Funding search · EIN 851891431 · Wilmington, DE

The Essex Avenue Foundation

Name: The Essex Avenue Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

202
grants reported: $68.6M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $200,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Escuela Comunitaria Del Bronx Bronx Community Scho3 grants · $9.7M
City and Country School5 grants · $4.0M
Breaking Ground Housing Development Fund Corporati3 grants · $4.0M
The New York Foundling4 grants · $3.0M
Women in Need5 grants · $2.5M
Council On the Environment3 grants · $2.0M
Coalition for the Homeless4 grants · $1.9M
Billion Oyster Project5 grants · $1.8M
Refed3 grants · $1.7M
Ali Forney Center3 grants · $1.6M

Giving over time

$17.4M

2022

$23.4M

2023

$27.8M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 202 grants.

$5.0M
Escuela Comunitaria Del Bronx Bronx Community Scho · Bronx, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$2.9M
Escuela Comunitaria Del Bronx Bronx Community Scho · New York, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$2.0M
Breaking Ground Housing Development Fund Corporati · New York, NY · 2023
2030 Fund
$1.9M
Escuela Comunitaria Del Bronx Bronx Community Scho · Bronx, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$1.5M
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2022
Initiative to Support Afghan Scholars and Students fund
$1.3M
Council On the Environment · New York, NY · 2023
Composting Program
$1.0M
Breaking Ground Housing Development Fund Corporati · New York, NY · 2024
Working Capital Fund
$1.0M
City and Country School · New York, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$1.0M
The New York Foundling · New York, NY · 2024
the Home of Integrated Behavioral Health and the Road to Success program
$1.0M
City and Country School · New York, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1.0M
Oyate Group · New York, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1.0M
The New York Foundling · New York, NY · 2023
Home of Integrated Behavioral Health program and Road to Success Program
$1.0M
Breaking Ground Housing Development Fund Corporati · New York, NY · 2022
1760 Third Avenue project
$1.0M
City and Country School · New York, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$1.0M
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center · Hagerstown, MD · 2022
Gastrointestinal Cancer Research fund
$750,000
Ali Forney Center · New York, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$750,000
Health in Harmony · Portland, OR · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$750,000
We Care Solar · Berkeley, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$700,000
Coalition for the Homeless · New York, NY · 2024
Eviction Prevention Fund and General support
$700,000
Jubilee Justice · Alexandria, LA · 2024
Black Farmers Rice Project
$700,000
Refed · Chicago, IL · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$700,000
Women in Need · New York, NY · 2024
programming and Emergency needs fund
$700,000
Coalition for the Homeless · New York, NY · 2023
Eviction Prevention Fund and General support
$700,000
Billion Oyster Project · New York, NY · 2022
Oyster Scaling Project
$625,000
Greenwave Organization Corp · New Haven, CT · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$600,000
Coral Restoration Foundation · Tavernier, FL · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$580,000
Habitat for Humanity International · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
to assist 10 Habitat for humanity statewide offices in starting-up solar programs in anticipation of the roll-out of the federal solar for all program, and to provide seed funding for future solar campaigns in additiona… read allto assist 10 Habitat for humanity statewide offices in starting-up solar programs in anticipation of the roll-out of the federal solar for all program, and to provide seed funding for future solar campaigns in additional states beyond the original 10 states less
$530,000
City Parks Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Tree Time Program: Sidewalk tree planting along Vandervoort Avenue in Brooklyn, NY
$525,000
Solar United Neighbors · Washington, DC · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$525,000
Trees for the Future · Silver Spring, MD · 2024
Senegal program
$525,000
Trees for the Future · Silver Spring, MD · 2023
Senegal program
$500,000
Billion Oyster Project · New York, NY · 2024
Design & Permitting of Oyster Reefs
$500,000
Bronxworks · Bronx, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$500,000
Christian Herald Assn · New York, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$500,000
City and Country School · New York, NY · 2024
Caroline Pratt Institute
$500,000
Council On the Environment · New York, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$500,000
Fauna & Flora International USA · Washington, DC · 2024
Deforestation Prevention in the Annamite Mountains
$500,000
Green City Force · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$500,000
Project Drawdown · New York, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$500,000
Refed · Chicago, IL · 2024
Catalytic Grant Fund
$500,000
Rethink Food Nyc · New York, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$500,000
The Childrens Aid Society · New York, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$500,000
The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation · Arlington, VA · 2024
Working Farms Fund
$500,000
The Dream Life Two Sixty · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$500,000
Wild Landscapes · Tallahassee, FL · 2024
Green Heart of the Everglades project
$500,000
Women in Need · New York, NY · 2024
to continue the legal aid program and to address food insecurity
$500,000
Ali Forney Center · New York, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$500,000
Billion Oyster Project · New York, NY · 2023
Design & Permitting of Oyster Reefs fund
$500,000
Bronxworks · Bronx, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$500,000
Christian Herald Assn · New York, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$500,000
Coral Restoration Foundation · Tavernier, FL · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$500,000
Health in Harmony · Portland, OR · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$500,000
Jubilee Justice · Oakland, CA · 2023
Black Farmers Rice Project
$500,000
Refed · Long Is City, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$500,000
Solar United Neighbors · Washington, DC · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$500,000
We Care Solar · Berkeley, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$500,000
Wild Landscapes · Tallahassee, FL · 2023
Green Heart of the Everglades project
$500,000
City and Country School · New York, NY · 2022
Caroline Pratt Institute fund
$500,000
Coalition for the Homeless · New York, NY · 2022
general operating support fund and emergency grants fund
$500,000
The New York Foundling · New York, NY · 2022
Road to Success
$500,000
The New York Foundling · New York, NY · 2022
Home of Integrated Behavioral Health fund
$494,000
Womens Housing and Economic Development Corporatio · Bronx, NY · 2024
the emergency fund and general support
$494,000
Womens Housing and Economic Development Corporatio · Bronx, NY · 2023
emergency grants fund and general support
$450,000
Women in Need · New York, NY · 2023
Legal Empowerment for Asylum-Seeking and displaced families program (L.E.A.D.) and Food pantry stock fund
$450,000
Women in Need · New York, NY · 2023
general operating support and emerging needs fund
$410,000
University of Maine Foundation · Orono, ME · 2024
Kelp Strain Selection Laboratory and Production System work
$400,000
Fauna & Flora International USA · Washington, DC · 2024
Mangrove Projects
$400,000
Grid Alternatives · Oakland, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$350,000
City Parks Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
NYC Green Relief and Recovery Fund
$350,000
Project Renewal · New York, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$350,000
Rethink Food Nyc · New York, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$350,000
Ali Forney Center · New York, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$350,000
Bronxworks · Bronx, NY · 2022
general operating support fund and emergency grants fund
$350,000
Christian Herald Assn Inc - the Bowery Mission · New York, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$350,000
Women in Need · New York, NY · 2022
Programming fund and Emerging Needs Fund
$350,000
Womens Housing and Economic Development Corporatio · Bronx, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$300,000
Cec Stuyvesant Cove · Long Island City, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$300,000
Earth Matter Ny · New York, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$300,000
National Network of Abortion Funds · New York City, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$300,000
Native Renewables · Flagstaff, AZ · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$300,000
New York Restoration Project · New York, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$300,000
Non Traditional Employment for Women · New York, NY · 2024
General Operating Support, Emergency Fund, Expansion of Youth Programs
$300,000
City Parks Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
NYC Green Relief and Recovery Fund
$300,000
National Network of Abortion Funds · New York City, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$284,641
The Boma Project · Manchester Center, VT · 2023
Rural Entrepreneur Access Project in Turkana, Isiolo, Marsabit and Samburu
$250,000
Activate Global · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Activate Fellowship Program
$250,000
Big Initiatives Incorporated · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Street Tree Care fund and General support
$250,000
Green City Force · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$250,000
Greenwave Organization Corp · New Haven, CT · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$250,000
Project Drawdown · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Capital Accelerator Program
$250,000
Activate Global · Berkeley, CA · 2022
Activate Fellowship Program
$250,000
City Parks Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
NYC Green Relief & Recovery Fund
$240,000
University of Maine Foundation · Orono, ME · 2022
Kelp nursery time trials and selective breeding study fund
$230,000
New York Restoration Project · New York, NY · 2023
Garden Stewardship and Activation fund and Gardens for the city fund
$225,000
Waterfront Alliance · New York, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$220,000
Cooperative Extension Association in the State of · Ithaca, NY · 2022
Pilot Project to Enhance the Opportunities for Green Workforce Development and Career Pathways fund
$210,000
Fund for Public Housing · New York, NY · 2024
Sustainability Grant Management fund
$210,000
Cec Stuyvesant Cove · Long Island City, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$210,000
Fund for Public Housing · New York, NY · 2023
Sustainability Grant Management fund
$205,000
University of Maine Foundation · Orono, ME · 2023
Kelp nursery time trials and selective breeding study fund

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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.