Funding search · EIN 222801492 · Pound Ridge, NY
The John F Welch Jr 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.
- 86
- grants reported
- $6.8M
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $25,000
- 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
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Central Park Conservancy3 grants · $1.5M
- Nyu Grossman School of Medicine2 grants · $1.1M
- Wills Eye Health System2 grants · $957,336
- Good Food Institute2 grants · $500,000
- The Good Food Institute2 grants · $500,000
- Humane Societyof the United States5 grants · $377,350
- Sankaty Head Foundation3 grants · $250,000
- Big Dog Ranch Resuce3 grants · $225,000
- Boys and Girls Club of Greater Salem4 grants · $200,000
- National Great Pyrenees Rescue4 grants · $160,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 86 reported grants, largest first.
- $1.0M
Nyu Grossman School of Medicine · New York, NY · 2022
General operating support
- $773,500
Central Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support
- $675,000
Central Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
- $478,668
Wills Eye Health System · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General operating support
- $478,668
Wills Eye Health System · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General operating support
- $250,000
Good Food Institute · Washington, DC · 2025
General operating support
- $250,000
Good Food Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
- $250,000
The Good Food Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating support
- $250,000
The Good Food Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
General operating support
- $150,000
Big Dog Ranch Resuce · Loxahatchee Groves, FL · 2022
General operating support
- $132,050
Humane Societyof the United States · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
- $125,000
Scenic Hudson · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2023
General operating support
- $102,050
Humane Societyof the United States · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating support
- $102,000
Mercy for Animals · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General operating support
- $100,000
Sankaty Head Foundation · Nantucket, MA · 2025
General operating support
- $100,000
Family Church · Middletown, NY · 2024
General operating support
- $100,000
Sankaty Head Foundation · Nantucket, MA · 2023
General operating support
- $100,000
Central Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2022
General operating support
- $50,000
Boys and Girls Club of Greater Salem · Salem, MA · 2025
General operating support
- $50,000
Innter-City Scholarship Fund · New York, NY · 2025
General operating support
- $50,000
Boys and Girls Club of Greater Salem · Salem, MA · 2024
General operating support
- $50,000
National Great Pyrenees Rescue · Claremont, CA · 2024
General operating support
- $50,000
Big Dog Ranch Resuce · Loxahatchee Groves, FL · 2023
General operating support
- $50,000
Boys and Girls Club of Greater Salem · Salem, MA · 2023
General operating support
- $50,000
Graham Windham · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General operating support
- $50,000
National Great Pyrenees Rescue · Claremont, CA · 2023
General operating support
- $50,000
Boys and Girls Club of Greater Salem · Salem, MA · 2022
General operating support
- $50,000
Humane Societyof the United States · Washington, DC · 2022
General operating support
- $50,000
National Great Pyrenees Rescue · Claremont, CA · 2022
General operating support
- $50,000
Nyu Grossman School of Medicine · New York, NY · 2022
General operating support
- $50,000
Sankaty Head Foundation · Nantucket, MA · 2022
General operating support
- $48,550
Humane World for Animals · Washington, DC · 2025
General operating support
- $48,500
Schwarzman Animal Medical Center · New York, NY · 2022
General operating support
- $47,250
Humane Societyof the United States · Washington, DC · 2022
General operating support
- $46,000
Humane Societyof the United States · Washington, DC · 2022
General operating support
- $35,000
Woodstock Farm Sanctuary · High Falls, NY · 2023
General operating support
- $30,000
Creature Kind · Tucson, AZ · 2024
General operating support
- $30,000
Nantucket Island Safe Harbor for Animals (Nisha) · Nantucket, MA · 2024
General operating support
- $30,000
Creature Kind · Tucson, AZ · 2022
General operating support
- $25,000
Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program · Boston, NY · 2025
General operating support
- $25,000
Big Dog Ranch Resuce · Loxahatchee Groves, FL · 2024
General operating support
- $25,000
Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program · Boston, NY · 2024
General operating support
- $25,000
Saving Hope Animal Rescue · Aledo, TX · 2024
General operating support
- $25,000
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support
- $25,000
Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program · Boston, NY · 2022
General operating support
- $23,545
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2022
General operating support
- $21,000
Creature Kind · Tucson, AZ · 2022
General operating support
- $20,000
Woodstock Farm Sanctuary · High Falls, NY · 2025
General operating support
- $10,000
Graham Windham · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
General operating support
- $10,000
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2025
General operating support
- $10,000
National Great Pyrenees Rescue · Claremont, CA · 2025
General operating support
- $10,000
Center for Action and Contemplation · Albuquerque, NM · 2024
General operating support
- $10,000
Sconset Trust · Siasconset, MA · 2024
General operating support
- $10,000
American Institute for Stuttering · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General operating support
- $10,000
Cardinal'S Annual Stewardship Appeal · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support
- $10,000
American Institute for Stuttering · Atlanta, GA · 2022
General operating support
- $10,000
American Medical Center · New York, NY · 2022
General operating support
- $9,332
Facing History & Ourselves · Boston, MA · 2024
General operating support
- $9,100
Ark Charities · Brookfield, CT · 2023
General operating support
- $7,500
Facing History & Ourselves · Boston, MA · 2023
General operating support
- $7,500
Nantucket Island Safe Harbor for Animals (Nisha) · Nantucket, MA · 2023
General operating support
- $5,000
Nantucket Conservation Foundation · Nantucket, MA · 2025
General operating support
- $5,000
Saving Hope Animal Rescue · Aledo, TX · 2025
General operating support
- $5,000
Sconset Trust · Siasconset, MA · 2025
General operating support
- $5,000
Nantucket Boys & Girls Club · Nantucket, MA · 2024
General operating support
- $5,000
Friends of Miami Animals Foundation · Miami, FL · 2023
General operating support
- $5,000
Nantucket Conservation Foundation · Nantucket, MA · 2023
General operating support
- $5,000
Pound Ridge Voolunteer Fire Department · Pound Ridge, NY · 2023
General operating support
- $5,000
Catskill Animal Sanctuary · Saugerties, NY · 2022
General operating support
- $5,000
Nantucket Conservation Foundation · Nantucket, MA · 2022
General operating support
- $5,000
Stafford Animal Shelter · Stafford Springs, CT · 2022
General operating support
- $4,290
Nantucket Historical Association · Nantucket, MA · 2023
General operating support
- $4,120
Nantucket Historical Association · Nantucket, MA · 2022
General operating support
- $2,500
Facing History & Ourselves · Boston, MA · 2025
General operating support
- $2,500
Pound Ridge Police Benevolent Association Inc (Pba) · Pound Ridge, NY · 2025
General operating support
- $2,500
Pound Ridge Volunteer Fire Department · Pound Ridge, NY · 2025
General operating support
- $2,500
Pound Ridge Volunteer Fire Department · Pound Ridge, NY · 2024
General operating support
- $2,500
Encompass · Green Bay, WI · 2022
General operating support
- $2,500
Nantucket Island Safe Harbor for Animals · Nantucket, FL · 2022
General operating support
- $2,063
Linda Loring Nature Foundation · Nantucket, MA · 2022
General operating support
- $2,000
Jdrf · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
- $2,000
New Roots Institute · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General operating support
- $2,000
Prospect Park Alliance · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General operating support
- $1,200
Nantucket Island Safe Harbor for Animals · Nantucket, MA · 2022
General operating support
- $1,000
Nantucket Golf Club · Nantucket, MA · 2022
General operating support
- $1,000
Tower Hill Botanic Gardens · Boylston, MA · 2022
General operating support
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