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 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
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- 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
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
Who else funds this kind of work
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Similar purposes
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Similar grant size
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- Ohio Child Care Resource and Referral16,278 grants · $1.08B
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