Funding search · EIN 316087932 · Aspen, CO

Robert &Elizabeth Fergus Foundation

Name: Robert &Elizabeth Fergus 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.

187
grants reported: $486,110
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $2,000
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

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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.

Whatcom Film Association2 grants · $25,000
Conservation Northwest3 grants · $24,000
Theaterworks3 grants · $21,500
Carneige Mellon2 grants · $20,000
Wellesley College3 grants · $20,000
Multicultural Music Fellowship4 grants · $18,000
Beyond Fistula3 grants · $15,000
Little Traverse Conservancy7 grants · $13,500
Pickford Film Center2 grants · $10,000
Columbus Museum of Art3 grants · $10,000

Giving over time

$218,735

2022

$134,500

2023

$132,875

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 187 grants.

$20,000
Whatcom Film Association · Bellingham, WA · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Alfred Braun Hut System · Aspen, CO · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Theaterworks · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Carneige Mellon · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Carneige Mellon · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Theaterworks · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Wellesley College · Wellesley, MA · 2022
Unrestricted
$8,000
Conservation Northwest · Bellingham, WA · 2024
Unrestricted
$8,000
Conservation Northwest · Bellingham, WA · 2023
Unrestricted
$8,000
Conservation Northwest · Bellingham, WA · 2022
Unrestricted
$7,500
Humans Rights Watch · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$6,125
Rios To Rivers · Aspen, CO · 2024
Unrestricted
$6,000
Wellesley College Friends of Art · Wellesley, MA · 2022
Friends of art
$5,000
Beyond Fistula · Los Altos, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Multicultural Music Fellowship · Richmond, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Pickford Film Center · Bellingham, WA · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Wellesley College · Wellesley, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Beyond Fistula · Los Altos, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance · San Rafael, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Multicultural Music Fellowship · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Pickford Film Center · Bellingham, WA · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Wellesley College · Wellesley, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Beyond Fistula · Los Altos, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Multicultural Music Fellowship · Berkeley, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Planned Parenthood Fed of America · Washington, DC · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Whatcom Film Association · Bellingham, WA · 2022
Unrestricted
$4,000
Aspen Center for Enviromental Studi · Aspen, CO · 2023
Unrestricted
$4,000
Columbus Museum of Art · Columbus, OH · 2023
Unrestricted
$4,000
Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2023
Unrestricted
$4,000
Rocky Mountain Institute · Boulder, CO · 2023
Unrestricted
$4,000
Aspen Center for Enviromental Studi · Aspen, CO · 2022
Unrestricted
$4,000
Columbus Museum of Art · Columbus, OH · 2022
Unrestricted
$4,000
Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2022
Unrestricted
$4,000
Rocky Mountain Institute · Boulder, CO · 2022
Unrestricted
$4,000
Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2022
Unrestricted
$4,000
Wyso · Yellow Springs, OH · 2022
Unrestricted
$3,635
Museum of Art and Photography · Boston, MA · 2022
Unrestricted
$3,000
Balletmet · Columbus, OH · 2024
Unrestricted
$3,000
Caf America (Cameras Without Borders) · Alexandria, VI · 2024
Unrestricted
$3,000
Earth Island Institute (Sacred Lands) · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$3,000
University of Chicago Graham School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Basic program securing the future fund
$3,000
Caf America · Alexandria, VA · 2023
Unrestricted
$3,000
Earth Island Institute · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Sacred lands film project
$3,000
Promusica Chamber Orchestra · Columbus, OH · 2023
Unrestricted
$3,000
American Civil Liberties Fndt · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$3,000
Caf America · Alexandria, VA · 2022
Unrestricted
$3,000
Earth Island Institute · Berkeley, CA · 2022
Sacred lands film project
$3,000
Everytown for Gun Safety Support · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$3,000
German Village Society · Columbus, OH · 2022
Unrestricted
$3,000
Little Traverse Conservancy · Harrbor Springs, MI · 2022
Unrestricted
$3,000
Multicultural Music Fellowship · Berkeley, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$3,000
Promusica · Columbus, OH · 2022
Unrestricted
$3,000
Sierra Club Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$3,000
Skagit Land Trust · Mount Vernon, WA · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,500
Gaia · Oakland, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,500
German Village Society · Columbus, OH · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,500
Methow Conservancy · Winthrop, WA · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,500
Middlebury · Middlebury, VT · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,500
Skagit Land Trust · Mount Vernon, WA · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,500
University Club Scholarship Fund · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,500
University of Chicago Graham School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Basic program securing the future fund
$2,500
German Village Society · Columbus, OH · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,500
Methow Conservancy · Winthrop, WA · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,500
Palo Alto Community Fund · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,500
Skagit Land Trust · Mount Vernon, WA · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,500
University Club Scholarship Fund · Denver, CO · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,500
University of Chicagograham School · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,500
Cal Matters · Sacramento, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,500
Downtown Bellingham Partnership · Bellingham, WA · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,500
Environmental Volunteers · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,500
Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance · San Rafael, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,500
Habitat for Humanity · Americus, GA · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,500
Humans Right'S Watch · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,500
Palo Alto Arts Center · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,500
Palo Alto Community Fund · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,500
Planned Parenthood · San Jose, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,500
Post · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,500
Save the Bay · Oakland, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,500
University Club Scholarship Fund · Denver, CO · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,000
Columbus Museum of Art · Columbus, OH · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,000
Downtown Bellingham Partnership · Bellingham, WA · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,000
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,000
Little Traverse Conservancy · Harbor Springs, MI · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,000
Opera Columbus · Columbus, OH · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,000
Promusica Chamber Orchestra · Columbus, OH · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,000
Wosu · Columbus, OH · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,000
American Civil Liberties Fndt · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,000
Balletmet · Columbus, OH · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,000
Downtown Bellingham Partnership · Bellingham, WA · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,000
Earth Justice · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,000
Everytown for Gun Safety Support · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,000
Little Traverse Conservancy · Harbor Springs, MI · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,000
Pitkin County Library · Aspen, CO · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,000
Wosu Public Media · Columbus, OH · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,000
Balletmet · Columbus, OH · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,000
Caf America · Alexandria, VA · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,000
Columbus Metropolitan Library Fndt · Cloumbus, OH · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,000
Earth Justice · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,000
Equal Justice Initiative · Montgomery, AL · 2022
Unrestricted

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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.