New York · Private foundation
The Ferris Foundation
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.
- $104k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 46%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 22
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $673k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 46% of the organizations The Ferris Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 27% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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 | 16 | $94k | 31% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $54k | 46% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $57k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $107k | 52% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $47k | 27% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $50k | 27% |
| FY2019 | 22 | $103k | 59% |
| FY2018 | 19 | $80k | 53% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Studios of Key West | $95,829 | 6 | 1% |
| Montana Preservation Alliance Inc | $66,000 | 7 | 4% |
| Key West Literary Seminar Inc | $65,825 | 9 | 2% |
| Museum of the City of New York | $34,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts Inc | $26,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Teslow Preservation Group | $21,300 | 2 | n/a |
| Earthjustice | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| City Squash Inc | $12,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Barrington Stage Company Inc | $12,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Tsic Inc Dba/Take Stock in Children | $11,160 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 53 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($133k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Ferris Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Park County Community Foundation · Solid Rock Foundation Co Rosamond Stanton · Community Foundation of the Florida Keys · Freeman Family Foundation · The Jm Kaplan Fund Inc · The Stake Foundation · Harry & Harriet Ruchman Foundation Inc · The Dovana Foundation Inc · The Dogwood Foundation · The Bernhill Fund · The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc
How this is measured
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About The Ferris Foundation
- How much does The Ferris Foundation give?
- The Ferris Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $103,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 22 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Ferris Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (63%), Philanthropy (15%), Health (4%).
- Who are The Ferris Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Studios of Key West ($96k), Montana Preservation Alliance Inc ($66k), Key West Literary Seminar Inc ($66k).
- Does The Ferris Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 46% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Ferris 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 Ferris Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Park County Community Foundation, Solid Rock Foundation Co Rosamond Stanton, Community Foundation of the Florida Keys.
- Where is The Ferris Foundation based?
- The Ferris Foundation is based in NY.
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