Pennsylvania · Private foundation
Ferguson Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $44k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 9
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $737k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 14% of the organizations Ferguson Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 8 | $44k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $43k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $27k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $29k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $43k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $88k | 13% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $69k | 13% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $75k | 11% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Young Men's Christian Association of Centre County | $74,000 | 9 | 0% |
| House of Care | $64,260 | 5 | 9% |
| Housing Transitions Inc | $60,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Jana Marie Foundation | $47,500 | 9 | 4% |
| Bridge of Hope Inc | $39,000 | 3 | 2% |
| University Baptist & Brethren Church | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Centre Volunteers in Medicine | $19,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Discovery Space of Central Pennsylvania Inc | $10,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Strawberry Fields Inc | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Rule 62 Club | $5,000 | 1 | 32% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Young Men's Christian Association of Centre County | $74,000 | 9 | 0% |
| House of Care | $64,260 | 5 | 9% |
| Housing Transitions Inc | $60,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Jana Marie Foundation | $47,500 | 9 | 4% |
| Bridge of Hope Inc | $39,000 | 3 | 2% |
| University Baptist & Brethren Church | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Centre Volunteers in Medicine | $19,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Discovery Space of Central Pennsylvania Inc | $10,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Strawberry Fields Inc | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Rule 62 Club | $5,000 | 1 | 32% |
| The Hope Fund of Penns Valley Inc | $1,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Food Bank of the State College Area Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ghana Medical Relief | $500 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($133k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Ferguson Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 10 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Centre Foundation Inc · The Louis E Silvi Foundation · The Blake and Linda Gall Family Foundation · Centre County United Way · The Hamer Foundation · Loviscky Ohana Foundation · Northwest Charitable Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Ferguson Foundation Inc
- How much does Ferguson Foundation Inc give?
- Ferguson Foundation Inc reported 8 grants totaling $43,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 9 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Ferguson Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (47%), Housing & Shelter (21%), Human Services (16%).
- Who are Ferguson Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Young Men's Christian Association of Centre County ($74k), House of Care ($64k), Housing Transitions Inc ($60k).
- Does Ferguson Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ferguson Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Ferguson Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Centre Foundation Inc, The Louis E Silvi Foundation, The Blake and Linda Gall Family Foundation.
- Where is Ferguson Foundation Inc based?
- Ferguson Foundation Inc is based in PA.
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