Funding search · EIN 236951577 · Westport, CT

The David and Dorothy Carpenter

Name: The David and Dorothy Carpenter grants, 2022–2025
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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.

41
grants reported: $165,800
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $4,000
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.

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Top recipients

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Boys Hope Girls Hope1 grant · $25,000
Chenango Settlement Cemetery1 grant · $20,000
Cornell Lab of Ornithology3 grants · $15,000
Emily Dickinson Museum4 grants · $13,000
Westport Farmers Market2 grants · $12,000
Homes With Hope2 grants · $10,000
Woodhull Fire Department2 grants · $8,000
Mary Hoar Husted Scholarship Fund3 grants · $6,000
Troupsburg Vol Fire Dept2 grants · $6,000
The Friends of Matheny1 grant · $5,000

Giving over time

$59,000

2022

$33,000

2023

$55,500

2024

$18,300

2025

Grant history

All 41 reported grants, largest first.

$25,000
Boys Hope Girls Hope · St Louis, MO · 2022
Charitable
$20,000
Chenango Settlement Cemetery · Woodhull, NY · 2024
To fund cemetery operations
$7,000
Westport Farmers Market · Westport, CT · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology · Ithaca, NY · 2025
Program and research funding
$5,000
Emily Dickinson Museum · Amherst, MA · 2025
Museum support
$5,000
Cornell Lab of Ornithology · Ithaca, NY · 2024
Program and research funding
$5,000
Samaritan'S Purse · Boone, NC · 2024
Charitable operations
$5,000
Tunnels To Towers Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2024
Charitable operations
$5,000
United Way of Connecticut · Rocky Hill, CT · 2024
Charitable operations
$5,000
Cornell Lab of Ornithology · Ithaca, NY · 2023
Program and research funding
$5,000
Homes With Hope · Westport, CT · 2023
Annual giving
$5,000
The Friends of Matheny · Gladstone, NJ · 2023
Annual giving
$5,000
Westport Farmers Market · Westport, CT · 2023
Annual giving
$5,000
Cornell Lab of Ornithology · Ithaca, NY · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
Homes With Hope · Westport, CT · 2022
Charitable
$4,000
Emily Dickinson Museum · Amherst, MA · 2024
Museum support
$4,000
Troupsburg Vol Fire Dept · Troupsburg, NY · 2024
Fire department support
$4,000
Woodhull Fire Department · Woodhull, NY · 2024
Fire department support
$4,000
Woodhull Fire Department · Woodhull, NY · 2023
Fire department support
$4,000
Bridgeport Rescue Mission · Bridgeport, CT · 2022
Charitable
$4,000
Gillespie Center · Westport, CT · 2022
Charitable
$2,000
Congressional Cemetery · Washington, DC · 2025
Donation
$2,000
Mary Hoar Husted Scholarship Fund · Woodhull, NY · 2025
Scholarship fund
$2,000
Troupsburg Vol Fire Department · Troupsburg, NY · 2025
Donation
$2,000
Woodhull Fire Dept · Woodhull, NY · 2025
Donation
$2,000
Mary Hoar Husted Scholarship Fund · Woodhull, NY · 2024
Scholarship fund
$2,000
Emily Dickinson Museum · Amherst, MA · 2023
Museum support
$2,000
Mary Hoar Husted Scholarship Fund · Woodhull, NY · 2023
Scholarship fund
$2,000
Pathways · Corning, NY · 2023
Program funding
$2,000
Troupsburg Vol Fire Dept · Troupsburg, NY · 2023
Fire department support
$2,000
Emily Dickinson Museum · Amherst, MA · 2022
Charitable
$2,000
Palmerton Memorial Park · Palmerton, PA · 2022
Charitalbe
$1,500
Westport Volunteer Emergency Medical Service · Westport, CT · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Amherst Survival Center · North Amherst, MA · 2024
Food pantry support
$1,000
Amherst Survival Center · North Amherst, MA · 2023
Food pantry support
$1,000
Amherst Survival Center · North Amherst, MA · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Friends of Byram Shubert Library · Greenwich, CT · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Palmerton Area Historical Society · Palmerton, PA · 2022
Charitable
$500
Palmerton Area Historical Society · Palmerton, PA · 2024
Charitable operations
$500
Beth Israel Lahey Health · Burlington, CT · 2022
Charitable
$300
Westport Vol Ems · Westport, CT · 2025
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