Funding search · EIN 465418223 · Rye Brook, NY

Elizabeth M Pfriem 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.

85
grants reported
$6.4M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$50,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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  • Center for Family Justice4 grants · $975,000
  • Bridgeport Hospital Foundation2 grants · $800,000
  • Wakeman Memorial Association5 grants · $725,000
  • Park City Initiative Corp3 grants · $535,000
  • Peak Academy3 grants · $460,000
  • Discovery Museum3 grants · $300,000
  • Nourish Bridgeport1 grant · $250,000
  • Leaps of Faith Water Ski Club3 grants · $218,253
  • Kolbe Cathedral High School4 grants · $210,000
  • Barnum Festival Pt Barnum Foundation3 grants · $140,000

Giving over time

$1.9M
2022
$2.0M
2023
$2.5M
2024

Grant history

All 85 reported grants, largest first.

  • $400,000

    Bridgeport Hospital Foundation · Bridgeport, CT · 2024

    Neurovascular center for excellence

  • $400,000

    Bridgeport Hospital Foundation · Bridgeport, CT · 2023

    Neurovascular center for excellence

  • $300,000

    Center for Family Justice · Bridgeport, CT · 2024

    Pathways to hope

  • $300,000

    Center for Family Justice · Bridgeport, CT · 2023

    General support

  • $300,000

    Center for Family Justice · Bridgeport, CT · 2022

    General support

  • $250,000

    Wakeman Memorial Association · Fairfield, CT · 2024

    Madison avenue capital campaign

  • $250,000

    Wakeman Memorial Association · Fairfield, CT · 2023

    Madison avenue capital campaign

  • $250,000

    Nourish Bridgeport · Bridgeport, CT · 2022

    Food and feeding programs

  • $200,000

    Park City Initiative Corp · Bridgeport, CT · 2023

    Food and feeding programs

  • $185,000

    Park City Initiative Corp · Bridgeport, CT · 2022

    Food and feeding programs

  • $160,000

    Peak Academy · Newtown, CT · 2024

    To support children & families

  • $150,000

    Park City Initiative Corp · Bridgeport, CT · 2024

    Food and feeding programs

  • $150,000

    Peak Academy · Newtown, CT · 2023

    To support children & families

  • $150,000

    Peak Academy · Newtown, CT · 2022

    To support children & families

  • $148,500

    Discovery Museum · Bridgeport, CT · 2024

    To support children & families

  • $120,000

    Shepherds · Bridgeport, CT · 2022

    Education grant

  • $100,000

    Barnum Festival Pt Barnum Foundation · Bridgeport, CT · 2024

    General support

  • $100,000

    Catholic Charities of Fairfield County · Bridgeport, CT · 2024

    General support

  • $100,000

    Housatonic Community College Foundation · Bridgeport, CT · 2024

    Equity project

  • $100,000

    Housatonic Community College Foundation · Bridgeport, CT · 2022

    Education grant

  • $100,000

    Wakeman Memorial Association · Fairfield, CT · 2022

    General support

  • $80,000

    Discovery Museum · Bridgeport, CT · 2023

    To support children & families

  • $75,000

    Center for Family Justice · Bridgeport, CT · 2024

    New van and operating costs

  • $75,000

    Wakeman Memorial Association · Fairfield, CT · 2024

    General support

  • $75,000

    Leaps of Faith Water Ski Club · Newtown, CT · 2023

    Support for the disabled

  • $75,000

    Cardinal Shehan Center · Bridgeport, CT · 2022

    Education grant

  • $75,000

    Leaps of Faith Water Ski Club · Newtown, CT · 2022

    Support for the disabled

  • $71,500

    Discovery Museum · Bridgeport, CT · 2022

    To support children & families

  • $68,253

    Leaps of Faith Water Ski Club · Newtown, CT · 2024

    Support for the disabled

  • $62,500

    McGivney Community Center · Bridgeport, CT · 2024

    Financial literacy program

  • $60,000

    Kolbe Cathedral High School · Bridgeport, CT · 2024

    Lunch fund

  • $50,000

    Bridgeport Rescue Mission · Bridgepot, CT · 2024

    Food and feeding programs

  • $50,000

    Foundations in Education · Bridgeport, CT · 2024

    Education grant

  • $50,000

    Nourish Bridgeport · Bridgeport, CT · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    Nourish Bridgeport · Bridgeport, CT · 2024

    Staff support

  • $50,000

    Bridgeport Rescue Mission · Bridgepot, CT · 2023

    Food and feeding programs

  • $50,000

    Foundations in Education · Bridgeport, CT · 2023

    Education grant

  • $50,000

    Kolbe Cathedral High School · Bridgeport, CT · 2023

    Food and feeding programs

  • $50,000

    The Thomas Merton Center · Bridgeport, CT · 2023

    General support

  • $50,000

    Wakeman Memorial Association · Fairfield, CT · 2023

    General support

  • $50,000

    Kolbe Cathedral High School · Bridgeport, CT · 2022

    Food and feeding programs

  • $50,000

    Kolbe Cathedral High School · Bridgeport, CT · 2022

    Education grant

  • $50,000

    The Thomas Merton Center · Bridgeport, CT · 2022

    General support

  • $45,000

    Team Woofgang & Co · Fairfield, CT · 2022

    Support for the disabled

  • $40,000

    Mercy Learning Center · Bridgeport, CT · 2022

    Education grant

  • $30,000

    Cardinal Shehan Center · Bridgeport, CT · 2024

    Tutoring project

  • $30,000

    Team Woofgang & Co · Fairfield, CT · 2024

    Support for the disabled

  • $30,000

    McGivney Community Center · Bridgeport, CT · 2023

    Education grant

  • $30,000

    Team Woofgang & Co · Fairfield, CT · 2023

    Support for the disabled

  • $25,460

    The Child & Family Guidance Center · Bridgeport, CT · 2023

    To support children & families

  • $25,000

    Applied Behavioral Rehabilitation Institute · Bridgeport, CT · 2024

    General support

  • $25,000

    Caroline House · Bridgeport, CT · 2024

    Mother and child literacy program

  • $25,000

    Connecticut Institute for Refugees and Immigrants · Briddgeport, CT · 2024

    General support

  • $25,000

    Mercy Learning Center of Bridgeport · Bridgeport, CT · 2024

    General support

  • $25,000

    Nourish Bridgeport · Bridgeport, CT · 2024

    Babysitting center

  • $25,000

    Barnum Festival Pt Barnum Foundation · Bridgeport, CT · 2023

    General support

  • $25,000

    Ncbw New Haven Metropolitan · New Haven, CT · 2023

    Education grant

  • $25,000

    The University of Bridgeport · Bridgeport, CT · 2023

    Education grant

  • $25,000

    Foundations in Education · Bridgeport, CT · 2022

    Education grant

  • $25,000

    Soldier Strong · Stamford, CT · 2022

    Support for the disabled

  • $22,500

    Cardinal Shehan Center · Bridgeport, CT · 2022

    To support children & families

  • $20,000

    Klein Memorial Auditorium Foundation · Bridgeport, CT · 2023

    To support the arts

  • $20,000

    Connecticut Ballet · Hartford, CT · 2022

    To support the arts

  • $20,000

    Klein Memorial Auditorium Foundation · Bridgeport, CT · 2022

    To support the arts

  • $20,000

    McGivney Community Center · Bridgeport, CT · 2022

    Education grant

  • $15,000

    Filling in the Blanks · Bridgeport, CT · 2024

    Food and feeding programs - bridgeport schools

  • $15,000

    Hall Neighboorhood Homes · Bridgeport, CT · 2024

    Education grant

  • $15,000

    Livefree · Huntington, CT · 2024

    To support children & families

  • $15,000

    Urban Impact of Black Rock · Trumbull, CT · 2024

    Education grant

  • $15,000

    Filling in the Blanks · Bridgeport, CT · 2023

    Food and feeding programs

  • $15,000

    Hall Neighboorhood Homes · Bridgeport, CT · 2023

    Education grant

  • $15,000

    Livefree · Huntington, CT · 2023

    To support children & families

  • $15,000

    Urban Impact of Black Rock · Trumbull, CT · 2023

    Education grant

  • $15,000

    Applied Behavioral Rehabilitation Institute · Bridgeport, CT · 2022

    To support children & families

  • $15,000

    Barnum Festival Pt Barnum Foundation · Bridgeport, CT · 2022

    General support

  • $15,000

    Urban Impact of Black Rock · Trumbull, CT · 2022

    Education grant

  • $10,000

    Connecticut Ballet · Hartford, CT · 2024

    To support the arts

  • $10,000

    Curtain Call · Stamford, CT · 2024

    To support the arts

  • $10,000

    Read To Grow · Branford, CT · 2024

    General support

  • $10,000

    Connecticut Ballet · Hartford, CT · 2023

    To support the arts

  • $10,000

    Curtain Call · Stamford, CT · 2023

    To support the arts

  • $10,000

    Lifebridge Community Services · Bridgeport, CT · 2022

    Education grant

  • $10,000

    Livefree · Huntington, CT · 2022

    To support children & families

  • $10,000

    Read To Grow · Branford, CT · 2022

    General support

  • $8,500

    United Congregational Church · Bridgeport, CT · 2024

    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.