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The Celia Lipton Farris and Victor W Farris Foundation: 60 grants to organizations, $4.4 million (tax year ended December 2024)
The Celia Lipton Farris and Victor W Farris Foundation, a private foundation in Boston, MA, paid 60 grants to organizations totaling $4,397,000 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on November 13, 2025. The largest was $525,000 to Community Foundation of Broward in Fort Lauderdale, FL for general operating support.
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- EIN
- 592667398
- Based in
- Boston, MA
- Assets
- $96,462,640
- Grants paid
- $4,397,000
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed November 13, 2025, IRS object ID 202523179349102142. It reported $4,397,000 in grants paid; 60 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community Foundation of Broward | Fort Lauderdale, FL | General operating support | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $525,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Santa Fe Community Foundation | Santa Fe, NM | General operating support | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $520,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Community Foundation for Palm Beach & Martin Counties Inc | West Palm Beach, FL | General operating support | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| North Carolina Community Foundation | Raleigh, NC | General operating support | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Community Foundation of New Jersey | Morristown, NJ | General operating support | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $420,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo | Buffalo, NY | General operating support | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Maine Community Foundation | Ellsworth, ME | Home community fund | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Broward Partnership for the Homeless Inc | Fort Lauderdale, FL | Behavioral health initiative planning participation grant | Housing and shelter | $105,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Samaritans Purse | Boone, NC | Hurricane helene relief | Religion-related | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Bangor Region YMCA | Bangor, ME | Building capacity to create mental wellness equity among maine children through thoughtful planning and phased program expansion | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Chainless Change Inc | Lauderhill, FL | Outfits - a mobile outreach project for justice-involved communities in south florida | Crime and legal-related | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Children's Bereavement Center | Miami, FL | Creating a network of grief support across broward & palm beach counties | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Community Care Clinic - Boone | Boone, NC | Enhancing integrated behavioral health: dialectical behavior therapy (dbt) training and expansion initiative for community care clinic | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Crisis Center of Northern New Mexico | Espanola, NM | Empowering wellness: behavioral health support for the crisis center of northern new mexico | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Flite Center | Fort Lauderdale, FL | To guide those aging out of foster care and other vulnerable youth for successful transition to independence through housing, education, employment, and system of care coordination. our vision is that | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| High Country Community Health | Boone, NC | Expanding access to care through school-based mental health initiatives in watauga county | Health care | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Hospitality House of Northwest North Carolina | Boone, NC | Hospitality house homeless health initiative | Housing and shelter | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Imagine A Center for Coping With Loss | Mountainside, NJ | Bringing grief support to 300 children at after school programs in newark | Mental health and crisis intervention | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Maine Seacoast Mission | Northeast Harbor, ME | Maine seacoast mission island healthcare: building our capacity to serve | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Make the Road NJ | Elizabeth, NJ | Behavioral health initiative planning participation grant | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Solace Sexual Assault Services | Santa Fe, NM | Empowering expertise: advancing professional development to enhance culturally relevant support for hispanic-latinx communities | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Student Aces Inc | Palm Beach Gardens, FL | The passport program | Education | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Sky Center | Santa Fe, NM | Hope and love-a courageous approach to growing and sustaining connection. | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Westcare the Village South | Pembroke Pines, FL | Transforming lives in palm beach county: westcare the village souths expansion proposal | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Youth Development Clinic | Newark, NJ | Expanding access to mental health services for the underserved and marginalized in greater newark. | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Oasis A Haven for Women and Children | Paterson, NJ | Empowering low-income minority youth through the oasis teen program | $49,600 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Rutgers - New Brunswick - Center for Youth Social Emotional Wellness | New Brunswick, NJ | Mental health equity summit: community building through partnerships and training | $46,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Say Yes Buffalo | Buffalo, NY | Strengthening the capacity/retention of behavioral healthcare clinicians embedded in public schools. | $41,400 | apps.irs.gov | |
| United Way of Palm Beach County | Palm Beach Gardens, FL | Mission united | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| A Chance of A Lifetime | Santa Fe, NM | A chance of a lifetime - growing capacity | Animal-related | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| American Association of Caregiving Youth Inc | Boca Raton, FL | Knowledge and know how (kkh) | Human services | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Hackensack Meridian Health | Edison, NJ | Music for recovery program at hmh carrier clinic's blake recovery center and retreat & recovery at ramapo valley | Health care | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Knox Clinic | Rockland, ME | Creating a community hub of wellness | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Newark Community Street Team | Montclair, NJ | Healing our newark community: trauma recovery center clinician professional development | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Norton Museum of Art | West Palm Beach, FL | 2024-25 afterschool arts outreach | Arts, culture and humanities | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Safe Families for Children | Chicago, IL | Maine chapter: fostering resilient, stable parents in maine | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Wise Fool New Mexico | Santa Fe, NM | Youth resilience through circus arts | Arts, culture and humanities | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Kennebec Behavioral Health | Waterville, ME | Certified community behavioral health clinic (ccbhc) care coordinator for mainegeneral medical center emergency department | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Pace Center for Girls Broward | Wilton Manors, FL | Pace reach broward | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Children's Council of Watauga County | Boone, NC | General operating support | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mountain Alliance | Boone, NC | General operating support | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Western Youth Network | Boone, NC | General operating support | Human services | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Aroostook Mental Health Services | Presque Isle, ME | Behavioral health initiative planning participation grant | Mental health and crisis intervention | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Bewell Co Palm Health Foundation | West Palm Beach, FL | Rally for youth mental health | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Casa First Judicial | Santa Fe, NM | Behavioral health initiative planning participation grant | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Casa Milagro | Santa Fe, NM | Behavioral health initiative planning participation grant | Human services | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Center for Child Counseling | Palm Beach Gardens, FL | Behavioral health initiative planning participation grant | Education | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Community Caring Collaborative | East Machias, ME | Behavioral health initiative planning participation grant | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Deerfield Beach Community Cares | Pembroke Pines, FL | Behavioral health initiative planning participation grant | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Gateway-Longview | Buffalo, NY | Behavioral health initiative planning participation grant | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Healthy Acadia | Ellsworth, ME | Behavioral health initiative planning participation grant | Health care | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Henderson Behavioral Health Inc | Lauderdale Lakes, FL | Behavioral health initiative planning participation grant | Mental health and crisis intervention | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Horizon Health Services Inc | Getzville, NY | Community education among inner-city populations to mitigate risk for mental health | Mental health and crisis intervention | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Jewish Family Services of Metrowest | Florham Park, NJ | Behavioral health initiative planning participation grant | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mental Health Advocates of Wny | Buffalo, NY | Youth non-crisis warm line for support and referral | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Moving Arts Espanola | Velarde, NM | Behavioral health initiative planning participation grant | Arts, culture and humanities | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| South Florida Wellness Network Inc | Fort Lauderdale, FL | Behavioral health initiative planning participation grant | Human services | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| South Ward Promise Neighborhood Brick Education Network | Newark, NJ | Behavioral health initiative planning participation grant | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Strongminds America | Maplewood, NJ | Behavioral health initiative planning participation grant | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Wayside House | Delray Beach, FL | Behavioral health initiative planning participation grant | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $2,895,000 |
| Housing and shelter | $155,000 |
| Religion-related | $100,000 |
| Health care | $80,000 |
| Mental health and crisis intervention | $65,000 |
| Education | $55,000 |
| Arts, culture and humanities | $55,000 |
| Crime and legal-related | $50,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| Florida | $1,510,000 |
| North Carolina | $780,000 |
| New Mexico | $735,000 |
| New Jersey | $730,600 |
| Maine | $310,000 |
| New York | $306,400 |
| Illinois | $25,000 |
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Updated November 13, 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.