Funding search · EIN 135678764 · Lyme, CT

The Griffis Foundation

Name: The Griffis Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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.

45
grants reported: $570,361
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

education eduction cahritable chairtable chritable

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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.

1 grant matching “sactuary” · $5,000

$5,000
Busch Wildlife Sactuary · Jupiter, FL · 2021
Education and general charitable purpose

Top recipients

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

Women United1 grant · $373,986
Eastern Ct Ballet4 grants · $24,000
Angelman Syndrome Foundation2 grants · $20,000
Institute of Nautical Archaeology2 grants · $15,000
Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation4 grants · $13,000
Interntional Society of Human Unity1 grant · $12,500
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention2 grants · $11,000
Community Greening Corp2 grants · $9,500
Women & Family Life Center1 grant · $7,500
Mystic Aquarium2 grants · $6,925

Giving over time

$110,675

2021

$441,486

2022

$12,250

2023

$5,950

2024

Grant history

All 45 reported grants, largest first.

$373,986
Women United · New London, CT · 2022
Education and general charitable purpose
$15,000
Angelman Syndrome Foundation · Aurora, IL · 2021
Education and general charitable purpose
$12,500
Interntional Society of Human Unity · Windom, TX · 2021
Education and general chairtable purpose
$10,000
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention · New York, NY · 2022
Education and general charitable purpose
$10,000
Eastern Ct Ballet · East Lyme, CT · 2021
Education and general chritable purpose
$10,000
Institute of Nautical Archaeology · College Station, TX · 2021
Education and general charitable purpose
$7,500
Women & Family Life Center · Guilford, CT · 2022
Education and general charitable purpose
$7,000
Community Greening Corp · Boca Raton, FL · 2022
Education and general charitable purpose
$7,000
Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation · New London, CT · 2021
Education and general charitable purpose
$5,725
Mystic Aquarium · Mystic, CT · 2021
Education and general charitable purpose
$5,075
New London Community Meal Center · New London, CT · 2021
Education and general charitable purpose
$5,000
Eastern Ct Ballet · East Lyme, CT · 2023
Education and general charitable purpose
$5,000
Angelman Syndrome Foundation · Aurora, IL · 2022
Education and general charitable purpose
$5,000
Brian Dagle Foundation · Niantic, CT · 2022
Education and general charitable purpose
$5,000
Busch Wildlife Sanctuary · Jupiter, FL · 2022
Education and general charitable purpose
$5,000
Eastern Ct Ballet · East Lyme, CT · 2022
Education and general charitable purpose
$5,000
Institute of Nautical Archaeology · College Station, TX · 2022
Education and general charitable purpose
$5,000
Miracle League · Conyers, GA · 2022
Education and general charitable purpose
$5,000
Sachamama · Pompano Beach, FL · 2022
Education and general charitable purpose
$5,000
Busch Wildlife Sactuary · Jupiter, FL · 2021
Education and general charitable purpose
$5,000
Friends of McArthur Beach State Park · North Palm Beach, FL · 2021
Education and general charitable purpose
$5,000
The Guatemalan Maya Center · Lake Worth, FL · 2021
Education or general charitable purpose
$5,000
The Stop Trafficking Project · Shawnee, KS · 2021
Education and general charitable purpose
$4,075
Safe Futures · New London, CT · 2021
Education and general charitable purpose
$4,000
Eastern Ct Ballet · East Lyme, CT · 2024
Education and general charitable purpose
$4,000
Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation · New London, CT · 2022
Education and general charitable purpose
$3,000
High Hopes Foundation · Nashua, NH · 2023
Education and general charitable purpose
$3,000
Palm Beach Zoo & Conservation Society · West Palm Beach, FL · 2021
Education and general charitable purpose
$2,500
Community Greening Corp · Boca Raton, FL · 2021
Education and general charitable purpose
$2,500
Food for the Poor · Coconut Creek, FL · 2021
Education and general charitable purpose
$2,500
Loggerhead Marine Life Center · June Beach, FL · 2021
Education and general cahritable purpose
$2,500
Panther Ridge Conservation Center · Loxahatchee, FL · 2021
Education and general charitable purpose
$2,500
The Turtle'S Back Ct · Madison, CT · 2021
Education and general charitable purpose
$2,000
Lake Worth Interfaith Network · Lake Worth Beach, FL · 2023
Eduction and general charitable purpose
$2,000
Grace Notes Music Foundation · Jupiter, FL · 2022
Education and general charitable purpose
$2,000
Lake Worth Interfaith Network · Lake Worth Beach, FL · 2022
Eduction and general charitable purpose
$1,800
Ymca of Nothern Middlesex County · Middletown, CT · 2021
Education and general charitable purpose
$1,500
Middlefield Lyons Club · Middlefield, CT · 2021
Education and general charitable purpose
$1,250
Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation · New London, CT · 2023
Education and general charitable purpose
$1,200
Mystic Aquarium · Mystic, CT · 2024
Education and general charitable purpose
$1,000
Incarnation Center · Deep River, CT · 2023
Education and general charitable purpose
$1,000
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention · New York, NY · 2021
Education and general charitable purpose
$1,000
Peggy Adams Animal Rescue · Aurora, IL · 2021
Education and general charitable purpose
$750
Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation · New London, CT · 2024
Education and general charitable purpose
$500
A Place Called Hope · Killingworth, CT · 2021
Education and general charitable purpose

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.