Funding search · EIN 474976162 · Wilmington, DE

The Janice Spencer Calkin Foundation

Name: The Janice Spencer Calkin Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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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.

53
grants reported: $963,500
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $15,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. 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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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.

Connecticut Zoological Society4 grants · $140,000
World Wildlife Fund4 grants · $80,000
Humane Society of the United States3 grants · $75,000
The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk4 grants · $74,000
Sea Research Foundation2 grants · $70,000
Greenpeace Fund4 grants · $70,000
Guide Dogs for the Blind4 grants · $65,000
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals3 grants · $50,000
National Park Foundation2 grants · $50,000
Bartlett Arboretum Association4 grants · $48,000

Giving over time

$243,500

2022

$230,000

2023

$230,000

2024

$260,000

2025

Grant history

All 53 reported grants, largest first.

$45,000
Connecticut Zoological Society · Bridgeport, CT · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$45,000
Sea Research Foundation · Mystic, CT · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$40,000
Connecticut Zoological Society · Bridgeport, CT · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$40,000
Connecticut Zoological Society · Bridgeport, CT · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$30,000
Connecticut Humane Society · Newington, CT · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$30,000
National Park Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk · South Norwalk, CT · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Humane Society of the United States · Washington, DC · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Sea Research Foundation · Mystic, CT · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Humane Society of the United States · Washington, DC · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty To · New York, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Humane Society of the United States · Washington, DC · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals · Norfolk, VA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$20,000
Guide Dogs for the Blind · San Rafael, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$20,000
Guide Dogs for the Blind · San Rafael, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$20,000
The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk · South Norwalk, CT · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$20,000
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$20,000
Greenpeace Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$20,000
Mystic Seaport Museum · Mystic, CT · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$20,000
The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk · South Norwalk, CT · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$20,000
Greenpeace Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$20,000
Mystic Seaport Museum · Mystic, CT · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$20,000
National Park Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$15,000
Bartlett Arboretum Association · Stamford, CT · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$15,000
Feral Care · Stratford, CT · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$15,000
Greenpeace Fund · Washington, DC · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$15,000
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals · Norfolk, VA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$15,000
Save the Sound · New Haven, CT · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$15,000
Greenpeace Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$15,000
Connecticut Zoological Society · Bridgeport, CT · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$15,000
Guide Dogs for the Blind · San Rafael, CA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$13,000
Bartlett Arboretum Association · Stamford, CT · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Little Britches Therapeutic Riding · Woodbury, CT · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty To · New York, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Bartlett Arboretum Association · Stamford, CT · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Feral Care · Stratford, CT · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Little Britches Therapeutic Riding · Southbury, CT · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals · Norfolk, VA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Save the Sound · New Haven, CT · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty To · Washington, DC · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Bartlett Arboretum Association · Stamford, CT · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Feral Care · Stratford, CT · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Guide Dogs for the Blind · San Rafael, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Educa · Washington, DC · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Educa · Washington, DC · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$9,000
The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk · South Norwalk, CT · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$7,500
Feral Care · Stratford, CT · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$7,500
Friends of Animals · Darien, CT · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$6,500
The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee · Hohenwald, TN · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Connecticut Draft Horse Rescue · East Hampton, CT · 2024
General & Unrestricted

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