The Feigenbaum Foundation

• The foundation makes grants to private, non-profit 501(c)(3) organisations whose services fit its fields: technology, engineering and management education, academic and medical institutions, cultural programmes, Berkshire community organisations and established religious institutions.
• Its Berkshire County focus is a priority, and organisations located in or providing primary benefits to the Berkshires are preferred recipients, though the filing does not rule others out.
• About 8 in 10 of its grants fall between $2,500 and $50,000 and the median is $20,000, so a request near that range is typical, but its largest grant was $1,000,000, so that band is not a ceiling.
• In dollar terms, 92% of its grant money to organisations went to groups it had funded before, so building a relationship in advance matters, though a first approach is still open to you.
• Submit by 31 December for its January review or by 30 April for its May review, and note that a grant does not imply further commitment.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Union College · Building restoration, professorship, and forum sponsorship
  $1,000,0002024 tax year
• Colonial Theatre Association · Operating support
  $500,0002024 tax year
• Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts · Endowment/capital campaign
  $450,0002024 tax year
• Volunteers in Medicine Berkshires · Careworks capital campaign
  $100,0002024 tax year
• Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center · Suport for restoration of roof
  $100,0002024 tax year
• Barrington Stage Company · Mentoring program; black voices sponsorship; show sponsorship
  $80,0002024 tax year
• Community Access to the Arts · Operating support
  $75,0002024 tax year
• Proprietors of the Pittsfield Cemetery · Support for bridge replacement
  $50,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.