Funding search · EIN 136085261 · New York, NY

Jackson & Evelyn Spears Foundation

Name: Jackson & Evelyn Spears 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.

68
grants reported: $442,730
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.

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The Fannie and John Hertz Foundation4 grants · $112,500
The Metropolitan Opera3 grants · $60,000
New York School of Interior Design2 grants · $52,000
Choate Rosemary Hall4 grants · $31,000
Princeton University3 grants · $30,000
The Legal Aid Society1 grant · $25,000
Indian Mountain School4 grants · $20,000
Metropolitan Museum of Art3 grants · $10,630
Harvard Business School1 grant · $10,000
Central Park Conservancy1 grant · $10,000

Giving over time

$146,010

2022

$79,510

2023

$103,710

2024

$113,500

2025

Grant history

All 68 reported grants, largest first.

$55,000
The Fannie and John Hertz Foundation · Pleasanton, CA · 2025
General fund - for annual expenses
$52,500
The Fannie and John Hertz Foundation · Pleasanton, CA · 2024
General fund - for annual expenses
$50,000
New York School of Interior Design · New York, NY · 2022
General fund - for annual expenses
$25,000
The Legal Aid Society · Bronx, NY · 2023
General fund - for annual expenses
$25,000
The Metropolitan Opera · New York, NY · 2023
General fund - for annual expenses
$25,000
The Metropolitan Opera · New York, NY · 2022
General fund - for annual expenses
$10,210
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2023
General fund - for annual expenses
$10,000
Choate Rosemary Hall · Wallingford, CT · 2025
General fund - for annual expenses
$10,000
New York Cares · New York, NY · 2025
General fund - for annual expenses
$10,000
Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2025
General fund - for annual expenses
$10,000
St Basil Greek Orthodox Church · Troy, NY · 2025
General fund - for annual expenses
$10,000
The Metropolitan Opera · New York, NY · 2025
General fund - for annual expenses
$10,000
Choate Rosemary Hall · Wallingford, CT · 2024
General fund - for annual expenses
$10,000
Harvard Business School · Boston, MA · 2024
General fund - for annual expenses
$10,000
Princeton University · Princton, NJ · 2024
General fund - for annual expenses
$10,000
Central Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2022
General fund - for annual expenses
$10,000
Choate Rosemary Hall · Wallingford, CT · 2022
General fund - for annual expenses
$10,000
Macdowell · New York, NY · 2022
General fund - for annual expenses
$10,000
National Wildlife Foundation · Reston, VA · 2022
General fund - for annual expenses
$10,000
Princeton University · Princton, NJ · 2022
General fund - for annual expenses
$5,000
Indian Mountain School · Lakeville, CT · 2025
General fund - for annual expenses
$5,000
Indian Mountain School · Lakeville, CT · 2024
General fund - for annual expenses
$5,000
Indian Mountain School · Lakeville, CT · 2023
General fund - for annual expenses
$5,000
Indian Mountain School · Lakeville, CT · 2022
General fund - for annual expenses
$2,500
Ruby M Sisson Memorial Library Foundation · Pagosa Springs, CO · 2023
General fund - for annual expenses
$2,500
The Fannie and John Hertz Foundation · Pleasanton, CA · 2023
General fund - for annual expenses
$2,500
Ruby M Sisson Memorial Library Foundation · Pagosa Springs, CO · 2022
General fund - for annual expenses
$2,500
The Fannie and John Hertz Foundation · Pleasanton, CA · 2022
General fund - for annual expenses
$2,500
The Windsor School · New York, NY · 2022
General fund - for annual expenses
$2,000
New York School of Interior Design · New York, NY · 2024
General fund - for annual expenses
$1,500
Music in the Mountains · Durango, CO · 2025
General fund - for annual expenses
$1,500
Brennan Center for Justice · New York, NY · 2024
General fund - for annual expenses
$1,500
Lake Waramaug Task Force · Warren, CT · 2024
General fund - for annual expenses
$1,500
Music in the Mountains · Durango, CO · 2024
General fund - for annual expenses
$1,500
Steep Rock Association · New Preston, CT · 2024
General fund - for annual expenses
$1,500
Lake Waramaug Task Force · Warren, CT · 2023
General fund - for annual expenses
$1,500
Music in the Mountains · Durango, CO · 2023
General fund - for annual expenses
$1,500
Steep Rock Association · New Preston, CT · 2023
General fund - for annual expenses
$1,500
Epiphany Magazine · New York, NY · 2022
General fund - for annual expenses
$1,500
Lake Waramaug Task Force · Warren, CT · 2022
General fund - for annual expenses
$1,000
Pagosa Springs Medical Center Foundation · Pagosa Springs, CO · 2025
General fund - for annual expenses
$1,000
Pagosa Springs Rotary · Pagosa Springs, CO · 2025
General fund - for annual expenses
$1,000
Alzheimers Association · Washington, DC · 2024
General fund - for annual expenses
$1,000
Friends of the Public Garden · Boston, MA · 2024
General fund - for annual expenses
$1,000
Pagosa Rotary Community Assistance Fund · Pagosa Springs, CO · 2024
General fund - for annual expenses
$1,000
Psmc Foundation · Pagosa Springs, CO · 2024
General fund - for annual expenses
$1,000
San Juan Historical Society Museum · Pagosa Springs, CO · 2024
General fund - for annual expenses
$1,000
The Windsor School · New York, NY · 2024
General fund - for annual expenses
$1,000
Friends of the Public Garden · Boston, MA · 2023
General fund - for annual expenses
$1,000
Pagosa Rotary Community Assistance Fund · Pagosa Springs, CO · 2023
General fund - for annual expenses
$1,000
The Windsor School · New York, NY · 2023
General fund - for annual expenses
$1,000
Choate Rosemary Hall · Wallingford, CT · 2022
General fund - for annual expenses
$1,000
National Council of Jewish Women · Washington, DC · 2022
General fund - for annual expenses
$1,000
Rotary Club of Pagosa Springs · Pagosa Springs, CO · 2022
General fund - for annual expenses
$1,000
San Juan Historical Society Museum · Pagosa Springs, CO · 2022
General fund - for annual expenses
$700
Western Heritage Event Center · Pagosa Springs, CO · 2024
General fund - for annual expenses
$600
Warren Land Trust · Warren, CT · 2024
General fund - for annual expenses
$600
Epiphany Magazine · New York, NY · 2023
General fund - for annual expenses
$600
Steep Rock Association · New Preston, CT · 2022
General fund - for annual expenses
$500
Center of Coastal Research · Galloway, NJ · 2024
General fund - for annual expenses
$500
Center of Coastal Research · Galloway, NJ · 2023
General fund - for annual expenses
$500
Hospital for Special Surgery · New York, NY · 2023
General fund - for annual expenses
$500
Start · Norwalk, CT · 2022
General fund - for annual expenses
$210
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2024
General fund - for annual expenses
$210
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2022
General fund - for annual expenses
$200
Museum of Modern Art · New York, NY · 2024
General fund - for annual expenses
$200
Museum of Modern Art · New York, NY · 2023
General fund - for annual expenses
$200
Museum of Modern Art · New York, NY · 2022
General fund - for annual expenses

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