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The Ceres Foundation

Name: The Ceres 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.

213
grants reported: $4.0M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $10,000
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.

What they fund

challenge honor cattle memory proposal band bobby croquet

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Open Space Institute1 grant · $500,000
The Nature Conservancy of Sc1 grant · $250,000
Gibbes Museum of Art2 grants · $210,000
Nature Conservancy of Sc2 grants · $210,000
Nuvance Health Network3 grants · $200,000
Nemours Wildlife Foundation3 grants · $150,000
Lowcountry Land Trust3 grants · $135,000
Community School1 grant · $100,000
American Cancer Society2 grants · $65,000
Blue Ridge Literacy3 grants · $65,000

Giving over time

$991,238

2022

$1.0M

2023

$961,000

2024

$1.0M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 213 grants.

$500,000
Open Space Institute · New York, NY · 2022
Buckfield project
$250,000
The Nature Conservancy of Sc · Mt Pleasant, SC · 2024
gregory neck
$200,000
Nature Conservancy of Sc · Mt Pleasant, SC · 2025
chelsea plantation
$185,000
Gibbes Museum of Art · Charleston, SC · 2025
honor of angela mack
$100,000
Community School · Roanoke, VA · 2025
challenge met
$100,000
Nuvance Health Network · Danbury, CT · 2025
general fund and endowment/john murphy
$100,000
Lowcountry Land Trust · Charleston, SC · 2023
memory of s. carlton
$50,000
Hotchkiss School · Lakeville, CT · 2025
honor of 1st girls
$50,000
Nemours Wildlife Foundation · Yemassee, SC · 2025
cattle study
$50,000
Fare Food Allergy Research and Education · McLean, VA · 2024
challenge
$50,000
Nemours Wildlife Foundation · Yemassee, SC · 2024
piney woods cattle study fund
$50,000
Nuvance Health Network · Danbury, CT · 2024
general fund
$50,000
Taubman Museum of Art · Roanoke, VA · 2024
memory of maury strauss
$50,000
Nature Conservancy in Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
purchase simcox
$50,000
Nemours Wildlife Foundation · Yemassee, SC · 2023
piney woods cattle study fund
$50,000
Nuvance Health Network · Danbury, CT · 2023
general fund
$50,000
Open Land Trust · Beaufort, SC · 2023
easement purchase
$50,000
Child Health Investment Partnership · Roanoke, VA · 2022
Challenge grant
$50,000
Nuvance Health Network · Danbury, CT · 2022
General fund
$40,000
Fennell Elementary Magnet School · Yemassee, SC · 2022
Per proposal
$35,000
Growfood Carolina · Charleston, SC · 2025
packing boxes
$35,000
American Cancer Society · Glen Allen, VA · 2024
challenge match
$30,000
Blue Ridge Literacy · Roanoke, VA · 2025
general fund
$30,000
American Cancer Society · Glen Allen, VA · 2023
cattle barons ball
$30,000
Fennell Elementary Magnet School · Yemassee, SC · 2023
honor of willie coker
$30,000
Golden Isle Veterans Village Initiative · Brunswick, GA · 2023
modular unit
$30,000
Good Samaritan Hospice · Roanoke, VA · 2023
memory of bob webb
$30,000
American Cancer Society · Glen Allen, VA · 2022
Cattle barons ball
$30,000
Gibbes Museum of Art · Charleston, SC · 2022
Greek geometric show
$27,500
Carilion Clinic Foundation · Roanoke, VA · 2024
goggles
$25,000
Fare · McLean, VA · 2025
challenge met
$25,000
Roanoke Symphony Orchestra · Roanoke, VA · 2025
challenge met
$25,000
Gibbes Museum of Art · Charleston, SC · 2024
hopper painting
$25,000
Lowcountry Land Trust · Charleston, SC · 2024
barry tract
$25,000
Science Museum of Western Virginia · Roanoke, VA · 2024
general fund
$25,000
Child Health Investment Partnership · Roanoke, VA · 2023
general fund
$25,000
Open Space Institute · New York, NY · 2023
truck for site visits
$25,000
Roanoke Symphony Orchestra · Roanoke, VA · 2023
general fund
$25,000
Westminster School · Simsbury, CT · 2023
per proposal
$25,000
International Medical Corps · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Ukraine war
$25,000
Opera Roanoke · Roanoke, VA · 2022
Challenge grant
$25,000
Taubman Museum of Art · Roanoke, VA · 2022
General fund
$25,000
Westminster School · Simsbury, CT · 2022
Per proposal
$25,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022
War in ukraine
$20,000
Blue Ridge Literacy · Roanoke, VA · 2024
general fund
$20,000
Fennell Elementary Magnet School · Yemassee, SC · 2024
general fund
$20,000
Opera Roanoke · Roanoke, VA · 2024
challenge
$20,000
Preservation Society of Charleston · Charleston, SC · 2024
resiliency pub
$20,000
Adult Care Center of Roanoke Valley · Salem, VA · 2023
general fund
$20,000
Drake Group Education Fund · Westport, CT · 2023
general fund
$20,000
Friends of Caroline Hospice · Ridgeland, SC · 2023
general fund
$20,000
Friends of Mineralogy · Ashland, VA · 2023
general fund
$20,000
Opera Roanoke · Roanoke, VA · 2023
general fund
$20,000
St Marks Episcopal Church · Fincastle, VA · 2023
general fund
$15,000
Science Museum of Western Va · Roanoke, VA · 2025
general fund
$15,000
St Francis Service Dogs · Roanoke, VA · 2025
general fund
$15,000
Capital Region Land Conservancy · Richmond, VA · 2024
education
$15,000
St Francis Service Dogs · Roanoke, VA · 2024
general fund
$15,000
Blue Ridge Literacy · Roanoke, VA · 2023
general fund
$15,000
Growfood Carolina · Charleston, SC · 2023
repaint mural
$15,000
Jefferson Center · Roanoke, VA · 2023
music lab
$15,000
Science Museum of Western Virginia · Roanoke, VA · 2023
general fund
$13,000
Hollins University · Roanoke, SC · 2023
general fund
$10,000
Davis Love Iii Foundation · St Simons Island, GA · 2025
general fund
$10,000
Foxfield Farms · Granby, CT · 2025
general fund
$10,000
Friends of Caroline Hospice · Ridgeland, SC · 2025
general fund
$10,000
Friends of Drayton Hall · Charleston, SC · 2025
general fund
$10,000
Golden Opportunities · Newtown, CT · 2025
general fund
$10,000
Grace House of Brunswick · Brunswick, GA · 2025
general fund
$10,000
International Medical Corps · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
general fund
$10,000
Mill Mountain Theatre · Roanoke, VA · 2025
general fund
$10,000
Southern Environmental Law Center · Charleston, SC · 2025
sc office
$10,000
University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2025
morgantina fund
$10,000
Westminster School · Simsbury, CT · 2025
general fund
$10,000
Boys Farm · Newberry, SC · 2024
ag programs
$10,000
Davis Love Iii Foundation · St Simons Island, GA · 2024
general fund
$10,000
Foxfield Farm Corporation · Granby, CT · 2024
general fund
$10,000
Friends of Boca Grande Community Center · Boca Grande, FL · 2024
general fund
$10,000
Friends of Caroline Hospice · Ridgeland, SC · 2024
general fund
$10,000
Friends of Drayton Hall National Trust for Historic Preservation · Charleston, SC · 2024
general fund
$10,000
Golden Isle Veterans Village Initiative · Brunswick, GA · 2024
general fund
$10,000
Golden Opportunities · Newtown, CT · 2024
general fund
$10,000
Harrison Museum of African American Culture · Roanoke, VA · 2024
mountaintop
$10,000
International Medical Corps · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
general fund
$10,000
Mill Mountain Theatre · Roanoke, VA · 2024
mountaintop
$10,000
University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2024
morgantina/bell
$10,000
Boys Farm · Newberry, SC · 2023
ag programs
$10,000
Charleston Library Society · Charleston, SC · 2023
honor of clevelands
$10,000
Davis Love Iii Foundation · St Simons Island, GA · 2023
general fund
$10,000
Foxfield Farms · Granby, CT · 2023
general fund
$10,000
Friends of Drayton Hall National Trust for Historic Preservation · Charleston, SC · 2023
general fund
$10,000
Golden Opportunities · Newtown, CT · 2023
general fund
$10,000
Grandin Theatre Foundation · Roanoke, VA · 2023
general fund
$10,000
Harrison Museum of African American Culture · Roanoke, VA · 2023
general fund
$10,000
International Medical Corps · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
ukraine war
$10,000
Lowcountry Land Trust · Charleston, SC · 2023
general fund
$10,000
Mill Mountain Theatre · Roanoke, VA · 2023
general fund
$10,000
Nature Conservancy of Sc · Mt Pleasant, SC · 2023
general fund
$10,000
Southern Environmental Law Center · Charleston, SC · 2023
SC office
$10,000
St Francis Service Dogs · Roanoke, VA · 2023
general fund

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