Funding search · EIN 136271610 · Sherborn, MA

William F Ray Foundation

Name: William F Ray 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.

91
grants reported: $77,000
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $250
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.

New England Village3 grants · $29,000
New England Village1 grant · $8,500
Cleveland & Woodley Park Village3 grants · $5,000
The Pilgrim Church4 grants · $4,000
Beaver Country Day School4 grants · $3,500
Good Shepherd Food Bank4 grants · $2,500
Afs Intercultural Programs USA4 grants · $2,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America4 grants · $2,000
Alford Lake Camp Scholarship Fund4 grants · $2,000
Future Champions Foundation3 grants · $1,500

Giving over time

$18,750

2022

$20,250

2023

$19,000

2024

$19,000

2025

Grant history

All 91 reported grants, largest first.

$11,500
New England Village · Pembroke, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$9,500
New England Village · Pembroke, MA · 2022
Unrestricted
$8,500
New England Village · Pembroke, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$8,000
New England Village · Pembroke, MA · 2025
Unrestricted
$2,000
Cleveland & Woodley Park Village · Washington, DC · 2025
Unrestricted
$2,000
Cleveland & Woodley Park Village · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,000
Beaver Country Day School · Chestnut Hill, MA · 2025
Unrestricted
$1,000
Good Shepherd Food Bank · Auburn, ME · 2025
Unrestricted
$1,000
The Pilgrim Church · Sherborn, MA · 2025
Unrestricted
$1,000
The Pilgrim Church · Sherborn, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,000
Beaver Country Day School · Chestnut Hill, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,000
The Pilgrim Church · Sherborn, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,000
Beaver Country Day School · Chestnut Hill, MA · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,000
Cleveland & Woodley Park Village · Washington, DC · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,000
The Pilgrim Church · Sherborn, MA · 2022
Unrestricted
$750
The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University · Boston, MA · 2025
Unrestricted
$500
Afs Intercultural Programs USA · New York, NY · 2025
Unrestricted
$500
Alford Lake Camp Scholarship Fund · Hope, ME · 2025
Unrestricted
$500
All Souls Church · Tannersville, NY · 2025
Unrestricted
$500
Maine Public Broadcasting Corp · Lewiston, ME · 2025
Unrestricted
$500
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2025
Unrestricted
$500
Afs Intercultural Programs USA · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$500
Alford Lake Camp Scholarship Fund · Hope, ME · 2024
Unrestricted
$500
Ballet Ri · Providence, RI · 2024
Unrestricted
$500
Beaver Country Day School · Chestnut Hill, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$500
Future Champions Foundation · Whitehall, MI · 2024
Unrestricted
$500
Good Shepherd Food Bank · Auburn, ME · 2024
Unrestricted
$500
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$500
The Sherborn Fund · Sherborn, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$500
Afs Intercultural Programs USA · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$500
Alford Lake Camp Scholarship Fund · Hope, ME · 2023
Unrestricted
$500
Brooks School · North Andover, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$500
Future Champions Foundation · Whitehall, MI · 2023
Unrestricted
$500
Good Shepherd Food Bank · Auburn, ME · 2023
Unrestricted
$500
Our Sisters' School · New Bedford, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$500
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$500
Planned Parenthood of Tennessee & North Mississippi · Memphis, TN · 2023
Unrestricted
$500
Afs Intercultural Programs USA · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$500
Alford Lake Camp Scholarship Fund · Hope, ME · 2022
Unrestricted
$500
Future Champions Foundation · Whitehall, MI · 2022
Unrestricted
$500
Good Shepherd Food Bank · Auburn, ME · 2022
Unrestricted
$500
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$500
Planned Parenthood of Northern New England · Portland, ME · 2022
Unrestricted
$500
Planned Parenthood of Tennessee & North Mississippi · Memphis, TN · 2022
Unrestricted
$250
Brooks School · North Andover, MA · 2025
Unrestricted
$250
Chip · Newcastle, ME · 2025
Unrestricted
$250
Community Mediation Center · Knoxville, TN · 2025
Unrestricted
$250
Hebron Academy · Hebron, ME · 2025
Unrestricted
$250
Lawrence University · Appleton, WI · 2025
Unrestricted
$250
Our Sisters' School · New Bedford, MA · 2025
Unrestricted
$250
Partners in Health · Boston, MA · 2025
Unrestricted
$250
St Andrew'S Episcopal Church · Newcastle, ME · 2025
Unrestricted
$250
The New Bedford Light · New Bedford, MA · 2025
Unrestricted
$250
The Wellesley Students' Aid Society · Wellesley Hills, MA · 2025
Unrestricted
$250
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2025
Unrestricted
$250
Brooks School · North Andover, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$250
Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$250
Chip · Newcastle, ME · 2024
Unrestricted
$250
Community Mediation Center · Knoxville, TN · 2024
Unrestricted
$250
Hebron Academy · Hebron, ME · 2024
Unrestricted
$250
Lawrence University · Appleton, WI · 2024
Unrestricted
$250
Lifeflight Foundation · Augusta, ME · 2024
Unrestricted
$250
Maine Public Broadcasting Corp · Lewiston, ME · 2024
Unrestricted
$250
Our Sisters' School · New Bedford, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$250
Partners in Health · Boston, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$250
Protect Our Winters (Pow) · Boulder, CO · 2024
Unrestricted
$250
St Andrew'S Episcopal Church · Newcastle, ME · 2024
Unrestricted
$250
The Wellesley Students' Aid Society · Wellesley, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$250
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted
$250
Chip · Newcastle, ME · 2023
Unrestricted
$250
Hebron Academy · Hebron, ME · 2023
Unrestricted
$250
Lawrence University · Appleton, WI · 2023
Unrestricted
$250
Lifeflight Foundation · Augusta, ME · 2023
Unrestricted
$250
Maine Public Broadcasting Corp · Lewiston, ME · 2023
Unrestricted
$250
Partners in Health · Boston, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$250
Protect Our Winters (Pow) · Boulder, CO · 2023
Unrestricted
$250
St Andrew'S Episcopal Church · Newcastle, ME · 2023
Unrestricted
$250
The New Bedford Light · New Bedford, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$250
The Wellesley Students' Aid Society · Wellesley, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$250
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2023
Unrestricted
$250
Beck Cultural Exchange Center · Knoxville, TN · 2022
Unrestricted
$250
Children'S Advocacy Center · Fall River, MA · 2022
Unrestricted
$250
Chip · Newcastle, ME · 2022
Unrestricted
$250
Community Mediation Center · Knoxville, TN · 2022
Unrestricted
$250
Hebron Academy · Hebron, ME · 2022
Unrestricted
$250
Immigration Assistance Center · New Bedford, MA · 2022
Unrestricted
$250
Lawrence University · Appleton, WI · 2022
Unrestricted
$250
Partners in Health · Boston, MA · 2022
Unrestricted
$250
Protect Our Winters (Pow) · Boulder, CO · 2022
Unrestricted
$250
St Andrew'S Episcopal Church · Newcastle, ME · 2022
Unrestricted
$250
Wellesley Students' Aid Society · Wellesley, MA · 2022
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.