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Ceres Foundation Grants

Private foundation · EIN 36-3735653 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025

Total grants paid
$1.1M
Grants reported
207
Typical grant
$3K
Future commitments

Reported commitments not yet paid.

Not reported

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Original filing text

Reported organization name: CERES FOUNDATION

Giving by tax year

Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.

Tax yearGrants paidAmount
2025106$593K
2024101$551K

Where Ceres Foundation gives

States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.

Illinois$260.5KMichigan$215KColorado$165KVirginia$140KCalifornia$80.5K

Largest reported grants

Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.

Daniel Murphy Scholarship Foundation

CHICAGO, IL

$30KTax year 2024

Grant purpose

General support

Daniel Murphy Scholarship Foundation

CHICAGO, IL

$30KTax year 2025

Grant purpose

General support

Leadership Institute

ARLINGTON, VA

$30KTax year 2025

Grant purpose

General support

Leadership Institute

ARLINGTON, VA

$27KTax year 2024

Grant purpose

General support

Fire Fdn for Indiv Rts in Ed

PHILADELPHIA, PA

$25KTax year 2025

Grant purpose

General support

Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (207 reported in all).

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About this data

Figures are aggregated from Ceres Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.

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