· Private foundation
The Ferris Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k31 grants · $57k
- $10k–50k10 grants · $225k
- $250k+1 grant · $344k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC(BGCGW) | $344,279 |
| TRINITY COLLEGE | $26,000 |
| NOYES CHILDRENS LIBRARY FOUNDATION | $25,500 |
| CENTER FOR INSPIRED TEACHING | $25,000 |
| ST IGNATIOUS LOYOLA ACADEMY | $25,000 |
| PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL | $25,000 |
| A WIDER CIRCLE | $25,000 |
| COMMUNITY OF HOPE | $25,000 |
| SECOND STORY | $25,000 |
| SAINT JAMES SCHOOL | $13,500 |
| CENTRAL UNION MISSION | $10,000 |
| BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SANTA BARBARA | $9,856 |
| ST THOMAS EPISCOPAL CHURCH | $7,000 |
| NPH USA | $5,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA | $4,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $158k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 2% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
54 repeat relationships: 30 still active in FY2024, 24 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- AAABUSED AND HOMELESS CHILDREN'S REFUGE INC6× · 2019–2024 · $145k · revenue +71%
TRINITY COLLEGE6× · 2019–2024 · $131k · revenue +49%- COCOMMUNITY OF HOPE6× · 2019–2024 · $130k · revenue +51%
Funded once
- BABOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER WASHINGTON-GEORGE FERRIS JR CLUBHOUSE 6one grant, 2017 · $80k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2019 · $51k
- SIST IGNATIUS LOYOLA ACADEMYone grant, 2017 · $27k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…
The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…
The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.
Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
Washington college challenges and inspires emerging citizen leaders to discover lives of purpose and passion.core valueswe share these values of our founding patron, george washington: integrity, determination, curiosity, civility,…
The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.
To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.
Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.
To graduate people of uncommon integrity, competence, and maturity, who are effective lifelong learners and responsible citizens, and who are prepared to contribute substantially to the world in which they live.
Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…
Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…
How this is measured
67 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 67 of the 126 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds ABUSED AND HOMELESS CHILDREN'S REFUGE INC ↗
- Who funds CENTER FOR INSPIRED TEACHING ↗
- Who funds NOYES CHILDREN'S LIBRARY FOUNDATIONINC ↗
- Who funds TRINITY COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY OF HOPE ↗
- Who funds I DREAM PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds A WIDER CIRCLE INC ↗
- Who funds SAINT JAMES SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION ↗
- Who funds CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CENTRAL UNION MISSION ↗
- Who funds TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ↗
- Who funds SUFFIELD ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds MARTHA'S TABLE INC ↗
- Who funds SOME INC ↗
- Who funds THE HOLTON ARMS SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds BULLIS SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE ORPHANS D/B/A NPH-USA ↗
- Who funds THE DC CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
- Who funds WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC ↗
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: Greater Washington Community Foundation · Richard E & Nancy P Marriott Foundation · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · The Gary and Pennie Abramson Charitable Foundation · The Bessemer Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Nora Roberts Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Ferris Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Ferris Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- A Wider Circle Inc: 6% of income from government
- Nantucket Conservation Foundation Inc: 4% of income from government
- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
- Manna Food Center Inc: 1% of income from government
- Trinity College: 0% of income from government
- Drew University: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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