Funding search · EIN 363083194 · Chicago, IL

Esjay Foundation

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

267
grants reported
$764,992
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$1,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Top recipients

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  • Eagle Valley Community Foundation4 grants · $105,550
  • Planned Parenthood Foundation of America4 grants · $59,700
  • United Way of Weld County4 grants · $55,000
  • Solidaire3 grants · $46,000
  • World Central Kitchen4 grants · $45,000
  • Aclu Foundation4 grants · $42,000
  • Doctors Without Borders4 grants · $29,350
  • National Resource Defense Council4 grants · $28,000
  • National Domestic Workers Alliance4 grants · $26,500
  • Earth Justice3 grants · $24,550

Giving over time

$119,936
2022
$154,576
2023
$240,900
2024
$249,580
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 267 grants.

  • $40,350

    Eagle Valley Community Foundation · Edwards, CO · 2025

    Public charity support

  • $25,200

    Planned Parenthood Foundation of America · New York City, NY · 2024

    Public charity support

  • $25,000

    Solidaire · Oakland, CA · 2025

    Public charity support

  • $25,000

    Eagle Valley Community Foundation · Edwards, CO · 2024

    Public charity support

  • $20,100

    Eagle Valley Community Foundation · Edwards, CO · 2023

    Public charity support

  • $20,100

    Eagle Valley Community Foundation · Edwards, CO · 2022

    Public charity support

  • $20,000

    Planned Parenthood Foundation of America · New York City, NY · 2025

    Public charity support

  • $20,000

    Solidaire · Oakland, CA · 2024

    Public charity support

  • $15,000

    United Way of Weld County · Greeley, CO · 2025

    Public charity support

  • $15,000

    United Way of Weld County · Greeley, CO · 2023

    Public charity support

  • $15,000

    United Way of Weld County · Greeley, CO · 2022

    Public charity support

  • $14,000

    Aclu Foundation · New York, NY · 2025

    Public charity support

  • $14,000

    Aclu Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    Public charity support

  • $14,000

    World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024

    Public charity support

  • $13,000

    World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2023

    Public charity support

  • $12,000

    Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2025

    Public charity support

  • $11,500

    World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2025

    Public charity support

  • $10,000

    Adl · New York, NY · 2025

    Public charity support

  • $10,000

    National Resource Defense Council · Albany, NY · 2025

    Public charity support

  • $10,000

    Sahuarita Food Bank · Sahuarita, AZ · 2025

    Public charity support

  • $10,000

    National Resource Defense Council · Albany, NY · 2024

    Public charity support

  • $10,000

    United Way of Weld County · Greeley, CO · 2024

    Public charity support

  • $9,050

    Earth Justice · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Public charity support

  • $9,000

    Aclu Foundation of Colorado · Denver, CO · 2024

    Public charity support

  • $9,000

    Aclu Foundation · New York, NY · 2023

    Public charity support

  • $9,000

    Earth Justice · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Public charity support

  • $9,000

    Planned Parenthood Foundation of America · New York City, NY · 2023

    Public charity support

  • $8,000

    National Domestic Workers Alliance · New York, NY · 2024

    Public charity support

  • $7,750

    Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2024

    Public charity support

  • $7,000

    Everytown Support Fundactblue Charities · New York, NY · 2024

    Public charity support

  • $7,000

    Oxfam America · Washington, DC · 2024

    Public charity support

  • $7,000

    National Domestic Workers Alliance · New York, NY · 2023

    Public charity support

  • $7,000

    Adl · New York, NY · 2022

    Public charity support

  • $6,606

    Actblue - Everytown Support Fundactblue Charities · New York, NY · 2025

    Public charity support

  • $6,600

    Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2023

    Public charity support

  • $6,500

    National Domestic Workers Alliance · New York, NY · 2025

    Public charity support

  • $6,500

    Earth Justice · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Public charity support

  • $6,500

    World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022

    Public charity support

  • $5,500

    Planned Parenthood Foundation of America · New York City, NY · 2022

    Public charity support

  • $5,100

    Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2025

    Public charity support

  • $5,000

    Oxfam America · Washington, DC · 2025

    Public charity support

  • $5,000

    Aspca · New York City, NY · 2024

    Public charity support

  • $5,000

    Round-Up River Ranch · Gypsum, CO · 2024

    Public charity support

  • $5,000

    Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2024

    Public charity support

  • $5,000

    US Fund for Unicef · New York, NY · 2024

    Public charity support

  • $5,000

    Adl · New York, NY · 2023

    Public charity support

  • $5,000

    Aclu Foundation · New York, NY · 2022

    Public charity support

  • $5,000

    National Domestic Workers Alliance · New York, NY · 2022

    Public charity support

  • $5,000

    National Resource Defense Council · Albany, NY · 2022

    Public charity support

  • $4,000

    Border Community Alliance · Tubac, AZ · 2025

    Public charity support

  • $4,000

    National Alliance To End Homelessness · Washintgon, DC · 2025

    Public charity support

  • $4,000

    National Alliance To End Homelessness · Washintgon, DC · 2024

    Public charity support

  • $4,000

    Everytown Support Fundactblue Charities · New York, NY · 2023

    Public charity support

  • $4,000

    National Alliance To End Homelessness · Washintgon, DC · 2023

    Public charity support

  • $3,500

    Center for Reproductive Rights · Baltimore, MD · 2022

    Public charity support

  • $3,400

    Lakota People'S Law Project · Bismarck, ND · 2023

    Public charity support

  • $3,000

    Center for Reproductive Rights · Baltimore, MD · 2025

    Public charity support

  • $3,000

    Naacp Ldf · New York, NY · 2025

    Public charity support

  • $3,000

    Sacred Defense Fund · Prosper, TX · 2025

    Public charity support

  • $3,000

    Honor the Earth · Callaway, MN · 2024

    Public charity support

  • $3,000

    Naacp Ldf · New York, NY · 2024

    Public charity support

  • $3,000

    Raices · San Antonio, TX · 2024

    Public charity support

  • $3,000

    Save the Children · Fairfield, CT · 2024

    Public charity support

  • $3,000

    Center for Reproductive Rights · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    Public charity support

  • $3,000

    Honor the Earth · Callaway, MN · 2023

    Public charity support

  • $3,000

    National Resource Defense Council · Albany, NY · 2023

    Public charity support

  • $3,000

    Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022

    Public charity support

  • $3,000

    Everytown Support Fundactblue Charities · New York, NY · 2022

    Public charity support

  • $3,000

    Honor the Earth · Callaway, MN · 2022

    Public charity support

  • $3,000

    National Alliance To End Homelessness · Washintgon, DC · 2022

    Public charity support

  • $2,500

    Actblue - Naral · Washington, DC · 2025

    Public charity support

  • $2,500

    Honor the Earth · Callaway, MN · 2025

    Public charity support

  • $2,500

    Center for Reproductive Rights · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Public charity support

  • $2,500

    Mountain Valley Horse Rescue · McCoy, CO · 2024

    Public charity support

  • $2,500

    Reproductive Freedom for All Foundation (Naral) (Via Actblue) · Washington, DC · 2024

    Public charity support

  • $2,318

    The Path Givebutter · Wilmington, DE · 2025

    Public charity support

  • $2,200

    Network for Good · Washington, DC · 2025

    Public charity support

  • $2,200

    Raices · San Antonio, TX · 2025

    Public charity support

  • $2,200

    Lakota People'S Law Project · Bismarck, ND · 2024

    Public charity support

  • $2,200

    Lakota People'S Law Project · Bismarck, ND · 2022

    Public charity support

  • $2,002

    Center for Disaster Philanthropy · Wahington, DC · 2024

    Public charity support

  • $2,000

    Equal Justice Initiative · New York, NY · 2025

    Public charity support

  • $2,000

    Feeding America · Wahington, DC · 2025

    Public charity support

  • $2,000

    Mountain Valley Horse Rescue · McCoy, CO · 2025

    Public charity support

  • $2,000

    Round-Up River Ranch · Gypsum, CO · 2025

    Public charity support

  • $2,000

    Equal Justice Initiative · New York, NY · 2024

    Public charity support

  • $2,000

    Feeding America · Wahington, DC · 2024

    Public charity support

  • $2,000

    Aspca · New York City, NY · 2023

    Public charity support

  • $2,000

    Beth Israel Congregation · Owings Mills, MD · 2023

    Public charity support

  • $2,000

    Mountain Valley Horse Rescue · McCoy, CO · 2023

    Public charity support

  • $2,000

    Oxfam America · Washington, DC · 2023

    Public charity support

  • $2,000

    Save the Children · Fairfield, CT · 2023

    Public charity support

  • $2,000

    Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2023

    Public charity support

  • $2,000

    Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2022

    Public charity support

  • $1,500

    Kunc · Greeley, CO · 2025

    Public charity support

  • $1,500

    Black Fairy Godmother Foundation · Fort Lee, NJ · 2024

    Public charity support

  • $1,500

    Equal Justice Initiative · New York, NY · 2023

    Public charity support

  • $1,500

    Naacp Ldf · New York, NY · 2023

    Public charity support

  • $1,500

    Equal Justice Initiative · New York, NY · 2022

    Public charity support

  • $1,500

    Naacp Ldf · New York, NY · 2022

    Public charity support

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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.