Elluminate Inc
New York, NY · EIN 13-3897852. Reported 119 grants totalling $2,030,000 to 50 organizations across tax years 2020-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. The IRS has no activity classification on file for this one, so we cannot tell you whether it is a community foundation or a single-institution support fund. The recipient list below is the better guide.
- How spread out its giving is. 50 distinct organizations, with 14% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 65% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 4 year-to-year transitions. That is about the 56% median for grantmaking charities -- lower than the 67% median for private foundations. It describes the organizations it already funds, not whether it would consider a new one.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $20,000. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $20,000; the smallest was $10,000 and the largest $45,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P E F Israel Endowment Funds Inc | New York, NY | $285,000 | 16 | 5 | 2024 |
| Social Good Fund Inc | Richmond, CA | $70,000 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Association of Rape Crisis Centers in Israel | New York, NY | $65,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Aleph-Alliance for Jewish Renewal | Philadelphia, PA | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Center for Community Stewardship Inc | Madison, WI | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Emmas Torch Ltd | Brooklyn, NY | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Fjc | New York, NY | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Friends of Ethiopian Jews Inc | Newton Centre, MA | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Greater Dayton Union Cooperative Initiative Inc | Dayton, OH | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Interfaithfamily Com Inc | Boston, MA | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jimena Inc | San Francisco, CA | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Mosaic Project | Oakland, CA | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Organization for the Resolution of Agunot Inc | New York, NY | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Project Kesher | New York, NY | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Sauls Light Foundation | New Orleans, LA | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Unchained at Last | Westfield, NJ | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Yeshivat Maharat Inc | Bronx, NY | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Free to Thrive | San Diego, CA | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Goodweave International | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Massachusetts Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence Inc | Boston, MA | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Sukkat Shalom Inc | Reno, NV | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| The Tri-Faith Initiative of Omaha Nebraska | Omaha, NE | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Appetite for Change Inc | Minneapolis, MN | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Beloved Builders Inc | Northampton, MA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Keshet Inc | Newton, MA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Mothers Against Senseless Killings Foundation | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Soul Foundation Inc | Bowie, MD | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| T Ruah | New York, NY | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| The Jewish Community Center in Manhattan Inc | New York, NY | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| American Friends of Bar-Ilan University Inc | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Abortion Coalition for Telemedicine Inc | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| All Our Kin Inc | New Haven, CT | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Atid Movement Inc | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Avodah the Jewish Service Corps Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance Inc | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pact Inc | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tikvah Chadasha Uganda | Modesto, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Womens Link Worldwide Inc | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Womens Rabbinic Network Ltd | Suffern, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Israel Fund | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dimensions Educational Consulting Inc | Newton Center, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Eshel | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Hatua Network Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Jumpstart (fiscal Sponsor) | Santa Monicaa, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Livelyhoods | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Mother Health International Incorporated | Vienna, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program Inc | San Diego, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Svara | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Tides Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Witness to Mass Incarceration Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
29 of 50 (58%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- The Association of Rape Crisis Centers in Israel
THE ASSOCIATION OF RAPE CRISIS CENTERS IN ISRAEL IS AN UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION FOR THE NINE REGIONAL RAPE CRISIS CENTERS, AND WORKS AT THE INDIVIDUAL AND REGIONAL LEVELS TO PROVIDE SERIVCES AND SUPPORT FOR VICTIMS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND RAISES AWARENESS IN THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITIES. THE GRANT FUNDS GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT. - American Friends of Bar-Llan University
THE AMERICAN FRIENDS OF BAR-ILAN UNIVERSITY IS THE FUNDRAISING AGENT OF BAR-ILAN UNIVERSITY. THE GRANT FUNDS WERE GIVEN BY ELLUMINATE ON BEHALF OF THE JEWISH WOMEN'S COLLECTIVE RESPONSE FUND FOR ISRAELI WOMEN POST OCTOBER 7TH AND ARE FOR THE RUTH AND EMANUEL RACKMAN CENTER, WHICH PROMOTES THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN ISRAEL, FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT. - Wepower
WEPOWER PROMOTES GENDER EQUALITY AT ALL LEVELS OF SOCIETY. THE GRANT FUNDS WERE GIVEN BY ELLUMINATE ON BEHALF OF THE JEWISH WOMEN'S COLLECTIVE RESPONSE FUND FOR ISRAELI WOMEN POST OCTOBER 7TH FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT. - 18DOORS (legal Name Interfaithfamilycom Inc Dba 18DOORS)
SEE SCHEDULE I, PART IV, SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION 18DOORS EMPOWERS PEOPLE IN INTERFAITH RELATIONSHIPS, INDIVIDUALS, COUPLES, FAMILIES AND THEIR CHILDREN, TO ENGAGE IN JEWISH LIFE AND MAKE JEWISH CHOICES, AND ENCOURAGES JEWISH COMMUNITIES TO WELCOME THEM. THE GRANT FUNDS GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT. - Aleph Alliance for Jewish Renewal
SEE SCHEDULE I, PART IV, SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION ALEPH BRINGS SPIRITUAL VITALITY AND PASSION INTO THE DAILY LIVES OF JEWS THROUGH PROGRAMS THAT EMPOWER LEADERSHIP, BUILD COMMUNITIES, AND GENERATE POWERFUL EXPERIENCES AND PRACTICAL RESOURCES. THE GRANT FUNDS GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT. - All Our Kin Inc
SEE SCHEDULE I, PART IV, SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION ALL OUR KIN IS A NATIONAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT TRAINS, SUPPORTS, AND SUSTAINS FAMILY CHILD CARE PROVIDERS. THE GRANT FUNDS GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 45 of 50 recipients we could match to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's, not ours -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 25 | $400,000 | $20,000 |
| 2021 | 22 | $380,000 | $20,000 |
| 2022 | 26 | $430,000 | $20,000 |
| 2023 | 29 | $510,000 | $20,000 |
| 2024 | 17 | $310,000 | $20,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
44% of its giving went to organizations in New York. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $20,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in New York.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Elluminate Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 17 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 130 East 59TH Street 857, New York, NY, 10022.
EIN 13-3897852 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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