The Chrysanta Foundation focuses on a mix of place-based environmental conservation and direct social services that address urgent needs—particularly reproductive health/access to abortion, cancer patient and family support, and services for survivors of domestic violence and poverty. Grants tend to be sizable awards to mission-driven nonprofits across several regions (Northeast hotspots plus scattered national giving), and the foundation frequently makes repeated, multi-grant investments in certain organizations. Its portfolio blends conservation (trails, watersheds, urban waterways) with frontline human services and power-building for reproductive and health justice.
Chrysanta Foundation’s recent giving shows a strong blend of environmental conservation and direct support for women, families, and survivors. One of its largest recent awards went to Wissahickon Trails in Ambler, Pennsylvania, with $100,000 for its mission, alongside repeated support for watershed and canal organizations in New York and Massachusetts. The foundation also backs reproductive health and abortion access, including grants to Brigid Alliance in New York and Abortion Care Tennessee in Knoxville. On the human-services side, its grants have reached groups serving families affected by cancer, single mothers after childbirth, and people facing domestic violence or housing instability. The portfolio is not limited to one issue or one type of nonprofit. It includes operating support, mission support, and project-oriented funding for U.S.-based 501(c)(3) organizations. Recent awards also reached food-system work in Oregon and community arts programming in Massachusetts, showing that the foundation funds both urgent services and place-based community work. Within that mix, several organizations appear more than once across different years, suggesting an ongoing relationship with selected grantees rather than one-off awards.
On environmental conservation, Chrysanta Foundation has supported watershed, trail, and urban waterway groups. Recent examples include $80,000 to Gowanus Canal Conservancy in Brooklyn for its missions and $80,000 to The Charles River Watershed Association in Boston for the same purpose. It also gave $75,000 and $75,010 in two earlier grants to Wissahickon Trails in Ambler. In reproductive health and abortion access, the foundation backed Brigid Alliance in New York with $80,000 to help with costs for those seeking abortions, and it gave $60,000 to Abortion Care Tennessee in Knoxville to increase access to reproductive and sexual health care, including safe abortion. Its family-support grants also extend to cancer and maternal health. Sophia Fund received $90,000 to help families in their fight against cancer, financially and beyond, while Moms for Moms NYC received $50,000 and $40,000 for postpartum and newborn essentials.
Typical grants cluster in the mid-five-figure range: the 25th percentile is $15,000, the median is $40,000, and the 75th percentile is $55,000. That places many awards in a band that can support operating, project, or capacity needs without being microgrants. The foundation is an annual grantmaker and accepts unsolicited applications through its annual programs. Its structure favors U.S.-based 501(c)(3) organizations, and the recent record shows repeated grants to some recipients across multiple years, indicating ongoing support rather than only one-time awards. It also makes grants for general operating, project-specific, seed/startup, and capital expenditures.
$1.2M
$42.5M
$16.8M
$1.5M
Most grants fall between $15K and $55K, with a median of $40K.
25th Percentile
$15K
Median
$40K
75th Percentile
$55K
About 17% of grants go to recipients in NY.
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Concentrated, moderate-to-large gifts with several repeat grantees; mixes multi-year or multiple awards to core organizations with selective one-off grants across regions. Funding skews toward operational/general support and mission-driven program funding rather than small, exploratory grants.
Notable grantees: Wissahickon Trails, Brigid Alliance, Sophia Fund, Laurel House, Charles River Watershed Association
Chrysanta Foundation’s giving is regional but reaches across the United States. New York appears most often in the recent record, with grants to Brooklyn, New York City, Bridgehampton, and other New York recipients. Pennsylvania is also a major recipient state, accounting for 22% of grants, with awards to Ambler, Norristown, Philadelphia, and Gwynedd Valley. Other repeated recipient locations include Boston, Massachusetts; Brooklyn, New York; and Charleston, West Virginia. All recent grants in the provided list went to U.S. recipients.
Yes. Its annual grant programs are listed as accepting unsolicited applications, and the programs support U.S.-based 501(c)(3) organizations working on women’s issues and local environmental conservation.
The foundation’s grant sizes are centered in the mid-five-figure range. The 25th percentile is $15,000, the median is $40,000, and the 75th percentile is $55,000.
Its recent grants support environmental conservation, reproductive health and abortion access, cancer-related family support, domestic violence services, maternal and newborn support, poverty alleviation, food and farm networks, and some community arts programming.
Yes. The grant record includes multiple awards to the same recipients across different years, including Wissahickon Trails, Laurel House, Gowanus Canal Conservancy, Moms for Moms NYC, and The Charles River Watershed Association.
New York is the top state by grant count in the recent data. Pennsylvania is also significant, with 22% of grants going to recipients in the HQ state.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wissahickon Trails | Ambler, PA | $100,000 | 2025 | Help with its missions. |
| Sophia Fund | Cincinnati, OH | $90,000 | 2025 | To help families in their fight against cancer, financially and beyond. |
| Hamptons Community Outreach | Bridgehampton, NY | $90,000 | 2025 | To lift people out of poverty and reduce human suffering by meeting their most basic and critical needs, and by creating opportunities that change the life trajectories for our marginalized neighbors. |
| Gowanus Canal Conservancy | Brooklyn, NY | $80,000 | 2025 | To help with its missions. |
| The Charles River Watershed Associa | Boston, MA | $80,000 | 2025 | To assist with its missions. |
| Laurel House | Norristown, PA | $80,000 | 2025 | Assist with general operations |
| High Desert Food and Farm Alliance | Bend, OR | $60,014 | 2025 | To help support a healthy and thriving food and farm network in Central Oregon through education, collaboration and inclusion. |
| Abortion Care Tennessee | Knoxville, TN | $60,000 | 2025 | To help build power for Tennesseans by increasing access to reproductive and sexual health care, including safe abortion for all people. |
| Journi For Two | Tampa, FL | $55,000 | 2025 | To help ensure that every mother battling cancer is embraced with compassion, strength, and the unwavering belief that they are never alone. |
| SafeQuest Solano | Fairfield, CA | $50,000 | 2025 | To help provide prevention education, advocacy, and intervention services to those affected by domestic violence and sexual assault. |
| Moms for Moms NYC | Brooklyn, NY | $50,000 | 2025 | To help support single mothers in need with postpartum and newborn essentials. |
| Black Mothers In Power | Wilmington, DE | $50,000 | 2025 | To help dismantle systems of power to eradicate the racial health disparities that harm Black birthing people and Black babies throughout Delaware - while building new systems of care, healing, and power |
| ILookLikeLove | Dallas, TX | $40,000 | 2025 | To help empower generations of Dallas mothers through education, relief, and recovery services. |
| 305 Pink Pack | Coral Gables, FL | $40,000 | 2025 | To help provide transportation, child care, and more at no cost, for local women in cancer treatment so they can focus on treatment and spend time with their families. |
| DOVE | Quincy, MA | $35,000 | 2025 | To help end domestic and partner violence. |
| Massachusetts River Alliance | Somerville, MA | $30,000 | 2025 | To help strengthen statewide river policies in four areas: water quality, streamflow, wildlife habitat, and investment in green infrastructure. |
| Cloud City C4 | Leadville, CO | $25,000 | 2025 | To help foster pathways to a healthier planet and community through initiatives that inspire the conservation of our natural environment. |
| City Growers | Brooklyn, NY | $25,000 | 2025 | To help use urban agriculture to engage youth in experiential learning, nurturing a lifelong relationship to food, their health, and the natural world. |
| Grow Native Massachusetts | Lexington, MA | $25,000 | 2025 | To help promote the use of native plants in Massachusetts to support local ecosystems and wildlife. |
| Warriors and Quiet Waters Foundation Inc | Bozeman, MT | $25,000 | 2025 | Help veterans rekindle their love for the outdoors. |
| Warrior Canine Connection | Boyds, MD | $25,000 | 2025 | Help recovering Warriors reconnect with life, their families, their communities, and each other. |
| Raphael House of Portland | Portland, OR | $20,000 | 2025 | To help end domestic and sexual violence. |
| Archaeological Institute of America | Boston, MA | $20,000 | 2025 | To help promote archaeological inquiry and public understanding of the material record of the human past to foster an appreciation of diverse cultures and our shared humanity. |
| Kindle Hill Foundation | Gwynedd Valley, PA | $20,000 | 2025 | Assist with construction of Control Tactics Studio. |
| Triplex Cinema Inc | Great Barrington, MA | $20,000 | 2025 | To provide entertainment, artistic, and educational opportunities to the local community and general public through film and cinema, including without limitation independent, commercial, foreign language, and classic films. |
| Brave Step Inc | Concord, NC | $10,695 | 2025 | To help support adults impacted by sexual violence. |
| SAILS | Laurel, MD | $10,000 | 2025 | To help improve the mental health and well-being of families who experience miscarriage, stillbirth, and other pregnancy losses. |
| The Charles River Watershed Association | Boston, MA | $80,000 | 2024 | To assist with its missions. |
| Wissahickon Trails | Ambler, PA | $75,000 | 2024 | Help with its missions. |
| Laurel House | Norristown, PA | $60,010 | 2024 | Assist with general operations |
| Stone House Inc | Jamaica Plain, MA | $60,000 | 2024 | To help with its missions. |
| Moms for Moms NYC | Brooklyn, NY | $50,000 | 2024 | To help support single mothers in need with postpartum and newborn essentials. |
| Blue Ridge Abortion Fund | Charlottesville, VA | $45,000 | 2024 | To help financially those in need of an abortion. |
| Gowanus Canal Conservancy | Brooklyn, NY | $45,000 | 2024 | To help with its missions. |
| Triplex Cinema Inc | Great Barrington, MA | $40,000 | 2024 | To provide entertainment, artistic, and educational opportunities to the local community and general public through film and cinema, including without limitation independent, commercial, foreign language, and classic films. |
| Kindle Hill Foundation | Gwynedd Valley, PA | $30,000 | 2024 | Assist with construction of Control Tactics Studio. |
| WomenRising | Jersey City, NJ | $20,000 | 2024 | Assist women and their families to achieve self-sufficiency and live safe, productive, and fulfulling lives, through social services, economic development, and advocacy services. |
| Warrior Canine Connection | Boyds, MD | $20,000 | 2024 | Help recovering Warriors reconnect with life, their families, their communities, and each other. |
| Warriors and Quiet Waters Foundation Inc | Bozeman, MT | $20,000 | 2024 | Help veterans rekindle their love for the outdoors. |
| Brooklyn Book Bodega | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | 2024 | To help with its missions. |
| Alford Land Trust | Alford, MA | $10,000 | 2024 | To preserve Alfords rural character, scenic vistas, and pristine ecosystems through land conservation and education. |
| Holler Health Justice | Charleston, WV | $80,000 | 2023 | To help with its missions. |
| Brigid Alliance | New York, NY | $80,000 | 2023 | To help with costs for those seeking abortions. |
| Wissahickon Trails | Ambler, PA | $75,010 | 2023 | Help with its missions. |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities | Philadelphia, PA | $40,000 | 2023 | To help provide financial support for families that need medical treatment for their children. |
| Sheffield Place | Kansas City, MO | $40,000 | 2023 | To help with highly traumatized homeless mothers and their children. |
| Moms for Moms NYC | Brooklyn, NY | $40,000 | 2023 | To help support single mothers in need with postpartum and newborn essentials. |
| WomenRising | Jersey City, NJ | $20,000 | 2023 | Assist women and their families to achieve self-sufficiency and live safe, productive, and fulfulling lives, through social services, economic development, and advocacy services. |
| Gowanus Canal Conservancy | Brooklyn, NY | $15,000 | 2023 | To help with its missions. |
| Warrior Canine Connection | Boyds, MD | $15,000 | 2023 | Help recovering Warriors reconnect with life, their families, their communities, and each other. |
Wissahickon Trails
$100,000Help with its missions.
Sophia Fund
$90,000To help families in their fight against cancer, financially and beyond.
Hamptons Community Outreach
$90,000To lift people out of poverty and reduce human suffering by meeting their most basic and critical needs, and by creating opportunities that change the life trajectories for our marginalized neighbors.
The Charles River Watershed Associa
$80,000To assist with its missions.
Laurel House
Assist with general operations
High Desert Food and Farm Alliance
$60,014To help support a healthy and thriving food and farm network in Central Oregon through education, collaboration and inclusion.
Abortion Care Tennessee
$60,000To help build power for Tennesseans by increasing access to reproductive and sexual health care, including safe abortion for all people.
Journi For Two
$55,000To help ensure that every mother battling cancer is embraced with compassion, strength, and the unwavering belief that they are never alone.
SafeQuest Solano
$50,000To help provide prevention education, advocacy, and intervention services to those affected by domestic violence and sexual assault.
Moms for Moms NYC
$50,000To help support single mothers in need with postpartum and newborn essentials.
Black Mothers In Power
$50,000To help dismantle systems of power to eradicate the racial health disparities that harm Black birthing people and Black babies throughout Delaware - while building new systems of care, healing, and power
ILookLikeLove
$40,000To help empower generations of Dallas mothers through education, relief, and recovery services.
305 Pink Pack
$40,000To help provide transportation, child care, and more at no cost, for local women in cancer treatment so they can focus on treatment and spend time with their families.
DOVE
$35,000To help end domestic and partner violence.
Massachusetts River Alliance
$30,000To help strengthen statewide river policies in four areas: water quality, streamflow, wildlife habitat, and investment in green infrastructure.
Cloud City C4
$25,000To help foster pathways to a healthier planet and community through initiatives that inspire the conservation of our natural environment.
To help use urban agriculture to engage youth in experiential learning, nurturing a lifelong relationship to food, their health, and the natural world.
Grow Native Massachusetts
$25,000To help promote the use of native plants in Massachusetts to support local ecosystems and wildlife.
Help veterans rekindle their love for the outdoors.
Help recovering Warriors reconnect with life, their families, their communities, and each other.
To help promote archaeological inquiry and public understanding of the material record of the human past to foster an appreciation of diverse cultures and our shared humanity.
Kindle Hill Foundation
$20,000Assist with construction of Control Tactics Studio.
Triplex Cinema Inc
$20,000To provide entertainment, artistic, and educational opportunities to the local community and general public through film and cinema, including without limitation independent, commercial, foreign language, and classic films.
Brave Step Inc
$10,695To help support adults impacted by sexual violence.
SAILS
$10,000To help improve the mental health and well-being of families who experience miscarriage, stillbirth, and other pregnancy losses.
Wissahickon Trails
$75,000Help with its missions.
Stone House Inc
$60,000To help with its missions.
Moms for Moms NYC
$50,000To help support single mothers in need with postpartum and newborn essentials.
Blue Ridge Abortion Fund
$45,000To help financially those in need of an abortion.
Triplex Cinema Inc
$40,000To provide entertainment, artistic, and educational opportunities to the local community and general public through film and cinema, including without limitation independent, commercial, foreign language, and classic films.
Kindle Hill Foundation
$30,000Assist with construction of Control Tactics Studio.
Assist women and their families to achieve self-sufficiency and live safe, productive, and fulfulling lives, through social services, economic development, and advocacy services.
Help recovering Warriors reconnect with life, their families, their communities, and each other.
Help veterans rekindle their love for the outdoors.
Brooklyn Book Bodega
$10,000To help with its missions.
Alford Land Trust
$10,000To preserve Alfords rural character, scenic vistas, and pristine ecosystems through land conservation and education.
Ronald McDonald House Charities
$40,000To help provide financial support for families that need medical treatment for their children.
To help with highly traumatized homeless mothers and their children.
Moms for Moms NYC
$40,000To help support single mothers in need with postpartum and newborn essentials.
Assist women and their families to achieve self-sufficiency and live safe, productive, and fulfulling lives, through social services, economic development, and advocacy services.
Help recovering Warriors reconnect with life, their families, their communities, and each other.