Funding search · EIN 133993644 · Wilmington, DE

The Serenbetz 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.

50
grants reported
$3.1M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$52,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. 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

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Top recipients

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  • Waterside School3 grants · $705,000
  • Reach Prep3 grants · $370,000
  • Horizons Student Enrichment Program3 grants · $330,000
  • First Graduate3 grants · $300,000
  • Harlem Academy3 grants · $300,000
  • St Vincents Services3 grants · $215,000
  • Family & Childrens Agency3 grants · $210,000
  • The Carver3 grants · $205,000
  • Save the Children Federation3 grants · $130,000
  • Cottey College3 grants · $120,000

Giving over time

$950,000
2022
$1.0M
2023
$1.2M
2024

Grant history

All 50 reported grants, largest first.

  • $275,000

    Waterside School · Stamford, CT · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $215,000

    Waterside School · Stamford, CT · 2024

    to support the General fund and the Angel Scholarship Fund

  • $215,000

    Waterside School · Stamford, CT · 2023

    general purposes, Angel Scholarship Fund, and Thelma R. Serenbetz Endowed Scholarship Fund

  • $150,000

    Reach Prep · Stamford, CT · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $120,000

    Horizons Student Enrichment Program · New Canaan, CT · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $115,000

    Reach Prep · Stamford, CT · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $110,000

    First Graduate · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $110,000

    Harlem Academy · New York, NY · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $110,000

    Horizons Student Enrichment Program · New Canaan, CT · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $105,000

    Reach Prep · Stamford, CT · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    First Graduate · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Harlem Academy · New York, NY · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Horizons Student Enrichment Program · New Canaan, CT · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $90,000

    First Graduate · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    general & unrestricted

  • $90,000

    Harlem Academy · New York, NY · 2022

    general & unrestricted

  • $80,000

    St Vincents Services · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    American Dreams Program

  • $75,000

    Family & Childrens Agency · Norwalk, CT · 2024

    ASPIRE program

  • $75,000

    The Carver · Norwalk, CT · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $70,000

    Save the Children Federation · Fairfield, CT · 2024

    to support Kinderboost and Head Start programs

  • $70,000

    Family & Childrens Agency · Norwalk, CT · 2023

    Aspire Program

  • $70,000

    St Vincents Services · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    American Dreams Program

  • $70,000

    The Carver · Norwalk, CT · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $65,000

    Family & Childrens Agency · Norwalk, CT · 2022

    Aspire Program

  • $65,000

    St Vincents Services · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    American Dreams Program

  • $60,000

    The Carver · Norwalk, CT · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $45,000

    Cottey College · Nevada, MO · 2024

    Serenbetz Institute Global Immersion Program

  • $40,000

    The New York Opportunity Network · New York, NY · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $40,000

    Cottey College · Nevada, MO · 2023

    Global Immersion Program

  • $40,000

    Save the Children Federation · Fairfield, CT · 2023

    Kinderboost Kindergarten Readiness Program

  • $35,000

    Hudson River Community Sailing · New York, NY · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $35,000

    Cottey College · Nevada, MO · 2022

    Global Immersion Program

  • $30,000

    Hudson River Community Sailing · New York, NY · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $30,000

    The New York Opportunity Network · New York, NY · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Hudson River Community Sailing · New York, NY · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $20,000

    Save the Children Federation · Fairfield, CT · 2022

    Kinderboost Kindergarten readiness program

  • $10,000

    Taft School Corporation · Watertown, CT · 2024

    Red Rhino Foundation

  • $10,000

    Taft School Corporation · Watertown, CT · 2023

    Red Rhino Fund

  • $10,000

    Taft School Corporation · Watertown, CT · 2022

    Red Rhino Fund

  • $10,000

    The New York Opportunity Network · New York, NY · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Ronald McDonald House Charities of Charleston Sout · Charleston, SC · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $4,000

    Hoe Ministries · Wilton, CT · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Christian Camps & Conferences · Alton, NH · 2024

    Camp Deer Run Camper Scholarship fund

  • $1,000

    Dana Farber Cancer Institute · Boston, MA · 2024

    Pan Mass Challenge

  • $1,000

    Deerfoot Lodge · Speculator, NY · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Don Bosco Community Center of Port Chester · Port Chester, NY · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Lehigh University · Bethlehem, PA · 2024

    Women of Lehigh Scholarship Fund

  • $1,000

    Libertas College Preparatory · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Lycee Francais De San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Port Chester Carver Center · Port Chester, NY · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    The Coral Reef Alliance · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General & 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.