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The Chilton Foundation

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

66
grants reported
$5.5M
total given
2022–2023
filing years
$25,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2023. 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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  • The Metropolitan Museum of Art2 grants · $1.4M
  • Unc-Chapel Hill2 grants · $1.2M
  • The New York Botanical Garden2 grants · $715,000
  • Greenwich Academy2 grants · $476,000
  • Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust2 grants · $260,440
  • Coastal Conservation League2 grants · $137,500
  • The Ocean Foundation1 grant · $122,916
  • The Mather Homestead Foundation2 grants · $105,000
  • The Darien Foundation2 grants · $100,000
  • The Walsh Park Benevolent1 grant · $100,000

Giving over time

$2.5M
2022
$3.0M
2023

Grant history

All 66 reported grants, largest first.

  • $800,000

    Unc-Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC · 2022

    General support

  • $793,200

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $571,700

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $460,000

    The New York Botanical Garden · Bronx, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $425,000

    Unc-Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC · 2023

    General support

  • $398,000

    Greenwich Academy · Greenwich, CT · 2023

    General support

  • $255,000

    The New York Botanical Garden · Bronx, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $137,747

    Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust · 2023

    General support

  • $122,916

    The Ocean Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023

    General support

  • $122,693

    Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust · 2022

    General support

  • $100,000

    Yale University Development · New Haven, CT · 2023

    General support

  • $100,000

    The Walsh Park Benevolent · Fishers Island, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $78,000

    Greenwich Academy · Greenwich, CT · 2022

    General support

  • $75,000

    Church of the Heavenly Rest · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $75,000

    Coastal Conservation League · Charleston, SC · 2023

    General support

  • $62,500

    Coastal Conservation League · Charleston, SC · 2022

    General support

  • $52,500

    The Mather Homestead Foundation · Darien, CT · 2023

    General support

  • $52,500

    The Mather Homestead Foundation · Darien, CT · 2022

    General support

  • $50,000

    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $50,000

    The Darien Foundation · Darien, CT · 2023

    General support

  • $50,000

    Episcopal Charities of the Diocese · New York, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $50,000

    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer · New York, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $50,000

    The Darien Foundation · Darien, CT · 2022

    General support

  • $25,000

    Culture for One · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $25,000

    Hill-Stead Museum · Farmington, CT · 2023

    General support

  • $25,000

    Marymount Manhattan College · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $25,000

    National Cryptologic Foundation · Glen Burnie, MD · 2023

    General support

  • $25,000

    Two East Sixty Second Street · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $25,000

    Unc Press · Chapel Hill, NC · 2023

    General support

  • $25,000

    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute · Falmouth, MA · 2023

    General support

  • $25,000

    Berkeley Divinity School · New Haven, CT · 2022

    General support

  • $25,000

    Culture for One · New York, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $25,000

    Hospital for Special Surgery · New York, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $25,000

    Marymount Manhattan College · New York, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $25,000

    Nantucket Golf Club Foundation · Siaconset, MA · 2022

    General support

  • $25,000

    The Als Association · Arlington, VA · 2022

    General support

  • $20,000

    National Cryptologic Foundation · Glen Burnie, MD · 2022

    General support

  • $15,000

    Classical American Homes · Hillsborough, NC · 2023

    General support

  • $15,000

    Preservation Society of Newport · Newport, RI · 2023

    General support

  • $15,000

    Classical American Homes · Hillsborough, NC · 2022

    General support

  • $15,000

    Preservation Society of Newport · Newport, RI · 2022

    General support

  • $15,000

    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute · Falmouth, MA · 2022

    General support

  • $12,500

    East Side House Settlement · Bronx, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $11,079

    Humorology · Madison, WI · 2022

    General support

  • $10,571

    The Goed Life · 2023

    General support

  • $10,000

    Carnegie Hill Neighbors · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $10,000

    Chalke Valley Historical Trust · 2023

    General support

  • $10,000

    Episcopal Charities of the Diocese · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $10,000

    Family & Children'S Agency · Norwalk, CT · 2023

    General support

  • $10,000

    Julia'S House · 2023

    General support

  • $10,000

    Saint Luke'S Episcopal Church · Queens, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $10,000

    Chalke Valley Historical Trust · 2022

    General support

  • $10,000

    Family & Children'S Agency · Norwalk, CT · 2022

    General support

  • $10,000

    Julia'S House · 2022

    General support

  • $10,000

    Saint Luke'S Episcopal Church · Queens, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $6,000

    Brunswick School · Greenwich, CT · 2022

    General support

  • $5,000

    Central Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $5,000

    Central Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $5,000

    Trout Unlimited · Arlington, VA · 2022

    General support

  • $3,677

    B Robert Williamson Jr Foundation · New York, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $2,500

    Boys & Girls Club of Frederick · Frederick, MD · 2023

    General support

  • $2,500

    Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation · Short Hills, NJ · 2023

    General support

  • $2,500

    New Life of New York City · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $2,500

    Boys & Girls Club of Frederick · Frederick, MD · 2022

    General support

  • $1,000

    Brunswick School · Greenwich, CT · 2023

    General support

  • $1,000

    New York Carolina Club · Chapel Hill, NC · 2022

    General support

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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.