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The Ensign-Bickford Foundation

Name: The Ensign-Bickford 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.

318
grants reported: $1.5M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $1,500
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.

What they fund

community education operation food pantry animal college rescue

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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.

Scholarship America5 grants · $210,000
Connecticut Science Center10 grants · $145,725
Scholarship America1 grant · $80,000
Foundation for Portland Public Schools4 grants · $59,700
Society of Women Engineers3 grants · $55,000
Clarkson University12 grants · $51,980
Lightyear Foundation3 grants · $47,800
National Society of Black Engineers3 grants · $43,000
Southside Early Childhood Education Center5 grants · $42,500
Tuskegee University2 grants · $40,000

Giving over time

$416,256

2022

$543,562

2023

$358,914

2024

$209,825

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 318 grants.

$80,000
Scholarship America · Saint Peter, MN · 2024
Community assistance
$65,000
Scholarship America · Saint Peter, MN · 2022
Community assistance
$60,000
Scholarship America · Saint Peter, MN · 2025
College scholarships
$56,000
Scholarship America · Saint Peter, MN · 2023
Community assistance
$50,000
Connecticut Science Center · Hartford, CT · 2022
Community assistance
$30,000
Connecticut Science Center · Harford, CT · 2025
Education support
$30,000
Society of Women Engineers · Chicago, IL · 2025
Education support
$30,000
Connecticut Science Center · Hartford, CT · 2024
Community assistance
$30,000
Society of Women Engineers (Corporate Partnership Council) · Chicago, IL · 2024
Community assistance
$30,000
Connecticut Science Center · Hartford, CT · 2023
Community assistance
$30,000
Tuskegee University · Tuskegee, AL · 2023
Community assistance
$25,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2023
Community assistance
$24,000
Scholarship America · Saint Peter, MN · 2023
Community assistance
$22,265
Lightyear Foundation · 2023
Community assistance
$20,000
Food Bank of the Rockies · Denver, CO · 2023
Community assistance
$20,000
Society of Women Engineers · Chicago, IL · 2023
Community assistance
$19,000
National Society of Black Engineers · Alexandria, VA · 2023
Community assistance
$17,500
Foundation for Portland Public Schools · Portland, ME · 2023
Community assistance
$17,200
Foundation for Portland Public Schools · Portland, ME · 2024
Community assistance
$17,000
Foundation for Portland Public Schools · Portland, ME · 2025
Education support
$16,341
University of Konstanz · 2023
Community assistance
$15,000
Clarkson University · Potsdam, NY · 2023
Community assistance
$14,000
International Committee of the Red Cross · 2022
Community assistance
$14,000
National Society of Black Engineers · Alexandria, VA · 2022
Community assistance
$12,812
Lightyear Foundation · 2024
Community assistance
$12,723
Lightyear Foundation · 2023
Community assistance
$12,723
University of Southampton · 2023
Community assistance
$12,500
Hopkins County Board of Education - (South Hopkins Middle School) · Madisonville, KY · 2024
Community assistance
$12,500
Town of Simsbury - Board of Education · Simsbury, CT · 2024
Community assistance
$12,500
Hopkins County Board of Education · Madisonville, KY · 2023
Community assistance
$12,500
Simsbury High School · Simsbury, CT · 2023
Community assistance
$12,500
Hopkins County Board of Education · Madisonville, KY · 2022
Community assistance
$12,500
Simsbury High School · Simsbury, CT · 2022
Community assistance
$12,000
Center for Grieving Children · Portland, ME · 2024
Community assistance
$12,000
Center for Grieving Children · Portland, ME · 2023
Community assistance
$12,000
Center for Grieving Children · Portland, ME · 2022
Community assistance
$10,000
Southside Early Childhood Education Center · St Louis, MO · 2025
Education support
$10,000
Colorado Womens Education Foundation · Boulder, CO · 2024
Community assistance
$10,000
Come and Dine (First Baptist Church of Aurora) · Aurora, MO · 2024
Community assistance
$10,000
Connecticut Science Center - Frangible Joint Display · Hartford, CT · 2024
Community assistance
$10,000
Southside Early Childhood Education Center · St Louis, MO · 2024
Community assistance
$10,000
St Louis Science Center · St Louis, MO · 2024
Community assistance
$10,000
St Louis Zoo · St Louis, MO · 2024
Community assistance
$10,000
Tuskegee University · Tuskagee, AL · 2024
Community assistance
$10,000
Colorado Womens Education Foundation · Boulder, CO · 2023
Community assistance
$10,000
Foundation of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary · Boston, MA · 2023
Community assistance
$10,000
Granada Hills Charter School · Granada Hills, CA · 2023
Community assistance
$10,000
Greater Muhlenberg Parks & Recreation System · Greenville, KY · 2023
Community assistance
$10,000
Saint Louis Zoo · St Louis, MO · 2023
Community assistance
$10,000
Southside Early Childhood Education Center · St Louis, MO · 2023
Community assistance
$10,000
St Louis Science Center Foundation · St Louis, MO · 2023
Community assistance
$10,000
Aurora First Baptist Church Come and Dine · Aurora, MO · 2022
Community assistance
$10,000
Food Bank of the Rockies · Denver, CO · 2022
Community assistance
$10,000
Granada Hills Charter School · Granada Hills, CA · 2022
Community assistance
$10,000
Greater Muhlenberg Parks & Recreation System · Greenville, KY · 2022
Community assistance
$10,000
National Society of Black Engineers · Alexandria, VA · 2022
Community assistance
$10,000
Saint Louis Zoo · St Louis, MO · 2022
Community assistance
$10,000
Southside Early Childhood Education Center · St Louis, MO · 2022
Community assistance
$10,000
St Louis Science Center Foundation · St Louis, MO · 2022
Community assistance
$9,532
Air Ambulance Northern Ireland · 2023
Community assistance
$8,000
Foundation for Portland Public Schools · Portland, ME · 2022
Community assistance
$7,881
Clarkson University · Potsdam, NY · 2022
Community assistance
$7,500
Girls in STEM (Stemblazers) · Highlands Ranch, CO · 2024
Community assistance
$7,500
Girls in STEM · Highlands Ranch, CO · 2023
Community assistance
$7,000
Worcester Polytechnic Institute · Worcester, CT · 2023
Community assistance
$6,529
Best Buddies International · Miami, FL · 2023
Community assistance
$6,000
Alpha Kappa Educational Foundation · Rolla, MO · 2023
Community assistance
$5,500
Best Buddies International · Cumberland, ME · 2024
Community assistance
$5,105
Clarkson University · Potsdam, NY · 2022
Community assistance
$5,000
Colchester Alternative School-Age Total Learning Experience Inc Castle · Colchester, CT · 2025
Education support
$5,000
Community Foundation of the Ozarks · Springfield, MO · 2025
General operation support
$5,000
Junior Achievement of Southwest New England · Hartford, CT · 2025
Education support
$5,000
Scholarship America · Saint Peter, MN · 2025
College scholarships
$5,000
South Windsor High School · South Windsor, CT · 2025
Education support
$5,000
The Village for Families and Children · Hartford, CT · 2025
Behavior health services
$5,000
Junior Achievement of Southwest New England · Hartford, CT · 2024
Community assistance
$5,000
South Windsor Robotics · South Windsor, CT · 2024
Community assistance
$5,000
Clarkson University · Potsdam, NY · 2023
Community assistance
$5,000
Junior Achievement of · Hartford, CT · 2023
Community assistance
$5,000
South Windsor High School · South Windsor, CT · 2023
Community assistance
$5,000
Worcester Polytechnic Institute · Worcester, MA · 2023
Community assistance
$5,000
Camp Mowglis · Hebron, NH · 2022
Community assistance
$5,000
Clarkson University · Potsdam, NY · 2022
Community assistance
$5,000
Conn Women'S Hall of Fame · New Haven, CT · 2022
Community assistance
$5,000
Girls in STEM · Highlands Ranch, CO · 2022
Community assistance
$5,000
Girls Incorporated of Metro Denver · Denver, CO · 2022
Community assistance
$5,000
Junior Achievement of · Hartford, CT · 2022
Community assistance
$5,000
Society of Women Engineers · Chicago, IL · 2022
Community assistance
$5,000
University of Southern California · Los Angels, CA · 2022
Community assistance
$5,000
Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum · Denver, CO · 2022
Community assistance
$4,778
Pedigree Foundation · Franklin, TN · 2024
Community assistance
$4,220
Pedigree Foundation · Franklin, TN · 2022
Community assistance
$4,000
The Family Firm Institute · Boston, MA · 2023
Community assistance
$3,500
Healing Meals Foundation Corp · Bloomfield, CT · 2025
Food pantry support
$3,500
Healing Meals Foundation Corporation · Simsbury, CT · 2024
Community assistance
$3,500
Hope for the Holidays (Aurora United Methodist Church) · Aurora, MO · 2024
Community assistance
$3,500
Clarkson University · Potsdam, NY · 2023
Community assistance
$3,500
Aurora United Methodist · Aurora, MO · 2022
Community assistance
$3,250
Worcester Polytechnic Institute · Worcester, MA · 2022
Community assistance
$3,150
Pedigree Foundation · Franklin, TN · 2025
Animal rescue assistance

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