Funding search · EIN 046114436 · Santa Fe, NM

Joseph C & Esther Foster 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.

103
grants reported
$579,500
total given
2021–2024
filing years
$3,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20212024. 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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  • Culture for One3 grants · $75,000
  • Csu Foundation3 grants · $45,000
  • Think New Mexico3 grants · $30,000
  • Culture for One1 grant · $30,000
  • Central Fund of Israel1 grant · $30,000
  • Albuquerque Jewish Community Center3 grants · $27,500
  • Move Nyc Foundation3 grants · $22,500
  • US Holocaust Museum3 grants · $22,500
  • Food Bank for Nyc2 grants · $19,000
  • Shake-a-Leg Miami3 grants · $17,500

Giving over time

$188,000
2021
$86,500
2022
$153,000
2023
$152,000
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 103 grants.

  • $30,000

    Central Fund of Israel · Cedarhurst, NY · 2024

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  • $30,000

    Culture for One · New York, NY · 2024

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  • $30,000

    Culture for One · New York, NY · 2021

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  • $25,000

    Culture for One · New York, NY · 2023

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  • $25,000

    Csu Foundation · Fort Collins, CO · 2021

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  • $20,000

    Culture for One · New York, NY · 2022

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  • $12,500

    Albuquerque Jewish Community Center · Albuquerque, NM · 2021

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  • $12,000

    Doe Foundation · New York, NY · 2023

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  • $10,000

    Albuquerque Jewish Community Center · Albuquerque, NM · 2024

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  • $10,000

    Csu Foundation · Fort Collins, CO · 2024

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  • $10,000

    Move Nyc Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

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  • $10,000

    Think New Mexico · Santa Fe, NM · 2024

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  • $10,000

    Csu Foundation · Fort Collins, CO · 2023

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  • $10,000

    Think New Mexico · Santa Fe, NM · 2023

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  • $10,000

    Csu Foundation · Fort Collins, CO · 2022

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  • $10,000

    Think New Mexico · Santa Fe, NM · 2022

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  • $10,000

    Doe Fund · New York, NY · 2021

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  • $10,000

    Food Bank for Nyc · New York, NY · 2021

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  • $10,000

    Move Nyc Foundation · New York, NY · 2021

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  • $10,000

    Think New Mexico · Santa Fe, NM · 2021

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  • $10,000

    US Holocaust Museum · Washington, DC · 2021

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  • $9,000

    Food Bank for Nyc · New York, NY · 2024

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  • $9,000

    Food Bank for Nyc · New York, NY · 2023

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  • $8,000

    City Meals On Wheels · New York, NY · 2023

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  • $7,500

    Albuquerque Jewish Community Center · Albuquerque, NM · 2023

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  • $7,500

    Central Fund of Israel · Cedarhurst, NY · 2023

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  • $7,500

    US Holocaust Museum · Washington, DC · 2023

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  • $7,500

    Albuquerque Jewish Community Center · Albuquerque, NM · 2022

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  • $7,500

    Shake-a-Leg Miami · Miami, FL · 2021

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  • $6,500

    Move Nyc Foundation · New York, NY · 2022

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  • $6,000

    Move Nyc Foundation · New York, NY · 2023

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  • $6,000

    Wnyc Radio · New York, NY · 2023

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  • $5,000

    Doe Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

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  • $5,000

    Shake-a-Leg Miami · Miami, FL · 2024

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  • $5,000

    The Door · New York, NY · 2024

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  • $5,000

    Cancer Foundation for Nm · Santa Fe, NM · 2023

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  • $5,000

    Central Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2023

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  • $5,000

    Shake-a-Leg Miami · Miami, FL · 2023

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  • $5,000

    Bosque School · Albuquerque, NM · 2022

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  • $5,000

    Cancer Foundation for Nm · Santa Fe, NM · 2022

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  • $5,000

    Shake-a-Leg Miami · Miami, FL · 2022

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  • $5,000

    US Holocaust Museum · Washington, DC · 2022

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  • $5,000

    Bosque School · Albuquerque, NM · 2021

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  • $5,000

    Cancer Foundation for Nm · Santa Fe, NM · 2021

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  • $5,000

    City Meals On Wheels · New York, NY · 2021

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  • $5,000

    Emily'S Entourage · Merion Station, PA · 2021

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  • $4,000

    City Meals On Wheels · New York, NY · 2024

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  • $4,000

    Central Park Conservation Fund · New York, NY · 2021

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  • $3,500

    Berkshire Botanical Garden · Stockbridge, MA · 2023

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  • $3,000

    Cancer Foundation for Nm · Santa Fe, NM · 2024

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  • $3,000

    Wnyc Radio · New York, NY · 2024

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  • $3,000

    Bard College · Annandaleonhudson, NY · 2023

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  • $3,000

    Eugene O'Neill Theatre · New York, NY · 2023

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  • $3,000

    Wnet · New Yor, NY · 2023

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  • $3,000

    Bard College Prison Initiative · Annandaleonhudson, NY · 2021

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  • $3,000

    Bsutanglewood · Boston, MA · 2021

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  • $3,000

    Espanola Valley Humane Society · Espanola, NM · 2021

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  • $3,000

    Eugene O'Neil Theater · Waterford, CT · 2021

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  • $3,000

    Jewish Cemetery Assoc of Mass · Newton Centre, MN · 2021

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  • $3,000

    National Dance Institute Center · New York, NY · 2021

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  • $3,000

    Sandglass Theater · Putney, VT · 2021

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  • $3,000

    Santa Fe Animal Shelter · Santa Fe, NM · 2021

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  • $3,000

    The Possibility Project · New York, NY · 2021

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  • $3,000

    Wnet · New York, NY · 2021

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  • $3,000

    Wnyc Radio · New York, NY · 2021

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  • $2,500

    Jewish Cemetery Assoc of Mass · Newton Centre, MN · 2024

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  • $2,500

    Louis Armstrong House Museum · Queens, NY · 2023

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  • $2,000

    Central Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2024

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  • $2,000

    Eugene O'Neill Theatre · New York, NY · 2024

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  • $2,000

    New Mexico Children'S Foundation · Santa Fe, NM · 2024

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  • $2,000

    Nyrr Team for Kids · New York, NY · 2024

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  • $2,000

    Wnet · New Yor, NY · 2024

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  • $2,000

    Jewish Cemetery Assoc of Mass · Newton Centre, MN · 2023

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  • $2,000

    Nat Dance Institute Center · Albuquerque, NM · 2023

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  • $2,000

    New Mexico Children'S Foundation · Santa Fe, NM · 2023

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  • $2,000

    Possibility Project · New York, NY · 2023

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  • $2,000

    Espanola Valley Humane Society · Espanola, NM · 2022

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  • $2,000

    Jewish Cemetery Assoc of Mass · Newton Centre, MN · 2022

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  • $2,000

    New Mexico Children'S Foundation · Santa Fe, NM · 2022

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  • $2,000

    Santa Fe Animal Shelter · Santa Fe, NM · 2022

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  • $2,000

    New Mexico Children'S Foundation · Santa Fe, NM · 2021

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  • $2,000

    US Coast Guard Foundation · Stonington, CT · 2021

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  • $1,500

    Boston Symphony Hall · Boston, MA · 2024

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  • $1,500

    Bsutanglewood · Boston, MA · 2023

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  • $1,500

    Boston Symphony Hall · Boston, MA · 2022

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  • $1,000

    Espanola Valley Humane Society · Espanola, NM · 2024

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  • $1,000

    Honda Fire and Rescue · Santa Fe, NM · 2024

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  • $1,000

    Santa Fe Animal Shelter · Santa Fe, NM · 2024

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  • $1,000

    US Coast Guard Foundation · Stonington, CT · 2024

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  • $1,000

    Chase Brock Experience · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

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  • $1,000

    Espanola Valley Humane Society · Espanola, NM · 2023

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  • $1,000

    Santa Fe Animal Shelter · Santa Fe, NM · 2023

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  • $1,000

    US Coast Guard Foundation · Stonington, CT · 2023

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  • $1,000

    Chase Brock Experience · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

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  • $1,000

    US Coast Guard Foundation · Stonington, CT · 2022

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  • $1,000

    Chase Brock Experience · Brooklyn, NY · 2021

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  • $500

    Hondo Vol Fire Dept · Santa Fe, NM · 2023

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  • $500

    Berkshire Botanical Garden · Stockbridge, MA · 2022

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  • $500

    Jacob'S Pillow · Becket, MA · 2022

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  • $500

    Jacob'S Pillow · Becket, MA · 2021

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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.