Funding search · EIN 411904085 · Minneapolis, MN

Living Springs 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.

287
grants reported
$2.4M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$3,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. 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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Top recipients

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  • JP Morgan Charitable Gifting Fund1 grant · $277,112
  • Earthjustice4 grants · $160,000
  • Southern Poverty Law Center4 grants · $129,000
  • New England Public Media4 grants · $83,500
  • Natural Resources Defense Council3 grants · $80,000
  • Hitchcock Center for the Environment2 grants · $75,000
  • Franklin Land Trust3 grants · $71,915
  • Center for Biological Diversity4 grants · $62,000
  • American Indian College Fund4 grants · $56,500
  • The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts3 grants · $56,000

Giving over time

$275,415
2022
$247,000
2023
$311,500
2024
$1.5M
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 287 grants.

  • $277,112

    JP Morgan Charitable Gifting Fund · Jenkintown, PA · 2025

    Donor Advised Fund

  • $75,000

    Earthjustice · Washington, DC · 2025

    General support

  • $75,000

    New England Public Media · Springfield, MA · 2025

    General support

  • $75,000

    Earthjustice · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $75,000

    Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $75,000

    Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    American Civil Liberties Union Foundation · New York, NY · 2025

    General support

  • $50,000

    American Indian College Fund · Denver, CO · 2025

    General operating support

  • $50,000

    Center for Biological Diversity · Tucson, AZ · 2025

    General operating

  • $50,000

    Howard University · Washington, DC · 2025

    General support

  • $50,000

    Southern Poverty Law Center · Topeka, KS · 2025

    General support

  • $50,000

    The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts · Chicopoee, MA · 2025

    General support

  • $50,000

    Voorhees University · Denmark, SC · 2025

    General support

  • $49,915

    Franklin Land Trust · Shelburne Falls, MA · 2022

    General fund

  • $40,000

    Hitchcock Center for the Environment · Amherst, MA · 2025

    General support

  • $35,000

    Hitchcock Center for the Environment · Amherst, MA · 2023

    General operating - $10,000; climate chg, sustainability & environmental justice education & capacity bldg initiative (yr 3 of 3 pldg) - $25,000

  • $30,000

    Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2025

    General support

  • $30,000

    Oxmoor Farm Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2025

    Designated to support museum education and outreach

  • $27,500

    Hitchcock Center for the Environment · Amherst, MA · 2022

    Genral fund support - $2,500climate change, sustainability & environmental capacity bldg initiative - $25,000

  • $25,000

    Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture · South Deerfield, MA · 2025

    Annual fund - 1-year pledge $23,000; annual fund year 3 of 3-year pledge $2,000

  • $25,000

    Hilltown Land Trust · Ashfield, MA · 2025

    General support

  • $25,000

    Kestrel Land Trust · Amherst, MA · 2025

    Operating expenses

  • $25,000

    The Bts Center · Portland, ME · 2025

    Special gift intended to fulfill a 3-yr pledge

  • $25,000

    Corporate Accountability · Boston, MA · 2022

    Year 3 of 3 year pledge

  • $23,000

    Kestrel Land Trust · Amherst, MA · 2023

    General operating expenses - $2,000; ct river wtrshd forest pshp - $21,000

  • $20,000

    Franklin Land Trust · Shelburne Falls, MA · 2025

    General support

  • $20,000

    Grand Canyon Trust · Flagstaff, AZ · 2025

    General support

  • $20,000

    Grow Food Northampton · Florence, MA · 2025

    General operating

  • $20,000

    Sunrise Movement Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2025

    General support

  • $20,000

    Corporate Accountability · Boston, MA · 2023

    General operating support

  • $17,500

    Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts · Springfield, MA · 2024

    General operating - $5,000; northampton conservation endowment - $12,500

  • $17,500

    Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts · Springfield, MA · 2023

    General operating - $5,000; northampden conservation endowment - $12,500

  • $10,000

    Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts · Springfield, MA · 2025

    General operating - $5,000; valley creates fund - $5,000

  • $10,000

    Cooley Dickinson Hospital · Northampton, MA · 2025

    General support

  • $10,000

    Eagle Eye Institute · Peru, MA · 2025

    General support

  • $10,000

    Greenpeace Fund · Washington, DC · 2025

    General support

  • $10,000

    Historic Northampton · Northampton, MA · 2025

    General support

  • $10,000

    Massachusetts Audubon Society · Lincoln, MA · 2025

    General support - $5,000, designated for the arcadia wildlife sanctuary - $5,000

  • $10,000

    Naacp Legal Defense & Educational Fund · New York, NY · 2025

    General support

  • $10,000

    Native American Rights Fund · Boulder, CO · 2025

    General support

  • $10,000

    Northampton Survival Center · Northampton, MA · 2025

    General operating

  • $10,000

    Planned Parenthood Federation of America · Washington, DC · 2025

    General operating

  • $10,000

    The Trust for Public Land · Boston, MA · 2025

    For projects in western massachusetts

  • $10,000

    The Wilderness Society · Washington, DC · 2025

    General support

  • $10,000

    Third Act Education Fund · Nassau, NY · 2025

    General support

  • $10,000

    United Negro College Fund · Washington, DC · 2025

    General support

  • $10,000

    United Way of Franklin & Hampshire Region · Northampton, MA · 2025

    General operating

  • $10,000

    United Way of Pioneer Valley · Springfield, MA · 2025

    General operating support

  • $10,000

    Woodwell Climate Research Center · Falmouth, MA · 2025

    General support

  • $10,000

    World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2025

    General support

  • $10,000

    Massachusetts Audubon Society · Lincoln, MA · 2022

    General Support - $3,000Action Agenda Program - $7,000

  • $8,000

    Episcopal Relief and Development · Boone, IA · 2025

    General support

  • $8,000

    Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts · Springfield, MA · 2022

    General operating - $6,000; markham-nathan fdn for social justice - 2,000

  • $7,500

    Massachusetts Audubon Society · Lincoln, MA · 2023

    General Support - $2,500Action Agenda Program - $5,000

  • $6,000

    Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture · South Deerfield, MA · 2024

    Annual fund - 1-year pledge $2,000; annual fund year 1 - 2 of 3-year pledge $4,000

  • $5,000

    350org · Boston, MA · 2025

    General support

  • $5,000

    A Network for Grateful Living · Amherst, MA · 2025

    General support

  • $5,000

    Agape Community · Ware, MA · 2025

    General support

  • $5,000

    Alliance for Tompotika Conservation · Vashon, WA · 2025

    General support

  • $5,000

    Amherst Survival Center · North Amherst, MA · 2025

    General operating support

  • $5,000

    Barbara C Harris Center · Greenfield, NH · 2025

    General support

  • $5,000

    Better Future Project · Somerville, MA · 2025

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Center for Action and Contemplation · Albuquerque, NM · 2025

    General support

  • $5,000

    Conservation International Foundation · Boston, MA · 2025

    General support

  • $5,000

    Conservation Law Foundation · Boston, MA · 2025

    Fbo slingshot

  • $5,000

    Creation Justice Ministries · Indianapolis, IN · 2025

    General support

  • $5,000

    Dana-Farber Cancer Institute · Boston, MA · 2025

    General support

  • $5,000

    Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2025

    General support

  • $5,000

    Epiphany School · Dorchester, MA · 2025

    General operating support

  • $5,000

    Episcopal City Mission · Boston, MA · 2025

    General support

  • $5,000

    Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts · Springfield, MA · 2025

    Human to human program

  • $5,000

    Finca International · Washington, DC · 2025

    General support

  • $5,000

    First Congregational Church of Ashfield · Ashfield, MA · 2025

    Fbo hilltown churches food pantry

  • $5,000

    Friends of the Earth · Merrifield, VA · 2025

    General support

  • $5,000

    Greenfaith · New York, NY · 2025

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Hilltown Community Health Centers · Worthington, MA · 2025

    General support

  • $5,000

    Inside Climate News · Brooklyn, NY · 2025

    General support

  • $5,000

    International Rescue Committee · Albert Lea, MN · 2025

    General support

  • $5,000

    Massachusetts Interfaith Power and Light · Boston, MA · 2025

    General operating support

  • $5,000

    Metanoia of Vermont · Strafford, VT · 2025

    General support

  • $5,000

    National Parks Conservation Association · Washington, DC · 2025

    General support

  • $5,000

    Nature Conservancy in Massachusetts · Boston, MA · 2025

    Massachusetts chapter, for western ma programs

  • $5,000

    Ocean Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2025

    General support

  • $5,000

    Oxfam America · Boston, MA · 2025

    General support

  • $5,000

    Pioneer Valley Habitat for Humanity · Florence, MA · 2025

    General support

  • $5,000

    Planned Parenthood International · Washington, DC · 2025

    International planned parenthood federation/ western hemisphere region

  • $5,000

    Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts · Boston, MA · 2025

    General support

  • $5,000

    Project Hope · Washington, DC · 2025

    General support

  • $5,000

    Rainforest Action Network · Roseville, CA · 2025

    General support

  • $5,000

    Red Cloud Indian School · Pine Ridge, SD · 2025

    General support

  • $5,000

    Red Cloud Renewable · Timnath, CO · 2025

    General support

  • $5,000

    Repairers of the Breach · Goldsboro, NC · 2025

    General support

  • $5,000

    Servicenet · Northampton, MA · 2025

    General support

  • $5,000

    Society of Saint John the Evangelist · Cambridge, MA · 2025

    General operating fund

  • $5,000

    Springfield Rescue Mission · Springfield, MA · 2025

    General support

  • $5,000

    St Bonaventure Indian Mission & School · Thoreau, NM · 2025

    General support

  • $5,000

    St Joseph'S Indian School · Chamberlain, SD · 2025

    General support

  • $5,000

    The Climate Reality Project · Washington, DC · 2025

    General support

  • $5,000

    The Episcopal Church · St Louis, MO · 2025

    General support

  • $5,000

    The Trustees of the Reservations · Boston, MA · 2025

    For work in western massachusetts

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