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The Ferris Foundation

Name: The Ferris 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.

66
grants reported: $373,651
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $3,000
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.

What they fund

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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.

Park County Community Foundation4 grants · $62,000
Preserve Montana3 grants · $45,000
Museum of the City of New York3 grants · $34,500
Key West Literary Seminar4 grants · $30,825
The Studios of Key West2 grants · $27,500
Friends Upper East Side Historic District1 grant · $25,000
Mayo Clinic1 grant · $20,000
Key West Film Society Inc (Dba Tropic Cinema)4 grants · $14,000
Century Association Archives Foundation2 grants · $11,000
Key West Wildlife Center1 grant · $10,500

Giving over time

$127,406

2022

$73,520

2023

$69,225

2024

$103,500

2025

Grant history

All 66 reported grants, largest first.

$25,000
Friends Upper East Side Historic District · New York, NY · 2025
General
$20,000
Mayo Clinic · St Louis, MO · 2022
General
$20,000
Park County Community Foundation · Livingston, MT · 2022
General
$17,000
Park County Community Foundation · Livingston, MT · 2023
General
$15,000
Museum of the City of New York · New York, NY · 2025
General
$15,000
Preserve Montana · Helena, MT · 2025
General
$15,000
Park County Community Foundation · Livingston, MT · 2024
General
$15,000
Preserve Montana · Helena, MT · 2023
General
$15,000
Preserve Montana · Helena, MT · 2022
General
$15,000
The Studios of Key West · Key West, FL · 2022
General
$12,500
The Studios of Key West · Key West, FL · 2024
General
$10,500
Key West Wildlife Center · Key West, FL · 2023
General
$10,000
Key West Literary Seminar · Key West, FL · 2025
General
$10,000
Park County Community Foundation · Livingston, MT · 2025
General
$10,000
Key West Literary Seminar · Key West, FL · 2023
General
$10,000
Museum of the City of New York · New York, NY · 2023
General
$10,000
Brooklyn Academy of Music · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General
$9,500
Museum of the City of New York · New York, NY · 2024
General
$7,500
Martin House Restoration Corporation · Buffalo, NY · 2022
General
$6,000
Century Association Archives Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General
$5,825
Key West Literary Seminar · Key West, FL · 2024
General
$5,055
Montana Historical Society · Helena, MT · 2022
General
$5,000
Century Association Archives Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
General
$5,000
Key West Film Society Inc (Dba Tropic Cinema) · Key West, FL · 2025
General
$5,000
Key West Film Society Inc (Dba Tropic Cinema) · Key West, FL · 2024
General
$5,000
New York Public Radio (Dba Wnyc Radio) · New York, NY · 2024
General
$5,000
Park County Senior Citizens Corporation · Livingston, MT · 2024
General
$5,000
Key West Literary Seminar · Key West, FL · 2022
General
$5,000
New York Public Radio (Dba Wnyc Radio) · New York, NY · 2022
General
$5,000
St Mark'S Episcopal Church · Big Timber, MT · 2022
General
$5,000
Take Stock in Children · Key West, FL · 2022
General
$3,500
James Marston Fitch Charitable Foundation · Millwood, NY · 2025
General
$3,000
Philharmonic Symphony Society of Ny · New York, NY · 2025
General
$3,000
Wnet · New York, NY · 2025
General
$3,000
American Prairie Foundation · Bozeman, MT · 2023
General
$2,500
Preservation League of Ny State · Albany, NY · 2025
General
$2,500
The Haiti Project · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2025
General
$2,500
Key West Film Society Inc (Dba Tropic Cinema) · Key West, FL · 2022
General
$2,500
Preservation League of Ny State · Albany, NY · 2022
General
$2,001
Historic District Council · New York, NY · 2022
General
$2,000
Ny Preservation Archive Project · New York, NY · 2023
General
$2,000
Livingston Center for Arts & Culture · Livingston, MT · 2022
General
$2,000
Ny Preservation Archive Project · New York, NY · 2022
General
$1,500
American Prairie Foundation · Bozeman, MT · 2024
General
$1,500
Fringe Theater of Key West · Key West, FL · 2024
General
$1,500
Key West Film Society Inc (Dba Tropic Cinema) · Key West, FL · 2023
General
$1,250
Shakespeare & Company · Lenox, MA · 2023
General
$1,000
Friends of Key West Library · Key West, FL · 2025
General
$1,000
Fringe Theater of Key West · Key West, FL · 2025
General
$1,000
Shakespeare & Company · Lenox, MA · 2025
General
$1,000
Vassar College · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2024
The vassar fund
$1,000
Preservation League of Ny State · Albany, NY · 2023
General
$1,000
The Haiti Project · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2023
General
$1,000
Park County Environmental Council · Livingston, MT · 2022
General
$1,000
St Bartholomew'S Conservancy · New York, NY · 2022
General
$750
Yellowstone Public Radio · Billings, MT · 2023
General
$750
Friends of Key West Library · Key West, FL · 2022
General
$520
Montana Historical Society · Helena, MT · 2023
General
$500
South Florida Pbs · Boynton Beach, FL · 2025
General
$500
St Jude Children'S Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2025
General
$500
Florida Keys Society for the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals · Key West, FL · 2024
General
$500
University of Saint Mary · Leavenworth, KS · 2024
General
$500
Alumnae and Alumni of Vassar · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2022
General
$500
American Prairie Foundation · Bozeman, MT · 2022
General
$400
Montana Historical Society · Helena, MT · 2024
General
$100
Burchfield Penney Art Center · Buffalo, NY · 2022
General

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