,000
Terra Praxis · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Justice
$10,000
Women'S Initiative · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
Mental health
$10,000
Wvtf · Roanoke, VA · 2024
Public radio
$10,000
350org · Boston, MA · 2023
Environment
$10,000
Anabaptist Climate · Harrisonburg, VA · 2023
Environment
$10,000
Chesapeake Climate Action Network · Takoma Park, MD · 2023
Environment
$10,000
Clean Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2023
Environment
$10,000
Climate Generation a Will Steger Le · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Environment
$10,000
Community Climate Collaborative · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
Environment
$10,000
Community Justice Project · Harrisburg, PA · 2023
Justice
$10,000
Dogwood Alliance · Ashville, NC · 2023
Environment
$10,000
Evangelical Environmental Network · Westfield, IN · 2023
Environment
$10,000
Evergreen Collaborative · Seattle, WA · 2023
Environment

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.