Elkind Family Foundation
The organization is a private foundation dedicated to supporting various charitable causes. Its mission emphasizes environmental education, advocacy, and social services, particularly in health and human services, education, and civic engagement. The foundation provides funding to organizations that promote public education, support for Native American youth, and voter registration initiatives. It demonstrates a strong commitment to environmental conservation and social justice, reflecting its values through diverse grantmaking activities that engage and empower communities.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
Organizations working in environmental education/land stewardship, social services and health-related public programs, civic engagement or voter education, or national charities that are typical recipients of donor-advised fund transfers.
Good Fit
- • Program work in environmental education, land preservation, social services, or voter/civic engagement.
- • Existing relationship or introduction to the foundation officers or to the foundation’s donor-advised fund intermediary.
- • History of receiving modest general operating or program grants from similar private foundations.
- • Geographic or program alignment with prior grantees (California-based organizations or national nonprofits served via DAFs).
Geography
Across the observed years the foundation funded organizations in multiple states, but in 2024 most dollars were routed to a Kentucky donor-advised fund so monetary concentration that year is geographically narrow.
Recipient Variety
Historically the foundation funded about 50 distinct recipients per year (2022–2023), showing a broadly distributed recipient set overall, even though 2024’s dollars were concentrated to a single DAF.
New Applicants
Filings show many new recipients in prior years and 5 new recipients in 2024, which indicates new entrants have been funded; however the foundation also states it grants to preselected recipients and offers no public application route, so openness to unfamiliar applicants is uncertain.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
