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Private foundation (trust)EIN 851891431Est. 2021-03

The Essex Avenue Foundation

Wilmington, DE 198091377

Total Assets

$861.3M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$27.8M

FY 2024

Grants Made

77

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$360K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$7K–$1.9M

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Focus Areas

Private Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$92.1M

Total Expenses

$28.0M

Qualifying Distributions

$28.0M

Distributable Amount

$39.1M

Min. Investment Return

$39.2M

Undistributed Income

$32.2M

Payout rate 72%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.72%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

77 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $7K through median $300K to maximum $1.9M, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

3 years

Giving over time from 2022 to 2024. Peak $27.8M in 2024. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

202 grants

ESCUELA COMUNITARIA DEL BRONX BRONX COMMUNITY SCHO
$9.7M
3 grants
BREAKING GROUND HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATI
$4M
3 grants
CITY AND COUNTRY SCHOOL INC
$4M
5 grants
THE NEW YORK FOUNDLING
$3M
4 grants
WOMEN IN NEED INC
$2.5M
5 grants
COUNCIL ON THE ENVIRONMENT INC
$2M
3 grants
COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC
$1.9M
4 grants
BILLION OYSTER PROJECT
$1.8M
5 grants

Grant Size Distribution

202 grants

<$10K
13
grants
$10–50K
32
grants
$50–250K
72
grants
$250K–1M
79
grants
$1–5M
5
grants
$5M+
1
grants

Geographic Focus

18 states

New York
$50.3M
74% of total
California
$2.9M
4% of total
District of Columbia
$2.3M
3% of total
Florida
$2.1M
3% of total
Maryland
$2.0M
3% of total
Oregon
$1.6M
2% of total
Virginia
$1.3M
2% of total
Illinois
$1.2M
2% of total
Connecticut
$1.0M
2% of total
Maine
$855K
1% of total

+8 more states

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