Funding search · EIN 223282518 · Guilford, CT

Watering Pond Foundation

Name: Watering Pond Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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.

128
grants reported: $245,522
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $1,000
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.

Doctors Without Borders USA3 grants · $35,500
Mercy Corps4 grants · $21,000
Enviromental Defense Fund4 grants · $20,000
Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health3 grants · $19,000
International Rescue Committee4 grants · $16,000
Partners in Health4 grants · $16,000
Feeding America4 grants · $10,100
Doctors Without Borders1 grant · $10,000
Guest House Retreat & Conference Center3 grants · $9,032
Spirit Rock Meditation Center3 grants · $7,000

Giving over time

$65,075

2022

$58,525

2023

$58,240

2024

$63,682

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 128 grants.

$13,000
Doctors Without Borders USA · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$11,500
Doctors Without Borders USA · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$11,000
Doctors Without Borders USA · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$10,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$7,000
Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health · Stockbridge, MA · 2025
General support
$7,000
Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health · Stockbridge, MA · 2024
General support
$5,500
Mercy Corps · Boone, IA · 2023
General support
$5,500
Mercy Corps · Prescott, AZ · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
Enviromental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$5,000
Mercy Corps · Boone, IA · 2025
General support
$5,000
Enviromental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$5,000
Mercy Corps · Boone, IA · 2024
General support
$5,000
Enviromental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$5,000
Guest House Retreat & Conference Center · Chester, CT · 2023
General support
$5,000
International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$5,000
Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health · Stockbridge, MA · 2023
General support
$5,000
Enviromental Defense Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
Guest House · Lake Orion, MI · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
Kripalu Center · Stockbridge, MA · 2022
Charitable
$4,000
Partners in Health · Boston, MA · 2025
General support
$4,000
Partners in Health · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
$4,000
Partners in Health · Boston, MA · 2023
General support
$4,000
Partners in Health · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable
$3,589
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
$3,032
Guest House Retreat & Conference Center · Chester, CT · 2025
General support
$3,000
International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$3,000
Spirit Rock Meditation Center · Woodacre, CA · 2025
General support
$3,000
International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$2,600
Feeding America · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$2,500
Feeding America · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$2,500
Feeding America · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$2,500
Feeding America · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$2,000
Aclu Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$2,000
Sonoma Ashram Foundation · Sonoma, CA · 2025
General support
$2,000
Aclu Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$2,000
Sonoma Ashram Foundation · Sonoma, CA · 2024
General support
$2,000
Spirit Rock Meditation Center · Woodacre, CA · 2024
General support
$2,000
Aclu Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$2,000
Spirit Rock Meditation Center · Woodacre, CA · 2023
General support
$2,000
Aclu · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$2,000
Equal Justice Initiative · Montgomery, AL · 2022
Charitable
$2,000
Spirit Rock · Woodacre, CA · 2022
Charitable
$2,000
World Resources Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable
$1,500
Planned Parenthood (Ppfa) · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
$1,500
Planned Parenthood (Ppfa) · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$1,500
Planned Parenthood (Ppfa) · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$1,500
Planned Parenthood · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable
$1,100
Connecticut Foodshare · Wallingford, CT · 2024
General support
$1,000
Abbey of Regina Laudis · Bethlehem, CT · 2025
General support
$1,000
Connecicut Public Broadcasting · Hartford, CT · 2025
General support
$1,000
Connecticut Foodshare · Wallingford, CT · 2025
General support
$1,000
Guilford a Better Chance (Abc) · Guilford, CT · 2025
General support
$1,000
National Organization for Women Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
$1,000
Abbey of Regina Laudis · Bethlehem, CT · 2024
General support
$1,000
Catholic Relief Services Usccb · Baltimore, MD · 2024
General support
$1,000
Center for International Environmental Law · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$1,000
Connecicut Public Broadcasting · Hartford, CT · 2024
General support
$1,000
Guest House Retreat & Conference Center · Chester, CT · 2024
General support
$1,000
Guilford a Better Chance (Abc) · Guilford, CT · 2024
General support
$1,000
National Organization for Women Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$1,000
Abbey of Regina Laudis · Bethlehem, CT · 2023
General support
$1,000
Center for Int'L Environmental Law · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$1,000
Connecticut Foodshare · Wallingford, CT · 2023
General support
$1,000
Ct Public Broadcasting · Hartford, CT · 2023
General support
$1,000
Sonoma Ashram Foundation · Sonoma, CA · 2023
General support
$1,000
Women and Family Life Center · Guilford, CT · 2023
General support
$1,000
Abbey of Regina Laudis · Bethlehem, CT · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Connecticut Food Bank · Wallingford, CT · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Connecticut Public Broadcasting · Hartford, CT · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Ct Coalition To End Homelessness · Hartford, CT · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Kripalu Center · Stockbridge, MA · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
National Organization for Women · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Sonoma Ashram · Sonoma, CA · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable
$750
Guilford Art Center · Guilford, CT · 2025
General support
$750
Guilford Art Center · Guilford, CT · 2024
General support
$750
Guilford a Better Chance (Abc) · Guilford, CT · 2023
General support
$750
Abc House · Guilford, CT · 2022
Charitable
$749
True North Aid · 2025
General support
$727
Food Banks Canada · 2025
General support
$600
Guilford Art Center · Guilford, CT · 2023
General support
$500
Compassion and Choices · Littleton, CO · 2025
General support
$500
Reproductive Freedom for All Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
$500
Compassion and Choices · Littleton, CO · 2024
General support
$500
Mitchell Farm Equine Retirement · Salem, CT · 2024
General support
$500
Reproductive Freedom for All Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$500
Women and Family Life Center · Guilford, CT · 2024
General support
$500
Camp Rising Sun · Branford, CT · 2023
General support
$500
Compassion & Choices · Littleton, CO · 2023
General support
$500
Mitchell Farm Equine Retirement · Salem, CT · 2023
General support
$500
Reproductive Freedom for All Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$500
Camp Rising Sun · Branford, CT · 2022
Charitable
$500
Compassion and Choices · Portland, OR · 2022
Charitable
$500
Geos Institute · Ashland, OR · 2022
Charitable
$500
Guilford Arts Center · Guilford, CT · 2022
Charitable
$500
Mitchell Farm · Salem, CT · 2022
Charitable
$500
Naral Pro-Choice America · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable
$500
Prison Mindfulness Institute · South Deerfield, MA · 2022
Charitable
$500
Women and Family Life Center · Guilford, CT · 2022
Charitable

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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.