Funding search · EIN 830355691 · Laramie, WY
The John P Ellbogen 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.
- 214
- grants reported
- $8.6M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $10,000
- 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
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- University of Wyo Foundation9 grants · $2.0M
- Wyo Hunger Initiative8 grants · $750,000
- Wyo Community Foundation8 grants · $517,023
- Leadership Wyoming3 grants · $501,000
- Food Bank of Wyo3 grants · $350,000
- Gillette College Foundation3 grants · $350,000
- Unaccompanied Student Initiative3 grants · $235,000
- Cathedral Home for Children4 grants · $200,000
- Teton Literacy Center3 grants · $195,855
- Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Wyo3 grants · $179,500
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 214 grants.
- $570,400
University of Wyo Foundation · Laramie, WY · 2023
General support
- $456,000
University of Wyo Foundation · Laramie, WY · 2022
General support
- $335,000
University of Wyo Foundation · Laramie, WY · 2024
General support
- $298,400
University of Wyo Foundation · Laramie, WY · 2024
General support
- $250,000
Gillette College Foundation · Gillette, WY · 2024
General support
- $250,000
Leadership Wyoming · Casper, WY · 2024
General support
- $250,000
Leadership Wyoming · Casper, WY · 2023
General support
- $220,000
University of Wyo Foundation · Laramie, WY · 2022
General support
- $215,000
Wyo Hunger Initiative · Cheyenne, WY · 2024
General support
- $140,500
Wyo Community Foundation · Laramie, WY · 2024
General support
- $140,000
Wyo Community Foundation · Laramie, WY · 2022
General purpose
- $135,500
Wyo Community Foundation · Laramie, WY · 2023
General support
- $130,000
Eastern Wyo College Foundation · Torrington, WY · 2022
General support
- $125,000
Food Bank of Wyo · Evanston, WY · 2024
General support
- $125,000
Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Wyo · Casper, WY · 2023
General support
- $125,000
Food Bank of Wyo · Evanston, WY · 2023
General support
- $125,000
Wyo Hunger Initiative · Cheyenne, WY · 2023
General support
- $125,000
Wyo Hunger Initiative · Cheyenne, WY · 2022
General support
- $100,000
Laramie Interfaith · Laramie, WY · 2024
General purpose
- $100,000
Paso Del Norte Community Foundation · El Paso, TX · 2024
General purpose
- $100,000
Food Bank of Wyo · Evanston, WY · 2022
General support
- $96,873
National Jewish Health · Denver, CO · 2022
General purpose
- $90,000
Wyo Family Home Ownership Program · Cheyenne, WY · 2022
General support
- $85,000
Wyo Hunger Initiative · Cheyenne, WY · 2024
General support
- $85,000
Wyo Hunger Initiative · Cheyenne, WY · 2023
General support
- $80,000
Unaccompanied Student Initiative · Cheyenne, WY · 2024
General support
- $80,000
Unaccompanied Student Initiative · Cheyenne, WY · 2023
General support
- $75,000
Cathedral Home for Children · Laramie, WY · 2024
General support
- $75,000
Climb Wyo · Cheyenne, WY · 2024
General purpose
- $75,000
Cathedral Home for Children · Laramie, WY · 2023
General support
- $75,000
Climb Wyo · Cheyenne, WY · 2023
General purpose
- $75,000
Catherdral Home for Children · Laramie, WY · 2022
General purpose
- $75,000
Unaccompanied Student Initiative · Cheyenne, WY · 2022
General support
- $70,000
Big Horn County School Dist 2 · Lovell, WY · 2024
General purpose
- $70,000
Big Horn County School Distict 1 · Cowley, WY · 2024
General purpose
- $70,000
Johnston Co School Distr 1 · Buffalo, WY · 2024
General purpose
- $70,000
Albany County School District 1 · Laramie, WY · 2023
General purpose
- $70,000
Big Horn County School Dist 2 · Lovell, WY · 2023
General purpose
- $70,000
Johnston Co School Distr 1 · Buffalo, WY · 2023
General purpose
- $70,000
Yes House · Gillette, WY · 2023
General support
- $70,000
Albany County School District 1 · Laramie, WY · 2022
General purpose
- $70,000
Yes House · Gillette, WY · 2022
General support
- $65,285
Teton Literacy Center · Jackson, WY · 2024
General purpose
- $65,285
Teton Literacy Center · Jackson, WY · 2023
General purpose
- $65,285
Teton Literacy Center · Jackson, WY · 2022
General purpose
- $55,134
Wyo Community Foundation · Laramie, WY · 2023
Garland family fund - daf
- $53,000
University of Wyo Foundation · Laramie, WY · 2023
General support
- $50,000
Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Wyo · Casper, WY · 2024
General support
- $50,000
Mercer Family Resources Center · Casper, WY · 2024
General support
- $50,000
Wyoming Women'S Foundation · Laramie, WY · 2024
General support
- $50,000
Gillette College Foundation · Gillette, WY · 2023
General support
- $50,000
Laramie Co Comm Coll Foundation · Cheyenne, WY · 2023
General purpose
- $50,000
Mercer Family Resources Center · Casper, WY · 2023
General support
- $50,000
Moocroft Interfaith Comm Food Pantr · Moorcroft, WY · 2023
General support
- $50,000
Wyo Pbs Foundation · Riverton, WY · 2023
General support
- $50,000
Casper College Foundation · Casper, WY · 2022
General support
- $50,000
Gillette College Foundation · Gillette, WY · 2022
General support
- $50,000
Laramie County Community College · Cheyenne, WY · 2022
General purpose
- $50,000
Northwest College Foundation · Powell, WY · 2022
General support
- $50,000
Sheridan College Foundation · Sheridan, WY · 2022
General purpose
- $50,000
Western Wyo Community College Found · Rock Springs, WY · 2022
General support
- $50,000
Wyo Pbs Foundation · Riverton, WY · 2022
General support
- $46,600
Wyo Hunger Initiative · Cheyenne, WY · 2024
General support
- $46,000
Mercer Family Resources Center · Casper, WY · 2022
General support
- $45,000
Center for Popular Research · Fort Washakie, WY · 2024
General purpose
- $40,000
Compass Center for Families · Sheridan, WY · 2024
General support
- $40,000
Cathedral Home for Children · Laramie, WY · 2022
General purpose
- $38,000
Wyo Fccla · Lyman, WY · 2023
General support
- $38,000
Wyo Fccla · Lyman, WY · 2022
General support
- $37,952
Casper College Foundation · Casper, WY · 2023
General purpose
- $37,500
Worland Community Garden · Worland, WY · 2024
Generl purpose
- $37,500
Central Wyo College Foundation · Riverton, WY · 2022
General purpose
- $35,000
Wyo Hunger Initiative · Cheyenne, WY · 2023
General support
- $33,400
Wyo Hunger Initiative · Cheyenne, WY · 2024
General support
- $32,889
Wyo Community Foundation · Laramie, WY · 2024
General purpose
- $32,500
South High School · Cheyenne, WY · 2024
General purpose
- $30,000
Wyo Nonprofit Network · Cheyenne, WY · 2024
General support
- $30,000
The Table · Casper, WY · 2023
General purpose
- $30,000
University of Wyo Fondation · Laramie, WY · 2023
General support
- $30,000
Wyo Nonprofit Network · Cheyenne, WY · 2023
General support
- $28,327
Fund for Teachers · Houston, TX · 2023
General purpose
- $27,650
Sheridan College Foundation · Sheridan, WY · 2023
General purpose
- $27,500
Common Outdoor Ground · Laramie, WY · 2024
General support
- $25,000
Wyofile · Lander, WY · 2024
General purpose
- $25,000
Compass Center for Families · Sheridan, WY · 2023
General support
- $25,000
Ivinson Memorial Hosptical Foundati · Laramie, WY · 2023
General purpose
- $25,000
Junior Achievement · Loveland, CO · 2023
General purpose
- $25,000
Compass Center for Families · Sheridan, WY · 2022
General support
- $25,000
Moocroft Interfaith Comm Food Pantr · Moorcroft, WY · 2022
General support
- $23,035
Fund for Teachers · Houston, TX · 2022
General purpose
- $23,000
Wyofile · Lander, WY · 2022
General support
- $21,000
University of Wyo Foundation · Laramie, WY · 2023
General support
- $20,000
Raising Readers in Wyoming · Cheyenne, WY · 2024
General purpose
- $20,000
Wyofile · Lander, WY · 2023
General purpose
- $20,000
Climb Wyo · Cheyenne, WY · 2022
General purpose
- $15,000
E Brooks Simoneaux Foundation · Casper, WY · 2024
General purpose
- $15,000
Sleep in Heavenly Peace · Omaha, NE · 2024
General purpose
- $15,000
University of Wyo Fondation · Laramie, WY · 2024
General support
- $15,000
Volunteers of America Northern Rock · Sheridan, WY · 2024
General purpose
- $15,000
Uprising · Sheridan, WY · 2023
General support
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