Funding search · EIN 061549937 · Fairfield, CT

Ferguson Family Foundation

Name: Ferguson Family Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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.

61
grants reported: $1.3M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $17,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

educ elimination epilepsy milfoil scholarship advisor arch career

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Bucknell University4 grants · $225,000
Fairfield Theatre Company4 grants · $175,000
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute4 grants · $163,000
Insurance Industry Charitable Found4 grants · $129,000
Lake Rescue Association4 grants · $105,000
Friends of Karen4 grants · $80,000
Children'S Hospital Trust4 grants · $74,000
Greenfield Hill Cong Church4 grants · $74,000
Harbor House of Rochester4 grants · $57,000
Comfort Zone Camp4 grants · $51,000

Giving over time

$314,096

2022

$332,000

2023

$318,000

2024

$352,000

2025

Grant history

All 61 reported grants, largest first.

$70,000
Bucknell University · Lewisburg, PA · 2022
Annual & scholarship funds
$65,000
Bucknell University · Lewisburg, PA · 2023
Annual & scholarship funds
$59,000
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute · Boston, MA · 2025
Gen'l purpose fund
$50,000
Fairfield Theatre Company · Fairfield, CT · 2025
Gen'l purpose fund
$50,000
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute · Boston, MA · 2024
Gen'l purpose fund
$45,000
Bucknell University · Lewisburg, PA · 2025
Annual & scholarship funds
$45,000
Bucknell University · Lewisburg, PA · 2024
Annual & scholarship funds
$45,000
Fairfield Theatre Company · Fairfield, CT · 2024
Gen'l purpose fund
$40,000
Fairfield Theatre Company · Fairfield, CT · 2023
Gen'l purpose fund
$40,000
Fairfield Theatre Company · Fairfield, CT · 2022
Gen'l purpose fund
$35,000
Insurance Industry Charitable Found · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Gen'l purpose fund
$35,000
Lake Rescue Association · Ludlow, VT · 2025
Milfoil elimination in round pond
$34,000
Insurance Industry Charitable Found · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Gen'l purpose fund
$34,000
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute · Boston, MA · 2023
Gen'l purpose fund
$30,000
Lake Rescue Association · Ludlow, VT · 2024
Milfoil elimination
$30,000
Insurance Industry Charitable Found · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Gen'l purpose fund
$30,000
Insurance Industry Charitable Found · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Gen'l purpose fund
$25,000
Greenfield Hill Cong Church · Fairfield, CT · 2024
Gen'l purpose fund
$25,000
Lake Rescue Association · Ludlow, VT · 2022
Milfoil elimination
$20,000
Children'S Hospital Trust · Boston, MA · 2025
Epilepsy res., educ'l, & gen'l funds
$20,000
Friends of Karen · North Salem, NY · 2025
Gen'l purpose fund
$20,000
Children'S Hospital Trust · Boston, MA · 2024
Epilepsy res., educ'l, & gen'l funds
$20,000
Friends of Karen · North Salem, NY · 2024
Gen'l purpose fund
$20,000
Friends of Karen · North Salem, NY · 2023
Gen'l purpose fund
$20,000
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute · Boston, MA · 2022
Gen'l purpose fund
$20,000
Dean College · Franklin, MA · 2022
Arch program career advisor fund
$20,000
Friends of Karen · North Salem, NY · 2022
Gen'l purpose fund
$19,000
Greenfield Hill Cong Church · Fairfield, CT · 2023
Gen'l purpose fund
$18,500
Shadow Wood Charitable Foundation · Bonita Springs, FL · 2025
Gen'l purpose fund
$17,500
Harbor House of Rochester · Rochester, NY · 2025
Gen'l purpose fund
$17,000
Comfort Zone Camp · Richmond, VA · 2025
Gen'l purpose fund
$17,000
Children'S Hospital Trust · Boston, MA · 2023
Epilepsy res., educ'l, & gen'l funds
$17,000
Children'S Hospital Trust · Boston, MA · 2022
Epilepsy res., educ'l, & gen'l funds
$15,000
Greenfield Hill Cong Church · Fairfield, CT · 2025
Gen'l purpose fund
$15,000
Harbor House of Rochester · Rochester, NY · 2024
Gen'l purpose fund
$15,000
Dean College · Franklin, MA · 2023
Arch program career advisor fund
$15,000
Fairfield Preparatory School · Fairfield, CT · 2023
Student financial aid fund
$15,000
Lake Rescue Association · Ludlow, VT · 2023
Milfoil elimination
$15,000
Fairfield Preparatory School · Fairfield, CT · 2022
Student financial aid fund
$15,000
Greenfield Hill Cong Church · Fairfield, CT · 2022
Gen'l purpose fund
$14,000
Comfort Zone Camp · Richmond, VA · 2024
Gen'l purpose fund
$12,500
Harbor House of Rochester · Rochester, NY · 2022
Gen'l purpose fund
$12,000
Harbor House of Rochester · Rochester, NY · 2023
Gen'l purpose fund
$10,000
Adam J Lewis Academy · Bridgeport, CT · 2025
Gen'l purpose fund
$10,000
Adam J Lewis Academy · Bridgeport, CT · 2024
Gen'l purpose fund
$10,000
Comfort Zone Camp · Richmond, VA · 2023
Gen'l purpose fund
$10,000
Fairfield Country Day School · Fairfield, CT · 2023
Gen'l purpose fund
$10,000
Release Recovery Foundation · Purchase, NY · 2023
Gen'l purpose fund
$10,000
Comfort Zone Camp · Richmond, VA · 2022
Gen'l purpose fund
$5,000
Bridgeport Hosp Friends of Pediatr · Bridgeport, CT · 2025
Gen'l purpose fund
$5,000
The Telling Room · Portland, ME · 2025
Gen'l purpose fund
$5,000
Bridgeport Hosp Friends of Pediatr · Bridgeport, CT · 2024
Gen'l purpose fund
$5,000
The Telling Room · Portland, ME · 2024
Gen'l purpose fund
$5,000
Adam J Lewis Academy · Bridgeport, CT · 2023
Gen'l purpose fund
$5,000
Bridgeport Hosp Friends of Pediatr · Bridgeport, CT · 2023
Gen'l purpose fund
$5,000
Huntsman Cancer Foundation · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023
Gen'l purpose fund
$5,000
The Telling Room · Portland, ME · 2023
Gen'l purpose fund
$5,000
Adam J Lewis Academy · Bridgeport, CT · 2022
Gen'l purpose fund
$5,000
Bridgeport Hosp Friends of Pediatr · Bridgeport, CT · 2022
Gen'l purpose fund
$5,000
Wakeman Boys & Girls Club · Fairfield, CT · 2022
Gen'l purpose fund
$4,596
The Telling Room · Portland, ME · 2022
Gen'l purpose fund

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