Leonard C & Mildred F Ferguson Foundation

What they fund

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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• The Ferguson Foundation1 grant · $4.8M
• Conservancy of Sw Florida2 grants · $1.0M
• Highland Community College2 grants · $635,000
• Maine Environmental Education Association4 grants · $410,000
• Project Drawdown3 grants · $300,000
• Shelburne Farms4 grants · $175,000
• Wilderness Center5 grants · $147,600
• Massillon Family Ymca7 grants · $140,100
• Eastside College Preparatory4 grants · $111,000
• Frederic Remington Art Museum2 grants · $90,000

Giving over time

Grant history

The 100 largest of 254 grants.

• $4.8M

  The Ferguson Foundation · Canton, OH · 2025

  Foundation Split

• $1.0M

  Conservancy of Sw Florida · Naples, FL · 2025

  General Funds

• $317,500

  Highland Community College · Freeport, IL · 2025

  Concert Grand Piano and Fine Arts Program

• $317,500

  Highland Community College · Freeport, IL · 2024

  Concert Grand Piano

• $118,000

  Wilderness Center · Wilmot, OH · 2025

  Grant to Help with Land Purchase, Conservation

• $110,000

  Maine Environmental Education Association · Brunswick, ME · 2024

  Growsmart pledge, school supplies for outdoor learning

• $100,000

  Maine Environmental Education Association · Brunswick, ME · 2025

  Grant to Make Small Grants to Schools for Supplies for Learning Outdoors

• $100,000

  Project Drawdown · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025

  General Funds

• $100,000

  Project Drawdown · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024

  Unrestricted grant

• $100,000

  Maine Environmental Education Association · Brunswick, ME · 2023

  Small Grants for School Supplies and Learning Outdoors

• $100,000

  Project Drawdown · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023

  General Fund

• $100,000

  Maine Environmental Education Association · Brunswick, ME · 2022

  Mini Grants to Schools for Supplies Needed to Take Learning Outdoors

• $60,000

  Massillon Family Ymca · Massillon, OH · 2023

  Roof Repair for Dance Studio, Listed Items, Pool Pump and Boiler, Childcare Food

• $55,000

  Give Direct · New York, NY · 2025

  LA Fire Relief for Poorest Families and Individuals

• $50,000

  Shelburne Farms · Shelburne, VT · 2025

  Martin Tierney Endowment Fund

• $50,000

  Pie Ranch · Pescadero, CA · 2024

  New bathhouse and education programs

• $50,000

  Shelburne Farms · Shelburne, VT · 2024

  Coach barn geothermal system

• $50,000

  Frederic Remington Art Museum · Ogdensburg, NY · 2023

  Museum Education, Directors Salary and General Fund

• $50,000

  Shelburne Farms · Shelburne, VT · 2023

  Marshall Webb Earth Day Challenge

• $50,000

  Save the Children Ukraine Crisis Relief Fund · Fairfield, CT · 2022

  Humanitarian Relief

• $50,000

  Ukraine Relief · Loomis, CA · 2022

  Humanitarian Relief

• $48,000

  Eastside College Preparatory · East Palo Alto, CA · 2025

  Tuition for 2 Students

• $45,000

  Save the River · Clayton, NY · 2022

  TFR and HHWCD Grant Funding

• $40,000

  Frederic Remington Art Museum · Ogdensburg, NY · 2022

  Museum Education Directors Salary

• $30,000

  Peninsula Bridge · Mateo, CA · 2025

  Mental Health Needs

• $30,000

  Peninsula Open Space Trust · Palo Alto, CA · 2025

  Safeguard Wildlife Passages and Protect Biodiversity

• $30,000

  Peninsula Bridge · Mateo, CA · 2024

  Mental Health needs pledge

• $30,000

  Peninsula Open Space Trust · Palo Alto, CA · 2023

  Safeguard Wildlife Passages and Protect the Regions Biodiversity

• $30,000

  Maine Development Foundation · Hallowell, ME · 2022

  Support for Community Coordinator Position for Gazetteer Action Plan

• $30,000

  Peninsula Open Space Trust · Palo Alto, CA · 2022

  Pledge to Safeguard Wildlife Passages and Protect the Regions Biodiversity

• $29,000

  St Matthew'S House · Naples, FL · 2022

  Food, Shelter, and Clothing Relief for those in Need for Ian

• $27,000

  Massillon Family Ymca · Massillon, OH · 2025

  Grants for Gymnastics and the Gators Swim Team

• $25,000

  Fresh Approach · Concord, CA · 2025

  Community Garden and EPA Farmers Market

• $25,000

  Second Harvest Food Bank of Silicon Valley · San Carlos, CA · 2025

  Capital Campaign for New Building

• $25,000

  University of Maine · Orono, ME · 2025

  Maine Outdoor School

• $25,000

  University of Vermont Medical Center · Burlington, VT · 2025

  Research Care at Childrens Hospital in Honor of Nora McDougall

• $25,000

  Fresh Approach · Concord, CA · 2024

  Mobile Market truck and market match program

• $25,000

  Second Harvest Food Bank of Silicon Valley · San Carlos, CA · 2024

  Second Harvest capital campaign

• $25,000

  Canton for All People & Crossroads United Methodist · Canton, OH · 2023

  Shorb Market, Resource Center, Summer Field Trip for Kids

• $25,000

  Lifemoves · Menlo Park, CA · 2023

  Annual Lifemoves Breakfast, General Support

• $25,000

  Save the River · Clayton, NY · 2023

  Trash Free River 2023

• $25,000

  Nch Healthcare System · Naples, FL · 2022

  Funding for Nursing Housing and Scholarships

• $25,000

  Shelburne Farms · Shelburne, VT · 2022

  Annual Fund

• $24,600

  Massillon Family Ymca · Massillon, OH · 2024

  Food for Perry Elementary, childcare, gators swim, scholarships

• $23,000

  Massillon Family Ymca · Massillon, OH · 2022

  Childcare and Childrens Programs and Matching Grant for Tables

• $21,000

  Eastside College Preparatory · East Palo Alto, CA · 2024

  Tuition

• $21,000

  Eastside College Preparatory · East Palo Alto, CA · 2023

  10th Grade Tuition

• $21,000

  Eastside College Preparatory · East Palo Alto, CA · 2022

  Grant for 9th Grade Tuition

• $20,000

  Children'S Health Council · Palo Alto, CA · 2025

  Mental Health Therapy and Counseling

• $20,000

  Oakland Public Education Fund · Oakland, CA · 2025

  Oakland Goes Outdoors

• $20,000

  Thousand Islands Land Trust · Clayton, NY · 2025

  Conservation Connections Program

• $20,000

  Children'S Health Council · Palo Alto, CA · 2023

  Mental Health Therapy and Learning Difference Counseling

• $20,000

  Conservancy of Sw Florida · Naples, FL · 2023

  Climate and Water, THGE Mobile Lab Unit

• $20,000

  Fresh Approach · Concord, CA · 2023

  Emergency funding for Farm Recovery from Storm, Market Match Program

• $20,000

  Northern Lighthouse · Mars Hill, ME · 2023

  Emergency Shelter and Transitional Living for Homeless Youth

• $20,000

  Second Harvest Food Bank of Silicon Valley · San Carlos, CA · 2023

  Silicon Valley Matching Grant

• $20,000

  Grace Place · Naples, FL · 2022

  General Operating

• $20,000

  Lifemoves · Menlo Park, CA · 2022

  New Navigation Center for Staff and Other Operational Needs

• $19,100

  Wilderness Center · Wilmot, OH · 2023

  Matching Grant Dale and Loretta Hart Fund, Playscape, Trees and Unrestricted

• $17,500

  Foodwise · San Francisco, CA · 2025

  Teen Programs

• $17,000

  Live Earth Farm · Freedom, CA · 2022

  Discovery Program, Matching Grant Summer Lit and Jr Staff

• $15,000

  Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition · Belfast, ME · 2025

  Natural Literacy Initiative

• $15,000

  Coastside Hope · Half Moon Bay, CA · 2025

  Households and Backpacks Programs

• $15,000

  Enriching Lives Through Music · San Rafael, CA · 2025

  Academic and College Prep

• $15,000

  Kids Cooking for Life · Larkspur, CA · 2025

  Part Time Regional Manager

• $15,000

  Live Earth Farm Discovery · Freedom, CA · 2025

  Farm Discovery Program

• $15,000

  Penobscot Theatre Company · Bangor, ME · 2025

  Art N Kids Program

• $15,000

  Ravenswood Family Health Center · East Palo Alto, CA · 2025

  CPSP and Centering Parenting Programs

• $15,000

  Sea Change Yoga · Portland, ME · 2025

  Capacity Building

• $15,000

  Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition · Belfast, ME · 2024

  Natural literacy intiative

• $15,000

  Boys and Girls Club of Coastside · Half Moon Bay, CA · 2024

  Scholarships

• $15,000

  Enriching Lives Through Music · San Rafael, CA · 2024

  Academic and college prep support

• $15,000

  Maine Audubon · Falmouth, ME · 2024

  Operating support

• $15,000

  Ravenswood Family Health Center · East Palo Alto, CA · 2024

  CPSP program and centering parenting program

• $15,000

  Sea Change Yoga · Portland, ME · 2024

  Capacity building

• $15,000

  Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition · Belfast, ME · 2023

  Support the Natural Literacy Initiative, and Educator

• $15,000

  Hammond Presbyterian Church · Hammond, NY · 2023

  Masonry Repointing

• $15,000

  Hearty Roots · Bristol, ME · 2023

  Taproot Therapeutic Adventure Program

• $15,000

  Ogdensburg Boys & Girls Club · Ogdensburg, NY · 2023

  Operating Expenses and Filling Food Pantry

• $15,000

  Pie Ranch · Pescadero, CA · 2023

  Program Support

• $15,000

  Starvista · San Carlos, CA · 2023

  School Based Counseling Services

• $15,000

  Penobscot Theatre Company · Bangor, ME · 2022

  Arts N Kids Program

• $15,000

  Pie Ranch · Pescadero, CA · 2022

  Program Support

• $14,000

  Boys and Girls Club of Coastside · Half Moon Bay, CA · 2022

  Two Wellness Spaces and Support 10 Kids After School Programming

• $10,500

  Runnin' for Rhett · Elk Grove, CA · 2022

  300 Pairs of Running Shoes

• $10,000

  Apex Youth Connection · Biddeford, ME · 2025

  After School Programming

• $10,000

  Fractured Atlas · New York, NY · 2025

  Production of Bone Wars - historical musical about Paleontologists

• $10,000

  Islesford Boatworks · Islesford, ME · 2025

  Boat Bulding Skill Programs

• $10,000

  Liahona Motu Foundation · Redwood City, CA · 2025

  One Year of Support for One Student Athelete

• $10,000

  Maine Needs · Portland, ME · 2025

  Towards Purchase New Facility

• $10,000

  McKinley Presidential Library & Museum · Canton, OH · 2025

  Memorial Bus and Attractions for Children

• $10,000

  Northern Forest Canoe Trail · Waitsfield, VT · 2025

  Student Trips

• $10,000

  Nuestra Casa De East Palo Alto · East Palo Alto, CA · 2025

  Community Outreach and Case Management Programs

• $10,000

  Stand Up for Kids Orange County · Costa Mesa, CA · 2025

  Self Sufficiency and Roadmap to Success Programs

• $10,000

  Foodwise · San Francisco, CA · 2024

  Teen Program

• $10,000

  Girlventures · Oakland, CA · 2024

  Unrestricted grant

• $10,000

  Greater Lovell Land Trust · Lovell, ME · 2024

  Environmental education programs

• $10,000

  Islesford Boatworks · Islesford, ME · 2024

  Year round programs for youth and adults to learn boat building

• $10,000

  Liahona Motu Foundation · Redwood City, CA · 2024

  Student athlete support

• $10,000

  Lifemoves · Menlo Park, CA · 2024

  Luncheon event

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