Funding search · EIN 061108612 · Redding, CT

Highstead Foundation

Name: Highstead Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

17
grants reported: $883,451
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $20,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

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Grant history

All 17 reported grants, largest first.

$254,140
Harvard Forest · Petersham, MA · 2022
Research and communications support for wildlands and woodlands.
$201,413
Harvard Forest · Petersham, MA · 2023
Research and communications support for wildlands and woodlands.
$114,485
University System of New Hampshire · Concord, NH · 2024
Support policy research
$90,000
University System of New Hampshire · Concord, NH · 2022
Support policy research
$69,455
Harvard Forest · Petersham, MA · 2024
Research and communications support for wildlands and woodlands.
$32,000
University System of New Hampshire · Concord, NH · 2023
Support policy research
$29,996
Universtiy of Massachusetts Amherst · Amherst, MA · 2022
Support research on family forest owned land
$20,019
Norwalk River Watershed Association · Wilton, CT · 2022
Restoration of pollinator pathways
$20,000
Pollinator Pathway · Wilton, CT · 2024
Restoration of pollinator pathways
$16,174
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
Support staffing and programming for academics for land protection in the northeast (alpine).
$10,359
Norwalk River Watershed Association · Wilton, CT · 2023
Restoration of pollinator pathways
$10,000
Yale University Press · New Haven, CT · 2022
Publication regarding history of natural and human communities in northern new england
$8,890
Ecological Health Network · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Website development, participant recruitment and compensation
$2,500
Yale University Press · New Haven, CT · 2023
Publication regarding history of natural and human communities in northern new england
$1,980
Norwalk Land Trust · Norwalk, CT · 2023
Support farm creek preserve
$1,040
The Northeast Organic Farming Association of Connecticut · New Haven, CT · 2024
Article, outreach, and map update
$1,000
Norwalk Tree Alliance · Norwalk, CT · 2023
Support integration of pollinators

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