Funding search · EIN 883709233 · Wilmington, DE

The Foster Family Foundation

Name: The Foster Family Foundation grants, 2024–2025
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.

42
grants reported: $278,725
total given: 2024–2025
filing years: $2,250
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2024–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

scholarship foster family justin habitat alumni appeal athletic

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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.

8 grants matching “bowdoin” · $65,500

$20,000
Bowdoin College · Brunswick, ME · 2025
Justin Foster '03 and Family Scholarship Fund
$10,000
Bowdoin College · Brunswick, ME · 2025
Justin Foster '03 and Family Scholarship Fund
$6,000
Bowdoin College · Brunswick, ME · 2025
Justin Foster '03 and Family Scholarship Fund
$5,000
Bowdoin College · Brunswick, ME · 2025
Polar Bear Athletic Fund - Go U Bears Challenge
$2,000
Bowdoin College · Brunswick, ME · 2025
Class of 2003 Alumni Fund
$500
Bowdoin College · Brunswick, ME · 2025
Polar Bear Athletic Fund
$20,000
Bowdoin College · Brunswick, ME · 2024
Justin Foster '03 and Family Scholarship Fund
$2,000
Bowdoin College · Brunswick, ME · 2024
Class of 2003 Alumni Fund

Top recipients

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

Lexington Montessori School5 grants · $77,000
Massachusetts Audubon Society3 grants · $70,000
Bowdoin College8 grants · $65,500
Ocean Park Association8 grants · $47,000
Town of Belmont1 grant · $5,000
Mount Auburn Hospital1 grant · $2,500
First Church in Belmont Unitarian Universalist1 grant · $2,000
The Sierra Club Foundationwashington Dc Ico2 grants · $2,000
Grub Street2 grants · $1,500
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill2 grants · $1,155

Giving over time

$96,965

2024

$181,760

2025

Grant history

All 42 reported grants, largest first.

$50,000
Massachusetts Audubon Society · Lincoln, MA · 2025
Mass Audubon Habitat - Somerset Street Improvement Project
$25,000
Lexington Montessori School · Lexington, MA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Lexington Montessori School · Lexington, MA · 2025
Aline Gery Fund Scholarship Fund
$25,000
Lexington Montessori School · Lexington, MA · 2024
LMS Projects
$20,000
Bowdoin College · Brunswick, ME · 2025
Justin Foster '03 and Family Scholarship Fund
$20,000
Bowdoin College · Brunswick, ME · 2024
Justin Foster '03 and Family Scholarship Fund
$12,500
Ocean Park Association · Ocean Park, ME · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Bowdoin College · Brunswick, ME · 2025
Justin Foster '03 and Family Scholarship Fund
$10,000
Massachusetts Audubon Society · Lincoln, MA · 2025
Habitat in Belmont
$10,000
Massachusetts Audubon Society · Lincoln, MA · 2024
Habitat Wildlife Sanctuary
$10,000
Ocean Park Association · Ocean Park, ME · 2024
Project Canopy
$10,000
Ocean Park Association · Ocean Park, ME · 2024
Outdoor improvement project at the Rec Hall
$6,000
Bowdoin College · Brunswick, ME · 2025
Justin Foster '03 and Family Scholarship Fund
$5,000
Bowdoin College · Brunswick, ME · 2025
Polar Bear Athletic Fund - Go U Bears Challenge
$5,000
Town of Belmont · Belmont, MA · 2025
To purchase rink equipment for the Belmont Sports Complex fund
$3,500
Ocean Park Association · Ocean Park, ME · 2025
Compost Station
$3,500
Ocean Park Association · Ocean Park, ME · 2024
Composting Program
$2,500
Mount Auburn Hospital · Cambridge, MA · 2025
Pink Pages 2025 Fund A Need
$2,500
Ocean Park Association · Ocean Park, ME · 2025
2025 Spring Appeal
$2,500
Ocean Park Association · Ocean Park, ME · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Ocean Park Association · Ocean Park, ME · 2024
Spring Appeal - Foster
$2,000
Bowdoin College · Brunswick, ME · 2025
Class of 2003 Alumni Fund
$2,000
First Church in Belmont Unitarian Universalist · Belmont, MA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
Bowdoin College · Brunswick, ME · 2024
Class of 2003 Alumni Fund
$1,500
Lexington Montessori School · Lexington, MA · 2025
For LMS Fund
$1,000
Arlington Boys Club · Arlington, MA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Belmont News Foundation · Belmont, MA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Friends of the Belmont Public Library Incorporated · Belmont, MA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Grub Street · Boston, MA · 2025
Novel Incubator Scholarship Fund
$1,000
The Sierra Club Foundationwashington Dc Ico · Washington, DC · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
University of Maryland College Park Foundation · College Park, MD · 2025
School of Education
$1,000
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
The Sierra Club Foundationwashington Dc Ico · Washington, DC · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$500
Bowdoin College · Brunswick, ME · 2025
Polar Bear Athletic Fund
$500
Grub Street · Boston, MA · 2025
Grub Street Alum Party 2025
$500
Lexington Montessori School · Lexington, MA · 2025
Horizons @ LMS-Table sponsorship fund for Gala
$500
Transition House · Cambridge, MA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$160
Boston University Trustees of Boston University · Boston, MA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$155
Boston University Trustees of Boston University · Boston, MA · 2024
College of Engineering
$155
University of Maryland Foundation · Princess Anne, MD · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$155
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$100
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation · Triangle, VA · 2025
General & Unrestricted

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