Funding search · EIN 117040015 · Lake Placid, NY
Sears Family Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 13
- grants reported
- $584,401
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $41,000
- 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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Grant history
All 13 reported grants, largest first.
- $120,000
Will'S Garden · Cooperstown, NY · 2024
Contempory dance, music and performances on ice
- $106,000
Will'S Garden · Cooperstown, NY · 2023
Contempory dance, music and performances on ice
- $92,000
Will'S Garden · Cooperstown, NY · 2022
Contempory dance, music and performances on ice
- $64,000
Cooperstown Theatre Festival · Cooperstown, NY · 2024
Provide a program of community summer concerts
- $45,000
Cooperstown Theatre Festival · Cooperstown, NY · 2023
Provide a program of community summer concerts
- $41,000
Ballet Theatre Foundation · New York City, NY · 2023
Dance performances
- $41,000
Cooperstown Theatre Festival · Cooperstown, NY · 2022
Provide a program of community summer concerts
- $40,000
Ballet Theatre Foundation · New York City, NY · 2024
Dance performances
- $12,000
Ice Theatre of Ny · New York City, NY · 2024
Dance on ice
- $10,109
Ice Theatre of Ny · New York City, NY · 2023
Dance on ice
- $5,000
Hampton Dance Project · Cooperstown, NY · 2023
Dance performances non ballet
- $4,792
Glimmer Glass Opera · Cooperstown, NY · 2024
Opera singing
- $3,500
The Metropolitan Opera · New York, NY · 2022
Dance, music and performances
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