Funding search · EIN 831437443 · Wilmington, DE
The Orvis Charitable 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.
- 138
- grants reported
- $789,421
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $2,500
- 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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Top recipients
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- The Everglades Foundation4 grants · $145,000
- Trout Unlimited4 grants · $105,000
- Captains for Clean Water5 grants · $90,000
- Petfinder Foundation4 grants · $55,000
- Casting for Recovery3 grants · $33,356
- Shejumps2 grants · $32,000
- The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation1 grant · $25,000
- Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership4 grants · $20,000
- University of New Hampshire Foundation Incorporate2 grants · $19,500
- Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing2 grants · $15,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 138 grants.
- $60,000
The Everglades Foundation · Palmetto Bay, FL · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $45,000
The Everglades Foundation · Palmetto Bay, FL · 2023
Everglades Restoration Fund
- $40,000
Trout Unlimited · Arlington, VA · 2023
Bristol Bay Guide Academy, TU Alaska
- $35,000
Petfinder Foundation · Tucson, AZ · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $30,000
Trout Unlimited · Washington, DC · 2025
General & Unrestricted
- $30,000
Trout Unlimited · Washington, DC · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $30,000
The Everglades Foundation · Palmetto Bay, FL · 2022
Everglades Restoration
- $25,000
Captains for Clean Water · Fort Myers, FL · 2025
General & Unrestricted
- $25,000
Captains for Clean Water · Fort Myers, FL · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $25,000
The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation · Arlington, VA · 2022
Sponsorship for the Pedro Bay Rivers project
- $22,000
Shejumps · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022
Charitable Event
- $20,000
Captains for Clean Water · Fort Myers, FL · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $15,000
Casting for Recovery · Bozeman, MT · 2023
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Initiative
- $15,000
Chesapeake Bay Foundation · Annapolis, MD · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $15,000
Captains for Clean Water · Fort Myers, FL · 2022
Captains for Clean Water Hurricane Ian Relief Fund
- $15,000
Casting for Recovery · Bozeman, MT · 2022
CfR Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiative
- $10,000
The Everglades Foundation · Palmetto Bay, FL · 2025
Charitable Event
- $10,000
Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing · La Plata, MD · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $10,000
Rivers of Recovery · Eagan, MN · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $10,000
Petfinder Foundation · Tucson, AZ · 2023
Dog Enrichment Program
- $10,000
Shejumps · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023
Charitable Event
- $10,000
University of New Hampshire Foundation Incorporate · Durham, NH · 2023
Carbon Clinic Project Fund (1GA413)
- $10,000
Upper Missouri Waterkeeper · Bozeman, MT · 2023
Save Wild Trout Fund
- $10,000
Oregon Wildlife Heritage Foundation · Portland, OR · 2022
Brown Folks Fishing Salmon & Steelhead Camp
- $9,500
University of New Hampshire Foundation Incorporate · Durham, NH · 2024
Sustainability Fellows Program
- $7,500
Northshire Day School · Manchestr Center, VT · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $5,000
Fish for Change · Denver, CO · 2025
General & Unrestricted
- $5,000
Mayfly Project · Benton, AR · 2025
General & Unrestricted
- $5,000
Petfinder Foundation · Tucson, AZ · 2025
General & Unrestricted
- $5,000
Arlington Arts Enrichment Program · Arlington, VT · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $5,000
As Good As Gold-Golden Retriever Rescue of Illinoi · McHenry, IL · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $5,000
Atlantic Salmon Federation · Calais, ME · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $5,000
Friends of Fletchers Cove · Washington, DC · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $5,000
Friends of the Mississippi River · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $5,000
Friends of the Upper Delaware River · Hancock, NY · 2024
Charitable Event
- $5,000
Petfinder Foundation · Tucson, AZ · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $5,000
Protect Our Rivers · Lakewood, CO · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $5,000
Rivanna Conservation Alliance · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $5,000
Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable Event
- $5,000
Arlington Arts Enrichment Program · Arlington, VT · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $5,000
Captains for Clean Water · Fort Myers, FL · 2023
Charitable Event
- $5,000
Chattahoochee Riverkeeper · Mableton, GA · 2023
Funds for Orvis Giveback Days
- $5,000
Friends of the Mississippi River · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $5,000
Friends of the Upper Delaware River · Hancock, NY · 2023
Charitable Event
- $5,000
Mayfly Project · Benton, AR · 2023
Mayfly Project Los Angeles Chapter
- $5,000
Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing · La Plata, MD · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $5,000
Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable Event
- $5,000
Three Rivers Stocking Association · Durham, NH · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $5,000
Trout Unlimited · Asheville, NC · 2023
Funds for Orvis Giveback Days
- $5,000
Trout Unlimited · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $5,000
Trout Unlimited · Arlington, VA · 2023
Southwestern Vermont TU chapter
- $5,000
Woodstock Land Conservancy Inc Gay Leonhardt · Woodstock, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $5,000
Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable Event
- $5,000
Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership · Washington, DC · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $4,683
Colorado High-Country Educational Treks · Lakewood, CO · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $4,484
Protect Our Rivers · Lakewood, CO · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $3,500
Humble Hustle Company · Roanoke, VA · 2022
Charitable Event
- $3,356
Casting for Recovery · Bozeman, MT · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $3,300
Friends of the Upper Delaware River · Hancock, NY · 2022
Charitable Event
- $3,000
Burr & Burton Academy · Manchester, VT · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $3,000
Burr & Burton Academy · Manchester, VT · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $3,000
Burr & Burton Academy · Manchester, VT · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $2,902
Pheasants Forever · Saint Paul, MN · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $2,500
American Museum of Fly Fishing · Manchester, VT · 2025
General & Unrestricted
- $2,500
Protect Our Rivers · Lakewood, CO · 2025
Charitable Event
- $2,500
Rescue Mission of Roanoke · Roanoke, VA · 2025
Charitable Event
- $2,500
Mark Skinner Library · Manchester Center, VT · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $2,500
Northshire Day School · Manchestr Center, VT · 2024
Charitable Event
- $2,500
Second Chance Animal Shelter · Arlington, VT · 2024
Charitable Event
- $2,500
Selkirk Conservation Alliance · Priest River, ID · 2024
Charitable Event
- $2,500
Southwestern Vermont Health Care Corporation · Bennington, VT · 2024
Telehealth Endowment Fund
- $2,500
Bennington County Humane Society Inc - Second Chan · Arlington, VT · 2023
Charitable Event
- $2,500
Cloud Forest Institute · Boonville, CA · 2023
SATYA Foundation
- $2,500
Mark Skinner Library - Manchester Community Librar · Manchester Center, VT · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $2,500
Roanoke Outside · Roanoke, VA · 2023
Charitable Event
- $2,500
Selkirk Conservation Alliance · Priest River, ID · 2023
SCA's youth environmental education projects
- $2,500
Southern Vermont Arts Center Incorporated · Manchester, VT · 2023
Charitable Event
- $2,500
Bennington County Humane Society Inc - Second Chan · Arlington, VT · 2022
Charitable Event
- $2,500
Reel Recovery · Needham, MA · 2022
Charitable Event
- $2,500
Southwestern Vermont Medical Center · Bennington, VT · 2022
Community Business Partnership
- $2,500
Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2022
Charitable Event
- $2,000
Clean Valley Council · Roanoke, VA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
- $2,000
Second Chance Animal Shelter · Arlington, VT · 2025
Charitable Event
- $2,000
American Museum of Fly Fishing · Manchester, VT · 2024
Charitable Event
- $2,000
Arlington Arts Enrichment Program · Arlington, VT · 2023
Charitable Event
- $2,000
Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2023
Charitable Event
- $1,500
Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2024
Charitable Event
- $1,500
Vermont Youth Conservation Corps · Richmond, VT · 2022
Water Quality Sponsorship
- $1,000
Mark Skinner Library · Manchester Center, VT · 2025
General & Unrestricted
- $1,000
Vermont Green Up · Montpelier, VT · 2024
Charitable Event
- $1,000
Girls On the Run of Vermont · Williston, VT · 2023
Charitable Event
- $1,000
Green Mountain Club · Waterbury Ctr, VT · 2023
Charitable Event
- $1,000
Vermont Green Up · Montpelier, VT · 2022
Charitable Event
- $999
Northshire Civic Center · Manchester, VT · 2025
Riley Rink Gold Banner sponsorship
- $999
Northshire Civic Center · Manchester, VT · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $999
Northshire Civic Center · Manchester, VT · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $999
Northshire Civic Center · Manchester, VT · 2022
Riley Rink
- $500
Community Food Cupboard · Manchestr Center, VT · 2025
General & Unrestricted
- $500
Greater Bennington Interfaith Community Services · Bennington, VT · 2025
Support for the Kitchen Cupboard
- $500
Rescue Mission of Roanoke · Roanoke, VA · 2025
To support the Manna Food Pantry
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