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The Essex Avenue Foundation: 76 grants to organizations, $27.7 million (tax year ended December 2024)
The Essex Avenue Foundation, a private foundation in Wilmington, DE, paid 76 grants to organizations totaling $27,746,188 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on September 18, 2025. The largest was $1,895,108 to Escuela Comunitaria Del Bronx Bronx Community Scho in Bronx, NY for general & unrestricted.
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- EIN
- 851891431
- Based in
- Wilmington, DE
- Assets
- $861,335,903
- Grants paid
- $27,752,688
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed September 18, 2025, IRS object ID 202512619349100606. It reported $27,752,688 in grants paid; 76 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Escuela Comunitaria Del Bronx Bronx Community Scho | Bronx, NY | General & Unrestricted | $1,895,108 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Breaking Ground Housing Development Fund Corporati | New York, NY | Working Capital Fund | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| City and Country School Inc | New York, NY | General & Unrestricted | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The New York Foundling | New York, NY | the Home of Integrated Behavioral Health and the Road to Success program | Human services | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Ali Forney Center | New York, NY | General & Unrestricted | Housing and shelter | $750,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Health in Harmony Inc | Portland, OR | General & Unrestricted | Health care | $750,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| We Care Solar | Berkeley, CA | General & Unrestricted | Health care | $750,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Coalition for the Homeless Inc | New York, NY | Eviction Prevention Fund and General support | $700,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Jubilee Justice Inc | Alexandria, LA | Black Farmers Rice Project | $700,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Refed Inc | Chicago, IL | General & Unrestricted | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $700,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Women in Need Inc | New York, NY | programming and Emergency needs fund | Human services | $700,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Greenwave Organization Corp | New Haven, CT | General & Unrestricted | Education | $625,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Coral Restoration Foundation Inc | Tavernier, FL | General & Unrestricted | Environment | $600,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Habitat for Humanity International Inc | Charlottesville, VA | to assist 10 Habitat for humanity statewide offices in starting-up solar programs in anticipation of the roll-out of the federal solar for all program, and to provide seed funding for future solar cam | $580,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| City Parks Foundation Inc | New York, NY | Tree Time Program: Sidewalk tree planting along Vandervoort Avenue in Brooklyn, NY | Recreation and sports | $530,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Solar United Neighbors | Washington, DC | General & Unrestricted | Environment | $525,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Trees for the Future Inc | Silver Spring, MD | Senegal program | Environment | $525,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Billion Oyster Project | New York, NY | Design & Permitting of Oyster Reefs | Education | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Bronxworks Inc | Bronx, NY | General & Unrestricted | Human services | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Christian Herald Association Inc | New York, NY | General & Unrestricted | Religion-related | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| City and Country School Inc | New York, NY | Caroline Pratt Institute | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Council On the Environment Inc | New York, NY | General & Unrestricted | Environment | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Fauna & Flora International USA Inc | Washington, DC | Deforestation Prevention in the Annamite Mountains | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Green City Force | Brooklyn, NY | General & Unrestricted | Human services | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Project Drawdown | New York, NY | General & Unrestricted | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Refed Inc | Chicago, IL | Catalytic Grant Fund | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Rethink Food Nyc Inc | New York, NY | General & Unrestricted | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Childrens Aid Society | New York, NY | General & Unrestricted | Human services | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Conservation Fund A Nonprofit Corporation | Arlington, VA | Working Farms Fund | Environment | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Dream Life Two Sixty | Lusaka, ZA | General & Unrestricted | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Wild Landscapes Inc | Tallahassee, FL | Green Heart of the Everglades project | Animal-related | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Women in Need Inc | New York, NY | to continue the legal aid program and to address food insecurity | Human services | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Womens Housing and Economic Development Corporatio | Bronx, NY | the emergency fund and general support | $494,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Maine Foundation | Orono, ME | Kelp Strain Selection Laboratory and Production System work | Education | $410,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Fauna & Flora International USA Inc | Washington, DC | Mangrove Projects | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $400,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| City Parks Foundation Inc | New York, NY | NYC Green Relief and Recovery Fund | Recreation and sports | $350,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Project Renewal Inc | New York, NY | General & Unrestricted | Mental health and crisis intervention | $350,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Cec Stuyvesant Cove Inc | Long Island City, NY | General & Unrestricted | Environment | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Earth Matter Ny Inc | New York, NY | General & Unrestricted | Environment | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| National Network of Abortion Funds | New York City, NY | General & Unrestricted | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Native Renewables Inc | Flagstaff, AZ | General & Unrestricted | Arts, culture and humanities | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| New York Restoration Project | New York, NY | General & Unrestricted | Environment | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Non Traditional Employment for Women | New York, NY | General Operating Support, Emergency Fund, Expansion of Youth Programs | Employment | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Waterfront Alliance Inc | New York, NY | General & Unrestricted | Community improvement and capacity building | $225,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Fund for Public Housing Inc | New York, NY | Sustainability Grant Management fund | Housing and shelter | $210,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Rare Inc | Arlington, VA | to support Rare's mangrove conservation and restoration efforts worldwide, including important mangrove areas of Brazil, Mozambique, and the Philippines | Environment | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Boma Project Inc | Manchestr Center, VT | Rural Entrepreneur Access Project in Turkana, Isiolo, Marsabit and Samburu | International, foreign affairs and national security | $175,873 | apps.irs.gov |
| Cooperative Extension Association in the State of | Ithaca, NY | Ag Energy NY and Expansion fund | $171,555 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mott Haven Spanish Seventh Day | Yonkers, NY | food fund | $169,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Staten Island Community Job Center Inc | Staten Island, NY | Food & Hospitality Industry Workforce Development program | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Sure We Can Inc | Brooklyn, NY | General & Unrestricted | Environment | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden | New York, NY | Early Literacy Programming in the Bronx | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| West Side Center for Community Life Inc | New York, NY | General & Unrestricted | Youth development | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| International Refugee Assistance Project Inc | New York, NY | General & Unrestricted | Human services | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Spanish Emmanuel Seventh Day Aventist Church | Bronx, NY | food fund | $101,400 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Abortion Care Network | Washington, DC | Keep Our Clinics fund | Health care | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Mangrove Action Project | Seattle, WA | General & Unrestricted | Environment | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| National Network of Abortion Funds | Beaverton, OR | General & Unrestricted | Environment | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Boma Project Inc | Manchestr Center, VT | General & Unrestricted | International, foreign affairs and national security | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Doula Program To Accompany and Comfort Inc | New York, NY | General & Unrestricted | Health care | $90,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Survivor Fund | New York, NY | Scholarship and training Funds | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $80,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Yspaniola Incorporated | Jamaica Plain, MA | Los Mina Literacy Program | International, foreign affairs and national security | $79,752 | apps.irs.gov |
| Bronx River Alliance Inc | Bronx, NY | General & Unrestricted | Environment | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Gowanus Canal Conservancy Inc | Brooklyn, NY | General & Unrestricted | Environment | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Ocean Professional Theatre Company Inc | Beach Haven, NJ | General & Unrestricted | Arts, culture and humanities | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Hearts of Gold Inc | New York, NY | General & Unrestricted | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Newtown Creek Alliance Incorporated | Brooklyn, NY | General & Unrestricted | Environment | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Lower East Side Tenement Museum | New York, NY | General & Unrestricted | Arts, culture and humanities | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Guardians of Flushing Bay | Woodside, NY | General & Unrestricted | Environment | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Survivor Fund | New York, NY | Scholarship and Training funds | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $24,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Reclam the Bay Inc | Waretown, NJ | General & Unrestricted | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Wyckoff House & Association Inc | Brooklyn, NY | General & Unrestricted | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Project Kare | Denver, CO | General & Unrestricted | Education | $10,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Alliance for A Living Ocean | Long Beach, NJ | General & Unrestricted | Environment | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Loyola University | New Orleans, LA | Law Journal donations to Ugandan Universities | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Mordecai Land Trust Inc | Beach Haven, NJ | General & Unrestricted | Environment | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Environment | $4,345,000 |
| Human services | $3,825,000 |
| Food, agriculture and nutrition | $1,700,000 |
| Health care | $1,690,000 |
| Education | $1,555,500 |
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $1,054,000 |
| Housing and shelter | $960,000 |
| Recreation and sports | $880,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| New York | $17,390,063 |
| District of Columbia | $1,525,000 |
| Virginia | $1,280,000 |
| Illinois | $1,200,000 |
| Florida | $1,100,000 |
| Oregon | $850,000 |
| California | $750,000 |
| Louisiana | $710,000 |
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Updated September 18, 2025. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.