Esjay Foundation Inc
Chicago, IL · EIN 36-3083194. Reported 364 grants totalling $931,101 to 176 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests: it contributes only to organizations it selects itself.
Does this foundation accept applications?
No -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation to check a box if it "only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds". Esjay Foundation Inc checked it on its most recent filing, as 78% of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered did. An unsolicited request is unlikely to go anywhere.
Organizations it funds that make grants of their own
4 of the organizations Esjay Foundation Inc funded make grants themselves, and it reported 13 grants totalling $103,700 to them. That is 23% of the $457,120 of its giving we could match to a registered organization. Each is classified by the IRS as a philanthropy or grantmaking organization, reported grants to at least 25 organizations of its own, and has at least 10 funders behind it.
All of them file Form 990, which never asks whether an organization funds only groups it picks, so there is no answer on record either way.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application to any of them reaches this foundation's money. A private foundation's grant to a community foundation or a federated campaign is often a donor-advised fund or a gift designated for a purpose the foundation chose, and has nothing to do with any open programme the receiving organization runs. Its return's purpose text sometimes names a family fund or a designated purpose, which is the plainest case of money no applicant can reach; where it names none, neither return says which. The list is who this foundation paid that also makes grants. Whether any of them would fund you is a question for its own page.
| Grantmaker | Kind | State | Received | Grants | Years | Last | Only funds organizations it picks? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Way of Weld County Inc | federated giving programme | Colorado | $55,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 | Its form does not ask |
| Solidaire Network Inc | grantmaking organization | California | $46,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 | Its form does not ask |
| The Jewish Federations of North America Inc | federated giving programme | New York | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| Colorado Gives Foundation | community foundation | Colorado | $1,200 | 3 | 3 | 2025 | Its form does not ask |
A floor, not a full list. A grantmaker appears here only where this foundation's return named it clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows, and only where that grantmaker has a page on this site. There may be more. Dollars here are summed by EIN across every spelling on its returns, so a figure can differ from the matching row in the full list below, which groups names as written. And the IRS classification cannot tell a grantmaker from a funders' association or a donor-advised fund sponsor, so a payment to one of these may be dues or an account rather than support for a grants programme.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $750. Half of everything it gave fell between $400 and $2,500; the smallest was $20 and the largest $40,350.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle Valley Community Foundation | Edwards, CO | $120,650 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Planned Parenthood Foundation of America | New York City, NY | $68,200 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| United Way of Weld County | Greeley, CO | $55,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| World Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | $52,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| ACLU Foundation | New York, NY | $49,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Solidaire | Oakland, CA | $46,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| National Domestic Workers Alliance | New York, NY | $31,900 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Doctors Without Borders | New York, NY | $29,350 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| National Resource Defense Council | Albany, NY | $28,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Earth Justice | San Francisco, CA | $24,550 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Adl | New York, NY | $22,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| National Alliance to End Homelessness | Washintgon, DC | $19,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Feeding America | Chicago, IL | $17,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Center for Reproductive Rights | Baltimore, MD | $16,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Oxfam America | Washington, DC | $15,220 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Everytown Support Fundactblue Charities | New York, NY | $15,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Honor the Earth | Callaway, MN | $15,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| United Way of Weld County | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Southern Poverty Law Center | Montgomery, AL | $14,100 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| NAACP Ldf | New York, NY | $10,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| ACLU Foundation of Colorado | Denver, CO | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sahuarita Food Bank | Sahuarita, AZ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Save the Children | Fairfield, CT | $9,580 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lakota People's Law Project | Bismarck, ND | $9,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Round-Up River Ranch | Gypsum, CO | $9,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Equal Justice Initiative | New York, NY | $8,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| ASPCA | New York City, NY | $8,100 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Nrdc | San Francisco, CA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Raices | San Antonio, TX | $7,600 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Earth Justice | Silver Spring, MD | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mountain Valley Horse Rescue | Mccoy, CO | $7,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Anti Defamation League | New York, NY | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Actblue - Everytown Support Fundactblue Charities | New York, NY | $6,606 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| US Fund for Unicef | New York, NY | $6,100 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Border Community Alliance | Tubac, AZ | $5,700 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Kunc | Greeley, CO | $4,700 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| The Lilith Fund | Austin, TX | $4,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Beth Israel Congregation | Owings Mills, MD | $4,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Feeding America | Wahington, DC | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Southern Poverty Law Center | Green Valley, AZ | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Social Justice Collaborative | San Francisco, CA | $3,400 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Earth Island Institute | Berkeley, CA | $3,100 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Care | Washington, DC | $3,001 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Doctors Without Borders | San Francisco, CA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Government Accountability Project (gap) | Washington, DC | $3,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Legal Aid Foundation of Colorado | Denver, CO | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| National Homelessness Law Center | Wahington, DC | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Round-Up River Ranch | Montgomery, AL | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sacred Defense Fund | Prosper, TX | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Sierra Club Foundation | Oakland, CA | $3,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Propublica | Washington, DC | $2,857 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Actblue - Naral | Washington, DC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Reproductive Freedom for All Foundation (naral) (via Actblue) | Washington, DC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Beth Shalom Temple | Green Valley, AZ | $2,496 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Black Fairy Godmother Foundation | Fort Lee, NJ | $2,400 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Innocence Project | New York, NY | $2,400 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Red Cross | Apopka, FL | $2,400 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Path Givebutter | Wilmington, DE | $2,318 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Brennan Center for Justice | Coronado, CA | $2,300 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Sea Legacy (only One Inc) | New York, NY | $2,250 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Network for Good | Washington, DC | $2,200 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Center for Disaster Philanthropy | Wahington, DC | $2,002 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fund for Educational Excellence - Charm | Denver, CO | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jewish Colorado | Denver, CO | $2,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Nature Conservancy | Arlington, VA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Public Citizen Foundation | Washington, DC | $1,750 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Rocky Mountain PBS | Denver, CO | $1,700 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Dolores Huerta Foundation | Bakersfield, CA | $1,670 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Jewish Federation of North America | New York, NY | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ocean Conservancy | Wahington, DC | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Sierra Club Foundation | New York, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tipping Point | San Francisco, CA | $1,400 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Colorado Gives | Arvada, CO | $1,200 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Kunc | Chicago, IL | $1,200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jewish Voice for Peace | Berkeley, CA | $1,168 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| ACLU of Colorado | Denver, CO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Amnesty International USA | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Beth Israel Congregation | San Francisco, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Choose Love | Newtown, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Give Directly | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Glide | Eagle, CO | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Human Rights Watch | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Indian Forest Acres Scholarship Foundation | Fryeburg, ME | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Legal Aid Foundation of Colorado | San Francisco, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mountain Valley Horse Rescue | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Oxfam | Boston, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute | Evanston, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Unc-Chapel Hill | Los Angeles, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| USA for Unhcr | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| World Wildlife Fund | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Democracy Now Product | New York, NY | $900 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Hias | Washington, DC | $896 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Anti Racism Center at Boston University | Boston, MA | $850 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Conscious Kid | La Jolla, CA | $800 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| First Nations | Greeley, CO | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Meca | Berkeley, CA | $700 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New Georgia Instituteact Blue Charities | Someville, MA | $700 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New Israel Fund | Washington, DC | $700 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Me Too Mvmt | Brooklyn, NY | $650 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Tomorrow's Women | Santa Fe, NM | $600 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| US Fund for Unicef | Westport, CT | $505 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Aifa Foundation - Indian & Forest Acres Scholarship Foundation | Fryeburg, ME | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| ASPCA | Chicago, IL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| California CASA | San Diego, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Define American | Los Angeles, CA | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Enviromental Defence Fund | Boulder, CO | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Five Keys Schools and Programs | Los Angeles, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fund for Educational Excellence - Ffee | Denver, CO | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Gvr Foundation | Green Valley, AZ | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Gvr Foundation | Chicago, IL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Indian Forest Acres Scholarship | Gypsum, CO | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jane's Due Process | Austin, TX | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Meals on Wheels San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Melanoma Research Foundation | Chapel Hill, NC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mi Familia Vota Education | Phoenix, AZ | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Multiplier | San Francisco, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Naral - Act Blue | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New Georgia Instituteact Blue Charities | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Reproductive Freedom for All Foundation (via Actblue) | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rocky Mountain PBS | San Francisco, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Serious Fun | Chicago, IL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ukrainian Action | Harlan, IA | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| United Way Bay Area | Santa Cruz, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Unrwa USA | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Weld Food Bank | Greeley, CO | $500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| World Wildlife Fund | Tucson, AZ | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Youth on Their Own | Tucson, AZ | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Al Otro Lado | San Ysidro, CA | $450 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Marine Mammal Center | Fort Cronkhite, CA | $450 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Black Lives Matteractblue Charities | Santa Clarita, CA | $400 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sunrise Movement Education Fund Network for Good | Washington, DC | $400 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Youth on Their Own | New York, NY | $400 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Project Openhand | San Francisco, CA | $350 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Rabbis for Ceasefire | Florence, MA | $318 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Boston University | Boston, MA | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Project Hope | Washington, DC | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Romero Institute | Santa Cruz, CA | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| University of Denver | Denver, CO | $300 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Inc | San Francisco, CA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Border Angels | San Diego, CA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of San Francisco | New York, NY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Camp Kasem | San Francisco, CA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Define American | Louisville, KY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| La CASA De Las Madres | San Francisco, CA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Ms Society Greater Carolinas Chapter | Canton, MA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ndn Collective | Rapid City, SD | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Only One Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sandy Hook Promise | Newtown, CT | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tndc Supporting Fund | New Yorkcity, NY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Urban Ocean Lab - Multiplier | San Francisco, CA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Greenpeace | Washington, DC | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lucky Day Rescue | Grand Blanc, MI | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Share Our Strength No Kid Hungry | Washington, DC | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sf Moma | San Francisco, CA | $120 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Asian Art Museum | San Francisco, CA | $119 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fine Arts Museumscofam Deyoung Museum | San Francisco, CA | $119 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chocura Lake Conservancy | Chocorua, NH | $104 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Babson College | Babson Park, MA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Babson Cwel | Babson Park, MA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bcrforg - Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Boston Terrier Rescue of North Carolina | Greensboro, NC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Halycon House | Washington, DC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lava Mae | Montgomery, AL | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lava Mae X | Alameda, CA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mowac - Meals on Wheels Alameda County | Okland, CA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Parks Foundation | New York, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Fund for Babson | Babson Park, MA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Sedona Dance Project | Sedona, AZ | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Unicef USA | New York, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Denver | Fairfax, VA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Valley Rally Ltd Benefit for Ukraine | Vail, CO | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Exploratorium | Fryeburg, ME | $85 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wikimedia Foundation | Washigton, DC | $80 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Filoli | Woodside, CA | $74 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kcsm | San Mateo, CA | $74 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Giveindia | Palo Alto, CA | $39 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
73 of 176 (41%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 67%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one, and this foundation told the IRS it does not.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 156 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 97 | $166,109 | $500 |
| 2022 | 66 | $119,936 | $500 |
| 2023 | 72 | $154,576 | $650 |
| 2024 | 65 | $240,900 | $1,000 |
| 2025 | 64 | $249,580 | $1,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
34% of its giving went to organizations in New York.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more. Unlike this foundation, none of them is on record as funding only organizations it picks, and each page says what its filings show.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Esjay Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 134 N Lasalle Street 2020, Chicago, IL, 60602. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
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