Funding search · EIN 474303914 · Lenox, MA

Roaring Brook Family Foundation

Name: Roaring Brook Family Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

189
grants reported: $6.0M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $25,000
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

education center campaign capital community nutrition climate forest

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Roots Rising4 grants · $325,000
Earth Justice3 grants · $250,000
Coastal Conservation League4 grants · $250,000
Freshfarm4 grants · $235,000
Ocean Conservancy3 grants · $225,000
Berkshire Agricultural Ventures4 grants · $220,000
Trustees of Reservations2 grants · $200,000
Shelburne Farms3 grants · $200,000
Greenagers4 grants · $200,000
Esperanza Academy3 grants · $175,000

Giving over time

$1.6M

2022

$2.1M

2023

$2.2M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 189 grants.

$150,000
Freshfarm · Washington, DC · 2023
Foodprints program + capital campaign
$125,000
Greenagers · S Egremont, MA · 2024
General operating funds
$125,000
Shelburne Farms · Shelburne, VT · 2024
Education for sustainability initiatives
$125,000
Roots Rising · Pittsfield, MA · 2023
Roots rising program
$100,000
Berkshire Agricultural Ventures · Great Barrington, MA · 2024
Loan fund
$100,000
Charles River Conservancy · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Floating wetlands
$100,000
Coastal Conservation League · Charleston, SC · 2024
General operating funds
$100,000
Earth Justice · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Energy programs
$100,000
Ocean Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2024
Trash-free seas program + ghost gear initiative + dsm
$100,000
Roots Rising · Pittsfield, MA · 2024
Matching challenge grant
$100,000
Trustees of Reservations · Boston, MA · 2024
Appleton farms + crane coastal ecology education
$100,000
Coastal Conservation League · Charleston, SC · 2023
General operating funds
$100,000
Earth Justice · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Energy programs
$100,000
Trustees of Reservations · Boston, MA · 2023
Appleton farms + crane coastal ecology education
$100,000
Esperanza Academy · Lawrence, MA · 2022
Capital campaign
$100,000
Filmmakers Collaborative · Melrose, MA · 2022
Save the triplex
$100,000
The Ecology School · Saco, ME · 2022
Community resilience
$100,000
The Putney School · Putney, VT · 2022
Capital campaign
$100,000
The Telling Room · Portland, ME · 2022
Young writers and leaders
$75,000
Roots Rising · Pittsfield, MA · 2024
Roots rising program
$75,000
Chabad of the Berkshires · Pittsfield, MA · 2023
Playground in memory of october 7
$75,000
Ocean Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2023
Trash-free seas program + ghost gear initiative + dsm
$65,000
Vermont Farmers Food Center · Rutland, VT · 2024
General operating funds
$50,000
Berkshire Agricultural Ventures · Great Barrington, MA · 2024
Loan fund
$50,000
Ecology School · Saco, ME · 2024
Arc community food system resilience
$50,000
First Nations Development Institute · Longmont, CO · 2024
Nourishing native foods + nutrition
$50,000
Freshfarm · Washington, DC · 2024
Foodprints program +
$50,000
Gulf of Maine Research Institute · Portland, ME · 2024
Community engagement + climate center
$50,000
Hurricane Island Outward Bound School · Camden, ME · 2024
Pinnacle scholarships
$50,000
Institute for Local Self-Reliance · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Locally-scaled business
$50,000
Latin American Youth Center · Washington, DC · 2024
W-layc & nutrition program
$50,000
Telling Room · Portland, ME · 2024
Young writers and leaders nea gap
$50,000
Berkshire Agricultural Ventures · Great Barrington, MA · 2023
Loan fund
$50,000
Berkshire Environmental Action Team · Pittsfield, MA · 2023
Education center
$50,000
Environmental Investigation Agency · Washington, DC · 2023
Climate action initiatives
$50,000
Equal Justice Initiative · Montgomery, AL · 2023
General operating funds
$50,000
Esperanza Academy · Lawrence, MA · 2023
Capital campaign
$50,000
First Nations Development Institute · Longmont, CO · 2023
Nourishing native foods + nutrition
$50,000
Gulf of Maine Research Institute · Portland, ME · 2023
Community engagement + climate center
$50,000
Hurricane Island Outward Bound School · Camden, ME · 2023
Pinnacle scholarships
$50,000
Institute for Local Self-Reliance · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Locally-scaled business
$50,000
Latin American Youth Center · Washington, DC · 2023
W-layc & nutrition program
$50,000
Shelburne Farms · Shelburne, VT · 2023
Education for sustainability initiatives
$50,000
The Putney School · Putney, VT · 2023
Capital campaign
$50,000
The Telling Room · Portland, ME · 2023
Young writers and leaders
$50,000
Triplex Cinema · Great Barrington, MA · 2023
Capital campaign
$50,000
Vermont Farmers Food Center · Rutland, VT · 2023
Farmacy
$50,000
Wave Farm · Acra, NY · 2023
Capacity +resiliency
$50,000
Berkshire Environmental Action Team · Pittsfield, MA · 2022
Education center
$50,000
Earth Justice · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Energy programs
$50,000
Environmental Investigation Agency · Washington, DC · 2022
Climate change mitigation
$50,000
Gulf of Maine Research Institute · Portland, ME · 2022
Community engagement and climate center
$50,000
Housatonic Valley Association · Cornwall Bridge, CT · 2022
Forest and culverts
$50,000
Ocean Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2022
Trash-free seas program and ghost gear initiative
$50,000
Waterkeeper Alliance · New York, NY · 2022
Pure farms, pure waters
$40,000
Latin American Youth Center · Washington, DC · 2022
W-layc and nutrition program
$35,000
The Orion Society · Great Barrington, MA · 2024
General operating funds
$25,000
Berkshire Environmental Action Team · Pittsfield, MA · 2024
Education center
$25,000
Catskill Agrarian Alliance · Hamden, NY · 2024
General operating funds
$25,000
Coastal Carolina Riverwatch · Morehead, NC · 2024
General operating funds
$25,000
Earth Circle Foundation · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
General operating funds
$25,000
Elizabeth River Project · Norfolk, VA · 2024
Educational programs
$25,000
Esperanza Academy · Lawrence, MA · 2024
Esperanza fund
$25,000
Friends of Ganondagan · Victor, NY · 2024
White corn project
$25,000
Greenagers · S Egremont, MA · 2024
General operating funds
$25,000
Hopeful Horizons · Beaufort, SC · 2024
General operating funds
$25,000
Housatonic Valley Association · Cornwall Bridge, CT · 2024
Clean, cold connected program
$25,000
Island Institute · Rockland, ME · 2024
Fellowship program
$25,000
James River Association · Richmond, VA · 2024
General operating funds
$25,000
Native American Rights Fund · Boulder, CO · 2024
General operating funds
$25,000
Partnership for Public Service · Washington, DC · 2024
Internships
$25,000
Pen Faulkner Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Writer residencies
$25,000
Potomac Conservancy · Silver Spring, MD · 2024
Riparian forest restoration
$25,000
Putney School · Putney, VT · 2024
Fiber arts center
$25,000
Soul Fire Farm Institute · Petersburg, NY · 2024
General operating funds
$25,000
St Johns College · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
Southwest scholars
$25,000
Vermont Youth Conservation Corps · Richmond, VT · 2024
Core mission
$25,000
Wave Farm · Acra, NY · 2024
Capacity +resiliency
$25,000
Brandeis Center · Washington, DC · 2023
Jigsaw initiative
$25,000
Catskill Agrarian Alliance · Hamden, NY · 2023
General operating funds
$25,000
Charles River Conservancy · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Floating wetlands
$25,000
Coastal Carolina Riverwatch · Morehead, NC · 2023
General operating funds
$25,000
Coastal Conservation League · Charleston, SC · 2023
General operating funds
$25,000
Earth Circle Foundation · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
General operating funds
$25,000
Ecology School · Saco, ME · 2023
Community resilience
$25,000
Friends of Ganondagan · Victor, NY · 2023
Education programs
$25,000
Greenagers · S Egremont, MA · 2023
General operating funds
$25,000
Hopeful Horizons · Beaufort, SC · 2023
General operating funds
$25,000
Housatonic Valley Association · Cornwall Bridge, CT · 2023
Forest + culverts
$25,000
Island Institute · Rockland, ME · 2023
Fellowship program
$25,000
James River Association · Richmond, VA · 2023
General operating funds
$25,000
Native American Rights Fund · Boulder, CO · 2023
General operating funds
$25,000
Pen Faulkner · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating funds
$25,000
Potomac Conservancy · Silver Spring, MD · 2023
Riparian forest restoration
$25,000
Soul Fire Farm Institute · Petersburg, NY · 2023
General operating funds
$25,000
St Johns College · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
Southwest scholars
$25,000
The Orion Society · Great Barrington, MA · 2023
General operating funds
$25,000
Waterkeeper Alliance · New York, NY · 2023
Pure farms, pure waters
$25,000
American Friends of Wildlife Justice Commission · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General operating funds
$25,000
Charles River Conservancy · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Floating wetlands

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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.