Private foundation · Wilmington, DE

Ejk Foundation

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Typical grant size
$14K $44K $150K
25th · median · 75th percentile
Unique recipients
35
Repeat grantees
9
funded 2+ years

Application procedures · from 2024 990-PF

Leadership · from 2024 990-PF

Carla Knobloch
Treas, Trustee
Stevens Sharkey
Sec, Trustee
Brian Yablonski
Trustee
Elizabeth Graves Love
Trustee
Steven Sharkey
TRUSTEE

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part VII. Officers, directors, and trustees as reported by the foundation.

Payout rate · TY 2024
5.0%
grants paid ÷ assets · ~5% IRS minimum
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24
68
Total grants awarded
$14.1M
Total amount
$207K
Average grant
$2.0M
Largest grant

Giving by year

2024
$2.6M
20 grants
2023
$4.2M
13 grants
2022
$3.6M
14 grants
2021
$1.8M
11 grants
2020
$1.3M
9 grants
2019
$750K
1 grants

Top recipients

2 grants · VA · ✓ Exact match
$2.2M
3 grants · WY · ≈ likely match
$2.1M
1 grant · MA · ✓ Exact match
$2.0M
Community Foundation at Jacksonhole
1 grant · WY
$1.4M
2 grants · ME · ✓ Exact match
$1.3M
2 grants · VT · ✓ Exact match
$775K
2 grants · FL · ✓ Exact match
$600K
The Nature Conservancy of Florida
1 grant · FL
$500K
4 grants · WY · ≈ likely match
$450K
The Trust for Public Land
2 grants · GA
$417K

Recipient names are as reported on the 990-PF. ✓ Exact match = EIN matched to IRS records by exact name + state; ≈ likely match = EIN inferred from a closely similar name. The recipient EIN is never stated on the form — it is DoubleNine’s match.

Recent grants · most recent filings first

Northeast Wilderness Trust
for the acquisition of the Mountain Brook
VT · TY 2024
$750K
Community Foundation of Jackson Hole
General & Unrestricted
WY · TY 2024
$600K
Partnership for Gulf Coast Land Conservation Inc
North Florida Project Flex Fund
FL · TY 2024
$500K
Property & Environment Research Ctr
for a research study to design incentives for private landowners in Maine to conserve late-successional/old-growth fores…
MT · TY 2024
$153K
University of Wyoming
Monteith Shop at Haub School fund
WY · TY 2024
$100K
Partnership for Gulf Coast Land Conservation Inc
enabling capacity support through the north Florida project flex fund
FL · TY 2024
$100K
Property & Environment Research Ctr
General & Unrestricted
MT · TY 2024
$85K
Galveston Bay Foundation
for land stewardship and maintenance
TX · TY 2024
$50K
Elkhorn Marine Conservancy Inc
General & Unrestricted
NY · TY 2024
$50K
Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership Inc
General & Unrestricted
DC · TY 2024
$25K
William Marsh Rice University
for the School of Social Sciences' Center for coastal futures and adaptive resilience (CFAR) fund
TX · TY 2024
$25K
Northeast Wilderness Trust
Lary Brook Forest ecological assessment fund
VT · TY 2024
$25K
Nature Conservancy
Splinter Hill Bog Preserve Acquisition fund
AL · TY 2024
$19K
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
General & Unrestricted
MT · TY 2024
$15K
Coalition for Environment Equity and Resilience
Toward the Parks Analyst position fund
TX · TY 2024
$15K
University of Houston
for Professor Ann Cheek's Hidden Life of Houston project, a partnership with the urban wildlife information network
TX · TY 2024
$15K
Maine Audubon Society
General & Unrestricted
ME · TY 2024
$11K
Coastal Prairie Conservancy
General & Unrestricted
TX · TY 2024
$10K
Boone & Crockett Club
General & Unrestricted
MT · TY 2024
$10K
The Longleaf Alliance Inc
Gulf Coastal Plain Ecosystem Partnership fund
AL · TY 2024
$10K
Appalachian Mountain Club
Conservation
MA · TY 2023
$2.0M
The Conservation Fund
Conservation
VA · TY 2023
$676K
The Nature Conservancy of Florida
Conservation
FL · TY 2023
$500K
Trust for Public Land
Conservation
ME · TY 2023
$356K
Maine Mountain Collaborative
Conservation
ME · TY 2023
$250K
The Trust for Public Land
Conservation
GA · TY 2023
$135K
Tall Timbers Research Inc
Conservation
FL · TY 2023
$134K
Coastal Prairie Conservancy
Conservation
TX · TY 2023
$47K
Our Climate Common
Conservation
ME · TY 2023
$40K
Maine Audubon
Conservation
ME · TY 2023
$10K
The Longleaf Alliance
Conservation
FL · TY 2023
$5K
Florida Wildlife Corridor Foundation
Conservation
FL · TY 2023
$2K
Rangeley Friends of Arts
Support of Arts
ME · TY 2023
$400
Community Foundation at Jacksonhole
UNRESTRICTED
WY · TY 2022
$1.4M
Forest Society of Maine
CONSERVATION
ME · TY 2022
$1.3M
Alachua Conservation Trust
CONSERVATION
FL · TY 2022
$285K
The Trust for Public Land
CONSERVATION
GA · TY 2022
$282K
University of Wyoming
EDUCATION
WY · TY 2022
$100K
Elkhorn Marine Conservancy
CONSERVATION
NY · TY 2022
$57K
Texas Land Trust Council
CONSERVATION
TX · TY 2022
$50K
Galveston Bay Foundation
CONSERVATION
TX · TY 2022
$50K
National Park Foundation
CONSERVATION
DC · TY 2022
$35K
Madeira School
EDUCATION
OH · TY 2022
$30K
Animal Adoption Center
ANIMAL RESCUE
WY · TY 2022
$10K
Michael J Fox Foundation
HEALTHCARE
NY · TY 2022
$10K
Maine Audubon
CONSERVATION
ME · TY 2022
$2K
The Longleaf Alliance
CONSERVATION
AL · TY 2022
$1K
The Conservation Fund
CONSERVATION
VA · TY 2021
$1.5M
University of Wyoming
EDUCATION
WY · TY 2021
$100K
Elkhorn Marine Conservancy
CONSERVATION
NY · TY 2021
$50K

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV. Up to 50 most recent grants shown.