Funding search · EIN 452941744 · Pittsburgh, PA

Theodore W & Betty J Eckels Fdn-Tr

Name: Theodore W & Betty J Eckels Fdn-Tr grants, 2022–2025
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A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

48
grants reported: $1.7M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $20,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. 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.

Dixon Gallery and Gardens4 grants · $450,000
Rhodes College4 grants · $280,000
Real Partners Uganda4 grants · $190,000
Church of Holy Communion Episcopal2 grants · $160,000
The Hutchison School3 grants · $70,000
Princeton Day School2 grants · $67,000
The Church of the Holy Communion1 grant · $60,000
Memphis Botanic Garden Foundation3 grants · $60,000
Memphis Opportunity Scholarship Tr3 grants · $60,000
The Church of Holy Communion1 grant · $50,000

Giving over time

$315,000

2022

$350,000

2023

$429,500

2024

$610,000

2025

Grant history

All 48 reported grants, largest first.

$150,000
Dixon Gallery and Gardens · Memphis, TN · 2025
General operating
$100,000
Church of Holy Communion Episcopal · Memphis, TN · 2025
General operating
$100,000
Dixon Gallery and Gardens · Memphis, TN · 2024
General operating
$100,000
Dixon Gallery and Gardens · Memphis, TN · 2023
General operating
$100,000
Dixon Gallery and Gardens · Memphis, TN · 2022
General operating
$90,000
Rhodes College · Memphis, TN · 2025
General operating
$90,000
Rhodes College · Memphis, TN · 2024
General operating
$60,000
Real Partners Uganda · Hawthorne, NJ · 2025
General operating
$60,000
Church of Holy Communion Episcopal · Memphis, TN · 2024
General operating
$60,000
The Church of the Holy Communion · University City, MO · 2023
General operating
$55,000
Princeton Day School · Princeton, NJ · 2025
General operating
$50,000
Real Partners Uganda · Hawthorne, NJ · 2024
General operating
$50,000
Rhodes College · Memphis, TN · 2023
General operating
$50,000
Rhodes College · Memphis, TN · 2022
General operating
$50,000
The Church of Holy Communion · University City, MO · 2022
General operating
$40,000
Real Partners Uganda · Hawthorne, NJ · 2023
General operating
$40,000
Real Partners Uganda · North Haledon, NJ · 2022
General operating
$35,000
The Hutchison School · Memphis, TN · 2025
General operating
$25,000
Memphis Botanic Garden Foundation · Memphis, TN · 2025
General operating
$25,000
Pure Youth Athletics Alliance · Memphis, TN · 2025
General operating
$25,000
The Hutchison School · Memphis, TN · 2024
General operating
$25,000
University of Memphis Foundation · Memphis, TN · 2023
General operating
$20,000
Memphis Opportunity Scholarship Tr · Memphis, TN · 2025
General operating
$20,000
Memphis Botanic Garden Foundation · Memphis, TN · 2024
General operating
$20,000
Memphis Opportunity Scholarship Tr · Memphis, TN · 2024
General operating
$20,000
Memphis Opportunity Scholarship Tr · Memphis, TN · 2023
General operating
$20,000
University of Memphis Foundation · Memphis, TN · 2022
General operating
$15,000
Friends of Queens Univ Belfast · Washington, DC · 2025
General operating
$15,000
Trezevant Manor · Memphis, TN · 2025
General operating
$15,000
Trezevant Manor · Memphis, TN · 2024
General operating
$15,000
Memphis Botanic Garden Foundation · Memphis, TN · 2023
General operating
$15,000
Memphis Opportunity Scholarship Trust · Memphis, TN · 2022
General operating
$12,000
Princeton Day School · Princeton, NJ · 2024
General operating
$10,000
The Ireland Funds America · Boston, MA · 2025
General operating
$10,000
Wesley House Family Services · Key West, FL · 2025
General operating
$10,000
Friends of Queens Univ Belfast · 2024
General operating
$10,000
Memphis University School · Memphis, TN · 2024
General operating
$10,000
The Ireland Funds America · Boston, MA · 2024
General operating
$10,000
Memphis University School · Memphis, TN · 2023
General operating
$10,000
The American Ireland Fund · Boston, MA · 2023
General operating
$10,000
The Hutchison School · Memphis, TN · 2023
General operating
$10,000
Trezevant Manor · Memphis, TN · 2023
General operating
$10,000
Dream Catchers · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General operating
$10,000
Humane Society of Memphis & Shelby Count · Memphis, TN · 2022
General operating
$10,000
Memphis Botanical Garden Foundation · Memphis, TN · 2022
General operating
$7,500
Arts Memphis · Memphis, TN · 2024
General operating
$5,000
Hutchison School · Memphis, TN · 2022
General operating
$5,000
The American Ireland Fund · Boston, MA · 2022
General operating

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