Grants awarded
Who does Esl Charitable Foundation INC fund?
Esl Charitable Foundation INC has awarded $117 million across 1,156 grants to 516 grantees between 2020 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in human services. Its typical grant is $32,000, with most between $15,000 and $85,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $40,000 versus $25,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$116.8M
Typical grant
$32K
Grantees
516
Grants
1,156
Years
2020–2025
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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| U United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes | $12.1M | 27 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| U United Way of Greater Rochester | $9.2M | 8 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Wayne County Action Program INC
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$4.6M | 9 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Monroe Community College Foundation INC
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$4.0M | 12 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| I Individual recipient | $2.8M | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
The Center for Youth Services INC
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$2.8M | 14 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| I Individual recipient | $2.3M | 7 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| Y YMCA of Greater Rochester | $2.0M | 7 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Ibero-American Action League | $2.0M | 14 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| F Flower City Habitat for Humanity | $1.8M | 8 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Children's Institute INC
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$1.8M | 8 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
Rochester Regional Health Foundation
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$1.8M | 5 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| Y Young Adult Manufacturing Training Employment Program INC | $1.7M | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $1.6M | 7 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $1.5M | 8 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| W Wayne County Action Program INC | $1.3M | 6 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Rochester Housing Development Fund Corporation
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$1.3M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Rochesterworks INC
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$1.1M | 9 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| C Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Rochester INC | $1.1M | 11 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Action for a Better Community INC
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$1.0M | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| T The Childrens Agenda | $1.0M | 9 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T The Center for Youth Services | $987K | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S State University College at Brockport Foundation INC | $984K | 4 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| M Monroe Community College Foundation | $974K | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| R Rochesterworks INC | $886K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Child Care Council INC
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$873K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| U Urban League of Rochester NY INC | $844K | 10 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Empire Justice Center
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$830K | 11 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| U Urban League of Rochester Economic Development Corporation | $825K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| B Bishop Sheen Ecumenical Housing Foundation INC | $791K | 6 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$780K | 8 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| R Rochester Energy Efficiency & Weatherization (fiduciary Racf Initiatives) | $764K | 3 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$760K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
University of Rochester
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$758K | 7 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
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$750K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Center for Community Alternatives
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$742K | 4 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| U University of Rochester | $730K | 3 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Center for Employment Opportunities INC | $672K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Rochester Institute of Technology
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$625K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| T The Children's Institute | $625K | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| Y YWCA of Rochester and Monroe County | $606K | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $600K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Coordinated Care Services INC
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$598K | 8 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
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$592K | 4 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
| G Greater Rochester Enterprise Foundation | $560K | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$544K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| H Hub585 INC | $536K | 5 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| B Bivona Child Advocacy Center | $535K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| F Finger Lakes Performing Provider System INC | $526K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| R Rochester Institute of Technology | $524K | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $508K | 4 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| R Rochester Regional Health Foundation | $500K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo INC
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$500K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | NY | |
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$500K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| P Pathstone Enterprise Center | $477K | 2 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| R Roc the Future (fiduciary the Children's Institute)) | $475K | 2 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| C Community Resource Collaborative INC | $470K | 10 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
City Roots Community Land Trust INC
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$465K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| B Baden Street Settlement Rochester INC | $450K | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| R Rochester Area Community Foundation (racf) | $449K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| G Greater Rochester Summer Learning Association INC | $425K | 4 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Center for Employment Opportunities INC
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$424K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Rochester Refugee Resettlement Services INC
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$417K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| M Multi-Craft Apprenticeship Preparation Program | $400K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Person Centered Housing Options
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$400K | 2 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| H Housing Advantage INC | $400K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| G Greater Rochester Housing Partnership INC | $400K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| G Grantmakers Forum of New York INC | $398K | 8 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
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$390K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MA | |
| A Action for a Better Community | $388K | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$386K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| T The Housing Council at Pathstone | $381K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| G Glow Young Men's Christian Association INC | $378K | 8 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| R Rochester-Monroe Anti-Poverty Initiative - Rmapi(fiduciary United Way of Gr | $363K | 2 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| C Catholic Charities Family & Community Services | $341K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| U University Preparatory Charter School for Young Men | $338K | 5 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Providence Housing Development Corporation
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$331K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| G Greater Rochester After-School Alliance | $318K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| C Catholic Family Center | $308K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| F Finger Lakes Community College | $304K | 4 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| R Rochester General Hospital (fiduciary Rochester Regional Health Foundation) | $300K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$299K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | MA | |
| C Coordinated Care Services INC | $290K | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| P Partners in Community Development | $286K | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S Seneca Park Zoo Society | $280K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$269K | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Judicial Process Commission INC
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$261K | 5 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| N Nativity Preparatory Academy of Rochester | $250K | 7 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Children's Institute INC | $250K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| H Heritage Christian Services | $248K | 8 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| G Generation News INC | $245K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Reconnect Rochester INC
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$241K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| C Changing the Community | $236K | 5 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$236K | 9 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
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$236K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| R Roc Royal INC | $234K | 6 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| C Catholic Family Center of the Diocese of Rochester | $233K | 3 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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Rochester Community Tv INC
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$231K | 4 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
Garth Fagan Dance Incorporated
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$228K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| F Fatherhood Connection INC | $212K | 4 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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