Funding search · EIN 223942135 · Stamford, CT
Js Howe 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.
- 74
- grants reported
- $1.9M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $13,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
What they fund
communityserviceeducationnaturepeopleprotectreligionwildlife
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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.
- Freedom Foundation3 grants · $378,000
- Marine Corps Heritage Foundation3 grants · $234,000
- Dana Farber Cancer Institute2 grants · $170,000
- Foundations in Education3 grants · $154,680
- Los Cabos Children'S Foundation2 grants · $92,000
- Assumption Church2 grants · $86,500
- Earth Placethe Nature Discovery Center3 grants · $83,320
- Old Stonebridge Village2 grants · $80,000
- Oic of America3 grants · $75,000
- Massachusetts Audubon3 grants · $75,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 74 reported grants, largest first.
- $132,000
Freedom Foundation · Flower Mounnd, TX · 2023
Community service
- $132,000
Freedom Foundation · Flower Mounnd, TX · 2022
Community service
- $114,000
Freedom Foundation · Flower Mounnd, TX · 2024
Community service
- $100,000
Marine Corps Heritage Foundation · Dumfries, VA · 2024
Community service
- $100,000
Foundations in Education · Bridgeport, CT · 2022
Community service
- $90,000
Dana Farber Cancer Institute · Boston, MA · 2022
Community service
- $89,000
Marine Corps Heritage Foundation · Dumfries, VA · 2022
Community service
- $80,000
Dana Farber Cancer Institute · Boston, MA · 2024
Community service
- $76,500
Assumption Church · Westport, CT · 2024
Religion
- $51,580
Foundations in Education · Bridgeport, CT · 2024
Community service
- $50,000
Los Cabos Children'S Foundation · Eagan, MN · 2022
Childrens health
- $45,000
Marine Corps Heritage Foundation · Dumfries, VA · 2023
Community service
- $45,000
Old Stonebridge Village · Sturbridge, MA · 2023
Community service
- $42,000
Los Cabos Children'S Foundation · Eagan, MN · 2023
Childrens health
- $40,000
Third Option Foundation · Reston, VA · 2022
Community service
- $35,000
Old Stonebridge Village · Sturbridge, MA · 2024
Community service
- $35,000
Oic of America · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Community service
- $33,250
Earth Placethe Nature Discovery Center · Westport, CT · 2023
Protect nature for people and wildlife
- $33,127
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2022
Education
- $30,000
Oic of America · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Community service
- $30,000
Connecticut Food Bank · Bridgeport, CT · 2023
Community service
- $30,000
Connecticut Food Bank · Bridgeport, CT · 2022
Community service
- $25,070
Earth Placethe Nature Discovery Center · Westport, CT · 2024
Protect nature for people and wildlife
- $25,000
Massachusetts Audubon · Lincoln, MA · 2024
Protect nature for people and wildlife
- $25,000
Cardinal Shehan Center · Bridgeport, CT · 2023
Community service
- $25,000
Massachusetts Audubon · Lincoln, MA · 2023
Protect nature for people and wildlife
- $25,000
Westportweston Ymca · Westport, CT · 2023
Community service
- $25,000
Cardinal Shehan Center · Bridgeport, CT · 2022
Community service
- $25,000
Earth Placethe Nature Discovery Center · Westport, CT · 2022
Protect nature for people and wildlife
- $25,000
Massachusetts Audubon · Lincoln, MA · 2022
Protect nature for people and wildlife
- $20,000
Connecticut Foodshare · Wallingford, CT · 2024
Community service
- $20,000
Feeding America · Chicago, IL · 2024
Community service
- $20,000
Third Option Foundation · Reston, VA · 2024
Community service
- $20,000
Trustees of Tufts University · Somerville, MA · 2024
Education
- $20,000
Summit Academy Oic · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Education
- $16,000
Assumption Parish Crisis Fund · Westport, CT · 2022
Religion
- $15,000
Assumption Parish Crisis Fund · Westport, CT · 2023
Religion
- $11,000
Young America'S Foundation · Reston, VA · 2024
Community service
- $10,000
Collings Foundation · Stow, MA · 2024
Education
- $10,000
Conscience Point Shellfish · Southampton, NY · 2024
Community service
- $10,000
Hang Time · Bridgeport, CT · 2024
Community service
- $10,000
Yankee Institute for Public Policy · Hartford, CT · 2024
Community service
- $10,000
Assumption Church · Westport, CT · 2023
Religion
- $10,000
Conscience Point Shellfish · Southampton, NY · 2023
Community service
- $10,000
Trustees of Tufts University · Somerville, MA · 2023
Education
- $10,000
Cape Cod Fishermen'S Alliance · Chatham, MA · 2022
Community service
- $10,000
Conscience Point Shellfish · Southampton, NY · 2022
Community service
- $10,000
Oic of America · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Community service
- $10,000
US Paralympics Foundation · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
U.s. Paralympics
- $5,400
Horizons · Westport, CT · 2024
Community service
- $5,000
Memorial Sloan Kettering · New York, NY · 2022
Community service
- $4,708
Westportweston Ymca · Westport, CT · 2022
Community service
- $3,100
Foundations in Education · Bridgeport, CT · 2023
Community service
- $2,500
Every Mother Counts · New York, NY · 2023
Community service
- $1,500
Connecticut Food Bank · Bridgeport, CT · 2024
Community service
- $1,500
Wga Caddie Scholarship Fund Llc · Elmsford, NY · 2023
Community service
- $1,250
Bridgeport Roman Catholic Corp · Bridgeport, CT · 2022
Religion
- $1,000
Brewster High School Salty Hand · Brewster, NY · 2024
Education
- $1,000
Carolyn Flynn Memorial Fund · Scituate, MA · 2024
Community service
- $1,000
Emerson Health Care Center · Emerson, NJ · 2024
Community service
- $1,000
Summit Academy Oic · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Education
- $1,000
Vfw · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Community service
- $1,000
Applied Behavioral Rehabilitation Institute Inc Dba Homes for the Brave · Bridgeport, CT · 2023
Community service
- $1,000
Bridgeport Roman Catholic Corp · Bridgeport, CT · 2023
Religion
- $1,000
Pan-Massachusetts Challenge · Needham, MA · 2023
Community service
- $1,000
The Leadership Institute · Arlington, VA · 2023
Community service
- $1,000
Walden Woods Project · Lincoln, MA · 2023
Community service
- $1,000
Westport Police Department · Westport, CT · 2023
Community service
- $1,000
Young America'S Foundation · Reston, VA · 2023
Community service
- $1,000
Pan-Massachusetts Challenge · Needham, MA · 2022
Community service
- $1,000
Positive Direction · Westport, CT · 2022
Education
- $1,000
Walden Woods Project · Lincoln, MA · 2022
Community service
- $1,000
Wgae Scholars Foundation · Elmsford, NY · 2022
Community service
- $1,000
Young America'S Foundation · Reston, VA · 2022
Community service
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