The Ceres Foundation Inc 43J-74D54
Historical FunderGroton, Massachusetts · EIN 91-2170962 · Private foundation · Website
Grants paid (2024)$7.9M
Organizations funded64
Typical grant$80,000
Total assets$193.5M
Half of its grants to organizations were between $50,000 and $100,000.
From the return
How to apply
The foundation filed the following application information (Form 990-PF Part XV, tax year 2024):
| Contact | AMANDA L NORTHROP |
|---|---|
| Address | PO BOX 578, GROTON MA 01450 |
| Phone | 4013685675 |
| INFO@CERESGIVING.ORG | |
| Form and materials | ONLINE APPLICATION, WHICH CAN BE FOUND AT HTTPS://WWW.CERESGIVING.ORG/PAGE/APPLICATION-PROCESS |
| Deadlines | NONE |
| Restrictions | WE INVEST IN STRONG LEADERS AND SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS THAT RANGE FROM SMALL GRASSROOTS EFFORTS TO MORE ESTABLISHED PROGRAMS. OUR GRANTEES ARE UNITED IN THEIR PASSION TO CREATE LONG-TERM POSITIVE CHANGE FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES. WE FUND A MIX OF INNOVATIVE AND PROVEN MODELS, BUT ALL GRANTEES MUST DEMONSTRATE OR HAVE A PLAN TO DEMONSTRATE MEASURABLE OUTCOMES. WE FUND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN LOS ANGELES + ORANGE COUNTY, CA; WASHINGTON, DC; AND WESTERN, MA FOCUSED ON ADVANCING EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES FOR DISADVANTAGED YOUTH THROUGH COLLEGE ACCESS & SUCCESS, CAREER PATHWAYS, AND FAMILY STRENGTHENING PROGRAMS. GRANTEES MUST BE 501(C)(3) TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS UNDER IRC SEC 509(A)(1), 509(A)(2), OR (IN CERTAIN CASES) 509(A)(3). |
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What it funds
Share of grant lines on the latest return, classified from the purpose each grant states.
Where it gives
84% of grants went outside Massachusetts.
Grants paid in tax year 2024
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thrive Scholars | Los Angeles, CA | Support the expansion of the thrive scholars' los angeles and boston programs | $2,000,000 |
| Friendship Shelter Inc | Laguna Beach, CA | Support the home for good initiative and henderson house permanent supportive housing program | $360,000 |
| Schoolhouse Connection Inc | Washington, DC | Support the youth leadership scholarship program for youth having experienced homelessness | $275,000 |
| Community Adolescent Resources and Education Center Inc | Holyoke, MA | Support the expansion of the bard microcollege program for low-income women | $250,000 |
| Future Link Inc | Rockville, MD | Support the expansion of programmatic model to expand career coaching, internship, and mentoring | $200,000 |
| Lift Inc | Washington, DC | Support the expansion of financial coaching model for low-income families in los angeles and washington d.c. | $200,000 |
| STEM Advantage | Huntington Beach, CA | Support program expansion to mentor, prepare, and inspire primarily first-generation college students from low-income families for careers… | $200,000 |
| More Than Words Inc | Waltham, MA | Support advocacy work rollout of its expanded model to address systematic barriers for vulnerable massachusetts youth | $160,000 |
| Corporation of the Washington Latin School | Washington, DC | Support campaign to provide classical liberal arts education, emphasizing the socratic mehod, for an additional 750 students | $150,000 |
| Monument Academy Inc | Washington, DC | General operating support for the 2024-2025 academic school year | $150,000 |
| New Village Charter School Inc | Los Angeles, CA | General operating support and creation of a new student recruitment position, to provide high quality educational opportunity for girls who… | $150,000 |
| Capital Partners for Education Dba Spark the Journey | Washington, DC | Support multi-year expansion plan to double the number of students it serves by 2025, to provide mentorship and a community support for… | $150,000 |
| Tech Foundry Inc | Springfield, MA | General operating support for job training program that prepares individuals for sustainable careers in technology fields | $150,000 |
| DC Volunteer Lawyers Project | Washington, DC | Support it comprehensive pro-bono legal services for domestic violence victims, vulnerable imigrants, and at-risk children | $130,000 |
| Taller San Jose Hope Builders | Santa Ana, CA | Support the expansion of career pathways program for disconnected young adults | $125,000 |
| Orangewood Foundation | Santa Ana, CA | General operating support for its education and workforce development services for foster and transitional aged youth | $115,000 |
| Child Advocates of San Bernardino County | Rialto, CA | Support for its work with youth in foster care and to continue it organizational capacity and sustainability | $100,000 |
| Community Partners | Los Angeles, CA | Support the southern california college attainment network, for college access and success programs to increase the rate at which… | $100,000 |
| Covenant House California | Hollywood, CA | Support los angeles alumni program and aftercare support with a focus of its data tracking capacity | $100,000 |
| Families Forward | Irvine, CA | Support its work to address homelessness for orange county families | $100,000 |
| Friends of the Children Inc | Los Angeles, CA | Support its expansion to serve foster impacted families across los angeles county | $100,000 |
| Hopewell Inc | Dedham, MA | Support for its work with children, youth, and families involved with the child welfare system in western massachusetts | $100,000 |
| Jovenes Inc | Los Angeles, CA | General operating support to help youth, age 18-24, end their cycle of homelessness throughout southeast los angeles county | $100,000 |
| Kid Power Inc | Washington, DC | Support for continued expansion of mentors, inc. and powerup! | $100,000 |
| Lost Angels Childrens Project Inc | Lancaster, CA | Support for its intense vocational training program in the antelope valley | $100,000 |
| Massachusetts Alliance for Early College | Weston, MA | Support the rollout of its strategic plan to increase the number of students with access to high-quality early college programs in… | $100,000 |
| Springfield Empowerment Zone Partnership Inc | Springfield, MA | Support further scaling of its early college and work-based learning programs at springfield high schools | $100,000 |
| Manifestworks | Los Angeles, CA | Support its job training program that prepares individuals for production careers in film, television, and new media | $90,000 |
| DC Public Charter School Cooperative Inc | Washington, DC | Funding pilot program and scale the empowerment program for students with disabilities | $85,000 |
| The Harmony Project | Los Angeles, CA | General operating support for the 2024-2025 academic school year | $85,000 |
| Jobs Have Priority Inc | Washington, DC | Support for its shelter and employment programs for those experiencing housing insecurty | $85,000 |
| The Wooden Floor for Youth Movement | Santa Ana, CA | General operating support for comprehensive dance and college access programs | $85,000 |
| Achievement Institute of Scientific Studies | Santa Ana, CA | Support the infrastructure to serve an annual cohort by 2024 | $80,000 |
| College Bound Inc | Washington, DC | Support rollout of its strategic growth plan to serve 500+ students annually by 2027 | $75,000 |
| LA Cocina Va | Arlington, VA | Support its zero barriers training and entrepreneurship center, as well as the expansion of its culinary training programs | $75,000 |
| New Directions for Women Foundation | Costa Mesa, CA | Fund need based scholarships in support of addiction treatment services for women | $75,000 |
| Propel America | Boston, MA | Support for its medical assistant career pathway programs in los angeles | $75,000 |
| Roca Inc | Chelsea, MA | Support for its young mothers program in western massachusetts | $75,000 |
| William Wendt Center for Loss and Healing | Washington, DC | General operating support and underwrite the participation of ceres grant recipients in its trainings | $75,000 |
| Young Eisner Scholars | Inglewood, CA | General operating support as it deepens its support for scholars from lowest-income households | $75,000 |
| Youth Guidance | Chicago, IL | Support its becoming a man program in washington, d.c. public schools | $75,000 |
| Casa of Los Angeles | Monterey Park, CA | Expand its support of foster youth in los angeles county | $70,000 |
| Eastside College Prep School Inc | East Palo Alto, CA | Support the residential program providing a supportive living environment for students and alumni for the 2024-2025 school year | $65,000 |
| Service Workers Training and Education Partnership | Columbia, MD | Support for capacity building | $60,000 |
| Best Kids Inc | Washington, DC | General operating support to assist foster care children in the washington, d.c. child welfare system | $50,000 |
| Caroline Freiss Center Inc | Baltimore, MD | Support for employment program for low-income women | $50,000 |
| Collegiate Directions Inc | Bethesda, MD | General operating support for closing the education, achievement, and opportunity gap for first-generation-to-college students in… | $50,000 |
| Convention of P E Church of the Diocese of Washington | Washington, DC | Support for expansion of its outplacement and graduate support programs | $50,000 |
| Edc 413 Works Inc | Springfield, MA | Support for springfield works cliff effect pilot program, that will test the impact of supplemental cash payments to participants… | $50,000 |
| Fore Batten Foundation | Chapel Hill, NC | Support its project butterfly, an n-of-2 trial treating a unique mutation of cln3 and creating a road map for the future of personalized… | $50,000 |
| Fund for Educational Excellence Inc | Washington, DC | Support continued expansion of its mentoring program | $50,000 |
| San Miguel School Inc | Washington, DC | Support expansion of the graduate support program for the middle school serving under-resourced latino boys | $50,000 |
| Steadfast - Standing Firm Against Youth Homelessness | Frederick, MD | General operating support to provide safe housing, life skills, and job skills training for unaccompanied homeless youth and those… | $50,000 |
| Friends of Compass Inc | Washington, DC | General operating support to provide probono support and board matching services to d.c. based grant recipents of the ceres foundation | $35,000 |
| Community Adolescent Resources and Education Center Inc | Holyoke, MA | Support for its continuum of educational programming for low-income women | $30,000 |
| Center on Race Poverty & the Environment | Delano, CA | General operating support for strengthening community power to protect land, air, and water in california's heartland | $25,000 |
| Los Angeles Room & Board | Los Angeles, CA | General operating support to ensure that california community college students realize their postsecondary education goals by providing… | $25,000 |
| Sierra House | East Orange, NJ | General operating support to help young women open the door to self-sufficiency | $25,000 |
| Sanctuary Art Center | Seattle, WA | General operating support for providing a safe, calm, and warm environment for homeless and underserved youth and young adults to… | $25,000 |
| Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs | Calabasas, CA | General operating support for miry's list to provide a mechanism for people to directly help new arrival refugee families with the… | $25,000 |
Showing the 60 largest of 64 grants to organizations.
Grants approved for future payment
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thrive Scholars | Los Angeles, CA | Support the expansion of the thrive scholars' los angeles and boston programs | $3,000,000 |
| Schoolhouse Connection Inc | Washington, DC | Support the youth leadership scholarship program for youth having experienced homelessness | $565,000 |
| Massachusetts Alliance for Early College | Weston, MA | Support the rollout of its strategic plan to increase the number of students with access to high-quality early college programs in… | $300,000 |
| New Village Charter School Inc | Los Angeles, CA | General operating support and creation of a new student recruitment position, to provide high quality educational opportunity for girls who… | $225,000 |
| Future Link Inc | Rockville, MD | Support the expansion of programmatic model to expand career coaching, internship, and mentoring | $200,000 |
| DC Public Charter School Cooperative Inc | Washington, DC | Funding pilot program and scale the empowerment program for students with disabilities | $165,000 |
| More Than Words Inc | Waltham, MA | Support advocacy work rollout of its expanded model to address systematic barriers for vulnerable massachusetts youth | $160,000 |
| College Bound Inc | Washington, DC | Support rollout of its strategic growth plan to serve 500+ students annually by 2027 | $150,000 |
| Corporation of the Washington Latin School | Washington, DC | Support campaign to provide classical liberal arts education, emphasizing the socratic mehod, for an additional 750 students | $150,000 |
| Friends of the Children Inc | Los Angeles, CA | Support its expansion to serve foster impacted families across los angeles county | $100,000 |
| Service Workers Training and Education Partnership | Columbia, MD | Support for capacity building | $60,000 |
| Sierra House | East Orange, NJ | General operating support to help young women open the door to self-sufficiency | $40,000 |
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Grant lines |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7,865,000 | 76 |
| 2023 | $6,740,000 | 76 |
Sources
- IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2024, filed Nov 18, 2025 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202503219349109210
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 91-2170962
- Profile updated Nov 5, 2026
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