Funding search · EIN 132978937 · Wilmington, DE

The John C Griswold Family Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

236
grants reported
$1.9M
total given
2021–2023
filing years
$5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20212023. 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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Top recipients

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  • St Helena Montessori School5 grants · $188,025
  • Millikin University4 grants · $175,446
  • Dragonfly Development Resources3 grants · $107,508
  • Vocal Arts Ensemble of Cincinnati3 grants · $60,000
  • Santa Fe Farmers Market Institute3 grants · $57,500
  • Southport Congregational Church - United Church of2 grants · $50,000
  • Prospect House3 grants · $46,000
  • Pop Warner Little Scholars2 grants · $44,000
  • Secret Land Arp2 grants · $43,500
  • Oc Habitats3 grants · $43,000

Giving over time

$907,986
2021
$454,779
2022
$533,734
2023

Grant history

The 100 largest of 236 grants.

  • $90,000

    St Helena Montessori School · Saint Helena, CA · 2021

    General & Unrestricted

  • $60,000

    Millikin University · Decatur, IL · 2023

    Griswold Center Maintenance Fund

  • $55,446

    Millikin University · Decatur, IL · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Millikin University · Decatur, IL · 2021

    funds for Upgrades & Maintenance of Griswold Center and for new Athletics Locker/Performance Facility

  • $40,000

    Dragonfly Development Resources · Cumberland, RI · 2021

    Expenditure Responsibility Grant

  • $35,000

    Dragonfly Development Resources · Cumberland, RI · 2023

    Expenditure Responsibility Grant

  • $35,000

    St Helena Montessori School · Saint Helena, CA · 2023

    Music Studio

  • $35,000

    St Helena Montessori School · Saint Helena, CA · 2022

    Music Room

  • $32,508

    Dragonfly Development Resources · Cumberland, RI · 2022

    Expenditure responsibility grant

  • $30,000

    Pop Warner Little Scholars · Venice, FL · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $30,000

    Southport Congregational Church - United Church of · Southport, CT · 2021

    General & Unrestricted

  • $30,000

    Vocal Arts Ensemble of Cincinnati · Cincinnati, OH · 2021

    General & Unrestricted

  • $27,500

    Santa Fe Farmers Market Institute · Santa Fe, NM · 2021

    General & Unrestricted

  • $26,000

    Secret Land Arp · Altadena, CA · 2021

    General & Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Cameron Parsons Foundation · Santa Monica, CA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    St Helena Montessori School · Saint Helena, CA · 2023

    Music Room/Recording Studio Support

  • $25,000

    Cincinnati Permaculture Institute · Cincinnati, OH · 2021

    General & Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Oc Habitats · Irvine, CA · 2021

    Employee Payroll fund

  • $22,500

    Santa Fe Farmers Market Institute · Santa Fe, NM · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $21,236

    Lunchtime Productions · Saint Helena, CA · 2021

    General & Unrestricted

  • $21,000

    Prospect House · Cincinnati, OH · 2021

    General & Unrestricted

  • $20,000

    Huntington Beach Wetlands Conservancy · Huntingtn Bch, CA · 2022

    For Huntington Beach Library Window Shade Project

  • $20,000

    Southport Congregational Church - United Church of · Southport, CT · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $20,000

    Direct Connections To Africa · Laguna Beach, CA · 2021

    General & Unrestricted

  • $20,000

    University of Cincinnati Foundation · Cincinnati, OH · 2021

    The Waddell Center for Multiple Schlerosis

  • $19,737

    Greater Cincinnati Coalition for the Homeless · Cincinnati, OH · 2021

    General & Unrestricted

  • $18,000

    Stephen Siller Tunnel To Towers Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $17,500

    Secret Land Arp · Altadena, CA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $17,079

    Tonks Feline Foster · Garden Grove, CA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    Alfies Kitten Rescue · Huntingtn Bch, CA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    Southport Congregational Church · Southport, CT · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    Tabor Academy · Marion, MA · 2023

    Fund for Tabor

  • $15,000

    Vocal Arts Ensemble of Cincinnati · Cincinnati, OH · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    Prospect House · Cincinnati, OH · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    Vocal Arts Ensemble of Cincinnati · Cincinnati, OH · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    Nimbus Arts · Saint Helena, CA · 2021

    General & Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    Severall Friends · Cerrillos, NM · 2021

    General & Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    Vital Opera · Jackson Hts, NY · 2021

    General & Unrestricted

  • $14,000

    Pop Warner Little Scholars · Venice, FL · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $14,000

    Ocean Foundation · Washington, DC · 2021

    Pro Esteros Friends of Funds

  • $13,000

    Oc Habitats · Irvine, CA · 2021

    General & Unrestricted

  • $12,500

    Severall Friends · Cerrillos, NM · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $11,929

    Severall Friends · Cerrillos, NM · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $11,820

    Stephen Siller Tunnel To Towers Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $11,500

    Alfies Kitten Rescue · Huntington Beach, CA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $11,013

    Orangewood Children'S Home · Orange, CA · 2021

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Prospect House · Cincinnati, OH · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Vital Opera · New York, NY · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Fe-Ma-Le Foundation · Georgetown, TX · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Napa Valley Little League · Saint Helena, CA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Archibald Project · Horseshoe Bay, TX · 2021

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Buyamba · Westlake Village, CA · 2021

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Downtown Womens Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2021

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Giving Grove · Kansas City, MO · 2021

    The Common Orchard Project

  • $10,000

    Huntington Beach Wetlands Conservancy · Huntingtn Bch, CA · 2021

    Project for Huntington Beach Main Library window shading

  • $10,000

    Huntington Beach Wetlands Conservancy · Huntingtn Bch, CA · 2021

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Jessie Rees Foundation · Rancho Santa Margarita, CA · 2021

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Make-a-Wish Foundation of Orange County · Irvine, CA · 2021

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Millikin University · Decatur, IL · 2021

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Permaganic Co · Camp Dennison, OH · 2021

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Power Clean Recovery Corp · Branford, CT · 2021

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern Califo · Los Angeles, CA · 2021

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Sidewalk · Olympia, WA · 2021

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Stephen Siller Tunnel To Towers Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2021

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Tikkun Farm · Cincinnati, OH · 2021

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Wwp Inc - Wounded Warrior Project · Topeka, KS · 2021

    General & Unrestricted

  • $9,000

    Downtown Womens Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $9,000

    Tonks Feline Foster · Garden Grove, CA · 2021

    General & Unrestricted

  • $8,500

    Archibald Project · Horseshoe Bay, TX · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $8,000

    San Antonio Little Theatre · San Antonio, TX · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $8,000

    Girls On the Run International · Charlotte, NC · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $8,000

    International Rescue Committee · Salt Lake City, UT · 2021

    New Roots Program

  • $8,000

    Sage Mountain · Park City, UT · 2021

    General & Unrestricted

  • $7,500

    Archibald Project · Horseshoe Bay, TX · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $7,500

    Downtown Womens Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $7,500

    Santa Fe Farmers Market Institute · Santa Fe, NM · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $7,500

    Fisher House Southern California · Long Beach, CA · 2021

    General & Unrestricted

  • $7,500

    Microgrid Systems Laboratory · Medanales, NM · 2021

    General & Unrestricted

  • $7,000

    Operation Give Back · Blue Ash, OH · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $7,000

    Rooted Wi · Madison, WI · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $7,000

    Chorus America Association · Washington, DC · 2021

    Annual Conference Scholarship Fund

  • $7,000

    Reclaimed Hope Initiative · Charlottesvle, VA · 2021

    General & Unrestricted

  • $6,000

    Nature Nexus Institute · Culver City, CA · 2023

    California Least Tern Research Fund

  • $6,000

    Ocean Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023

    Pro Esteros Friends of Funds

  • $6,000

    Saving Gracie Equine Healing Foundation · Park City, UT · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $6,000

    National Multiple Sclerosis Society · Cincinnati, OH · 2021

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Acequia Madre Ptc · Santa Fe, NM · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Chorus America Association · Washington, DC · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Drive Savant Foundation · Long Beach, CA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Fisher House Southern California · Long Beach, CA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Hays County Food Bank · San Marcos, TX · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Lunchtime Productions · Saint Helena, CA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Mid Fairfield AIDS Project · Norwalk, CT · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Mid Fairfield AIDS Project · Norwalk, CT · 2023

    Charitable Event

  • $5,000

    National Ability Center · Park City, UT · 2023

    Equine Program

  • $5,000

    Reclaimed Hope Initiative · Charlottesville, VA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Saint Helena Forum for Innovation and Creativity · Saint Helena, CA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    The Public for Animal Welfare · Dripping Spgs, TX · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    University of San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2023

    Daniel Burkett Memorial Scholarship Fund

  • $5,000

    Buyamba · Westlake Village, CA · 2022

    General & 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.