Funding search · EIN 357004054 · Durham, NC

The Catherine Jefferson 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.

98
grants reported
$6.5M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$10,100
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. 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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1 grant matching “contributioncontribution · $25,000

  • $25,000

    Haudenosaunee Nations Devel · Wilmington, DE · 2022

    Contributioncontribution

Top recipients

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

  • Syracuse University3 grants · $2.3M
  • Avon Old Farms3 grants · $1.4M
  • New Canaan Cnty School3 grants · $668,645
  • Ormcf3 grants · $200,400
  • Gift Hill3 grants · $200,000
  • Fuqua School of Management2 grants · $193,100
  • Team Impact3 grants · $175,000
  • Kellogg School of Management2 grants · $150,000
  • The Purchase College Foundation2 grants · $150,000
  • Tewaaraton Fdn3 grants · $145,000

Giving over time

$1.9M
2022
$2.0M
2023
$2.6M
2024

Grant history

All 98 reported grants, largest first.

  • $1.0M

    Avon Old Farms · Avon, CT · 2024

    Contribution

  • $980,000

    Syracuse University · Syracuse, NY · 2024

    Contribution

  • $800,000

    Syracuse University · Syracuse, NY · 2023

    Contribution

  • $562,000

    New Canaan Cnty School · New Canaan, CT · 2022

    Contribution

  • $500,000

    Syracuse University · Syracuse, NY · 2022

    Contribution

  • $263,000

    Avon Old Farms · Avon, CT · 2022

    Contribution

  • $133,100

    Fuqua School of Management · Durham, NC · 2023

    Contribution

  • $105,000

    Tewaaraton Fdn · Washington, DC · 2023

    Contribution

  • $101,000

    Avon Old Farms · Avon, CT · 2023

    Contribution

  • $100,000

    Kellogg School of Management · Evanston, IL · 2024

    Contribution

  • $100,000

    Ormcf · Key Largo, FL · 2024

    Contribution

  • $100,000

    Team Impact · Quincy, MA · 2024

    Contribution

  • $100,000

    Ormcf · Key Largo, FL · 2023

    Contribution

  • $100,000

    The Purchase College Foundation · Purchase, NY · 2023

    Contribution

  • $100,000

    Gift Hill · 2022

    Contribution

  • $96,645

    New Canaan Cnty School · New Canaan, CT · 2023

    Contribution

  • $64,300

    Ferraro Family Foundation · Miami, FL · 2023

    Contribution

  • $60,000

    Fuqua School of Management · Durham, NC · 2022

    Contribution

  • $55,000

    Pll Assists · Torrance, CA · 2024

    Contribution

  • $52,500

    Kellogg Finnet · Evanston, IL · 2022

    Contribution

  • $50,000

    Gift Hill · 2024

    Contribution

  • $50,000

    The Purchase College Foundation · Purchase, NY · 2024

    Contribution

  • $50,000

    315 Fdn · Pittsford, NY · 2023

    Contribution

  • $50,000

    Gift Hill · 2023

    Contribution

  • $50,000

    Kellogg School of Management · Evanston, IL · 2023

    Contribution

  • $50,000

    Pll Assists · Torrance, CA · 2023

    Contribution

  • $50,000

    Team Impact · Quincy, MA · 2023

    Contribution

  • $50,000

    All Charities Fund · Key Largo, FL · 2022

    Contribution

  • $50,000

    Athletes Who Care · Stanton, NJ · 2022

    Contribution

  • $41,600

    Folds of Honor · Center Valley, PA · 2024

    Contribution

  • $35,600

    Ocean Reef Comm Fdn · Key Largo, FL · 2023

    Contribution

  • $30,000

    Athletes Who Care · Stanton, NJ · 2023

    Contribution

  • $25,813

    Sandy Hook Promise Fund · Newtown, CT · 2022

    Contribution

  • $25,000

    Sandy Hook Promise Fund · Newtown, CT · 2024

    Contribution

  • $25,000

    Tewaaraton Fdn · Washington, DC · 2024

    Contribution

  • $25,000

    Ashby Ponds Benev Fund · Ashburn, VA · 2023

    Contribution

  • $25,000

    Cultural Center and Ocean Reef · Key Largo, FL · 2023

    Contribution

  • $25,000

    Sandy Hook Promise Fund · Newtown, CT · 2023

    Contribution

  • $25,000

    Haudenosaunee Nations Devel · Wilmington, DE · 2022

    Contributioncontribution

  • $25,000

    Horizons Norwalk Community · Norwalk, CT · 2022

    Contribution

  • $25,000

    Pll Assists · Torrance, CA · 2022

    Contribution

  • $25,000

    Team Impact · Quincy, MA · 2022

    Contribution

  • $20,000

    Duke University · Durham, NC · 2024

    Contribution

  • $20,000

    Msk · New York, NY · 2022

    Contribution

  • $15,000

    My Boys & Girls Club · Edgartown, MA · 2023

    Contribution

  • $15,000

    Tewaaraton Fdn · Washington, DC · 2022

    Contribution

  • $12,600

    Harlem Lacrosse · Harlem, NY · 2023

    Contribution

  • $10,500

    Norwalk Grassroots · Norwalk, CT · 2023

    Contribution

  • $10,200

    Folds of Honor · Center Valley, PA · 2023

    Contribution

  • $10,000

    Athletes Who Care · Stanton, NJ · 2024

    Contribution

  • $10,000

    Durham Academy · Durham, NC · 2024

    Contribution

  • $10,000

    Harlem Lacrosse · Harlem, NY · 2024

    Contribution

  • $10,000

    New Canaan Cnty School · New Canaan, CT · 2024

    Contribution

  • $10,000

    Darien Ymca · Darien, CT · 2023

    Contribution

  • $10,000

    Msk · New York, NY · 2023

    Contribution

  • $10,000

    Tracey Printup · Niagara Falls, NY · 2023

    Contribution

  • $10,000

    Darien Ymca · Darien, CT · 2022

    Contribution

  • $10,000

    Stamford Hospital · Stamford, CT · 2022

    Contribution

  • $10,000

    US Soccer · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Contribution

  • $8,500

    Harlem Lacrosse · Harlem, NY · 2022

    Contribution

  • $5,000

    Boston Children'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024

    Contribution

  • $5,000

    Givengain Foundation · 2024

    Contribution

  • $5,000

    Gofundme · San Diego, CA · 2024

    Contribution

  • $5,000

    Jack Britt High School · Fayetteville, NC · 2024

    Contribution

  • $5,000

    Landon School · Bethesda, MD · 2024

    Contribution

  • $5,000

    Mark Glicini Meaningful Growth Foundation · Vero Beach, FL · 2024

    Contribution

  • $5,000

    Msk · New York, NY · 2024

    Contribution

  • $5,000

    Pan-Mass Challenge for John Straus · Needham, MA · 2024

    Contribution

  • $5,000

    Rye American Legion Post 128 · Rye, NY · 2024

    Contribution

  • $5,000

    15 for Life · Stuart, FL · 2023

    Contribution

  • $5,000

    Darien Fire Department · Darien, CT · 2023

    Contibution

  • $5,000

    Darien Police Assn · Darien, CT · 2023

    Contribution

  • $5,000

    Gofundme Alf Jacques · San Diego, CA · 2023

    Contribution

  • $5,000

    Leukemia & Lumphoma Society · Rye Brook, NY · 2023

    Contribution

  • $5,000

    15 for Life · Stuart, FL · 2022

    Contribution

  • $5,000

    Darien Fire Department · Darien, CT · 2022

    Contibution

  • $5,000

    Darien Police Assn · Darien, CT · 2022

    Contribution

  • $2,500

    Gofundme Al Giocondi · San Diego, CA · 2024

    Contribution

  • $2,500

    Leukemia & Lumphoma Society · Rye Brook, NY · 2024

    Contribution

  • $2,500

    100 Golf · St Simons Island, GA · 2023

    Contribution

  • $2,500

    Kellogg Finnet · Evanston, IL · 2023

    Contribution

  • $2,500

    Mark Glicini Meaningful Growth Foundation · Vero Beach, FL · 2023

    Contribution

  • $1,000

    Bag Room Open · Key Largo, FL · 2024

    Contribution

  • $1,000

    Gofundme Mark Redman Burnam · San Diego, CA · 2024

    Contribution

  • $1,000

    Bag Room Open · Key Largo, FL · 2023

    Contribution

  • $1,000

    Bethel Woods · Bethel, NY · 2022

    Contribution

  • $1,000

    Edgartown Firemans Assn · Edgartown, MA · 2022

    Contribution

  • $1,000

    The David Baum Endowment · South Orange, NJ · 2022

    Contribution

  • $500

    Brigham & Women'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024

    Contribution

  • $500

    Vgc Foundation · Edgartown, MA · 2024

    Contribution

  • $500

    Vgc Foundation · Edgartown, MA · 2023

    Contribution

  • $500

    Vgc Foundation · Edgartown, MA · 2022

    Contribution

  • $400

    Ormcf · Key Largo, FL · 2022

    Contribution

  • $300

    Boathouse Foundation · Edgartown, MA · 2024

    Contribution

  • $300

    The Boathouse Annual Fund 2023 · Edgartown, MA · 2023

    Contribution

  • $107

    5krun1milewalk · Old Greenwich, CT · 2023

    Contribution

  • $100

    Swim Across America · Charlotte, NC · 2024

    Contribution

  • $100

    Swim Across America · Charlotte, NC · 2022

    Contribution

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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.