Grants for emergency assistance programs

Name: Top 25 grants made to emergency assistance organizations
Creator: Cause IQ
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1,895 emergency assistance organizations received at least $48.6 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 2,899 grants made from 1,892 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,000. Of these 1,892 foundations, 84% made just a single grant to crisis programs, and 3% made grants to four or more crisis programs. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$48,599,016

Total grant dollars given to emergency assistance programs

2,899

Number of grants made annually to emergency assistance programs

1,892

Number of grantmakers funding emergency assistance programs

$1,000

Median grant size to emergency assistance programs

Foundations that support emergency assistance organizations

Out of all grants made to emergency assistance programs, 80% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 89% of the dollar-value of grants to crisis programs. Foundations funding crisis programs also made grants to religious organizations, multiservice human service organizations, food banks, homeless shelters, and food distribution programs.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	1,525
Medium	200
Large	164

Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.

Foundation type

Foundation type	Number of grantmakers
Community	58
Private	1,558
Corporate	105
Other	171

Grants made

Grants made to crisis programs	Number of grantmakers
1	1,596
2-3	227
4-10	43
11+	26

Top 10 foundations supporting emergency assistance organizations

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to crisis programs	Number of grants made to crisis programs	Median grant size
Westrock Foundation	GA	National	0.1%	55	$41
Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (CFMT)	TN	Metro	0.1%	47	$500
Abbvie Foundation	IL	National	0.1%	44	$134
JP Morgan Chase Foundation	NY	National	0.0%	37	$270
Baird Foundation	WI	National	0.4%	37	$113
Shell Oil Company Foundation	TX	National	0.2%	32	$500
Arkansas Community Foundation	AR	State	0.1%	28	$1,000
Carmax Foundation	VA	National	0.2%	27	$500
Alliant Energy Foundation	WI	State	0.8%	20	$1,025

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Emergency assistance organizations grantees

Emergency assistance programs with more than $5 million in total revenues received 91% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 18% of all crisis programs.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	2,893
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	6

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$1,000
$100k-$500k	$1,021
$500k-$1M	$1,500
$1M-$5M	$1,000
>$5M	$1,000

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
Texas	249
New York	233
California	226
Florida	143
Other	2,048

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
New York City	229
Chicago	109
Seattle	86
Dallas	77
Other	2,131

Top 25 grants made to emergency assistance programs

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
GiveDirectly	$22,500,000	To Provide Covid-19 Support	Blue Meridian Partners
National Center for Victims of Crime	$5,717,031	Victims of 8/3/19 Shooting	Paso Del Norte Community Foundation
Musicares Foundation	$4,304,730	Contributions and Program Service Support	RECORDING Academy
Single Stop USA	$4,085,000	General	Robin Hood Foundation / Tudor Charitable TR
Thorn	$3,505,000	Human Services	Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF)
Friendly House	$2,988,041	Housing and Stabilization Assistance	Central Massachusetts Housing Alliance (CMHA)
Bluffton Self Help	$5,000	General Operating Support	Kathryn Davis Grado Foundation
Helping Hand of Hope	$5,000	P60 Emergency Assistance (Food Clothing Cash)	Community Foundation of Louisville
Christians Purpose	$5,000	The Funeral Relief Fund	Charlottesville Area Community Foundation
Clothes for Kids	$5,000	Clothing for Children in	Hubbard Family Foundation
Person to Person (P2P)	$5,000	To Provide Emergency Assistance for Basic Needs Plus Other Support To Individuals and Families As They Move Toward Financial Stability.	The Orchard Farm Foundation
Baby2Baby	$5,000	Public Support of Organization Mission	The Stanley and Joyce Black Family FOUNDATION
Lake Travis Crisis Ministries	$5,000	General Fund	Go
KC Mothers in Charge	$5,000	Administrative and Program Capacity Building	H and R Block Foundation
Northeast Community Fund	$5,000	Charitable Contribution To Assist Needy Families	Edward Whinnery Trust
Cradles To Crayons	$5,000	2020 Montco Pa Covid-19 Repsonse	Montgomery County Foundation
G Fred DiBona Jr Memorial Foundation	$5,000	General Support	Debenedictis Family Foundation
The Ark	$5,000	General	Harry and Bessye Rosenberg Charitable Trust
Cafe of Life	$5,000	Entreprenuership	The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation
Ava's Heart	$5,000	General Support	David Geffen Foundation
Edja Foundation	$5,000	Charitable Purpose	Segal Family Foundation (SFF)
Cross-Lines Community Outreach	$5,000	Given in Memory of Cathy Goodger	Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation Corporation
Morningday Community Solutions	$5,000	Warehouse Shopping Program	The Jim Moran Foundation
We Care	$5,000	General Support	Berrien Community Foundation
Immerse Arkansas	$5,000	General Operating Support	Arkansas Community Foundation

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Methodology: To determine grants and grantees, Cause IQ analyzes electronically-filed Form 990, Form 990-EZ, and Form 990-PF financial disclosure documents, matching grantees to specific organizations using EINs and fuzzy matching logic. The "Emergency assistance programs" category for this page is determined by the "P60: Emergency Assistance" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.