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Funding search · EIN 136170340 · Chicago, IL

Booth Ferris Foundation Xxxxx4008

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

278
grants reported: $31.4M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $100,000
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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Top recipients

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City Parks Foundation3 grants · $375,000
Fund for the City of Ny2 grants · $300,000
Signature Theatre Company2 grants · $300,000
Girls Incorporated of New York City2 grants · $300,000
Montefiore Medical Center2 grants · $300,000
Macaulay Honors College2 grants · $300,000
Cooper Union for the Advancement of2 grants · $300,000
Japan Society2 grants · $300,000
Bridges From School To Work2 grants · $300,000
Le Moyne College2 grants · $300,000

Giving over time

$10.6M

2022

$10.4M

2023

$10.4M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 278 grants.

$260,000
The Society for the Preservation of · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General
$200,000
Bank Street College of Education · New York, NY · 2023
General
$200,000
Gina Gibney Dance · New York, NY · 2023
General
$190,000
Macaulay Honors College · New York, NY · 2023
General
$185,000
Benefits Data Trust · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General operating
$175,000
City Parks Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
General
$175,000
Partnership for After School Education · New York, NY · 2022
General
$172,500
The Trustees of Columbia University · New York, NY · 2022
General
$160,000
New Teacher Center · Santa Cruz, CA · 2022
General
$150,000
Anthos Home · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
$150,000
Care for the Homeless · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
$150,000
Center for Educational Innovation · New York, NY · 2024
General operating
$150,000
City Harvest · New York, NY · 2024
General
$150,000
Cooper Union for the Advancement of · New York, NY · 2024
General operating
$150,000
Cuny Graduate School of Public Health · New York, NY · 2024
General
$150,000
Facing History and Ourselves · Boston, MA · 2024
General operating
$150,000
Girls Incorporated of New York City · New York, NY · 2024
General
$150,000
Gods Love We Deliver · New York, NY · 2024
General operating
$150,000
Intl Networks for Public Schools · Long Island City, NY · 2024
General operating
$150,000
Le Moyne College · Syracuse, NY · 2024
General
$150,000
Lenox Hill Neighborhood House · New York, NY · 2024
General
$150,000
New Visions for Public Schools · New York, NY · 2024
General operating
$150,000
New York University · New York, NY · 2024
General
$150,000
Parent Child Center · Westport, CT · 2024
General operating
$150,000
Rockaway Waterfront Alliance · Far Rockaway, NY · 2024
General operating support
$150,000
Rocking the Boat · Bronx, NY · 2024
General operating
$150,000
Samuel Fields Y · Little Neck, NY · 2024
General operating
$150,000
Signature Theatre Company · New York, NY · 2024
General operating
$150,000
The Door - a Center for Alternatives in · New York, NY · 2024
General operating
$150,000
The Eagle Academy Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General operating
$150,000
Thrive for Life Prison Project · New York, NY · 2024
General operating
$150,000
Times Square Alliance Aka Times Sq · New York, NY · 2024
General operating
$150,000
University Settlement Society of Ny · New York, NY · 2024
General operating
$150,000
Unlocal · New York, NY · 2024
General operating
$150,000
Warm · New York, NY · 2024
General operating
$150,000
Advocates for Children of Newyork · New York, NY · 2023
General
$150,000
Bard College · Annandaleonhudson, NY · 2023
General
$150,000
Bridges From School To Work · Bethesda, MD · 2023
General
$150,000
Center for Alternative Sentencing and · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General
$150,000
Center for Educational Innovation · New York, NY · 2023
General operating
$150,000
Central Family Life Center · Staten Island, NY · 2023
General operating
$150,000
City Harvest · New York, NY · 2023
General
$150,000
Cooper Union for the Advancement of · New York, NY · 2023
General operating
$150,000
Cuny Graduate School of Public Health · New York, NY · 2023
General
$150,000
Dream (Fka Harlem Rbi) · New York, NY · 2023
General
$150,000
Fund for the City of Ny · New York, NY · 2023
General
$150,000
Girls Incorporated of New York City · New York, NY · 2023
General
$150,000
Japan Society · New York, NY · 2023
General
$150,000
Le Moyne College · Syracuse, NY · 2023
General
$150,000
Lenox Hill Neighborhood House · New York, NY · 2023
General
$150,000
Montefiore Medical Center · Bronx, NY · 2023
General
$150,000
New York University · New York, NY · 2023
General
$150,000
Parent Child Center · Westport, CT · 2023
General operating
$150,000
Safe Passage Project Corp · New York, NY · 2023
General operating
$150,000
Signature Theatre Company · New York, NY · 2023
General operating
$150,000
The Child Center of Ny · Forest Hills, NY · 2023
General
$150,000
The Public Theatrenew York Shakespeare · New York, NY · 2023
General operating
$150,000
Unlocal · New York, NY · 2023
General operating
$150,000
Advocates for Children of Newyork · New York, NY · 2022
General
$150,000
Bard College · Annandaleonhudson, NY · 2022
General
$150,000
Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General
$150,000
Bridges From School To Work · Bethesda, MD · 2022
General
$150,000
Build Nyc · New York, NY · 2022
General
$150,000
Cases · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General
$150,000
City Year New York · New York, NY · 2022
General
$150,000
College Advising Corps · Chapel Hill, NC · 2022
General
$150,000
Community Resource Exchange · New York, NY · 2022
General
$150,000
Dream · New York, NY · 2022
General
$150,000
Fund for the City of Ny · New York, NY · 2022
General
$150,000
Japan Society · New York, NY · 2022
General
$150,000
Marymount Manhattan College · New York, NY · 2022
General
$150,000
Montefiore Medical Center · Bronx, NY · 2022
General
$150,000
New York Hall of Science · Queens, NY · 2022
General
$150,000
The Child Center of Ny · Forest Hills, NY · 2022
General
$150,000
The Lesbian Gay Bisexual & Transgender · New York, NY · 2022
General
$150,000
The New 42nd Street · New York, NY · 2022
General
$150,000
The Ukrainian Museum · New York, NY · 2022
General
$150,000
Uaspire · New York, NY · 2022
General
$150,000
Up2us · New York, NY · 2022
General
$150,000
Urban Arts Partnership · New York, NY · 2022
General
$143,000
El Education · New York, NY · 2022
General
$142,003
Council of Peoples Organization · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General
$140,000
Educational Video Center · New York, NY · 2024
General
$140,000
Educational Video Center · New York, NY · 2022
General
$135,000
Ithaca College · Ithaca, NY · 2022
General
$134,000
Access Justice Brooklyn · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General
$130,741
Metropolitan Center for Mental Health · New York, NY · 2022
General
$125,000
Alliance of Resident Theatre · New York, NY · 2024
General
$125,000
Catholic Charities Community Services · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
$125,000
Eugenio Maria De Hostos Comm College · Bronx, NY · 2024
General operating
$125,000
Federation of Protestant Welfare · New York, NY · 2024
General
$125,000
Indiespace · Astoria, NY · 2024
General operating
$125,000
New York Live Arts Aka Live Arts · New York, NY · 2024
General operating
$125,000
Peoples Theatre Project · New York, NY · 2024
General operating
$125,000
Queens Theatre in the Park · Queens, NY · 2024
General
$125,000
Research Foundation of Ny · New York, NY · 2024
General
$125,000
Sanctuary for Families · New York, NY · 2024
General
$125,000
Teaching Matters · New York, NY · 2024
General operating
$125,000
The Crenulated Company Ldt · Bronx, NY · 2024
General operating
$125,000
The Dreamyard Project · Bronx, NY · 2024
General operating

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.