Foundations · IRS 990 filings

Foundations in Ridgefield, Connecticut

26
foundations with a Ridgefield address
$2.01B
grants paid, FY2024–FY2025
4
say they accept unsolicited
$5,500
median grant

Grantlas lists 26 private foundations that gave a Ridgefield, Connecticut address on their 990-PF, from filings for FY2024–FY2025. Together they paid out $2.01 billion in grants in their latest filing year, and 4 of them (15%) say they accept unsolicited requests.

Not every foundation here is a Ridgefield foundation. The city is the mailing address on the foundation’s tax filing, and when a bank or a law firm runs the trust that is the bank’s address, not the place it gives to. Check where a foundation gives before you write.

All 26 foundations

Ranked by what they paid in grants in their latest filing, with the ones that accept unsolicited requests first.

Foundations in Ridgefield, Connecticut
Boehringer Ingelheim Cares Foundation IncAccepts$1.79B$1.99B$1.59B–$1.99BNo grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Ridgefield Fresh Air AssociationAccepts$3,000$61,000$1,000–$20,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Perry J Lewis FoundationAccepts$526,500$1,000$1,000–$1MDown 100% over 3 yearsFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The McMaster Family Foundation IncAccepts$448,981$181$181–$897,780No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The Leir Foundation IncInvitation only$3.5M$12.7M$803,000–$5MNo grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Lawrence A Bossidy FoundationInvitation only$10,000$3.2M$500–$1.3MNo grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Ritter Family FoundationInvitation only$50,000$1.8M$15,560–$285,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The Goldstone Family FoundationInvitation only$1,071$1.1M$100–$200,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Patricia M and Robert H MartinsenInvitation only$200$402,900$100–$300,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The Prospector Foundation IncInvitation only$393,674$393,674—No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Abba's Ambassadors IncIndividuals only$35,200$307,199$13,079–$292,106No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The Maurice Sendak Foundation IncInvitation only$5,000$229,393$100–$125,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Susan & George Craig Family Foundation IncInvitation only$6,000$209,525$25–$50,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Daystar FoundationInvitation only$7,289$114,635$155–$50,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Salvatore & Anna Beltrone Family FnInvitation only$1,000$114,325$50–$40,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Isidore Stern FoundationInvitation only$3,219$108,158$2,146–$10,728No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Wieland Family Foundation IncInvitation only$93,750$100,000$5,000–$100,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The Rodney M Gould Foundation IncInvitation only$2,900$94,660$532–$24,100No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The Cotler Family Foundation IncInvitation only$2,500$72,899$200–$40,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The Hoyt FundInvitation only$5,000$52,500$1,000–$20,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The Pfleger Foundation IncInvitation only$1,000$23,333$100–$16,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Taylor-Zemo Foundation IncInvitation only$500$21,773$100–$10,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Couri Foundation IncInvitation only$10,000$10,000—No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The Jmr Effective Giving FoundationInvitation only$10,000$10,000—No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Murray and Lois Hicks CharitableInvitation only$875$7,000$750–$5,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Ridgefield Community Sports Events IncInvitation only$4,500$4,000$4,000–$5,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
  • Median grant and grant range come from the 990-PF grant schedule; a dash means there is none to report.
  • “One grant” means a schedule with a single grant — no median, nothing to range over. “One amount” means several grants, all the same size.
  • A median grant larger than the grants paid is not a mistake: the grant schedule and the year’s total come from different parts of the tax filing, and a foundation can list a grant it approved in a year it paid out less.
  • 3-yr trend compares the latest filing year with the year two before it, so it needs grants on file for both. Most foundations file one year of grants, so most rows show a dash.

Data from 990-PF filings, FY2024–FY2025. Updated November 8, 2026.