Funding search · EIN 133437916 · Edison, NJ

Joseph and Barbara Ellis Foundation

Name: Joseph and Barbara Ellis Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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.

205
grants reported: $2.8M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $2,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. 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

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.

Colorado State University Foundation1 grant · $400,000
Friends of Birdlife International3 grants · $263,500
National Audubon Society2 grants · $205,000
Earthjustice4 grants · $170,000
American Jewish World Service3 grants · $170,000
Fidelity Charitable1 grant · $160,000
Massachusetts Audubon Society3 grants · $150,500
United Jewish Appeal - Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York4 grants · $148,000
Dorot4 grants · $116,000
Medecins Sans Frontiers USA Inc (Doctors Without Borders)4 grants · $100,000

Giving over time

$1.1M

2021

$525,932

2022

$679,800

2023

$475,050

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 205 grants.

$400,000
Colorado State University Foundation · Fort Collins, CO · 2021
General purpose
$160,000
Fidelity Charitable · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
General purpose
$150,000
National Audubon Society · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose
$112,500
Friends of Birdlife International · New York, NY · 2021
General purpose
$101,000
Friends of Birdlife International · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose
$100,000
American Jewish World Service · New York, CT · 2022
General purpose
$65,000
United Jewish Appeal - Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York · New York, NY · 2021
General purpose
$55,000
National Audubon Society · New York, NY · 2021
General purpose
$50,500
Massachusetts Audubon Society · Lincoln, MA · 2021
General purpose
$50,000
Friends of Birdlife International · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose
$50,000
Earthjustice · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General purpose
$50,000
Massachusetts Audubon Society · Lincoln, MA · 2023
General purpose
$50,000
Earthjustice · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General purpose
$50,000
Massachusetts Audubon Society · Lincoln, MA · 2022
General purpose
$50,000
The Brooklyn Queens Conservatory of Music · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General purpose
$50,000
Earthjustice · San Francisco, CA · 2021
General purpose
$50,000
Medecins Sans Frontiers USA Inc (Doctors Without Borders) · New York, NY · 2021
General purpose
$45,000
Dorot · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose
$40,000
The Brooklyn Queens Conservatory of Music · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
General purpose
$40,000
International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2021
General purpose
$35,000
American Jewish World Service · New York, CT · 2024
General purpose
$35,000
United Jewish Appeal - Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose
$35,000
American Jewish World Service · New York, CT · 2023
General purpose
$33,000
United Jewish Appeal - Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York · New York, NY · 2022
General purpose
$30,000
Medecins Sans Frontiers USA Inc (Doctors Without Borders) · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose
$30,000
Dorot · New York, NY · 2022
General purpose
$30,000
Care · Atlanta, GA · 2021
General purpose
$26,000
Dorot · New York, NY · 2021
General purpose
$25,000
Barnard College · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose
$25,000
Charlotte Hungerford Hospital · Torrington, CT · 2023
General purpose
$25,000
Housatonic Valley Association · Cornwall Bridge, CT · 2023
General purpose
$25,000
Barnard College · New York, NY · 2022
General purpose
$25,000
Barnard College · New York, NY · 2021
General purpose
$25,000
Housatonic Valley Association · Cornwall Bridge, CT · 2021
General purpose
$25,000
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2021
General purpose
$20,000
Barnard College · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose
$20,000
Earthjustice · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General purpose
$20,000
International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose
$20,000
International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose
$20,000
Rare · Arlington, VA · 2022
General purpose
$20,000
Rare · Arlington, VA · 2021
General purpose
$18,000
Cornwall Conservation Trust · West Cornwall, CT · 2024
General purpose
$15,000
Dorot · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose
$15,000
Housatonic Valley Association · Cornwall Bridge, CT · 2024
General purpose
$15,000
United Jewish Appeal - Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose
$15,000
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
General purpose
$15,000
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
General purpose
$12,500
Sharon Audubon Center · Sharon, CT · 2021
General purpose
$10,000
Medecins Sans Frontiers USA Inc (Doctors Without Borders) · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose
$10,000
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
General purpose
$10,000
Care · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General purpose
$10,000
Media Matters for America · Washington, DC · 2023
General purpose
$10,000
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose
$10,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2023
General purpose
$10,000
Care · Atlanta, GA · 2022
General purpose
$10,000
Charlotte Hungerford Hospital · Torrington, CT · 2022
General purpose
$10,000
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2022
General purpose
$10,000
Medecins Sans Frontiers USA Inc (Doctors Without Borders) · New York, NY · 2022
General purpose
$10,000
Media Matters for America · Washington, DC · 2022
General purpose
$10,000
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2022
General purpose
$10,000
New York City Audubon Society · New York, NY · 2022
General purpose
$10,000
Sharon Audubon Center · Sharon, CT · 2022
General purpose
$10,000
United States Association for Unhcr · Washington, DC · 2022
General purpose
$10,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022
General purpose
$10,000
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2021
General purpose
$10,000
New York City Audubon Society · New York, NY · 2021
General purpose
$7,400
Park East Synagogue · New York, NY · 2021
General purpose
$7,000
Mount Sinai Health System · New York, NY · 2021
General purpose
$6,000
Sharon Audubon Center · Guntown, MS · 2023
General purpose
$5,550
Sharon Audubon Center · Guntown, MS · 2024
General purpose
$5,544
City Meals On Wheels · New York, NY · 2021
General purpose
$5,200
Save the Children Federation · Guntown, MS · 2021
General purpose
$5,000
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose
$5,000
New Alternatives for Children · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose
$5,000
New Alternatives for Children · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose
$5,000
New Alternatives for Children · New York, NY · 2022
General purpose
$5,000
Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation · Sheffield, MA · 2021
General purpose
$5,000
Cornwall Food and Fuel Fund · Cornwall, CT · 2021
General purpose
$5,000
Friends of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology · Riverside, CT · 2021
General purpose
$5,000
New Alternatives for Children · New York, NY · 2021
General purpose
$5,000
Room To Grow National · New York, NY · 2021
General purpose
$4,032
City Meals On Wheels · New York, NY · 2022
General purpose
$4,000
City Meals On Wheels · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose
$4,000
Cornwall Library Association · Cornwall, CT · 2021
General purpose
$3,600
Park East Synagogue · New York, NY · 2022
General purpose
$3,150
Save the Children Federation · Guntown, MS · 2024
General purpose
$3,000
City Meals On Wheels · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose
$3,000
Food Bank for New York City · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose
$3,000
Coalition for the Homeless · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose
$3,000
Mount Sinai Health System · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose
$3,000
New York City Audubon Society · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose
$3,000
Birdnote · Seattle, WA · 2022
General purpose
$3,000
Coalition for the Homeless · New York, NY · 2022
General purpose
$3,000
Connecticut Audubon Society · Fairfield, CT · 2022
General purpose
$3,000
Cornwall Library Association · Cornwall, CT · 2022
General purpose
$3,000
West Side Center for Community Life · New York, NY · 2022
General purpose
$3,000
Charlotte Hungerford Hospital · Torrington, CT · 2021
General purpose
$2,500
City Harvest · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose
$2,500
National Wildlife Federation · Reston, VA · 2023
General purpose
$2,500
City Harvest · New York, NY · 2022
General purpose

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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.