Grants awarded
Who does Essel Foundation INC fund?
Essel Foundation INC has awarded $69 million across 40 grants to 16 grantees between 2019 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in education. Its typical grant is $200,000, with most between $50,000 and $2,400,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $350,000 versus $115,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$68.8M
Typical grant
$200K
Grantees
16
Grants
40
Years
2019–2024
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Follow |
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| T The Lieber Institute for Brain Development | $40.2M | 9 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T The Lieber Institute for Brain Dev-See Attached | $10.8M | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| B Brain & Behavior Research Foundation | $5.6M | 6 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| B Brian & Behavior Research Foundation | $4.9M | 3 | 2019–2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| B Brain & Behavior Research Foundation-See Attached | $2.9M | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Columbia University | $1.6M | 4 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$900K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | NY | |
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$800K | 3 | 2019–2021 | 2021 | MA | |
The Carter Center INC
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$467K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | GA | |
| Y Youth Anxiety Center Nyp Fund INC | $200K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | — | — |
| P Poynter Institute | $180K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$50K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| U University of Florida | $50K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| U University of South Florida | $50K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$15K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | NY | |
| I Individual recipient | $5K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | — | — |
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