Elizabeth Ferry Speer Foundation
Private foundation · Avon, CT · EIN 27-6183605 · reported 2023–2025
66grants reported
$25Kmedian award
$5,000lower quartile
$5,000smallest grant
$1.7Mtotal paid
4states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 1 of its 66 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $10K in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
47 West Main Street
Avon, CT 06001-4701
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Avon Old Farms School | Avon, CT | $100,000 |
| Avon Old Farms School | Avon, CT | $100,000 |
| Avon Old Farms School | Avon, CT | $100,000 |
| Healing Meals Community Project | Bloomfield, CT | $50,000 |
| Journey Home | Hartford, CT | $50,000 |
| Our Companions Animal Rescue | Manchester, CT | $50,000 |
| The Frick Collection | New York, NY | $50,000 |
| The Open Hearth | Hartford, CT | $50,000 |
| University of Saint Joseph | West Hartford, CT | $50,000 |
| House of Bread | Hartford, CT | $50,000 |
| Our Companions Animal Rescue | Manchester, CT | $50,000 |
| The Frick Collection | New York, NY | $50,000 |
| Atlantic Classical Orchestra | Fort Pierce, FL | $40,000 |
| Hibiscus Children's Center | Jensen Beach, FL | $40,000 |
| Atlantic Classical Orchestra | Fort Pierce, FL | $40,000 |
| Healing Meals Community Project | Bloomfield, CT | $40,000 |
| Atlantic Classical Orchestra | Fort Pierce, FL | $35,000 |
| Journey Home | Hartford, CT | $30,000 |
| Jesus House of Hope | Stuart, FL | $30,000 |
| Hartford Youth Scholars | Hartford, CT | $25,000 |
| House of Bread | Hartford, CT | $25,000 |
| Interval House | Hartford, CT | $25,000 |
| Jesus House of Hope | Stuart, FL | $25,000 |
| Upper Valley Land Trust | Hanover, NH | $25,000 |
| Healing Meals Community Project | Bloomfield, CT | $25,000 |
| Hibiscus Children's Center | Jensen Beach, FL | $25,000 |
| Interval House | Hartford, CT | $25,000 |
| Our Companions Animal Rescue | Manchester, CT | $25,000 |
| The Frick Collection | New York, NY | $25,000 |
| University of Saint Joseph | West Hartford, CT | $25,000 |
| Hibiscus Children's Center | Jensen Beach, FL | $25,000 |
| House of Bread | Hartford, CT | $25,000 |
| Interval House | Hartford, CT | $25,000 |
| University of Saint Joseph | West Hartford, CT | $25,000 |
| Gifts of Love | Avon, CT | $25,000 |
| The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts | Hartford, CT | $20,000 |
| The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts | Hartford, CT | $20,000 |
| The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts | Hartford, CT | $20,000 |
| The Open Hearth | Hartford, CT | $20,000 |
| Hartford Youth Scholars | Hartford, CT | $15,000 |
| St Mary's Episcopal Church - Mary's Kitchen | Stuart, FL | $10,000 |
| Journey Home | Hartford, CT | $10,000 |
| The Open Hearth | Hartford, CT | $10,000 |
| Labs4rescue | Killingworth, CT | $10,000 |
| Upper Valley Land Trust | Hanover, NH | $10,000 |
| Animals for Life | Naugatuck, CT | $5,000 |
| Cheshire Animal Shelter Volunteers Inc | Middlebury, CT | $5,000 |
| Forgotten Felines | Clinton, CT | $5,000 |
| Labs4rescue | Killingworth, CT | $5,000 |
| Mayor's Alliance for Nyc's Animals Inc | New York, NY | $5,000 |
| Poodle Rescue Connecticut | Naugatuck, CT | $5,000 |
| Protectors of Animals Inc | East Hartford, CT | $5,000 |
| Animals for Life | Naugatuck, CT | $5,000 |
| Cheshire Animal Shelter Volunteers Inc | Middlebury, CT | $5,000 |
| Forgotten Felines | Clinton, CT | $5,000 |
| Labs4rescue | Killingworth, CT | $5,000 |
| Mayor's Alliance for Nyc's Animals Inc | New York, NY | $5,000 |
| Poodle Rescue Connecticut | Naugatuck, CT | $5,000 |
| Protectors of Animals Inc | East Hartford, CT | $5,000 |
| Upper Valley Land Trust | Hanover, NH | $5,000 |
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