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ROCHESTER, NY
$2.8MTax year 2025
Grant purpose
To support housing
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Esl Charitable Foundation Grants
Private foundation · EIN 82-0548352 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025
How to apply
This foundation publishes application instructions on its latest 990-PF and does not report restricting giving to preselected organizations. See more foundations that accept applications.
- Contact
- Ajamu Kitwana
- Phone
- (585) 336-1000
- AKITWANA@ESL.ORG
- Deadlines
- Not stated here. Consult the original filing and current funder guidelines.
- Application materials
- Applications should be submitted in writing; including requested amount, date and reason for request. An IRS letter of 501(c)(3) status, deductibility status, w-9 form with tin/EIN, a list of organizations' board of directors, ceo, president must all be provided as well.
- Restrictions
- Serve the geographical areas of members of esl federal credit union. Must be 501(c)(3).
Original filing text
- Contact
- AJAMU KITWANA
- Address
- 225 CHESTNUT STREET ROCHESTER, NY, 14604
- Phone
- 5853361000
- AKITWANA@ESL.ORG
- Deadlines
- NONE
- Application materials
- APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED IN WRITING; INCLUDING REQUESTED AMOUNT, DATE AND REASON FOR REQUEST. AN IRS LETTER OF 501(C)(3) STATUS, DEDUCTIBILITY STATUS, W-9 FORM WITH TIN/EIN, A LIST OF ORGANIZATIONS' BOARD OF DIRECTORS, CEO, PRESIDENT MUST ALL BE PROVIDED AS WELL.
- Restrictions
- SERVE THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS OF MEMBERS OF ESL FEDERAL CREDIT UNION. MUST BE 501(C)(3).
Reported organization name: ESL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
Current grant programs
Opportunities and giving programs published on Esl Charitable Foundation's website. Confirm details with the foundation before applying.
Giving by tax year
Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 173 | $22.5M |
| 2024 | 197 | $21.7M |
Where Esl Charitable Foundation gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
New York$43.8MMassachusetts$298.5K
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes
ROCHESTER, NY
$2.3MTax year 2024
Grant purpose
To support other
Wayne County Action Program Inc
LYONS, NY
$1.4MTax year 2024
Grant purpose
To support housing
Monroe Community College Foundation
ROCHESTER, NY
$966KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
To support education
The Center for Youth Services
ROCHESTER, NY
$912KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
To support education
Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (370 reported in all).
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Figures are aggregated from Esl Charitable Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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