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GROTON, MA · 2024 filing

THE CERES FOUNDATION INC

Accepts applications

THE CERES FOUNDATION INC accepts grant applications.

Its most recent filing reports $7.9M given across 64 grants.

A typical grant is around $85K.

It funds education, human services, housing & shelter.

What they give

$7.9M
Total giving
64
Grants made
$85K
Typical grant
$2.0M
Largest grant

From their 2024 Form 990-PF. Foundations file annually, so these figures describe a year that has already closed.

What their grants run

The 64 grants itemized on their 2024 filing, by size. Half of them landed between $50K and $115K, which is the range to judge your own ask against.

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Under $1K$1K–5K$5K–25K$25K–100K$100K–1MOver $1M
Itemized grants on the 2024 filing, bucketed by grant size.

Where the money went

Grants on the 2024 filing reached 9 states. The largest destinations, with each state’s wider funding picture linked:

California$4.4M
District of Columbia$1.7M
Massachusetts$1.1M
Maryland$435K
Virginia$75K
Itemized grant dollars by recipient state, 2024 filing.

What they fund

Derived from where the money actually went rather than from a stated mission, which is the more useful of the two and frequently the different one.

  • Education
  • Human Services
  • Housing & Shelter

Recent giving reached California, District of Columbia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland, North Carolina, New Jersey, Virginia, Washington.

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