Wisconsin · Private foundation
The Ceres Trust
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.
- $7.6M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 56
- Grants FY2024
- 157
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $55,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 89 to 157
- FY2022 to FY2023
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations The Ceres Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 54 | $7.6M | 65% |
| FY2023 | 157 | $16M | 100% |
| FY2022 | 89 | $10M | n/a |
96% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Environment$13MFood & Nutrition$5.1MPhilanthropy$2.1MArts & Culture$1.6MHealth$1.6MCivil Rights$1.6MCommunity Improvement$1.6MReligion$1.4MOther$0
Top grantees
Largest grants in FY2024.
| Sustainable Moloka'i; 1088 | $1,000,000 |
| global greengrants; 1086 | $800,000 |
| Hawai'i Community Foundation; 1095 | $500,001 |
| global greengrants; 1087 | $400,000 |
| Thousand Currents; 1094 | $300,000 |
| Indigenous Seed Keepers Network of the Native American Food Sovereignty Alliance; 887 | $300,000 |
| Grassroots International; 1095 | $300,000 |
| Science and Environmental Health Network;1067a | $250,000 |
| Center for Food Safety; 1083 | $250,000 |
| Steam Onward Incorporated (Ujamaa Coop); 1085 | $250,000 |
| National Tropical Botanical Garden; 875; 1046 | $225,000 |
| Dogwood Alliance;1080 | $200,000 |
| Hawai'i Investment Ready;1082 | $200,000 |
| Ecology Action; 1089 | $200,000 |
| Sustainable Markets Foundation; 1067b | $200,000 |
About The Ceres Trust
- How much does The Ceres Trust give?
- The Ceres Trust reported 56 grants totaling $7,610,669 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 89 and 157 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does The Ceres Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (24%), Food & Nutrition (10%), Philanthropy (4%).
- Does The Ceres Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Ceres Trust 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.
- Where is The Ceres Trust based?
- The Ceres Trust is based in WI.
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