Elizabeth Elser Doolittle Charitable

The foundation’s filing describes preferences set forth in its trust agreement. Approximately 30% of each year’s grants are designated for capital or unrestricted endowment purposes for organizations principally providing hospital care or care or services in medical, physical, or mental health. Approximately 25% are designated for capital or unrestricted endowment purposes for organizations principally dealing with or benefiting children under 18, particularly physically handicapped or mentally disadvantaged children. The filing says the balance is distributed among religious, charitable, scientific, literary, or educational organizations, including educational or cultural organizations that provide broad segments of society opportunities for self-improvement and self-development.

Past recipients illustrate a range of work. United Community Center describes its mission as providing comprehensive education, human services, health, community development, and cultural arts services, with a community-based approach focused on families. Teens Grow Greens says it provides skill-building employment for teenagers, while Sojourner Family Peace Center describes its work as transforming lives impacted by domestic violence. Other 2024 recipients included Meta House, which says it works to end the generational cycle of addiction by healing women and strengthening families, and Urban Ecology Center, which says it connects people in cities to nature and each other.