Massachusetts · Private foundation
The Celia Lipton Farris and Victor W Farris Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $4.3M
- Granted FY2018
- 59
- Grants FY2018
- 42
- Organizations funded FY2018
- 26%
- First-time grantees FY2018
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65% of The Celia Lipton Farris and Victor W Farris Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Community Foundation Of Broward Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 35 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2018, the last year The Celia Lipton Farris and Victor W Farris Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 35 organizations, $4M. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2018
- $62,163
- Largest grant, FY2018
- $212,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 42 to 50
- FY2017 to FY2018
- States reached, FY2018
- 11
- Total assets, FY2018
- $81M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2018, 26% of the organizations The Celia Lipton Farris and Victor W Farris Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2018 | 42 | $3.2M | 26% |
| FY2017 | 50 | $3.5M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Way of Palm Beach County Inc | $1,010,000 | 6 | 2% |
| The Scripps Research Institute | $969,405 | 5 | 0% |
| Florida Atlantic University Foundation Inc | $840,727 | 2 | 1% |
| Palm Beach State College Fdn Inc | $520,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Careersource Palm Beach County Inc | $404,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Meals on Wheels of the Palm Beaches Inc | $400,000 | 4 | 23% |
| Palm Beach County Food Bank Inc | $400,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Kidspeace National Centers of New England | $331,870 | 3 | 1% |
| Urban League of Palm Beach County Inc | $300,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Center for Creative Education | $300,000 | 4 | 6% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 39 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.5M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Celia Lipton Farris and Victor W Farris Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 6 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 150 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 loosely connected circle, clustered around a few shared anchors.
Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties Inc · The Chamber of Nonprofit Health and Human Agencies in Palm Beach County Inc · United Way of Palm Beach County Inc · Lost Tree Village Charitable Foundation · Quantum Foundation Inc · The Frederick a Deluca Foundation Inc · The Jim Moran Foundation Inc · The Batchelor Foundation Inc · Santa Fe Community Foundation · Maine Health Access Foundation Inc · John T Gorman Foundation · St Vincent Hospital
How this is measured
Compare The Celia Lipton Farris and Victor W Farris Foundation with peer funders
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About The Celia Lipton Farris and Victor W Farris Foundation
- How much does The Celia Lipton Farris and Victor W Farris Foundation give?
- The Celia Lipton Farris and Victor W Farris Foundation reported 59 grants totaling $4,272,230 in its FY2018 IRS filing. It funded between 42 and 50 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2018.
- What does The Celia Lipton Farris and Victor W Farris Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (57%), Health (14%), Education (6%).
- Who are The Celia Lipton Farris and Victor W Farris Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: United Way of Palm Beach County Inc ($1.0M), The Scripps Research Institute ($969k), Florida Atlantic University Foundation Inc ($841k).
- Does The Celia Lipton Farris and Victor W Farris Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2018, 26% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Celia Lipton Farris and Victor W Farris Foundation 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 The Celia Lipton Farris and Victor W Farris Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties Inc, The Chamber of Nonprofit Health and Human Agencies in Palm Beach County Inc, United Way of Palm Beach County Inc.
- Where is The Celia Lipton Farris and Victor W Farris Foundation based?
- The Celia Lipton Farris and Victor W Farris Foundation is based in MA.
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