Funding search · EIN 472593771 · Wilmington, DE

The Spofford Foundation

Name: The Spofford 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.

55
grants reported: $281,679
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $2,500
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

design fishersisland renovation angel backpack bell bluffton bridge

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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.

Fishers Island Recreational Path Foundation1 grant · $35,000
Fishers Island Community Center4 grants · $30,000
Educational Foundation1 grant · $27,000
Assembly House 1503 grants · $25,000
Moore Montessori Community School1 grant · $25,000
Pennys Flight Foundation2 grants · $20,300
Lawrence and Memorial Hospital1 grant · $20,000
Island Health Project4 grants · $14,100
Maine Natural History Observatory1 grant · $10,000
Stephen S Johnson Memorial Fund3 grants · $7,500

Giving over time

$76,200

2022

$102,079

2023

$103,400

2024

Grant history

All 55 reported grants, largest first.

$35,000
Fishers Island Recreational Path Foundation · Fishers Island, NY · 2024
Bridge Replacements Fund
$27,000
Educational Foundation · Chapel Hill, NC · 2024
Bell McGowan '78 Hitting Bay Name Fund
$25,000
Moore Montessori Community School · Southern Pnes, NC · 2023
Renovation of classroom in B Building
$20,000
Lawrence and Memorial Hospital · New London, CT · 2022
Fishers Island Campaign for Lawrence Memorial Emergency department renovation project
$15,000
Fishers Island Community Center · Fisher Island, NY · 2022
Paddle Tennis/Pickleball Courts program
$12,500
Pennys Flight Foundation · Glen Cove, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Assembly House 150 · Buffalo, NY · 2024
AH150 Special Design Project
$10,000
Maine Natural History Observatory · Gouldsboro, ME · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Assembly House 150 · Buffalo, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$7,800
Pennys Flight Foundation · Locust Valley, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Fishers Island Community Center · Fisher Island, NY · 2024
Fishersisland.net Program
$5,000
Assembly House 150 · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Art & Design initiatives
$5,000
Community Foundation of the Lowcountry · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2023
The Bluffton Soup Kitchen and Backpack Buddies
$5,000
Fishers Island Community Center · Fisher Island, NY · 2023
Fishersisland.net Program
$5,000
St Matthew'S Church · Bedford, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Concord-Carlisle Community Chest · Concord, MA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Fishers Island Community Center · Fisher Island, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Mahoosuc Land Trust · Bethel, ME · 2022
Ken Hotopp Wildlands Fund
$4,800
Island Health Project · Fishers Island, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$4,200
Island Health Project · Fishers Isle, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$3,779
Buckley School in the City of New York · New York, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$3,000
Bluffton Self Help · Bluffton, SC · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$3,000
Stoneridge Residents Association · Mystic, CT · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$3,000
Island Health Project · Fishers Isle, NY · 2022
to purchase new EKG machine
$2,500
St Johns Church · Fishers Isle, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Stephen S Johnson Memorial Fund · Greenland, NH · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Brain Health Bootcamp · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
St Johns Church · Fishers Isle, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Stephen S Johnson Memorial Fund · Greenland, NH · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Arts Southeast · Savannah, GA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Providence Farm Collective Corp · Orchard Park, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Stephen S Johnson Memorial Fund · Greenland, NH · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$2,100
Island Health Project · Fishers Isle, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
Friends of Fishers Island Theater · Fishers Isle, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
Concord-Carlisle Community Chest · Concord, MA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
Friends of Fishers Island Theater · Fishers Isle, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,500
Chase Bjork Foundation · Concord, MA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$1,500
Be Well Be Here · Concord, MA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,500
Alzheimers Disease Research Foundation - Cure Alzh · Wellesley Hills, MA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Oars · Concord, MA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Act of Connecticut · Ridgefield, CT · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Chase Bjork Foundation · Concord, MA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Domestic Violence Services Network · Concord, MA · 2023
Angel of Hope Program
$1,000
Emerson Hospital · Concord, MA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Fishers Island Conservancy · Fishers Island, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Metrowest Legal Services · Framingham, MA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Northern Westchester Hospital Association · Mount Kisco, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Open Table · Concord, MA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Ovarian Cancer Research Fund · New York, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Prospects Opportunity and Enrichment · Ridgefield, CT · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Thinkgive · Concord, MA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Visiting Nurse Association of Ridgefield · Ridgefield, CT · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Womenade of Greater Squamscott · Stratham, NH · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$500
Concord-Carlisle Community Chest · Concord, MA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$500
Emerson Hospital · Concord, MA · 2024
General & Unrestricted

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