Funding search · EIN 856679527 · New Canaan, CT

Rocky Nook Foundation

Name: Rocky Nook Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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.

54
grants reported: $550,287
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
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.

Georgetown University6 grants · $260,036
New Canaan Library5 grants · $57,000
Nantucket Behavioral Health Center2 grants · $47,501
Stamford Hospital Foundation3 grants · $30,000
First Congregational Church of New Canaan4 grants · $28,500
New York City Ballet3 grants · $20,000
Deerfield Academy3 grants · $17,500
Youth Orchestra Without Borders2 grants · $12,500
Stanford Fund3 grants · $12,000
Uss Nantucket Commissioning Committee1 grant · $10,000

Giving over time

$60,000

2022

$99,750

2023

$290,536

2024

$100,001

2025

Grant history

All 54 reported grants, largest first.

$200,036
Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2024
General contribution, unrestricted to purpose
$37,500
Nantucket Behavioral Health Center · Nantucket, MA · 2024
General contribution, unrestricted to purpose
$25,000
New Canaan Library · New Canaan, CT · 2023
General contribution, unrestricted to purpose
$20,000
Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2022
General contribution, unrestricted to purpose
$10,001
Nantucket Behavioral Health Center · Nantucket, MA · 2025
General contribution, unrestricted to purpose
$10,000
Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2025
General contribution, unrestricted to purpose
$10,000
New Canaan Library · New Canaan, CT · 2025
General contribution, unrestricted to purpose
$10,000
New York City Ballet · New York, NY · 2025
General contribution, unrestricted to purpose
$10,000
Stamford Hospital Foundation · Stamford, CT · 2025
General contribution, unrestricted to purpose
$10,000
Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2024
General contribution, unrestricted to purpose
$10,000
Stamford Hospital Foundation · Stamford, CT · 2024
General contribution, unrestricted to purpose
$10,000
Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2023
General contribution, unrestricted to purpose
$10,000
New Canaan Library · New Canaan, CT · 2023
General contribution, unrestricted to purpose
$10,000
Stamford Hospital Foundation · Stamford, CT · 2023
General contribution, unrestricted to purpose
$10,000
Uss Nantucket Commissioning Committee · Boston, MA · 2023
General contribution, unrestricted to purpose
$10,000
First Congregational Church of New Canaan · New Canaan, CT · 2022
General contribution, unrestricted to purpose
$10,000
Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2022
General contribution, unrestricted to purpose
$7,500
Deerfield Academy · Deerfield, MA · 2025
General contribution, unrestricted to purpose
$7,500
First Congregational Church of New Canaan · New Canaan, CT · 2025
General contribution, unrestricted to purpose
$7,500
Ohio Wesleyan University · Delaware, OH · 2025
General contribution, unrestricted to purpose
$7,500
Youth Orchestra Without Borders · New York, NY · 2023
General contribution, unrestricted to purpose
$7,000
New Canaan Library · New Canaan, CT · 2024
General contribution, unrestricted to purpose
$6,000
First Congregational Church of New Canaan · New Canaan, CT · 2022
General contribution, unrestricted to purpose
$5,000
Crossing Thresholds · New Canaan, CT · 2025
General contribution, unrestricted to purpose
$5,000
Stanford Fund · Stanford, CA · 2025
General contribution, unrestricted to purpose
$5,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2025
General contribution, unrestricted to purpose
$5,000
US Squash · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
General contribution, unrestricted to purpose
$5,000
Youth Orchestra Without Borders · New York, NY · 2025
General contribution, unrestricted to purpose
$5,000
Deerfield Academy · Deerfield, MA · 2024
General contribution, unrestricted to purpose
$5,000
New Canaan Library · New Canaan, CT · 2024
General contribution, unrestricted to purpose
$5,000
New York City Ballet · New York, NY · 2024
General contribution, unrestricted to purpose
$5,000
Stanford Fund · Stanford, CA · 2024
General contribution, unrestricted to purpose
$5,000
Deerfield Academy · Deerfield, MA · 2023
General contribution, unrestricted to purpose
$5,000
First Congregational Church of New Canaan · New Canaan, CT · 2023
General contribution, unrestricted to purpose
$5,000
New York City Ballet · New York, NY · 2023
General contribution, unrestricted to purpose
$5,000
Trustees of Deerfield Academy · Deerfield, MA · 2022
General contribution, unrestricted to purpose
$2,500
US Squash · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General contribution, unrestricted to purpose
$2,500
City Squash · Bronx, NY · 2023
General contribution, unrestricted to purpose
$2,500
Great Harbor Yacht Club · Nantucket, MA · 2023
General contribution, unrestricted to purpose
$2,500
Poets & Writers · New York, NY · 2023
General contribution, unrestricted to purpose
$2,500
Child Advocates of Sw Ct · Westport, CT · 2022
General contribution, unrestricted to purpose
$2,500
Meals-On-Wheels of New Canaan · New Canaan, CT · 2022
General contribution, unrestricted to purpose
$2,000
Stanford Fund · Stanford, CA · 2023
General contribution, unrestricted to purpose
$1,500
City Squash · Bronx, NY · 2025
General contribution, unrestricted to purpose
$1,500
City Squash · Bronx, NY · 2024
General contribution, unrestricted to purpose
$1,500
Meals-On-Wheels of New Canaan · New Canaan, CT · 2023
General contribution, unrestricted to purpose
$1,500
City Squash · Bronx, NY · 2022
General contribution, unrestricted to purpose
$1,500
Squash Haven · New Haven, CT · 2022
General contribution, unrestricted to purpose
$1,000
Meals-On-Wheels of New Canaan · New Canaan, CT · 2025
General contribution, unrestricted to purpose
$1,000
Meals-On-Wheels of New Canaan · New Canaan, CT · 2024
General contribution, unrestricted to purpose
$1,000
New Canaan Nature Center · New Canaan, CT · 2024
General contribution, unrestricted to purpose
$1,000
New Canaan Nature Center · New Canaan, CT · 2023
General contribution, unrestricted to purpose
$1,000
US Squash · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General contribution, unrestricted to purpose
$250
New Canaan Cares · New Canaan, CT · 2023
General contribution, unrestricted to purpose

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