Funding search · EIN 456657679 · Brimfield, MA

Foster Family Foundation

Name: Foster Family 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.

57
grants reported: $430,048
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $6,000
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

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Top recipients

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The Elephant Sanctuary4 grants · $77,000
Animal Cancer Foundation4 grants · $48,000
The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA4 grants · $47,000
Atlantic White Shark Conservancy4 grants · $37,000
Bat World Sanctuary4 grants · $31,000
Morris Animal Foundation2 grants · $20,000
International Snow Leopart Trust3 grants · $18,000
Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue2 grants · $18,000
Return To Freedom Inc (Wild Horse Conservation)2 grants · $14,000
Stanford Fire Company No 14 grants · $13,000

Giving over time

$120,101

2022

$104,271

2023

$100,358

2024

$105,318

2025

Grant history

All 57 reported grants, largest first.

$20,000
The Elephant Sanctuary · Hohenwald, TN · 2025
Unrestricted
$20,000
The Elephant Sanctuary · Hohenwald, TN · 2024
Unrestricted
$19,000
The Elephant Sanctuary · Hohenwald, TN · 2023
Unrestricted
$18,000
The Elephant Sanctuary · Hohenwald, TN · 2022
Unrestricted
$15,000
The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA · Laguna Hills, CA · 2025
Unrestricted
$14,000
Animal Cancer Foundation · Norwalk, CT · 2025
Unrestricted
$13,000
Animal Cancer Foundation · Norwalk, CT · 2024
Unrestricted
$13,000
The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA · Laguna Hills, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$11,500
Atlantic White Shark Conservancy · Chatham, MA · 2025
Unrestricted
$11,000
Animal Cancer Foundation · Norwalk, CT · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,500
Atlantic White Shark Conservancy · Chatham, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Morris Animal Foundation · Denver, CO · 2025
Unrestricted
$10,000
Morris Animal Foundation · Denver, CO · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA · Laguna Hills, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Animal Cancer Foundation · Norwalk, CT · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Bat World Sanctuary · Weatherford, TX · 2022
Unrestricted
$9,000
Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue · Miles, TX · 2023
Unrestricted
$9,000
Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue · Miles, TX · 2022
Unrestricted
$9,000
The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA · Laguna Hills, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$8,000
Atlantic White Shark Conservancy · Chatham, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$8,000
13 Hands Equine Rescuem · Bedford Hills, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$7,500
Bat World Sanctuary · Weatherford, TX · 2025
Unrestricted
$7,500
Bat World Sanctuary · Weatherford, TX · 2024
Unrestricted
$7,000
Return To Freedom Inc (Wild Horse Conservation) · Lompoc, CA · 2025
Unrestricted
$7,000
Return To Freedom Inc (Wild Horse Conservation) · Lompoc, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$7,000
Atlantic White Shark Conservancy · Chatham, MA · 2022
Unrestricted
$7,000
International Snow Leopart Trust · Seatle, WA · 2022
Unrestricted
$6,101
Marine Mammal Stranding Center · Brigantine, NJ · 2022
Unrestricted
$6,000
International Snow Leopart Trust · Seatle, WA · 2024
Unrestricted
$6,000
Bat World Sanctuary · Weatherford, TX · 2023
Unrestricted
$6,000
Mountain Lion Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$6,000
American Wirehaired Pointing Griffon Foundation · Greenboro, NC · 2022
Unrestricted
$6,000
Mountain Lion Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Best Friends Animal Society · Kanab, UT · 2025
Unrestricted
$5,000
English Cocker Spaniel Club of America · Tracyton, WA · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
13 Hands Equine Rescuem · Bedford Hills, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
International Snow Leopart Trust · Seatle, WA · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Marine Mammal Stranding Center · Brigantine, NJ · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Polar Bears International · Bozeman, MT · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Working Dogs for Conservation Foundation · Missoula, MT · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Dressage 4 Kids · Cheshire, CT · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Oceana · Washington, DC · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Polar Bears International · Bozeman, MT · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Pollinator Partnership · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$4,000
Rising Starr Horse Rescue · Wilton, CT · 2025
Unrestricted
$4,000
Stanford Fire Company No 1 · Stanfordville, NY · 2025
Unrestricted
$4,000
Dressage 4 Kids · Cheshire, CT · 2023
Unrestricted
$4,000
Stanford Fire Company No 1 · Stanfordville, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$3,358
Rising Starr Horse Rescue · Wilton, CT · 2024
Unrestricted
$3,271
Warrior Dog Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2023
Unrestricted
$3,000
Sierra Delta · Reedsburg, WI · 2024
Unrestricted
$3,000
Stanford Fire Company No 1 · Stanfordville, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,318
Cattrap Nantucket · Nantucket, MA · 2025
Unrestricted
$2,000
English Cocker Spaniel Club of America · Tracyton, WA · 2025
Unrestricted
$2,000
Stanford Fire Company No 1 · Stanfordville, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,500
International Fund for Animal Welfare · Yarmouth Port, MA · 2025
Unrestricted
$1,500
Marine Mammal Alliance Nantucket · Nantucket, MA · 2025
Unrestricted

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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.