The Ensign-Bickford Foundation Inc
Denver, CO · EIN 06-6041097. Reported 423 grants totalling $2,022,357 to 241 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. 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. The Ensign-Bickford Foundation Inc 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 $2,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $443 and $5,000; the smallest was $100 and the largest $80,000. 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. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scholarship America Inc | Saint Peter, MN | $355,000 | 8 | 5 | 2025 |
| Connecticut Science Center | Hartford, CT | $197,725 | 12 | 5 | 2025 |
| Society of Women Engineers | Chicago, IL | $77,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Clarkson University | Potsdam, NY | $76,980 | 14 | 3 | 2023 |
| Foundation for Portland Public Schools | Portland, ME | $67,700 | 5 | 4 | 2025 |
| Lightyear Foundation | York | $47,800 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| National Society of Black Engineers | Alexandria, VA | $43,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Southside Early Childhood Education Center | St Louis, MO | $42,500 | 5 | 4 | 2025 |
| Food Bank of the Rockies | Denver, CO | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Tuskegee University | Tuskegee, AL | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hopkins County Board of Education | Madisonville, KY | $37,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Simsbury High School | Simsbury, CT | $37,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Center for Grieving Children | Portland, ME | $37,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Granada Hills Charter School | Granada Hills, CA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Greater Muhlenberg Parks & Recreation System | Greenville, KY | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Saint Louis Zoo | St Louis, MO | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Society of Women Engineers (corporate Partnership Council) | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Louis Science Center Foundation | St Louis, MO | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| World Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Colorado Womens Education Foundation | Boulder, CO | $22,500 | 4 | 3 | 2025 |
| Girls in STEM | Highlands Ranch, CO | $21,000 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Come and Dine (first Baptist Church of Aurora) | Aurora, MO | $20,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Healing Meals Foundation Corp | Simsbury, CT | $19,500 | 8 | 5 | 2025 |
| Main Street Aurora | Aurora, MO | $18,500 | 4 | 2 | 2022 |
| University of Konstanz | Konstaz | $16,341 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Worcester, MA | $15,500 | 4 | 2 | 2023 |
| Alpha Kappa Educational Foundation | Rolla, MO | $15,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Girls Incorporated of Metro Denver | Denver, CO | $15,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Junior Achievement of | Hartford, CT | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Pedigree Foundation | Franklin, TN | $14,648 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| International Committee of the Red Cross | Geneva | $14,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Purdue Research Foundation | West Lafayette, IN | $13,605 | 7 | 2 | 2022 |
| South Windsor High School | South Windsor, CT | $13,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| University of Southampton | Southampton | $12,723 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City of Aurora - Baldwin Dog Park | Aurora, MO | $12,700 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hopkins County Board of Education - (south Hopkins Middle School) | Madisonville, KY | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Town of Simsbury - Board of Education | Simsbury, CT | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Camp Mowglis | Hebron, NH | $12,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Foundation of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Inc | Boston, MA | $10,500 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Aurora First Baptist Church Come and Dine | Aurora, MO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Connecticut Science Center - Frangible Joint Display | Hartford, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Junior Achievement of Southwest New England Inc | Hartford, CT | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Purdue Research Foundation - Amelia Earhart Summit | West Lafayette, IN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Louis Science Center | St Louis, MO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Louis Zoo | St Louis, MO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Colorado Foundation | Denver, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum | Denver, CO | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute (wpi) - Engineering Ambassodors | Worcester, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Air Ambulance Northern Ireland | Lisburn | $9,532 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Flagstaff Academy | Longmont, CO | $9,046 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Conn Women's Hall of Fame | New Haven, CT | $8,700 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Foundation for Portland Public Schools - STEM Expo | Portland, ME | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Foundation for Portland Public Schools - Teacher Grants | Portland, ME | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ocean Community YMCA | Westerly, RI | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Girls in STEM (stemblazers) | Highlands Ranch, CO | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pasadena Educational Foundation | Pasadena, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Southern California | Los Angels, CA | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hope for the Holidays (aurora United Methodist Church) | Aurora, MO | $7,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Worcester, CT | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Best Buddies International | Miami, FL | $6,629 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Gifts of Love | Avon, CT | $6,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| University of Nebraska Foundation | Lincoln, NE | $6,500 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Colgate University | Hamilton, NY | $6,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Girls on the Run- Maine | Westbrook, ME | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Best Buddies International | Cumberland, ME | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ascent Soccer USA | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Colchester Alternative School-Age Total Learning Experience Inc Castle Inc | Colchester, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Community Foundation of the Ozarks | Springfield, MO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Habitat for Humanity of Greater Portland | Portland, ME | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Purdue Research Foundation - Aeronatuics & Astronautics Industrial Affiliat | West Lafayette, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Purdue University Mechanical Engineering Partners Program | West Lafayette, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| South Windsor Robotics | South Windsor, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Village for Families and Children | Hartford, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| University of Nebraska - Aerospace Club | Lincoln, NE | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Nebraska - Research Engineering Design Team | Lincoln, NE | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Donald Danforth Plant Science Center | St Louis, MO | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Lifewater Inc | San Luis Obispo, CA | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Missouri University of Science & Technology | Rolla, MO | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Family Firm Institute | Boston, MA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Gideons International | Nashville, TN | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Telling Room | Portland, ME | $4,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Nebraska - Women in Engineering | Lincoln, NE | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pan Mass Challenge | Needham, MA | $3,910 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Aurora United Methodist | Aurora, MO | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Brigham Young University | Provo, UT | $3,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Helping Hands Chore Service Inc | Winsted, CT | $3,475 | 5 | 4 | 2025 |
| American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Worcester Polytechnic I | Worcester, MA | $3,250 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute Chapter National Society of Black Engineer | Worcester, MA | $3,250 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Aurora Dawg Pound (city of Aurora Dog Shelter) | Aurora, MO | $3,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Clarkson University Swe | Chicago, IL | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Drew Foundation Inc Dba Project Rise Aurora | Aurora, MO | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Purdue Research Foundation - Swe | West Lafayette, IN | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Purdue University | West Lafayette, IN | $2,650 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Franklin County Foster Closet | Union, MO | $2,562 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Clarkson University - Oktobajafest Sponsorship | Potsdam, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Harvey Mudd College | Claremont, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New England Wildlife Center | South Weymouth, MA | $2,500 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| South Windsor High School First Robotics | South Windsor, CT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Vrain Valley Educational Foundation | Longmont, CO | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Southern Methodist University | Dallas, TX | $2,035 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| 3D Vision Basketball Academy | Ofallen, MO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| A New Leaf | Mesa, AZ | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boston Museum of Science | Boston, MA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Camp Mowglis - Holt-Elwell Memorial Foundation Directed | Hebron, NH | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| City of Aurora | Aurora, MO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Ellsworth Memorial Association Inc | Windsor, CT | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Farmington High School | Farmington, CT | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hands of the Carpenter | Golden, CO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kappa Delta Foundation | Memphis, TN | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kenway's Cause | Windsor, CT | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Missouri Botanical Garden | St Louis, MO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Parents As Teachers | St Louis, MO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The College of Saint Rose | Albany, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| YMCA of Western Massachusetts | Springfield, MA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| YWCA of Western Massachusetts | Springfield, MA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| 2020 - Society of Women Engineers Wpi Chapter | Worcester, MA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Cancer Society Inc | Rocky Hill, CT | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Colorado Hispanic Bar Association | Denver, CO | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| First for Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology | Manchester, NH | $1,500 | 2 | 1 | 2025 |
| Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing | Falmouth, ME | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nod Road Preservation Inc | Avon, CT | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Prospect Ridge Academy | Broomfield, CO | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Society of Women Engineers Wpi Chapter | Worcester, MA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Village for Familys and Children | Hartford, CT | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute the Alliance STEM Affiliate Chapter | Worcester, MA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Utah Reading Clinic | Murray, UT | $1,400 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Delta Delta Delta Foundation | Dallas, TX | $1,387 | 4 | 3 | 2025 |
| Hartford Public Library | Hartford, CT | $1,300 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Harold Grinspoon Foundation | Agawam, MA | $1,175 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pause for Parents Play for Kids Inc | Liberty Twp, OH | $1,018 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Axia Project | Pasadena, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Camp Mowglis - Holt-Elwell Memorial Foundation Match | Hebron, NH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Colorado State University Foundation | Fort Collins, CO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Conn Historical Society | Hartford, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Connecticut Foodshare Inc | Wallingford, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Ellsworth Memorial Assoc Inc | Enfield, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Family Promise No Shore Boston | Beverly, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Girl Scouts of Connecticut Inc | Hartford, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Portland Public Library | Portland, ME | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Purdue Research Foundation - Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers | West Lafayette, IN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rippleffect | Portland, ME | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Team Western Kentucky Tornado Relief Fund | Frankfort, KY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Triumph Foundation | Santa Clarita, CA | $1,000 | 2 | 1 | 2025 |
| Dog Star Rescue Inc | Bloomfield, CT | $940 | 2 | 1 | 2025 |
| Live Like Becca Scholarship | Malden, MA | $900 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Charter Oak International Academy PTO | West Hartford, CT | $850 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Girls on the Run of Maricopa County | Scottsdale, AZ | $800 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Inc | Rye Brook, NY | $800 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Occidental College | Los Angeles, CA | $755 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Beverly Historical Society | Beverly, MA | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Connecticut Theatre Company | New Britain, CT | $750 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Mortar Board National Foundation | Columbus, OH | $702 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Lancer Booster Club (the Center Parent Network) | Thousand Oaks, CA | $600 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lancer Booster Club (tohs Cross Country Booster Club) | Thousand Oaks, CA | $600 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Cobb School Montessori | Simsbury, CT | $600 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program Inc | Brunswick, ME | $518 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| American Cancer Society | Atlanta, GA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Association for India's Development Inc | College Park, MD | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Black Mountain of Maine | Rumford, ME | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cultivating Community | Portland, ME | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Evans Scholars Foundation | Glenview, IL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Falmouth Food Pantry | Falmouth, ME | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Feeding America | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| For the Kids | Aurora, MO | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mahoosuc Land Trust | Bethel, ME | $500 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Neurofibromatosis Northeast Inc | Burlington, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Project Grace | Scarborough, ME | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Santa Train (for the Kids) | Aurora, MO | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Society of Women Engineers Worcester Polytechnic Institut | Worcester, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Locker Project | Portland, ME | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Windsor Food & Fuel Bank | Windsor, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| YWCA of Metropolitan Hartford Inc | Hartford, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | Staten Island, NY | $479 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Trinity College | Hartford, CT | $450 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kansas State University Foundation | Manhattan, KS | $443 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cool Earth Action USA Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $400 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Maine Roller Derby | Portland, ME | $385 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Easter Seals Maine | South Portland, ME | $375 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Girl Scout Council of Greater New York Inc | New York, NY | $360 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Veterans Base Camp Inc | Chaplin, CT | $350 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Northfield High School Foundation | Denver, CO | $312 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Big Fish Foundation | Boulder, CO | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Colorado Public Radio | Centennial, CO | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Live Like Becca Scholarship Fund | Malden, MA | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Longmont Estates Elementary School PTO | Longmont, CO | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Longmont Police K9 Association | Longmont, CO | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital | Memphis, TN | $300 | 3 | 2 | 2025 |
| The Blue Bench | Denver, CO | $270 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Beverly Bootstraps Comm Svcs | Beverly, MA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kindling Collective (co Mission Earth and Sponsors Inc) | Portland, ME | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mspca | Boston, MA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nebraska Community Foundation | Lincoln, NE | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| One Spark Academy | Newbury Park, CA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Trustees of Reservations | Boston, MA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New Hartford Ptoproject Playground | New Hartford, CT | $249 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Connecticut Public Broadcasting | Hartford, CT | $240 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Downtown Womens Center | Los Angeles, CA | $205 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Asylum Hill Congressional Church | Hartford, CT | $200 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Education for the Children USA | Chattanooga, TN | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| International Cello Institute | Northfield, MN | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Oak Park Instrumental Music Association (co Community Foundation of Oak Pa | Oak Park, CA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Odie's Orchard Hill Rescue Iinc | Simsbury, CT | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Osterville Village Library | Osterville, MA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Planned Parenthood of Southern New England Inc | New Haven, CT | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Springfield Rescue Mission | Springfield, MA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Three Bays Preservation | Osterville, MA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Disabled American Veterans | Cincinnati, OH | $185 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jewish War Veterans of the USA Inc | Washington, DC | $180 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Juvenile Diabetes Research | New York, NY | $180 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Dollywood Foundation | Pigeon Forge, TN | $180 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| ASPCA | New York, NY | $150 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Brown University | Providence, RI | $150 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Charter Oak Academy | West Hartford, CT | $150 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hartford Rescue Mission Inc | Hartford, CT | $150 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Shriners Hospital for Children | Tampa, FL | $150 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Alzheimer's Association | St Louis, MO | $120 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Heart Association Inc | Dallas, TX | $112 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fisher House Foundation Inc | Rockville, MD | $110 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Levo International Inc | Bloomfield, CT | $108 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Judi's House | Aurora, CO | $104 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dignity Grows Inc | Hartford, CT | $103 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Maui Humane Society | Puunene, HI | $101 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | Rye Brook, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Canton Land Conservation Trust Inc | Canton Center, CT | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chico University Foundation | Chico, CA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Colorado Center on Law and Privacy | Denver, CO | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Creative Living Community of Connecticut | Manchester, CT | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | Brookline, MA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Denver Streets Partnership | Denver, CO | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Direct Relief | Santa Barbara, CA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Evergreen Collaborative | Seattle, WA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Honnold Foundation | Salt Lake City, UT | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jewish National Fund | Rockville Centre, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Maine Cancer Foundation | Falmouth, ME | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| NAMI National | Arlington, VA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Northeast Animal Shelter | Salem, MA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Our Companions Animal Rescue | Manchester, CT | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Project Scientist | Laguna Beach, CA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Saint Mary of the Woods College | St Mary of the Woods, IN | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Westminster School | Simsbury, CT | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
62 of 241 (26%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 33%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
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.
- Community Foundation of the Ozarks
GENERAL OPERATION SUPPORT
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 248 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 88 | $438,975 | $2,250 |
| 2022 | 119 | $446,731 | $1,500 |
| 2023 | 94 | $548,562 | $2,000 |
| 2024 | 73 | $372,664 | $2,000 |
| 2025 | 49 | $215,425 | $900 |
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.
Where its money goes
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Ensign-Bickford Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 999 17TH Street Suite 900, Denver, CO, 80202. 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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