Funding search · EIN 272269154 · Chicago, IL

Walter and Phyllis Ann Borten Foundation

Name: Walter and Phyllis Ann Borten Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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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.

77
grants reported: $485,000
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $3,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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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.

Sharon Fire Dept4 grants · $144,000
Sharon Day Care Center4 grants · $58,000
National Audubon Society4 grants · $32,000
Housatonic Youth Services3 grants · $27,500
Brooklyn Botanic Garden4 grants · $27,000
The New York Botanical Garden4 grants · $27,000
Equus Effect4 grants · $26,000
Chore Service4 grants · $21,000
Hotchkiss Library of Sharon4 grants · $16,000
Wildlife Conservation Society4 grants · $15,000

Giving over time

$130,000

2022

$112,000

2023

$115,000

2024

$128,000

2025

Grant history

All 77 reported grants, largest first.

$37,000
Sharon Fire Dept · Sharon, CT · 2025
General
$37,000
Sharon Fire Dept · Sharon, CT · 2024
General
$35,000
Sharon Fire Dept · Sharon, CT · 2023
General
$35,000
Sharon Fire Dept · Sharon, CT · 2022
General
$15,000
Sharon Day Care Center · Sharon, CT · 2025
General
$15,000
Housatonic Youth Services · Falls Village, CT · 2022
General
$15,000
Sharon Day Care Center · Sharon, CT · 2022
General
$14,000
Sharon Day Care Center · Sharon, CT · 2024
General
$14,000
Sharon Day Care Center · Sharon, CT · 2023
General
$11,500
Housatonic Youth Services · Falls Village, CT · 2023
General
$10,000
Brooklyn Botanic Garden · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
General
$10,000
The New York Botanical Garden · Bronx, NY · 2025
General
$10,000
Hotchkiss Library of Sharon · Sharon, CT · 2022
General
$10,000
National Audubon Society · Sharon, CT · 2022
General
$8,000
National Audubon Society · Sharon, CT · 2024
General
$8,000
National Audubon Society · Sharon, CT · 2023
General
$8,000
Equus Effect · Sharon, CT · 2022
General
$7,000
Brooklyn Botanic Garden · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
General
$7,000
The New York Botanical Garden · Bronx, NY · 2024
General
$6,000
Equus Effect · Sharon, CT · 2025
General
$6,000
National Audubon Society · Sharon, CT · 2025
General
$6,000
Planned Parenthood of Greater New York · New York, NY · 2025
General
$6,000
Equus Effect · Sharon, CT · 2024
General
$6,000
Equus Effect · Sharon, CT · 2023
General
$6,000
Chore Service · Lakeville, CT · 2022
General
$5,000
Chore Service · Lakeville, CT · 2025
General
$5,000
Project Sage · Lakeville, CT · 2025
General
$5,000
Wildlife Conservation Society · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
General
$5,000
Chore Service · Lakeville, CT · 2024
General
$5,000
The Friends of Governors Island · New York, NY · 2024
General
$5,000
Wildlife Conservation Society · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
General
$5,000
Brooklyn Botanic Garden · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General
$5,000
Chore Service · Lakeville, CT · 2023
General
$5,000
The New York Botanical Garden · Bronx, NY · 2023
General
$5,000
Brooklyn Botanic Garden · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General
$5,000
The Friends of Governors Island · New York, NY · 2022
General
$5,000
The New York Botanical Garden · Bronx, NY · 2022
General
$4,500
The New York Public Library · New York City, NY · 2025
General
$3,000
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2025
General
$3,000
Sharon Historical Society · Sharon, CT · 2025
General
$3,000
Wild Bird Fund · New York, NY · 2025
General operating
$3,000
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2024
General
$3,000
Sharon Historical Society · Sharon, CT · 2024
General
$3,000
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2023
General
$3,000
Sharon Historical Society · Sharon, CT · 2023
General
$3,000
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2022
General
$3,000
Sharon Historical Society · Sharon, CT · 2022
General
$2,500
The Friends of Governors Island · New York, NY · 2025
General
$2,500
Planned Parenthood of Greater New York · New York, NY · 2024
General
$2,500
The New York Public Library · New York City, NY · 2024
General
$2,500
The Friends of Governors Island · New York, NY · 2023
General
$2,500
The New York Public Library · New York City, NY · 2023
General
$2,500
Wildlife Conservation Society · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General
$2,500
The New York Public Library · New York City, NY · 2022
General
$2,500
Wildlife Conservation Society · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General
$2,000
Connecticut Forest and Park Associa · Rockfall, CT · 2025
General
$2,000
Hotchkiss Library of Sharon · Sharon, CT · 2025
General
$2,000
Sharon Land Trust · Sharon, CT · 2025
General
$2,000
Connecticut Forest and Park Associa · Rockfall, CT · 2024
General
$2,000
Hotchkiss Library of Sharon · Sharon, CT · 2024
General
$2,000
Sharon Land Trust · Sharon, CT · 2024
General
$2,000
Wild Bird Fund · New York, NY · 2024
General operating
$2,000
Connecticut Forest and Park Associa · Rockfall, CT · 2023
General
$2,000
Hotchkiss Library of Sharon · Sharon, CT · 2023
General
$2,000
Sharon Land Trust · Sharon, CT · 2023
General
$2,000
Wild Bird Fund · New York, NY · 2023
General operating
$2,000
Connecticut Forest and Park Associa · Rockfall, CT · 2022
General
$2,000
Sharon Land Trust · Sharon, CT · 2022
General
$1,000
Housatonic Youth Services · Falls Village, CT · 2024
General
$500
Northwest Connecticut Arts Council · Torrington, CT · 2025
General
$500
Salisbury Forum · Salisbury, CT · 2025
General
$500
Northwest Connecticut Arts Council · Torrington, CT · 2024
General
$500
Salisbury Forum · Salisbury, CT · 2024
General
$500
Northwest Connecticut Arts Council · Torrington, CT · 2023
General
$500
Salisbury Forum · Salisbury, CT · 2023
General
$500
Northwest Connecticut Arts Council · Torrington, CT · 2022
General
$500
Salisbury Forum · Salisbury, CT · 2022
General

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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.