Funding search · EIN 276183605 · Avon, CT

Elizabeth Ferry Speer Foundation

Name: Elizabeth Ferry Speer 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.

87
grants reported: $2.1M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $20,000
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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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.

Avon Old Farms School4 grants · $400,000
Our Companions Animal Rescue4 grants · $145,000
The Frick Collection4 grants · $145,000
Atlantic Classical Orchestra4 grants · $140,000
Healing Meals Community Project4 grants · $135,000
House of Bread4 grants · $130,000
University of Saint Joseph4 grants · $125,000
The Open Hearth4 grants · $105,000
Journey Home4 grants · $100,000
Interval House4 grants · $100,000

Giving over time

$400,500

2022

$420,000

2023

$565,000

2024

$670,000

2025

Grant history

All 87 reported grants, largest first.

$100,000
Avon Old Farms School · Avon, CT · 2025
General support
$100,000
Avon Old Farms School · Avon, CT · 2024
General support
$100,000
Avon Old Farms School · Avon, CT · 2023
General support
$100,000
Avon Old Farms School · Avon, CT · 2022
General support
$50,000
Healing Meals Community Project · Bloomfield, CT · 2025
General support
$50,000
Journey Home · Hartford, CT · 2025
General support
$50,000
Our Companions Animal Rescue · Manchester, CT · 2025
General support
$50,000
The Frick Collection · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$50,000
The Open Hearth · Hartford, CT · 2025
General support
$50,000
University of Saint Joseph · West Hartford, CT · 2025
General support
$50,000
Our Companions Animal Rescue · Manchester, CT · 2024
General support
$50,000
The Frick Collection · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$50,000
House of Bread · Hartford, CT · 2023
General support
$50,000
House of Hope · Stuart, FL · 2022
General support
$40,000
Atlantic Classical Orchestra · Fort Pierce, FL · 2025
General support
$40,000
Hibiscus Children'S Center · Jensen Beach, FL · 2025
General support
$40,000
Healing Meals Community Project · Bloomfield, CT · 2024
General support
$40,000
Atlantic Classical Orchestra · Fort Pierce, FL · 2023
General support
$35,000
Atlantic Classical Orchestra · Fort Pierce, FL · 2024
General support
$30,000
Jesus House of Hope · Stuart, FL · 2024
General support
$30,000
Journey Home · Hartford, CT · 2024
General support
$30,000
House of Bread · Hartford, CT · 2022
General support
$25,000
Hartford Youth Scholars · Hartford, CT · 2025
General support
$25,000
House of Bread · Hartford, CT · 2025
General support
$25,000
Interval House · Hartford, CT · 2025
General support
$25,000
Jesus House of Hope · Stuart, FL · 2025
General support
$25,000
Upper Valley Land Trust · Hanover, NH · 2025
General support
$25,000
Gifts of Love · Avon, CT · 2024
General support
$25,000
Hibiscus Children'S Center · Jensen Beach, FL · 2024
General support
$25,000
House of Bread · Hartford, CT · 2024
General support
$25,000
Interval House · Hartford, CT · 2024
General support
$25,000
University of Saint Joseph · West Hartford, CT · 2024
General support
$25,000
Healing Meals Community Project · Bloomfield, CT · 2023
General support
$25,000
Hibiscus Children'S Center · Jensen Beach, FL · 2023
General support
$25,000
Interval House · Hartford, CT · 2023
General support
$25,000
Our Companions Animal Rescue · Manchester, CT · 2023
General support
$25,000
The Frick Collection · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$25,000
University of Saint Joseph · West Hartford, CT · 2023
General support
$25,000
Atlantic Classical Orchestra · Fort Pierce, FL · 2022
General support
$25,000
Interval House · Hartford, CT · 2022
General support
$25,000
The Open Hearth · Hartford, CT · 2022
General support
$25,000
University of Saint Joseph · West Hartford, CT · 2022
General support
$20,000
The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts · Hartford, CT · 2025
General support
$20,000
The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts · Hartford, CT · 2024
General support
$20,000
The Open Hearth · Hartford, CT · 2024
General support
$20,000
The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts · Hartford, CT · 2023
General support
$20,000
Healing Meals Community Project · Bloomfield, CT · 2022
General support
$20,000
Our Companions Animal Rescue · Manchester, CT · 2022
General support
$20,000
The Frick Collection · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$15,000
Hartford Youth Scholars · Hartford, CT · 2024
General support
$10,000
St Mary'S Episcopal Church - Mary'S Kitchen · Stuart, FL · 2025
General support
$10,000
Labs4rescue · Killingworth, CT · 2024
General support
$10,000
Upper Valley Land Trust · Hanover, NH · 2024
General support
$10,000
Journey Home · Hartford, CT · 2023
General support
$10,000
The Open Hearth · Hartford, CT · 2023
General support
$10,000
Journey Home · Hartford, CT · 2022
General support
$10,000
The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts · Hartford, CT · 2022
General support
$5,000
Animals for Life · Naugatuck, CT · 2025
General support
$5,000
Cheshire Animal Shelter Volunteers · Middlebury, CT · 2025
General support
$5,000
Forgotten Felines · Clinton, CT · 2025
General support
$5,000
Labs4rescue · Killingworth, CT · 2025
General support
$5,000
Mayor'S Alliance for Nyc'S Animals · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$5,000
Poodle Rescue Connecticut · Naugatuck, CT · 2025
General support
$5,000
Protectors of Animals · East Hartford, CT · 2025
General support
$5,000
Animals for Life · Naugatuck, CT · 2024
General support
$5,000
Cheshire Animal Shelter Volunteers · Middlebury, CT · 2024
General support
$5,000
Forgotten Felines · Clinton, CT · 2024
General support
$5,000
Mayor'S Alliance for Nyc'S Animals · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$5,000
Poodle Rescue Connecticut · Naugatuck, CT · 2024
General support
$5,000
Protectors of Animals · East Hartford, CT · 2024
General support
$5,000
Animals for Life · Naugatuck, CT · 2023
General support
$5,000
Cheshire Animal Shelter Volunteers · Middlebury, CT · 2023
General support
$5,000
Forgotten Felines · Clinton, CT · 2023
General support
$5,000
Labs4rescue · Killingworth, CT · 2023
General support
$5,000
Mayor'S Alliance for Nyc'S Animals · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$5,000
Poodle Rescue Connecticut · Naugatuck, CT · 2023
General support
$5,000
Protectors of Animals · East Hartford, CT · 2023
General support
$5,000
Upper Valley Land Trust · Hanover, NH · 2023
General support
$5,000
Animals for Life · Naugatuck, CT · 2022
General support
$5,000
Chesire Animal Shelter Volunteers · Middlebury, CT · 2022
General support
$5,000
Forgotten Felines · Clinton, CT · 2022
General support
$5,000
Labs4rescue · Killingworth, CT · 2022
General support
$5,000
Poodle Rescue Connecticut · Naugatuck, CT · 2022
General support
$5,000
Protectors of Animals · East Hartford, CT · 2022
General support
$5,000
Upper Valley Land Trust · Hanover, NH · 2022
General support
$3,000
Mayor'S Alliance for Nyc'S Animals · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$2,500
Friends of Feral Chesire Cats · Chesire, CT · 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.