Elizabeth Ferry Speer Foundation

• The foundation does not accept unsolicited requests and makes grants only to organisations it has preselected, so a cold application is unlikely to be considered; wait for an invitation before approaching it.
• The filings show general-support grants to schools, animal-rescue groups, meal programmes, children's services, arts and cultural institutions and land conservation groups, so check whether your work sits in one of these areas.
• About 8 in 10 of its 64 grants fall between $5,000 and $50,000, with a median of $20,000, so a request in that range is typical, although its largest grant was $100,000.
• In its most recent filing, 88% of grant dollars to organisations went to groups it had funded in earlier filings, so the relationship matters more than a new request.
• The filings show grants mainly in Connecticut, Florida and New York, but no geographic focus is stated, so treat this as a pattern rather than a rule about who may apply.

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

• Avon Old Farms School · General support
  $100,0002024 tax year
• Our Companions Animal Rescue · General support
  $50,0002024 tax year
• Frick Collection · General support
  $50,0002024 tax year
• Healing Meals Community Project · General support
  $40,0002024 tax year
• Atlantic Classical Orchestra · General support
  $35,0002024 tax year
• Journey Home · General support
  $30,0002024 tax year
• Jesus House of Hope · General support
  $30,0002024 tax year
• Hibiscus Children's Center · General support
  $25,0002024 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.