Funding search · EIN 136208422 · Concord, MA

The Sharpe Family Foundation

Name: The Sharpe 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.

94
grants reported: $24.4M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $15,000
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 chritable

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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.

Rhode Island Foundation2 grants · $10.9M
Boston Foundation3 grants · $10.8M
Rhode Island Community Foundation1 grant · $315,000
Land Trust Alliance2 grants · $275,000
Concord Academy2 grants · $235,000
Ceres2 grants · $186,000
South Kent School2 grants · $180,000
Frenchman Bay Conservancy2 grants · $144,000
The Public'S Radio2 grants · $140,000
Conservation Law Foundation2 grants · $138,000

Giving over time

$1.4M

2022

$1.5M

2023

$21.5M

2024

Grant history

All 94 reported grants, largest first.

$10.7M
Boston Foundation · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable
$10.7M
Rhode Island Foundation · Providence, RI · 2024
Charitable
$315,000
Rhode Island Community Foundation · Providence, RI · 2023
Charitable
$215,000
Rhode Island Foundation · Providence, RI · 2022
Charitable
$140,000
Land Trust Alliance · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable
$135,000
Land Trust Alliance · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$130,000
Concord Academy · Concord, MA · 2022
Charitable
$123,000
Conservation Law Foundation · Boston, MA · 2023
Charitable
$120,000
South Kent School · South Kent, CT · 2023
Education
$105,000
Concord Academy · Concord, MA · 2023
Charitable
$102,000
Frenchman Bay Conservancy · Hancock, ME · 2022
Charitable
$93,000
Ceres · Boston, MA · 2023
Charitable
$93,000
Ceres · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable
$77,000
Emerson Health Care Foundation · Concord, MA · 2022
Charitable
$70,000
The Public'S Radio · Providence, RI · 2023
Charitable
$70,000
The Public'S Radio · Providence, RI · 2022
Charitable
$60,000
South Kent School · South Kent, CT · 2022
Education
$50,000
Nature Conservancy Inc Massachusetts Chapter · Boston, MA · 2023
Charitable
$50,000
Rhode Island Land Trust Council · Saunderstown, RI · 2023
Charitable
$50,000
Nature Conservancy Inc Massachusetts Chapter · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable
$45,000
Abbe Museum · Bar Harbor, ME · 2022
Charitable
$42,000
Frenchman Bay Conservancy · Hancock, ME · 2023
Charitable
$32,500
Utec · Lowell, MA · 2023
Charitable
$32,500
Utec · Lowell, MA · 2022
Charitable
$31,000
Lowell Community Health Center · Lowell, MA · 2022
Charitable
$30,000
Abbe Museum · Bar Harbor, ME · 2023
Charitable
$25,000
Environment America Research & Policy Center · Denver, CO · 2023
Charitable
$25,000
Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory · Salisbury Cove, ME · 2023
Charitable
$25,000
Fenn School · Concord, MA · 2022
Education
$23,000
Fenn School · Concord, MA · 2023
Education
$22,300
Lowell Community Health Center · Lowell, MA · 2023
Charitable
$22,000
Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry · Providence, RI · 2022
Charitable
$21,000
Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry · Providence, RI · 2023
Charitable
$20,000
Community Servings · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2023
Charitable
$20,000
Evergreen Collaborative · Seattle, WA · 2023
Charitable
$20,000
Lowell Youth Leadership Program · Lowell, MA · 2023
Chritable
$20,000
Maine Organic Farmers & Gardeners Association · Unity, ME · 2023
Charitable
$20,000
Mee Foundation · Binghamton, NY · 2023
Education
$20,000
Community Servings · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2022
Charitable
$20,000
Lowell Youth Leadership Program · Lowell, MA · 2022
Chritable
$20,000
Mdi Biological Laboratory · Bar Harbor, ME · 2022
Charitable
$20,000
Mee Foundation · Binghamton, NY · 2022
Education
$20,000
Narrow River Land Trust · South Kingstown, RI · 2022
Charitable
$18,000
Audubon Society of Ri · Smithfield, RI · 2022
Charitable
$17,800
Boston Foundation · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable
$15,000
Audubon Society of Ri · Smithfield, RI · 2023
Charitable
$15,000
Rhode Island Natural History Survey · Kingston, RI · 2023
Charitable
$15,000
Save the Bay · Providence, RI · 2023
Charitable
$15,000
Conservation Law Foundation · Providence, RI · 2022
Charitable
$15,000
Rhode Island Land Trust Council · Saunderstown, RI · 2022
Charitable
$15,000
Rhode Island Natural History Survey · Kingston, RI · 2022
Charitable
$15,000
Save the Bay · Providence, RI · 2022
Charitable
$12,000
Boston Foundation · Boston, MA · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2023
Education
$10,000
Partners in Health · Boston, MA · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2022
Education
$10,000
Concord Art · Concord, MA · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Environment America Research & Policy Center · Denver, CO · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Friends of Acadia · Bar Harbor, ME · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Land Institute · Salina, KS · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Partners in Health · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
Foundation for Free Flight · Dunlap, CA · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Land Institute · Salina, KS · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
French Bay United · Salisbury Cove, ME · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory · Salisbury Cove, ME · 2022
Charitable
$4,500
Maine Coast Heritage Trust · Topsham, ME · 2023
Charitable
$4,000
Concord-Carlisle Community Chest · Concord, MA · 2023
Charitable
$4,000
Concord-Carlisle Community Chest · Concord, MA · 2022
Charitable
$4,000
Maine Coast Heritage Trust · Topsham, ME · 2022
Charitable
$3,000
Wgbh Educational Foundation · Arlington, MA · 2023
Charitable
$2,000
Emerson Health Care Foundation · Concord, MA · 2023
Charitable
$2,000
Friends of Acadia · Bar Harbor, ME · 2023
Charitable
$2,000
Massachusetts Audubon Society · Lincoln, RI · 2023
Charitable
$2,000
Metcalf Institute · Narragansett, RI · 2023
Charitable
$2,000
The Umbrella Community Arts Center · Concord, MA · 2023
Charitable
$2,000
Uri Foundation · Kingston, RI · 2023
Education
$2,000
Massachusetts Audubon Society · Lincoln, RI · 2022
Charitable
$2,000
Northern Forest Center · Concord, NH · 2022
Charitable
$2,000
The Umbrella Community Arts Center · Concord, MA · 2022
Charitable
$2,000
Uri Foundation · Kingston, RI · 2022
Education
$2,000
Wgbh Educational Foundation · Arlington, MA · 2022
Charitable
$1,500
Concord Free Public Library Corporation · Concord, MA · 2023
Charitable
$1,500
Gaining Ground · Concord, MA · 2023
Charitable
$1,500
Minute Man Arc · Concord, MA · 2023
Charitable
$1,500
Concord Free Public Library Corporation · Concord, MA · 2022
Charitable
$1,500
Gaining Ground · Concord, MA · 2022
Charitable
$1,500
Minute Man Arc · Concord, MA · 2022
Charitable
$1,200
Concord Museum · Concord, MA · 2023
Charitable
$1,200
Concord Museum · Concord, MA · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Concord Land Conservation Trust · Concord, MA · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Northern Forest Center · Concord, NH · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Concord Land Conservation Trust · Concord, MA · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Foundation for Free Flight · Dunlap, CA · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Metcalf Institute for Marine and Environmental Reporting · Narragansett, RI · 2022
Charitable

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