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The Charles Spear Charitable Foundation

Name: The Charles Spear Charitable 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.

113
grants reported: $1.5M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $10,000
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.

Wnyc2 grants · $110,000
Doctors Without Borders3 grants · $105,000
Childrens Center of New Milford2 grants · $92,500
Aclu Foundation3 grants · $65,000
Salk Institute for Biological Studies3 grants · $60,000
Food Bank of Nyc3 grants · $60,000
Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research3 grants · $55,000
New York Public Radio1 grant · $50,000
US Autism Homes3 grants · $45,000
Clifford Beers Clinic3 grants · $45,000

Giving over time

$434,500

2022

$417,500

2023

$639,500

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 113 grants.

$66,500
Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2024
Charitable
$60,000
Wnyc · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable
$52,500
Childrens Center of New Milford · New Milford, CT · 2022
Charitable
$50,000
Wnyc · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$50,000
New York Public Radio · San Rafael, CA · 2022
Charitable
$45,000
Aclu Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable
$40,000
Childrens Center of New Milford · New Milford, CT · 2024
Charitable
$35,000
Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2022
Charitable
$20,000
Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable
$20,000
Food Bank of Nyc · Bronx, NY · 2024
Charitable
$20,000
Friends of the Sherman Senior Center · Sherman, CT · 2024
Charitable
$20,000
Henry Kendall Society · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable
$20,000
Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research · Arlington, VA · 2024
Charitable
$20,000
Salk Institute for Biological Studies · La Jolla, CA · 2024
Charitable
$20,000
Food Bank of Nyc · Bronx, NY · 2023
Charitable
$20,000
Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research · Arlington, VA · 2023
Charitable
$20,000
National Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$20,000
Salk Institute for Biological Studies · La Jolla, CA · 2023
Charitable
$20,000
Food Bank of Nyc · Bronx, NY · 2022
Charitable
$20,000
National Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$20,000
Salk Institute for Biological Studies · La Jolla, CA · 2022
Charitable
$15,000
Clifford Beers Clinic · New Haven, CT · 2024
Charitable
$15,000
Planned Parenthood · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable
$15,000
St Judes Childrens Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2024
Charitable
$15,000
US Autism Homes · Manhasset, NY · 2024
Charitable
$15,000
Wnet · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable
$15,000
Clifford Beers Clinic · New Haven, CT · 2023
Charitable
$15,000
St Judes Childrens Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2023
Charitable
$15,000
US Autism Homes · Manhasset, NY · 2023
Charitable
$15,000
Cancer Research Institute · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$15,000
Clifford Beers Clinic · New Haven, CT · 2022
Charitable
$15,000
Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research · Arlington, VA · 2022
Charitable
$15,000
St Judes Childrens Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2022
Charitable
$15,000
US Autism Homes · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Amazon Conservation Team · Arlington, VA · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
American Assoc for the Advancement of Science · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Amnesty International · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Animal Medical Center · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Books for Africa · St Paul, MN · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Cancer Research Institure · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Charity Navigator · Saddle Brook, NJ · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
City Harvest · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
City Meals On Wheels · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Conservation International · Arlington, VA · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Environmental & Energy Study Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Friends of the Earth · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Humane Farming Assocation · San Rafael, CA · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Nurses House · Guilderland, NY · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Oxfam America · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Sherman Library · Sherman, CT · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Wikimedia Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
350org · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Aclu Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
American Assoc for the Advancement of Science · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Animal Medical Center · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Books for Africa · St Paul, MN · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Charity Navigator · Saddle Brook, NJ · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
City Harvest · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
City Meals On Wheels · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Environmental Study Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Friends of the Sherman Senior Center · Sherman, CT · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Nurses House · Guilderland, NY · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Planned Parenthood · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Sherman Library · Sherman, CT · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Union of Concerned Scientists · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Wikimedia Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Wnet 13 · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Aclu Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
American Assoc for the Advancement of Science · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitablecharitable
$10,000
Charity Navigator · Saddle Brook, NJ · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
City Harvest · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
City Meals On Wheels · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Friends of the Sherman Senior Center · Sherman, CT · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Nurses House · Guilderland, NY · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Planned Parenthood · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Wnet 13 · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$8,000
Operation Delta Dog · Hollis, NH · 2024
Charitable
$7,000
Conservation International · Arlington, VA · 2023
Charitable
$7,000
Conservation International · Arlington, VA · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
350org · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Acadia Center · Rockport, ME · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
African Wild Life Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Last Chance for Animals · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
New Fairfield Sherman Animal Center · New Fairfield, CT · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Riverkeeper · Ossining, NY · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Water Mission International · North Charleston, SC · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Acadia Center · Rockport, ME · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Advocate for Children · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
African Wild Life Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Amazon Conservation Team · Arlington, VA · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Humane Farming Assocation · San Rafael, CA · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Last Chance for Animals · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
National Council for Science Education · Oakland, CA · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
New Fairfield Sherman Animal Center · New Fairfield, CT · 2023
Charitable

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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.