Funding search · EIN 824174904 · New York, NY

The Terrence and Ruth Elkes Foundation

Name: The Terrence and Ruth Elkes 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.

43
grants reported: $3.0M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $50,000
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

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.

Willamette University3 grants · $750,000
Free the Slaves3 grants · $565,000
San Carlos Education Foundation2 grants · $400,000
Thorn3 grants · $225,000
Polaris Project3 grants · $175,000
Transparentem Ltd2 grants · $160,000
Menlo School3 grants · $160,000
Survivor Alliance3 grants · $101,000
Princeton University2 grants · $100,000
Freedom Fund1 grant · $50,000

Giving over time

$1.2M

2022

$883,000

2023

$895,000

2024

Grant history

All 43 reported grants, largest first.

$350,000
Willamette University · Salem, OR · 2023
Charitable
$300,000
Willamette University · Salem, OR · 2022
Charitable
$230,000
Free the Slaves · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable
$200,000
San Carlos Education Foundation · San Carlos, CA · 2024
Charitable
$200,000
San Carlos Education Foundation · San Carlos, CA · 2022
Charitable
$185,000
Free the Slaves · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$150,000
Free the Slaves · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$110,000
Transparentem Ltd · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable
$110,000
Menlo School · Aherton, CA · 2023
Charitable
$100,000
Willamette University · Salem, OR · 2024
Charitable
$75,000
Thorn · Manhattan Beach, CA · 2024
Charitable
$75,000
Thorn · Manhattan Beach, CA · 2023
Charitable
$75,000
Polaris Project · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable
$75,000
Thorn · Manhattan Beach, CA · 2022
Charitable
$61,000
Survivor Alliance · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Charitable
$50,000
Polaris Project · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$50,000
Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2024
Charitable
$50,000
Ucsf Diabetes Center · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Charitable
$50,000
Polaris Project · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$50,000
Transparentem Ltd · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$50,000
Freedom Fund · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Charitable
$50,000
Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2022
Charitable
$35,000
Horace Mann School · Bronx, NY · 2022
Charitable
$25,000
Menlo School · Aherton, CA · 2024
Charitable
$25,000
Survivor Alliance · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Charitable
$25,000
First · Manchester, NH · 2022
Charitable
$25,000
Menlo School · Aherton, CA · 2022
Charitable
$18,000
Adaptive Design · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$15,000
Survivor Alliance · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
California Academy of Sciences · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Harvard STEM Cell Institute · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Semper Virens · Camp Pendleton, CA · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Sf Fine Arts Museum · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Sf Museum of Modern Art · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Tenants Together · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
California Academy of Sciences · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Sf Fine Arts Museum · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Tenants Together · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
California Academy of Sciences · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Exploratorium · Clearlake, CA · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Sf Fine Arts Museum · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Sf Museum of Modern Art · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Tenants Together · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Charitable

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