Funding search · EIN 363715158 · New Canaan, CT

Half Moon Foundation

Name: Half Moon 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.

163
grants reported: $1.2M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $2,000
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

education medical arts humanities social welfare religious

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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.

New Canaan Library4 grants · $311,000
Americares4 grants · $118,920
Stamford Hospital Foundation4 grants · $80,000
Stepping Stones Museum4 grants · $74,000
Williams College4 grants · $72,000
McLean Hospital4 grants · $60,000
Millbrook School4 grants · $57,000
Nature Conservancy4 grants · $55,000
National Louis University4 grants · $35,000
New Canaan Mounted Troop4 grants · $34,000

Giving over time

$242,750

2022

$269,000

2023

$338,920

2024

$315,500

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 163 grants.

$102,000
New Canaan Library · New Canaan, CT · 2025
Education
$102,000
New Canaan Library · New Canaan, CT · 2024
Education
$102,000
New Canaan Library · New Canaan, CT · 2023
Education
$45,000
Americares · Stamford, CT · 2022
Social welfare
$38,920
Americares · Stamford, CT · 2024
Social welfare
$38,000
Millbrook School · Millbrook, NY · 2022
Education
$36,000
Stepping Stones Museum · Norwalk, CT · 2025
Arts/Humanities
$36,000
Stepping Stones Museum · Norwalk, CT · 2024
Arts/Humanities
$21,000
Williams College · Williamstown, MA · 2022
Education
$20,000
McLean Hospital · Belmont, MA · 2025
Medical
$20,000
Stamford Hospital Foundation · Stamford, CT · 2025
Medical
$20,000
McLean Hospital · Belmont, MA · 2024
Medical
$20,000
Stamford Hospital Foundation · Stamford, CT · 2024
Medical
$20,000
Williams College · Williamstown, MA · 2024
Education
$20,000
Americares · Stamford, CT · 2023
Social welfare
$20,000
Stamford Hospital Foundation · Stamford, CT · 2023
Medical
$20,000
Stamford Hospital Foundation · Stamford, CT · 2022
Medical
$16,000
Williams College · Williamstown, MA · 2023
Education
$15,000
Americares · Stamford, CT · 2025
Social welfare
$15,000
Williams College · Williamstown, MA · 2025
Education
$15,000
Nature Conservancy · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
$15,000
Nature Conservancy · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable
$15,000
Nature Conservancy · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$13,000
Millbrook School · Millbrook, NY · 2023
Education
$13,000
New Canaan Mounted Troop · New Canaan, CA · 2022
Education
$10,000
Congregational Church of New Canaan · New Canaan, CT · 2025
Religious
$10,000
Nature Conservancy · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable
$10,000
Squashbridge · Bridgeport, CT · 2025
Charitable
$10,000
National Louis University · Chicago, IL · 2024
Education
$10,000
Squashbridge · Bridgeport, CT · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
McLean Hospital · Belmont, MA · 2023
Medical
$10,000
National Louis University · Chicago, IL · 2023
Education
$10,000
McLean Hospital · Belmont, MA · 2022
Medical
$10,000
National Louis University · Chicago, IL · 2022
Education
$8,000
Congregational Church of New Canaan · New Canaan, CT · 2024
Religious
$7,500
Friends of Acadia · Bar Harbor, ME · 2022
Charitable
$7,000
New Canaan Mounted Troop · New Canaan, CA · 2025
Education
$7,000
New Canaan Mounted Troop · New Canaan, CA · 2024
Education
$7,000
Congregational Church of New Canaan · New Canaan, CT · 2023
Religious
$7,000
New Canaan Mounted Troop · New Canaan, CA · 2023
Education
$7,000
Congregational Church of New Canaan · New Canaan, CT · 2022
Religious
$6,000
Friends of Acadia · Bar Harbor, ME · 2025
Charitable
$6,000
New Canaan Country School · New Canaan, CT · 2025
Education
$5,000
Brain Chemistry Labs · Jackson, WY · 2025
Medical
$5,000
Dana-Farber Caner Institute · Boston, MA · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
Lcyc Csef · Islesford, ME · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
National Forest Foundation · Missoula, MT · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
National Louis University · Chicago, IL · 2025
Education
$5,000
The First Tee · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
Brain Chemistry Labs · Jackson, WY · 2024
Medical
$5,000
Friends of Acadia · Bar Harbor, ME · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
New Canaan Country School · New Canaan, CT · 2024
Education
$5,000
The First Tee · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Brain Chemistry Labs · Jackson, WY · 2023
Medical
$5,000
Friends of Acadia · Bar Harbor, ME · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
The First Tee · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Atlantic Salmon Federation · Calais, ME · 2022
Arts/humanities
$5,000
Brain Chemistry Labs · Jackson, WY · 2022
Medical
$5,000
Foxcroft School · Middleburg, VA · 2022
Education
$5,000
New Canaan Library · New Canaan, CT · 2022
Education
$5,000
The Ecology School · Saco, ME · 2022
Education
$4,000
New Canaan Country School · New Canaan, CT · 2023
Education
$4,000
New Canaan Country School · New Canaan, CT · 2022
Education
$3,000
Millbrook School · Millbrook, NY · 2025
Education
$3,000
New Canaan Land Trust · New Canaan, CT · 2025
Charitable
$3,000
New Canaan Nature Center · New Canaan, CT · 2025
Education
$3,000
Lcyc Csef · Islesford, ME · 2024
Charitable
$3,000
Millbrook School · Millbrook, NY · 2024
Education
$3,000
Lcyc Csef · Islesford, ME · 2023
Charitable
$3,000
Lcyc Csef · Islesford, ME · 2022
Charitable
$2,500
Food Rescue US · Stamford, CT · 2024
Charitable
$2,500
New Canaan Nature Center · New Canaan, CT · 2024
Education
$2,500
Brigham and Women'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2023
Medical
$2,500
Food Rescue US · Stamford, CT · 2023
Charitable
$2,500
Brigham and Women'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2022
Medical
$2,500
Food Rescue US · Stamford, CT · 2022
Charitable
$2,000
Food Rescue US · Stamford, CT · 2025
Charitable
$2,000
Foxcroft School · Middleburg, VA · 2025
Education
$2,000
Foxcroft School · Middleburg, VA · 2024
Education
$2,000
Bob Woodruff Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$2,000
Foxcroft School · Middleburg, VA · 2023
Education
$2,000
New Canaan Nature Center · New Canaan, CT · 2023
Education
$2,000
The Ecology School · Saco, ME · 2023
Education
$2,000
Bob Woodruff Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$2,000
Horizons Student Enrichment Program · New Canaan, CT · 2022
Education
$2,000
New Canaan Nature Center · New Canaan, CT · 2022
Education
$1,500
Horizons Student Enrichment Program · New Canaan, CT · 2025
Education
$1,500
New Canaan Ymca · New Canaan, CT · 2024
Social Welfare
$1,000
Atlantic Salmon Federation · Calais, ME · 2025
Arts/humanities
$1,000
Bob Woodruff Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
Charitable
$1,000
Cable Natural History Museum · Cable, WI · 2025
Charitable
$1,000
Islesford Volunteer Fire Department · Islesford, ME · 2025
Charitable
$1,000
Mt Desert Island Hospital · Bar Harbor, ME · 2025
Medical
$1,000
New Canaan Community Foundation · New Canaan, CT · 2025
Charitable
$1,000
The Duncan Louis Stewart Foundation · Lake Geneva, WI · 2025
Charitable
$1,000
The Ecology School · Saco, ME · 2025
Education
$1,000
Voices Center for Resilience · New Canaan, CT · 2025
Charitable
$1,000
Waveny Care Center · New Canaan, CT · 2025
Medical
$1,000
Waveny Park Conservancy · New Canaan, CT · 2025
Charitable
$1,000
Atlantic Salmon Federation · Calais, ME · 2024
Arts/humanities

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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.