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Roaring Brook Family Foundation: 62 grants to organizations, $2.2 million (tax year ended June 2025)
Roaring Brook Family Foundation, a private foundation in Lenox, MA, paid 62 grants to organizations totaling $2,245,000 in its tax year ended June 2025, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on November 18, 2025. The largest was $125,000 to Greenagers in S Egremont, MA for general operating funds.
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- EIN
- 474303914
- Based in
- Lenox, MA
- Assets
- $48,085,435
- Grants paid
- $2,245,000
- Tax year ended
- June 2025
Grants paid, tax year ended June 2025
From the Form 990-PF filed November 18, 2025, IRS object ID 202513229349100626. It reported $2,245,000 in grants paid; 62 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenagers | S Egremont, MA | General operating funds | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Shelburne Farms | Shelburne, VT | Education for sustainability initiatives | Environment | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Berkshire Agricultural Ventures | Great Barrington, MA | Loan fund | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Charles River Conservancy | Cambridge, MA | Floating wetlands | Environment | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Coastal Conservation League | Charleston, SC | General operating funds | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Earth Justice | San Francisco, CA | Energy programs | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Ocean Conservancy | Washington, DC | Trash-free seas program + ghost gear initiative + dsm | Environment | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Roots Rising | Pittsfield, MA | Matching challenge grant | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Trustees of Reservations | Boston, MA | Appleton farms + crane coastal ecology education | Environment | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Roots Rising | Pittsfield, MA | Roots rising program | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Vermont Farmers Food Center | Rutland, VT | General operating funds | $65,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Berkshire Agricultural Ventures | Great Barrington, MA | Loan fund | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Ecology School | Saco, ME | Arc community food system resilience | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| First Nations Development Institute | Longmont, CO | Nourishing native foods + nutrition | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Freshfarm | Washington, DC | Foodprints program + | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Gulf of Maine Research Institute | Portland, ME | Community engagement + climate center | Animal-related | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Hurricane Island Outward Bound School | Camden, ME | Pinnacle scholarships | Environment | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Institute for Local Self-Reliance | Minneapolis, MN | Locally-scaled business | Community improvement and capacity building | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Latin American Youth Center Inc | Washington, DC | W-layc & nutrition program | Youth development | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Telling Room | Portland, ME | Young writers and leaders nea gap | Youth development | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Orion Society | Great Barrington, MA | General operating funds | Environment | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Berkshire Environmental Action Team | Pittsfield, MA | Education center | Environment | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Catskill Agrarian Alliance | Hamden, NY | General operating funds | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Coastal Carolina Riverwatch | Morehead, NC | General operating funds | Animal-related | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Earth Circle Foundation | Santa Fe, NM | General operating funds | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Elizabeth River Project | Norfolk, VA | Educational programs | Environment | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Esperanza Academy | Lawrence, MA | Esperanza fund | Education | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Friends of Ganondagan | Victor, NY | White corn project | Community improvement and capacity building | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Greenagers | S Egremont, MA | General operating funds | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Hopeful Horizons | Beaufort, SC | General operating funds | Religion-related | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Housatonic Valley Association | Cornwall Bridge, CT | Clean, cold connected program | Environment | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Island Institute | Rockland, ME | Fellowship program | Education | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| James River Association | Richmond, VA | General operating funds | Environment | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Native American Rights Fund | Boulder, CO | General operating funds | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Partnership for Public Service | Washington, DC | Internships | Employment | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Pen Faulkner Foundation | Washington, DC | Writer residencies | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Potomac Conservancy Inc | Silver Spring, MD | Riparian forest restoration | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Putney School | Putney, VT | Fiber arts center | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Soul Fire Farm Institute | Petersburg, NY | General operating funds | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| St Johns College | Santa Fe, NM | Southwest scholars | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Vermont Youth Conservation Corps | Richmond, VT | Core mission | Environment | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wave Farm | Acra, NY | Capacity +resiliency | Arts, culture and humanities | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Berkshire International Film Festival | Great Barrington, MA | Environmental film festival | Education | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation | Sheffield, MA | Neighbor to neighbor | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Authors Guild | New York, NY | Berkshire event | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Boston Camerata | Boston, MA | Sponsorship for production of daniel | Arts, culture and humanities | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Friends of Sivananda | Boston, MA | Make it personal program | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Osamequin Farm | Seekonk, MA | General operating funds | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Richmond Ballet | Richmond, VA | Youth programs | Arts, culture and humanities | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| St Helena Gullah Community Housing | Okatie, SC | General operating funds | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Berkshire Community Radio Alliance | Great Barrington, MA | Equipment | Arts, culture and humanities | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Bryn Mawr College | Bryn Mawr, PA | General operating funds | Education | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation | Washington, DC | General operating funds | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Center for Independent Documentary | Newton, MA | Audio flux | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Pen Faulkner Foundation | Washington, DC | General operating funds | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Read Center | Richmond, VA | General operating funds | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Anna Mirabel Lytton Foundation | Amagansett, NY | General operating funds | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Association for the Study of African American Life and History | Washington, DC | General operating funds | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Good Neighbor Medical Clinic | Beaufort, SC | General operating funds | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Latin American Youth Center Inc | Washington, DC | General operating funds | Youth development | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Open Land Trust | Beaufort, SC | General operating funds | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Sousa Mendes Foundation | Greenlawn, NY | General operating funds | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Environment | $635,000 |
| Food, agriculture and nutrition | $360,000 |
| Youth development | $102,500 |
| Animal-related | $75,000 |
| Community improvement and capacity building | $75,000 |
| Education | $75,000 |
| Arts, culture and humanities | $50,000 |
| Religion-related | $25,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| Massachusetts | $840,000 |
| District of Columbia | $265,000 |
| Vermont | $240,000 |
| Maine | $225,000 |
| South Carolina | $140,000 |
| New York | $115,000 |
| California | $100,000 |
| Colorado | $75,000 |
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Updated November 18, 2025. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.