Funding search · EIN 472340029 · St Louis, MO

Firefly Scientists Foundation

Name: Firefly Scientists 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.

119
grants reported: $11.5M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $50,000
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.

What they fund

sponsorship training campaign community employment expansion pledge

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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 “workforce development” · $42,000

$42,000
Lift for Life Academy · St Louis, MO · 2024
Workforce development program

Top recipients

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

Minnesota Opera3 grants · $1.8M
Minnesota Jewish Community Center1 grant · $1.2M
Dodge Nature Center3 grants · $750,000
Meg Memorial Donor Advised Fund - Fidelity1 grant · $650,000
Classical Tahoe3 grants · $552,000
Jewish National Fund2 grants · $438,000
Leland Stanford Junior University2 grants · $400,000
Friends of the Arava Institute2 grants · $375,000
Pbj Memorial Fund for Creative Gifting - Fidelity Charitable1 grant · $250,000
Walker West Music Academy2 grants · $250,000

Giving over time

$4.1M

2022

$3.8M

2023

$3.6M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 119 grants.

$1.2M
Minnesota Jewish Community Center · St Paul, MN · 2022
Capital campaign pledge, gesher initiative, play-a-thon sponsorship
$900,000
Minnesota Opera · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Luminary arts center
$650,000
Meg Memorial Donor Advised Fund - Fidelity · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
General
$480,000
Minnesota Opera · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Lab theater renovation, sponsorship
$450,000
Minnesota Opera · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Lab theater renovation
$375,000
Dodge Nature Center · West St Paul, MN · 2023
Shepard farm program
$300,000
Jewish National Fund · New York, NY · 2024
Ecological rooftop at lotem construction project
$275,000
Classical Tahoe · Incline Village, NV · 2023
General operations
$275,000
Friends of the Arava Institute · Newton Centre, MA · 2022
Ag farm tech research pilot
$250,000
Dodge Nature Center · West St Paul, MN · 2024
Pledge payment
$250,000
Pbj Memorial Fund for Creative Gifting - Fidelity Charitable · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
General giving
$200,000
Leland Stanford Junior University · Stanford, CA · 2024
Pledge payment
$200,000
Leland Stanford Junior University · Stanford, CA · 2023
Scholarship pledge
$187,000
Classical Tahoe · Incline Village, NV · 2024
Livestream programming
$150,000
Farmsteads of New England · Hillsborough, NH · 2023
General operations
$138,000
Jewish National Fund · New York, NY · 2023
Special in uniform, school days at the ranch
$136,000
Golden Scoop · Overland Park, KS · 2023
General operations
$125,000
Hugs Cafe · McKinney, TX · 2024
Construction of cafe training facility and headqtr
$125,000
Walker West Music Academy · St Paul, MN · 2024
Capital campaign
$125,000
Walker West Music Academy · St Paul, MN · 2023
Capital campaign
$125,000
Dodge Nature Center · West St Paul, MN · 2022
Diversity programming
$125,000
River Valley Riders · Woodbury, MN · 2022
Therapeutic riding site renovation
$121,000
Access Ability Wi · Verona, WI · 2024
Outdoors access 4 all building awareness, participants, leaders proj
$108,000
Repowered Jobs Foundation · St Paul, MN · 2023
Work readiness employee training program
$100,000
Friends of the Arava Institute · Newton Centre, MA · 2024
Matching commitment pledge
$100,000
Reve Academy · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Course programming, marketing & school district partnerships
$97,000
Kairos Alive · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Intl conference on aging, collaboration project
$90,000
Classical Tahoe · Incline Village, NV · 2022
Unrestricted
$85,000
Artists Breaking Limits & Expectations · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ensemble program & producing
$85,000
Highland Friendship Club · St Paul, MN · 2024
Community engagement position, lanes 4 friendship
$80,000
Young Dance · St Paul, MN · 2024
All abilities dance initiative
$80,000
Centro Tyrone Guzman · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Manos montessori senior program
$80,000
Highland Friendship Club · St Paul, MN · 2023
Volunteer mgr position, matching contribution
$80,000
Reve Academy · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Neuro-diverse initiative
$75,000
Partnership Resources · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Inclusion through arts access
$75,000
Friends of the Hennepin County Library · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Latinx and native outreach programming
$75,000
Kairos Alive · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Interactive community partnership workshops
$74,000
Disabled But Not Really · Kansas City, MO · 2023
General operations
$70,000
Mi Work Matters · Livonia, MI · 2024
Training/employment expansion program
$70,000
Springboard for the Arts · St Paul, MN · 2024
Cow tipping press grant
$70,000
Lifelab Kids Foundation · Ferndale, MI · 2023
Prevocational program
$67,000
21 Roots Farm · Grant, MN · 2023
Planting seeds of employment, tractor, fencing, accessible garden materials and tools
$65,000
Carrusel En La Sebastiana Corp · Guaynabo, PR · 2024
Employment readiness training
$65,000
Farmer'S House · Platte City, MO · 2023
Community integration and employment initiative
$60,000
International Association for Spelling As Communication · Herndon, VA · 2024
Nonspeaking entrepreneurship program
$56,000
Best Prep · Brooklyn Park, MN · 2024
2024 educational forum, mbv assessment thru wilder research
$55,000
True Tales Live · Barrington, NH · 2024
True tales podcast
$54,500
Mn Sinfonia · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Film commission
$50,000
Bernheim Arboretum & Research Forest · Clermont, KY · 2024
Outdoor play equipment playcosystem play research expansion
$50,000
Chabad Lubavitch Jewish Educational Center · St Paul, MN · 2024
Matching campaign upward, onward!
$50,000
Friendship Circle of Washington · Mercer Island, WA · 2024
Teen & young adult life skills
$50,000
Kairos Alive · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Unrestricted in memory of maria genne
$50,000
Marnita'S Table · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General operations
$50,000
Mnprov · St Paul, MN · 2024
Neurodiverse talent taking
$50,000
Omnium Circus · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
I'm possible too production
$50,000
Opera Theatre of St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2024
Unrestricted funds
$50,000
Reve Academy · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Impact today + vision tomorrow initiative
$50,000
Safe Toddles · New York, NY · 2024
Empowering blind toddlers thru safe independence
$50,000
Variety the Children'S Charity of St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2024
Durable medical equipment
$50,000
Chabad Lubavitch Jewish Educational Center · St Paul, MN · 2023
General operations
$50,000
Coffee for Good · Greenwich, CT · 2023
Develop inclusive opportunities database
$50,000
Fraser · Richfield, MN · 2023
Renovate the playground at the mpls clinic
$50,000
Marnita'S Table · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General operations
$50,000
Mi Work Matters · Livonia, MI · 2023
Ambassador employment program
$50,000
Sarah Bellum'S Bakery & Workshop · Portland, OR · 2023
Base salry for bakery manager
$50,000
Wilderness Inquiry · St Paul, MN · 2023
Transportation
$50,000
Land Stewardship Project · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Retired farmer transitions program
$50,000
Minnesota Independence College & Community · Richfield, MN · 2022
Gala sponsorship
$50,000
Youth Frontiers · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General operations
$48,000
Mn Sinfonia · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Film commission
$45,000
Ballet Co-Laboratory · St Paul, MN · 2022
Capital campaign
$45,000
Duke University Lemur Center · Durham, NC · 2022
Madagascar veterinarian training program
$45,000
Vetri Community Partnership · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Donation $ 5000; grant toward staff support for new community kitchen $ 40,000
$42,000
Lift for Life Academy · St Louis, MO · 2024
Workforce development program
$40,000
Adaptive Adventures · Westminster, CO · 2023
Contract labor by disabled veterans, program supplies for bicycles
$40,000
Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
To mentor incarcerated adults in writing careers
$40,000
Musica Sierranew Vintage Baroque · Loyalton, CA · 2023
General operations
$40,000
Spark Youth · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Material & supplies, wages for apprentices in 2024 youth pathways program
$38,000
American Dance Wheels Foundation · Balacynwyd, PA · 2024
Better together project
$38,000
Disability Belongs · Fredericksburg, VA · 2024
Talent pipeline program project
$37,000
Highland Popcorn · St Paul, MN · 2024
Expands initiative
$36,000
Hennepin Theater Trust · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Sensory friendly theatre, production curriculum, toolkit development
$35,000
Arts in Motion Studio · Brentwood, MO · 2024
Arts in motion studio project
$35,000
Gigi'S Playhouse · Hoffman Estates, IL · 2024
Programming for adults with down syndrome
$35,000
Winters Center for Autism · West Babylon, NY · 2024
Winters creative career center
$35,000
Hands & Hearts for Horses · Thomasville, GA · 2023
Rebuild accessible trail or playground
$35,000
Wildflyer Coffee · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Expansion to a second location
$35,000
Pegasus Therapeutic Riding Academy · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
1/2 of a new truck
$35,000
Ten Thousand Things Theater · St Paul, MN · 2022
Youth engagement program workshops, subsidize five show productions
$33,000
Arts for All Kentucky · Murray, KY · 2024
Art programs for adults
$30,000
No Limits Cafe · Red Bank, NJ · 2024
Suzanne hatfield training program
$30,000
Special Gifts Theatrre · Northbrook, IL · 2023
Creating outside the lines initiative
$30,000
Upstream Arts · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Teaching artists, artistic director, program materials
$30,000
Workshops Empowerment · Birmingham, AL · 2023
Overhead costs in year 1 of job training initiative
$30,000
Dreamery Rural Arts Initiative · Wykoff, MN · 2022
Film commission
$28,000
Destination Rehab · Bend, OR · 2023
Non-personnel expansion costs of programming
$28,000
Research Foundation for Suny at Camp Abilities · Brockport, NY · 2023
Orientation and mobility initiative at camp brockport
$27,000
Elpis Enterprises · St Paul, MN · 2024
Increasing accessibility project
$25,000
Hugh E Sandefur Training Center · Henderson, KY · 2024
General operations
$25,000
Mano a Mano Intl Partners · St Paul, MN · 2024
Unrestricted gift

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