Funding search · EIN 521774631 · Franconia, NH

The Ferris Family Foundation

Name: The Ferris Family Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

138
grants reported: $1.9M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $2,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

education educational homelessness services breaking care cycle health

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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.

Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Washington Inc(Bgcgw)4 grants · $871,529
St Ignatious Loyola Academy3 grants · $95,000
Trinity College3 grants · $78,000
Center for Inspired Teaching3 grants · $75,000
Second Story3 grants · $75,000
Community of Hope3 grants · $70,000
I Dream Public Charter School2 grants · $61,000
St Vincent De Paul the Ark2 grants · $50,000
A Wider Circle2 grants · $50,000
Washington Jesuit Academy2 grants · $50,000

Giving over time

$636,950

2022

$610,000

2023

$625,985

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 138 grants.

$344,279
Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Washington Inc(Bgcgw) · Washington, DC · 2024
General purposes
$262,500
Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Washington Inc(Bgcgw) · Washington, DC · 2023
General purposes
$262,500
Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Washington Inc(Bgcgw) · Washington, DC · 2022
General purposes
$45,000
St Ignatious Loyola Academy · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Education
$36,000
I Dream Public Charter School · Washington, DC · 2023
General purposes
$26,000
Trinity College · Hartford, CT · 2024
Education
$26,000
Trinity College · Hartford, CT · 2023
Education
$26,000
Trinity College · Hartford, CT · 2022
Education
$25,500
Noyes Childrens Library Foundation · Kensington, MD · 2024
General purposes
$25,000
A Wider Circle · Silver Spring, MD · 2024
General purposes
$25,000
Center for Inspired Teaching · Washington, DC · 2024
Educational
$25,000
Community of Hope · Washington, DC · 2024
Healthcare/homelessness
$25,000
Public Charter School · Washington, DC · 2024
Education
$25,000
Second Story · Vienna, VA · 2024
Youth services
$25,000
St Ignatious Loyola Academy · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Education
$25,000
A Wider Circle · Silver Spring, MD · 2023
General purposes
$25,000
Center for Inspired Teaching · Washington, DC · 2023
Educational
$25,000
Second Story · Vienna, VA · 2023
Youth services
$25,000
St Vincent De Paul the Ark · Baltimore, MD · 2023
General purposes
$25,000
Washington Jesuit Academy · Washington, DC · 2023
General purposes
$25,000
Center for Inspired Teaching · Washington, DC · 2022
Educational
$25,000
Community of Hope · Washington, DC · 2022
Healthcare/homelessness
$25,000
I Dream Public Charter School · Washington, DC · 2022
General purposes
$25,000
Noyes Children'S Library Foundation · Kensington, MD · 2022
General purposes
$25,000
Second Story · Vienna, VA · 2022
Youth services
$25,000
St Ignatious Loyola Academy · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Education
$25,000
St Vincent De Paul the Ark · Baltimore, MD · 2022
General purposes
$25,000
Washington Jesuit Academy · Washington, DC · 2022
General purposes
$25,000
Wider Circle · Silver Spring, MD · 2022
General purposes
$20,000
Community of Hope · Washington, DC · 2023
Healthcare/homelessness
$20,000
University of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
Education
$13,500
Saint James School · Hagerstown, MD · 2024
General purposes
$12,000
Central Union Mission · Washington, DC · 2023
General purposes
$12,000
Martha'S Table · Washington, DC · 2023
Education
$12,000
So Others Might Eat(Some) · Washington, DC · 2023
Breaking the cycle of poverty and homelessness
$12,000
St Thomas Episcopal Church · McLean, VA · 2023
General purposes
$11,000
Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute(Scbi) · Front Royal, VA · 2022
Conservation biology
$10,250
St James Catholic School · Falls Church, VA · 2023
General purposes
$10,000
Central Union Mission · Washington, DC · 2024
General purposes
$10,000
Chesapeake Bay Foundation · Annapolis, MD · 2022
General purposes
$10,000
Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts · Vienna, VA · 2022
General purposes
$9,856
Boys and Girls Clubs of Santa Barbara · Wanta Barbara, CA · 2024
General purposes
$8,750
Saint James School · Hagerstown, MD · 2022
Education
$7,000
St Thomas Episcopal Church · McLean, VA · 2024
General purposes
$7,000
St Thomas Episcopal Church · McLean, VA · 2022
General purposes
$5,000
Nph USA · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purposes
$5,000
Nph USA · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purposes
$5,000
Beauvoir the National Cathedral Elementary School · Washington, DC · 2022
General purposes
$5,000
Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson'S Research · New York, NY · 2022
General purposes
$5,000
Nph USA for Haiti · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purposes
$4,500
Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2022
General purposes
$4,000
University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia P, PA · 2024
Education
$4,000
University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia P, PA · 2023
Education
$4,000
University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia P, PA · 2022
Education
$3,500
Martha'S Table · Washington, DC · 2024
Education
$3,500
So Others Might Eat(Some) · Washington, DC · 2024
Breaking the cycle of poverty and homelessness
$3,500
National Trust for Historic Preservation · Washington, DC · 2023
Save historic sites
$3,000
Suffield Academy · Suffield, CT · 2024
Education
$3,000
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
General purposes
$3,000
Suffield Academy · Suffield, CT · 2023
Education
$3,000
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
General purposes
$3,000
Suffield Academy · Suffield, CT · 2022
Educational
$3,000
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
General purposes
$2,500
C & O Canal Trust · Williamsport, MD · 2022
General purposes
$2,250
Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Washington Inc(Bgcgw) · Washington, DC · 2023
Educational-computers
$2,000
Chesapeake Bay Foundation · Annapolis, MD · 2024
General purposes
$2,000
Nature Conservance · Arlington, VA · 2024
General purposes
$2,000
Chesapeake Bay Foundation · Annapolis, MD · 2023
General purposes
$2,000
Central Union Mission · Washington, DC · 2022
General purposes
$2,000
Dc Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022
General purposes
$2,000
So Others Might Eat(Some) · Washington, DC · 2022
Breaking the cycle of poverty and homelessness
$1,500
National Trust for Historic Preservation · Washington, DC · 2024
Save historic sites
$1,500
C & O Canal Trust · Williamsport, MD · 2023
General purposes
$1,500
Hope in South Africa · Frederick, MD · 2023
General purposes
$1,500
Syracuse University · Syracuse, NY · 2023
Education
$1,500
Hope in South Africa · Frederick, MD · 2022
General purposes
$1,500
Syracuse University · Syracuse, NY · 2022
Education
$1,500
Tulane University · New Orleans, LA · 2022
Education
$1,500
University of Colorado Foundation · Denver, CO · 2022
Education
$1,000
American Institute for Stuttering (Ais) · New York, NY · 2024
Education
$1,000
C & O Canal Trust · Williamsport, MD · 2024
General purposes
$1,000
Elizabeth Dole Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Educational-computers
$1,000
Everybody Wins Dc · Washington, DC · 2024
General purposes
$1,000
Holton Arms School · Bethesda, MD · 2024
General purposes
$1,000
Saving Mothers · New York, NY · 2024
General purposes
$1,000
Bethesda Chevy Chase Rescue Squad · Bethesda, MD · 2023
General purposes
$1,000
Nsaar · Washington, DC · 2023
Education
$1,000
Saving Mothers · New York, NY · 2023
General purposes
$1,000
Shrine Mont · Orkney Springs, VA · 2023
Education
$1,000
Special Olympics · Washington, DC · 2023
General purposes
$1,000
Wiks USA · New Haven, CT · 2023
Educational
$1,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2023
General purposes
$1,000
Bethesda Chevy Chase Rescue Squad · Bethesda, MD · 2022
General purposes
$1,000
Beverly Hills Presbyterian Church · Beverly Hills, CA · 2022
General purposes
$1,000
Drew University · Madison, NJ · 2022
General purposes
$1,000
Holton Arms School · Potomac, MD · 2022
Educational
$1,000
Longwood University · Farmville, VA · 2022
General purposes
$1,000
Shrine Mont · Orkney Springs, VA · 2022
Education
$1,000
Veterinary Care Foundation · Morriston, FL · 2022
General purposes
$600
Fuller Center for Housing · Americus, GA · 2024
General purposes

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