Charles P Ferro Foundation
Burlington, VT · EIN 22-3253710. Reported 95 grants totalling $788,000 to 54 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Charles P Ferro Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $2,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,000 and $5,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $183,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp | Ashford, CT | $300,000 | 6 | 3 | 2023 |
| See Attached | Burlington, VT | $183,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dog Tag Bakery | Washington, DC | $51,000 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Kids Helping Kids Inc | Stamford, CT | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Nova Southeastern University | Fort Lauderdale, FL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Friends of Appalachia Inc | Trumbull, CT | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Push to Walk | Oakland, NJ | $10,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Boston Children's Hospital | Jamaica Plain, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Crescent Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Hope Health Hospice & Palliative Care | Providence, RI | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Lake Champlain Community Sailing Center | Burlington, VT | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Nsu Art Museum | Fort Lauderdale, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Brooklyn Book Bodega Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Room at the Inn | Bridgeton, MO | $8,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Shelburne Farms | Shelburne, VT | $8,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Tunnels to Towers Foundation | Staten Island, NY | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Danny Wallace Foundation | Trumbull, CT | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Kids in Crisis | Cos Cob, CT | $5,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Community Sailing Center | Burlington, VT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Do It for Love Foundation | Oakland, CA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | Dunmore, PA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Parks Foundation of Burlington | Burlington, VT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Shriners Hospital for Children | Tampa, FL | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Vermont Parks Forever | Montpelier, VT | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Kansas Rural Communities Foundation | Wamego, KS | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| One Bead Project | Hudson, OH | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Charlie Landers Foundation | Franklin Lakes, NJ | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Burlington | Burlington, VT | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Good Foundation | New York, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New York Road Runners | New York, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Elizabeth School | Wyckoff, NJ | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Trauma Resilience Understanding & Education Center | Gaithersburg, MD | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Age Well | Colchester, VT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Burlington City Arts | Burlington, VT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Burlington Vt Inc | Burlington, VT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Upper Saddle River Fire Department | Saddle River, NJ | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Arc - Southeast | Atlanta, GA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Central Park Track Club | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Family Room Foster Care Resource Center | Greensboro, NC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Freedom Service Dogs of America | Englewood, CO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Healing Winds Vermont | Burlington, VT | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ho-Ho-Kus Educational Foundation Inc | Ho Ho Kus, NJ | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Natural Resources Defense Council | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Planned Parenthood of Greater New York | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The War Dog Athletic Club | Cedar Grove, NJ | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Epilepsy Foundation of Metropolitan Ny | New York, NY | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ucla's Hammer Museum | Los Angeles, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hunger Free Vermont | South Burlington, VT | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Children's Literacy Foundation | Waterbury, VT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ho-Ho-Kus Home & School Association | Ho Ho Kus, NJ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Immaculate Heart Academy | Washington, NJ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sacred Heart School | Jersey City, NJ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation | Riverton, UT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wyckoff Family YMCA | Wyckoff, NJ | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
26 of 54 (48%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 41%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Hole in the Wall Gang Camp
PAYMENT OF PRIOR YEAR GRANT PAYABLE - MID- ATLANTIC HOP PROGRAM - Burlington City Arts
ART FROM THE HEART PROGRAM
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 67 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 33 | $221,500 | $3,000 |
| 2022 | 34 | $209,500 | $2,500 |
| 2023 | 27 | $174,000 | $2,500 |
| 2024 | 1 | $183,000 | $183,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Charles P Ferro Foundation has 3 of them, worth $1,065,000. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Hole in the Wall Gang Camp | Ashford, CT | $1,000,000 |
| The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp | Ashford, CT | $50,000 |
| Dog Tag Bakery | Washington, DC | $15,000 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 44% of this one's giving went to organizations in Connecticut. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $2,500. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Connecticut.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Charles P Ferro Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 88 Sunset Cliff, Burlington, VT, 05408. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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