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The Betsy and Jesse Fink Family Foundation: 30 grants to organizations, $1.7 million (tax year ended December 2024)
The Betsy and Jesse Fink Family Foundation, a private foundation in Fairfield, CT, paid 30 grants to organizations totaling $1,678,988 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on November 6, 2025. The largest was $250,000 to Denver Film Society in Denver, CO for grant area: 501c entity for funding to denver film society (grant to exposure labs for film braiding sweetgrass).
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- EIN
- 137219308
- Based in
- Fairfield, CT
- Assets
- $14,519,128
- Grants paid
- $1,678,988
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed November 6, 2025, IRS object ID 202523109349101917. It reported $1,678,988 in grants paid; 30 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Film Society | Denver, CO | Grant area: 501c entity for funding to denver film society (grant to exposure labs for film braiding sweetgrass) | Arts, culture and humanities | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc | Indianapolis, IN | Charitable distribution to fund renaissance charitable foundation daf | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc | Indianapolis, IN | Charitable distribution to fund renaissance charitable foundation daf | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $230,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Esf College Foundation | Syracuse, NY | Grant area: sustainable communities (restoration sci. cntr pollinator ecologist position, program) | Education | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Earthjustice | San Francisco, CA | Grant area: resilient habitats & biodiversity (1st of 3 annual grants; land wildlife & oceans) | Environment | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Esf College Foundation | Syracuse, NY | Grant area: sustainable communities (support career dev. program) | Education | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Esf College Foundation | Syracuse, NY | Grant area: sustainable communities & misc (center for native peoples and robin kimmerer) | Education | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Refed Inc | Long Island City, NY | Grant area: sustainable food systems (multi-year gift) | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Refed Inc | Long Island City, NY | Grant area: food waste (ai & technology) | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Biodiversityworks Inc | Vineyard Haven, MA | Grant area: resilient habitats: mv atlas of life expenses (staff salary, program admin; jan. - june 2024) | Environment | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Biodiversityworks Inc | Vineyard Haven, MA | Grant area: resilient habitats: mv atlas of life expenses (staff salary, program admin; july - dec. 2024) | Environment | $47,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| World Wildlife Fund | Washington, DC | Grant area: resilient habitats: (restoring grasslands, bison acr. no. great plains & thriving mex. pacific) | Environment | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Refed Inc | Long Island City, NY | Grant area: sustainable food systems (summit scholarships for edf fellows) | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Center for Responsible Travel (crest) | Washington, DC | Grant area: sustainable communities: operating support (fiscal year 2024-2025) | $23,988 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Xerces Society | Portland, OR | Grant area: resilient habitats (program for expanding pollinator habitats in the ne) | Animal-related | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Mass Audubon Society | Lincoln, MA | Grant area: resilient habitats (felix neck wildlife sanctuary) | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Walking Mountains Science Center | Avon, CO | Grant area: environmental (general support) | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| World Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | Grant area: sustainable communities (ukraine and gaza relief) | International, foreign affairs and national security | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| American Bird Conservancy | The Plains, VA | Grant area: resilient habitats (general support) | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| International Rescue Committee | New York, NY | Grant area: human rights (general operations) | International, foreign affairs and national security | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Natural Resources Defense Council | Hagerstown, MD | Grant area: resilient habitats (wildlife protection programs) | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Sharing Excess | Philadelphia, PA | Grant area: sustainable food systems (sourcing, gleaning & delivering food wkly to harlem grown) | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | Bronx, NY | Grant area: resilient habitats (land conservation efforts) | Animal-related | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Center for Ecotechnology (cet) | Dalton, MA | Grant area: sustainable food systems & food waste (general support) | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Food Tank | Baltimore, MD | Grant area: sustainable food systems & food waste (general support) | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic | Cambridge, MA | Grant area: sustainable food systems & food waste (general support toward food waste solutions) | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| National Audubon Society | New York, NY | Grant area: sustainable communities & climate (iain nicholson center at rowe sanctuary, gibbon, ne) | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Perfect Earth Project | Bridgehampton, NY | Grant area: resilient habitats (chem land mgmt awareness; prfct earth; 2/3 for the birds | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Trustees | Boston, MA | Grant area: sustainable communities (the farm institute scholarship for mv) | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Walking Mountains Science Center | Avon, CO | Grant area: environmental (sponsorship of environmental film series) | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $480,000 |
| Education | $325,000 |
| Arts, culture and humanities | $250,000 |
| Environment | $227,500 |
| Animal-related | $30,000 |
| International, foreign affairs and national security | $25,000 |
| Food, agriculture and nutrition | $10,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| New York | $580,000 |
| Indiana | $480,000 |
| Colorado | $267,500 |
| Massachusetts | $127,500 |
| California | $100,000 |
| District of Columbia | $68,988 |
| Oregon | $20,000 |
| Maryland | $15,000 |
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Updated November 6, 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.