Funding search · EIN 050509060 · Middletown, RI

The Bancroft Family Foundation

Name: The Bancroft Family 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: $467,000
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $6,000
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.

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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.

Nativity Preparatory School3 grants · $58,000
Adoption Rhode Island3 grants · $50,000
Our Sisters' School3 grants · $38,000
Buddy Mentor2 grants · $30,000
New Beginnings Family Academy3 grants · $28,600
Hopecam3 grants · $25,000
Buddymentor1 grant · $20,000
Clarke Schools for Hearing & Speech1 grant · $18,000
Gnome Inc Dba Gnome Surf2 grants · $13,000
Community Boating Center2 grants · $13,000

Giving over time

$164,000

2022

$126,000

2023

$177,000

2024

Grant history

All 55 reported grants, largest first.

$25,000
Nativity Preparatory School · New Bedford, MA · 2024
Charitable Donation
$20,000
Adoption Rhode Island · Providence, RI · 2024
Charitable Donation
$20,000
Buddymentor · Charlotte, NC · 2024
Charitable Donation
$20,000
Our Sisters' School · New Bedford, MA · 2024
Charitable Donation
$20,000
Buddy Mentor · Bridgeport, CT · 2023
Charitable Donation
$20,000
Nativity Preparatory School · New Bedford, MA · 2023
Charitable Donation
$18,000
Clarke Schools for Hearing & Speech · Northampton, MA · 2022
Charitable Donation
$15,000
Adoption Rhode Island · Providence, RI · 2023
Charitable Donation
$15,000
Our Sisters' School · New Bedford, MA · 2023
Charitable Donation
$15,000
Adoption Rhode Island · Providence, RI · 2022
Charitable Donation
$13,000
Nativity Preparatory School · New Bedford, MA · 2022
Charitable Donation
$13,000
New Beginnings Family Academy · Bridgeport, CT · 2022
Charitable Donation
$12,000
Robert W Johnson Community Center · Hagerstown, MD · 2022
Charitable Donation
$10,600
New Beginnings Family Academy · Bridgeport, CT · 2024
Charitable Donation
$10,000
Community Boating Center · New Bedford, MA · 2024
Charitable Donation
$10,000
Hopecam · Reston, VA · 2024
Charitable Donation
$10,000
Lucy'S Hearth · Middletown, RI · 2024
Charitable Donation
$10,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Ri · Providence, RI · 2023
Charitable Donation
$10,000
Buddy Mentor · Bridgeport, CT · 2022
Charitable Donation
$10,000
Hall Neighborhood House · Bridgeport, CT · 2022
Charitable Donation
$10,000
Hopecam · Reston, VA · 2022
Charitable Donation
$9,000
Mary'S Shelter · Stuart, FL · 2022
Charitable Donation
$8,000
Strengthen Your Mind Initiative · West Dover, VT · 2022
Charitable Donation
$7,000
Gnome Inc Dba Gnome Surf · Tiverton, RI · 2023
Charitable Donation
$7,000
Livfree · Shelton, CT · 2022
Charitable Donation
$6,000
College Bound · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable Donation
$6,000
Gnome Inc Dba Gnome Surf · Fall River, MA · 2024
Charitable Donation
$6,000
Just World International · Dr Wellington, FL · 2024
Charitable Donation
$6,000
Symi-Fr · Swansea, MA · 2024
Charitable Donation
$6,000
College Bound · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable Donation
$6,000
Mary'S Home of the Treasured Coast · Stuart, FL · 2023
Charitable Donation
$6,000
Symi-Fr · Swansea, MA · 2023
Charitable Donation
$6,000
Cradle To Crayons · Newtonville, MA · 2022
Charitable Donation
$6,000
Foundation for Underway Experiential Learning · Vineyard Haven, MA · 2022
Charitable Donation
$6,000
Gnome Surf Therapy · Little Compton, RI · 2022
Charitable Donation
$6,000
Greater Boston Food Bank · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable Donation
$5,400
Family Service of Ri · Providence, RI · 2024
Charitable Donation
$5,000
Hopecam · Reston, VA · 2023
Charitable Donation
$5,000
New Beginnings Family Academy · Bridgeport, CT · 2023
Charitable Donation
$4,000
Fabnewport · Newport, RI · 2024
Charitable Donation
$3,000
Cradles To Crayons · Newtonville, MA · 2024
Charitable Donation
$3,000
Embrace Grace · Suite G Hurst, TX · 2024
Charitable Donation
$3,000
Gifts To Give · Acushnet, MA · 2024
Charitable Donation
$3,000
Greater Boston Food Bank · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable Donation
$3,000
Martha'S Vineyard Ocean Academy · Vineyard Haven, MA · 2024
Charitable Donation
$3,000
Mary'S Home of the Treasured Coast · Stuart, FL · 2024
Charitable Donation
$3,000
Cradle To Crayons · Newtonville, MA · 2023
Charitable Donation
$3,000
Greater Boston Food Bank · Boston, MA · 2023
Charitable Donation
$3,000
Martha'S Vineyard Ocean Academy · Vineyard Haven, MA · 2023
Charitable Donation
$3,000
Camp Sunshine · Casco, ME · 2022
Charitable Donation
$3,000
Children'S Advocacy Center Bristol County · Fall River, MA · 2022
Charitable Donation
$3,000
Community Boating Center · New Bedford, MA · 2022
Charitable Donation
$3,000
Dr Martin Luther King Community Center · Newport, RI · 2022
Charitable Donation
$3,000
Our Sisters' School · New Bedford, MA · 2022
Charitable Donation
$2,000
Gifts To Give · Acushnet, MA · 2023
Charitable Donation

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