The Essex Avenue Foundation
EIN 851891431Total Given 2021–2024
$73.8M
208 grants · $18.4M avg/year
based on 4 yrs of IRS 990-PF records on file
$10M+/yr
major funder
capacity
$200K
typical big bets · $74K–$500K
grant size
61%
deep partner · 57/93 multi-year
repeat
$861.3M
Assets (2024)
93
Distinct Recipients
Focus Areas
Application Information
Accepts Unsolicited Proposals
No — Preselected Only
Phone
(800) 839-1754
Financial Trends
Giving Over Time
Total Assets Over Time
View financial data as table
| Year | Total Giving | Total Assets | Revenue | Grants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | N/A | $255.0M | $255.0M | N/A |
| 2021 | $5.2M | $433.1M | $128.8M | 6 |
| 2022 | $17.4M | $561.3M | $100.0M | 56 |
| 2023 | $23.4M | $697.7M | $114.9M | 69 |
| 2024 | $27.8M | $861.3M | $92.1M | 77 |
Grant Size Distribution
Based on 208 grants on record
Minimum
$6K
25th Pctl
$74K
Median
$200K
Average
$355K
75th Pctl
$500K
Maximum
$5.0M
Geographic Distribution
Texas Counties Served
1.0% of US grants
· Rank #15 of 18 states
$159K across
2 grants
1 of 254 counties
Top 1 counties
- 1 Fort Bend
Officers & Directors
Grants Awarded (208 total)
| Purpose | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Escuela Comunitaria Del Bronx Bronx Community Scho | Bronx, NY | $5,000,192 | General & Unrestricted | 2022 |
| Escuela Comunitaria Del Bronx Bronx Community Scho | New York, NY | $2,851,937 | General & Unrestricted | 2023 |
| Cornell University | Ithaca, NY | $2,000,000 | In support of the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell | 2021 |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | Hagerstown, MD | $2,000,000 | in support of Dr. Andrea Cercek's young onset digestive cancer research efforts and in support of Dr. Jae... | 2021 |
| Breaking Ground Housing Development Fund Corporati | New York, NY | $2,000,000 | 2030 Fund | 2023 |
| Escuela Comunitaria Del Bronx Bronx Community Scho | Bronx, NY | $1,895,108 | General & Unrestricted | 2024 |
| Cornell University | Ithaca, NY | $1,500,000 | Initiative to Support Afghan Scholars and Students fund | 2022 |
| Council on the Environment Inc | New York, NY | $1,300,000 | Composting Program | 2023 |
| City and Country School Inc | New York, NY | $1,000,000 | General & Unrestricted | 2021 |
| Breaking Ground Housing Development Fund Corporati | New York, NY | $1,000,000 | 1760 Third Avenue project | 2022 |
| City and Country School Inc | New York, NY | $1,000,000 | General & Unrestricted | 2022 |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | Hagerstown, MD | $1,000,000 | Gastrointestinal Cancer Research fund | 2022 |
| City and Country School Inc | New York, NY | $1,000,000 | General & Unrestricted | 2023 |
| Oyate Group | New York, NY | $1,000,000 | General & Unrestricted | 2023 |
| The New York Foundling | New York, NY | $1,000,000 | Home of Integrated Behavioral Health program and Road to Success Program | 2023 |
| Breaking Ground Housing Development Fund Corporati | New York, NY | $1,000,000 | Working Capital Fund | 2024 |
| City and Country School Inc | New York, NY | $1,000,000 | General & Unrestricted | 2024 |
| The New York Foundling | New York, NY | $1,000,000 | the Home of Integrated Behavioral Health and the Road to Success program | 2024 |
| We Care Solar | Berkeley, CA | $750,000 | General & Unrestricted | 2024 |
| Ali Forney Center | New York, NY | $750,000 | General & Unrestricted | 2024 |
| Health in Harmony Inc | Portland, OR | $750,000 | General & Unrestricted | 2024 |
| Billion Oyster Project | New York, NY | $700,000 | Oyster Scaling Project | 2022 |
| Coalition for the Homeless Inc | New York, NY | $700,000 | Eviction Prevention Fund and General support | 2023 |
| Women in Need Inc | New York, NY | $700,000 | programming and Emergency needs fund | 2024 |
| Coalition for the Homeless Inc | New York, NY | $700,000 | Eviction Prevention Fund and General support | 2024 |