Open Foundations · New Hampshire

The Ferris Family Foundation

Franconia, New Hampshire · EIN 521774631. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $626K across 42 grants in 2024, a median of $2K each.

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$626K
paid in 2024
42
grants paid
$2K
median grant
7%
to first-time recipients
$8.0M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
KAREN BEARDSLEY
Address
PO BOX 726, FRANCOCIA, NH, 03580
Phone
3019222700
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
NO SPECIFIC FORMAT REQUIRED
Submission deadline
NONE
Restrictions on awards
NONE

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202503109349100920. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

education

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 42 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Washington Inc(bgcgw)DC$344,279GENERAL PURPOSES
2Trinity CollegeCT$26,000EDUCATION
3Noyes Childrens Library FoundationMD$25,500GENERAL PURPOSES
4A Wider CircleMD$25,000GENERAL PURPOSES
5Center for Inspired TeachingDC$25,000EDUCATIONAL
6Community of HopeDC$25,000HEALTHCARE/HOMELESSNESS
7Public Charter SchoolDC$25,000EDUCATION
8Second StoryVA$25,000YOUTH SERVICES
9St Ignatious Loyola AcademyMD$25,000EDUCATION
10Saint James SchoolMD$13,500GENERAL PURPOSES
11Central Union MissionDC$10,000GENERAL PURPOSES
12Boys and Girls Clubs of Santa BarbaraCA$9,856GENERAL PURPOSES
13St Thomas Episcopal ChurchVA$7,000GENERAL PURPOSES
14Nph UsaIL$5,000GENERAL PURPOSES
15University of PennsylvaniaPA$4,000EDUCATION

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202039$507K
202147$663K
202255$637K
202341$610K
202442$626K

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
District of Columbia36%
Maryland19%
Virginia14%
New York12%
Connecticut5%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Karen BeardsleyTRUSTEE · 2024
Wb FerrisTRUSTEE · 2024

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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