Huckleberry Foundation appears to make targeted, significant grants to established cultural and Jewish relief institutions that likely reflect donor ties and values. Its giving combines support for local historic preservation in the New Canaan/Fairfield County area with large donations to international Jewish humanitarian work, suggesting personal or family connections driving a small portfolio of high-impact gifts.
Huckleberry Foundation Inc made its largest recent gift to the New Canaan Museum, a $75,000 grant in 2024 for the oldest historical society in Fairfield County. That award sets the tone for a portfolio that favors established institutions with clear cultural, civic, and humanitarian roles. In the same year, the foundation also gave $50,000 to the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, pairing local heritage support with international Jewish relief work. Its 2024 grants show a compact pattern of relatively few awards, but several are substantial. The foundation backed organizations tied to Jewish humanitarian aid, historic preservation, conservation, education, health research, and service for public safety families. The mix includes support for legacy nonprofits and mission-driven institutions such as the American Heart Association, Tunnels to Towers Foundation, and Jackson Hole Historical Society and Museum. The overall picture is of a grantmaker that appears to favor organizations with durable programs, identifiable constituencies, and a strong institutional footprint.
Historic preservation is one of the clearest threads in Huckleberry Foundation Inc’s giving. It awarded $75,000 to New Canaan Museum for the oldest historical society in Fairfield County, and $1,000 to Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach for the preservation of historic, architectural, and cultural heritage in Palm Beach. Education appears in multiple forms. The foundation gave $25,000 to Teton Literacy Center to change lives through literacy, and $5,000 to Horizons National to advance educational equity through experiences outside of school. It also supported Hillsdale College with a $5,000 grant marked for educational purposes. The portfolio also includes environmental and animal-related work. Grants went to Wildlife Now for endangered wildlife indigenous to the African plains, Teton Raptor Center for raptor conservation through education, research, and rehabilitation, and Big Dog Ranch Rescue for abandoned, abused, and neglected animals.
Huckleberry Foundation Inc’s 2024 grants cluster around a modest number of awards with a typical size in the low thousands: p25 is $2,000, median is $5,000, and p75 is $20,000. The list includes several larger gifts at $25,000, $50,000, and $75,000, alongside many smaller awards at $1,000 to $5,000. The recent record shows a one-year snapshot rather than a visible multi-year series of repeated grantees. The foundation is a private grantmaker, not a funder of individuals, and it does not make program-related investments. The grant list does not show an application process.
$938K
$17.6M
$1.1M
$967K
Most grants fall between $2K and $20K, with a median of $5K.
25th Percentile
$2K
Median
$5K
75th Percentile
$20K
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Very concentrated giving: only two relatively large grants in the sample, directed to established organizations rather than many small grantees; appears donor-directed with geographic/personal ties (local cultural institution) combined with faith‑based international philanthropy.
Notable grantees: New Canaan Museum, American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
Grantmaking is national, with all recent grants going to U.S. recipients. Connecticut receives the most grants overall, and Florida accounts for 27% of grants. Recent recipient cities include New Canaan and Westport in Connecticut, Palm Beach and West Palm Beach in Florida, and Jackson, Wilson, and Loxahatchee Groves in Wyoming. Other recipients are in New York, Texas, California, Michigan, and New York state locations such as Staten Island and Warners.
Recent grants go to historical and cultural institutions, Jewish humanitarian relief, literacy and educational equity programs, conservation and animal rescue groups, medical research, and public-safety family support. Examples include the New Canaan Museum, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Teton Literacy Center, Wildlife Now, and Tunnels to Towers Foundation.
The grant-size profile is centered in the low thousands: p25 is $2,000, median is $5,000, and p75 is $20,000. In 2024, the foundation also made larger gifts of $25,000, $50,000, and $75,000.
Connecticut is the top state by grant count. Florida also has a notable share, with 27% of grants going to recipients in the HQ state. Recent Connecticut recipients include New Canaan Museum and Horizons National.
No. The 2024 grants cover at least seven areas in the provided taxonomy, including historic preservation and cultural heritage, educational equity and literacy, wildlife and raptor conservation, animal rescue, medical research, housing for veterans and first responders, and arts and music education.
Recent grantees include the New Canaan Museum, American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, American Heart Association, Teton Literacy Center, Palm Beach Police and Fire Foundation, Tunnels to Towers Foundation, and Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GIRLSCOUTS OF SE FLORIDA | GREENACRES, FL | $254,500 | 2026 | BUILDING GIRLS COURAGE CONFIDENCE AND CHARACTER . |
| MAYO CLINIC | ROCHESTER, MN | $100,000 | 2026 | GENRAL GRANT |
| GIRLSCOUTS OF SE FLORIDA | GREENACRES, FL | $91,000 | 2026 | BUILDING GIRLS COURAGE CONFIDENCE AND CHARACTER . |
| BIG DOG RANCH RESCUE | LOXAHATCHEE GROVES, FL | $75,000 | 2026 | RESCUE ABANDONED ABUSED AND NEGLECTED ANIMALS. |
| NEW CANAAN MUSEUM | NEW CANAAN, CT | $75,000 | 2026 | THE OLDEST HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN FAIRFIELD COUNTY. |
| NEW CANAAN MUSEUM | NEW CANAAN, CT | $75,000 | 2026 | THE OLDEST HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN FAIRFIELD COUNTY. |
| WILDLIFE NOW | MALIBU, CA | $67,500 | 2026 | TO SUPPORT ENDANGERED WILDLIFE INDIGENOUS TO THE AFRICAN PLAINS. |
| FIDELITY CHARITABLE FUND | CINCINNATI, OH | $56,000 | 2026 | GENRAL GRANT |
| TOWN OF PALM BEACH UNITED WAY | PALM BEACH, FL | $50,000 | 2026 | HUMANITARIAN |
| TETON LITERACY CENTER | JACKSON, WY | $50,000 | 2026 | TO CHANGE LIVES THROUGH THE POWER OF LITERACY. |
| TUNNELS TO TOWERS FOUNDATION | STATEN ISLAND, NY | $50,000 | 2026 | HELPING AMERICA'S HEROS BY PROVIDING MORTGAGE FREE HOMES TO FALLEN FIRST RESPONDER FAMILIES WITH YOUNG CHILDERN AND BY BUILDING SPECIALLY ADAPTED SMART HOMES FOR CATASTROPHICALLY INJURES VETERANS AND FIRST REPONDERS SINCE 9/11. |
| TETON LITERACY CENTER | JACKSON, WY | $48,000 | 2026 | TO CHANGE LIVES THROUGH THE POWER OF LITERACY. |
| AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION | WEST PALM BEACH, FL | $40,000 | 2026 | BY FUNDING SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION SUPPORTS THOSE FIGHTING CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE. |
| BIG DOG RANCH RESCUE | LOXAHATCHEE GROVES, FL | $25,000 | 2026 | RESCUE ABANDONED ABUSED AND NEGLECTED ANIMALS. |
| PALM BEACH POLICE AND FIRE FOUNDATION | PALM BEACH, FL | $25,000 | 2026 | PROVIDES SUPPORT TO THE POLICE AND FIREDEPARTMENT OF PALM BEACH . |
| LUND UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION | RYE, NY | $25,000 | 2026 | FOUNDATION'S MISSION IS TO STRENGTHEN LUND UNIVERSITY'S TIES WITH THE UNITED STATES AND WITH ALUMNI BY RAISING FUNDS FROM DONORS IN THE U.S. AND MAKING GRANTS AVAILABLE FOR SPECIFIC PROJECTS AT LUND UNIVERSITY. |
| HILLSDALE COLLEGE | HILLSDALE, MI | $25,000 | 2026 | EDUCATIONAL |
| PALM BEACH POLICE AND FIRE FOUNDATION | PALM BEACH, FL | $25,000 | 2026 | PROVIDES SUPPORT TO THE POLICE AND FIREDEPARTMENT OF PALM BEACH . |
| LUND UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION | RYE, NY | $20,000 | 2026 | FOUNDATION'S MISSION IS TO STRENGTHEN LUND UNIVERSITY'S TIES WITH THE UNITED STATES AND WITH ALUMNI BY RAISING FUNDS FROM DONORS IN THE U.S. AND MAKING GRANTS AVAILABLE FOR SPECIFIC PROJECTS AT LUND UNIVERSITY. |
| THE BALDWIN FUND | BRYN MAWR, PA | $20,000 | 2026 | TO PROVIDE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH. |
| THE GEORGE ADAMSON & TONY FITZJOHN WILDLIFE TRUST | MALIBU, CA | $17,500 | 2026 | GENRAL GRANT |
| AVOW FOUNDATION INC | NAPLES, FL | $15,000 | 2026 | GENRAL GRANT |
| JACKSON HOLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM | JACKSON, WY | $15,000 | 2026 | TO COLLECT PRESERVE AND EXPLORE THE NATURAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY OF JACKSON HOLE AND THE GREATER YELLOWSTONE AREA. |
| SOUTHWEST WILDLIFE CONVERSATION | SCOTTSDALE, AZ | $10,000 | 2026 | GENRAL GRANT |
| FEED THE HUNGRY | SOUTH BEND, IL | $10,000 | 2026 | GENRAL GRANT |
| JACKSON HOLE THERAPEUTIC RIDING | TETON VILLAGE, WY | $10,000 | 2026 | TO EMPOWER, INSPIRE, AND ENRICH LIVES THROUGH EQUINE ASSISTED ACTIVITIES AND THERAPIES. |
| POUND RIDGE LAND CONSERVENCY | POUND RIDGE, NY | $10,000 | 2026 | TO PROTECT OPEN SPACE IN POUND RIDGE NEW YORK |
| TOWN OF PALM BEACH UNITED WAY | PALM BEACH, FL | $10,000 | 2026 | HUMANITARIAN |
| AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION | WEST PALM BEACH, FL | $10,000 | 2026 | BY FUNDING SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION SUPPORTS THOSE FIGHTING CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE. |
| AMERICARES | STAMFORD, CT | $10,000 | 2026 | GENRAL GRANT |
| PROJECT LIFT INC | HOBE SOUND, FL | $10,000 | 2026 | GENRAL GRANT |
| THE BALDWIN FUND | BRYN MAWR, PA | $10,000 | 2026 | TO PROVIDE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH. |
| TUNNELS TO TOWERS FOUNDATION | STATEN ISLAND, NY | $10,000 | 2026 | HELPING AMERICA'S HEROS BY PROVIDING MORTGAGE FREE HOMES TO FALLEN FIRST RESPONDER FAMILIES WITH YOUNG CHILDERN AND BY BUILDING SPECIALLY ADAPTED SMART HOMES FOR CATASTROPHICALLY INJURES VETERANS AND FIRST REPONDERS SINCE 9/11. |
| HILLSDALE COLLEGE | HILLSDALE, MI | $5,000 | 2026 | EDUCATIONAL |
| FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY | BOCA RATON, FL | $5,000 | 2026 | GENRAL GRANT |
| FIREKEEPER ALLIANCE | EAST GLACIER, MT | $5,000 | 2026 | TO CULTIVATE RESOURCES, ATTENTION, AND AWARENESS TO ULTIMATELY TRANSFORM PERSPECTIVES REGARDING SUICIDAL DISTRESS IN INDIAN COUNTRY AND TO HELP REDUCE SUICIDE RATES IN OUR COMUNITIES. |
| HORIZONS AT CT STATE NORWALK | NORWALK, CT | $5,000 | 2026 | TO ADVANCE EDUCATIONAL EQUITY BY BUILDING LONG TERM PARTNERSHIPS WITH STUDENTS, FAMILIES,COMMUNITIES, AND SCHOOLS TO CREATE EXPERIENCES OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL THAT INSPIRE THE JOY OF LEARNING. |
| POUND RIDGE LAND CONSERVENCY | POUND RIDGE, NY | $5,000 | 2026 | TO PROTECT OPEN SPACE IN POUND RIDGE NEW YORK |
| HEALTHY MOTHERS HEALTH | WEST PALM BEACH, FL | $5,000 | 2026 | GENRAL GRANT |
| JACKSON HOLE THERAPEUTIC RIDING | TETON VILLAGE, WY | $5,000 | 2026 | TO EMPOWER, INSPIRE, AND ENRICH LIVES THROUGH EQUINE ASSISTED ACTIVITIES AND THERAPIES. |
| JACKSON HOLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM | JACKSON, WY | $5,000 | 2026 | TO COLLECT PRESERVE AND EXPLORE THE NATURAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY OF JACKSON HOLE AND THE GREATER YELLOWSTONE AREA. |
| HORIZONS AT CT STATE NORWALK | NORWALK, CT | $5,000 | 2026 | TO ADVANCE EDUCATIONAL EQUITY BY BUILDING LONG TERM PARTNERSHIPS WITH STUDENTS, FAMILIES,COMMUNITIES, AND SCHOOLS TO CREATE EXPERIENCES OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL THAT INSPIRE THE JOY OF LEARNING. |
| FIREKEEPER ALLIANCE | EAST GLACIER, MT | $5,000 | 2026 | TO CULTIVATE RESOURCES, ATTENTION, AND AWARENESS TO ULTIMATELY TRANSFORM PERSPECTIVES REGARDING SUICIDAL DISTRESS IN INDIAN COUNTRY AND TO HELP REDUCE SUICIDE RATES IN OUR COMUNITIES. |
| TETON RAPTOR CENTER | WILSON, WY | $1,000 | 2026 | A NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO ADVANCING RAPTOR CONSERVATION THROUGH EDUCATION, RESEARCH, AND REHABILITATION . |
| ARMORY ART CENTER | WEST PALM BEACH, FL | $1,000 | 2026 | THE ARMORY PROVIDES ART CLASSES FOR STUDENTS OF ALL AGES AND LEVELS OF EXPERIENCE. |
| TETON RAPTOR CENTER | WILSON, WY | $1,000 | 2026 | A NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO ADVANCING RAPTOR CONSERVATION THROUGH EDUCATION, RESEARCH, AND REHABILITATION . |
| PRESERVATION FOUNDATION OF PALM BEACH | PALM BEACH, FL | $1,000 | 2026 | DEDECATIED TO THE PRESERVATION OF HISTORIC ARCHITECTUAL AND CULTURAL HERITAGE AND UNIQUE SCENIC QUALITY OF THE TOWN OF PALM BEACH |
| GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION | MOOSE, WY | $1,000 | 2026 | TO RAISE FUNDS FOR A STATE-OF-THE-ART VISITOR CENTER THAT WOULD PROVIDE A WAY FOR VISITORS TO LEARN ABOUT THE PARK AND EXPLORE ITS FEATURES IN AN EXCITING, ACCESSIBLE WAY. |
| JACKSON HOLE LAND TRUST | JACKSON, WY | $1,000 | 2026 | TO PROTECT AND STEWARD THE TREASURED LANDSCAPES OF NORTHWEST WYOMING. |
| JACKSON HOLE LAND TRUST | JACKSON, WY | $1,000 | 2026 | TO PROTECT AND STEWARD THE TREASURED LANDSCAPES OF NORTHWEST WYOMING. |
GIRLSCOUTS OF SE FLORIDA
$254,500BUILDING GIRLS COURAGE CONFIDENCE AND CHARACTER .
MAYO CLINIC
$100,000GENRAL GRANT
GIRLSCOUTS OF SE FLORIDA
$91,000BUILDING GIRLS COURAGE CONFIDENCE AND CHARACTER .
NEW CANAAN MUSEUM
$75,000THE OLDEST HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN FAIRFIELD COUNTY.
NEW CANAAN MUSEUM
$75,000THE OLDEST HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN FAIRFIELD COUNTY.
WILDLIFE NOW
$67,500TO SUPPORT ENDANGERED WILDLIFE INDIGENOUS TO THE AFRICAN PLAINS.
HELPING AMERICA'S HEROS BY PROVIDING MORTGAGE FREE HOMES TO FALLEN FIRST RESPONDER FAMILIES WITH YOUNG CHILDERN AND BY BUILDING SPECIALLY ADAPTED SMART HOMES FOR CATASTROPHICALLY INJURES VETERANS AND FIRST REPONDERS SINCE 9/11.
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION
$40,000BY FUNDING SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION SUPPORTS THOSE FIGHTING CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE.
PROVIDES SUPPORT TO THE POLICE AND FIREDEPARTMENT OF PALM BEACH .
LUND UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
$25,000FOUNDATION'S MISSION IS TO STRENGTHEN LUND UNIVERSITY'S TIES WITH THE UNITED STATES AND WITH ALUMNI BY RAISING FUNDS FROM DONORS IN THE U.S. AND MAKING GRANTS AVAILABLE FOR SPECIFIC PROJECTS AT LUND UNIVERSITY.
PROVIDES SUPPORT TO THE POLICE AND FIREDEPARTMENT OF PALM BEACH .
LUND UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
$20,000FOUNDATION'S MISSION IS TO STRENGTHEN LUND UNIVERSITY'S TIES WITH THE UNITED STATES AND WITH ALUMNI BY RAISING FUNDS FROM DONORS IN THE U.S. AND MAKING GRANTS AVAILABLE FOR SPECIFIC PROJECTS AT LUND UNIVERSITY.
THE BALDWIN FUND
$20,000TO PROVIDE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH.
THE GEORGE ADAMSON & TONY FITZJOHN WILDLIFE TRUST
$17,500GENRAL GRANT
TO COLLECT PRESERVE AND EXPLORE THE NATURAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY OF JACKSON HOLE AND THE GREATER YELLOWSTONE AREA.
SOUTHWEST WILDLIFE CONVERSATION
$10,000GENRAL GRANT
FEED THE HUNGRY
$10,000GENRAL GRANT
TO EMPOWER, INSPIRE, AND ENRICH LIVES THROUGH EQUINE ASSISTED ACTIVITIES AND THERAPIES.
POUND RIDGE LAND CONSERVENCY
$10,000TO PROTECT OPEN SPACE IN POUND RIDGE NEW YORK
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION
$10,000BY FUNDING SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION SUPPORTS THOSE FIGHTING CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE.
AMERICARES
$10,000GENRAL GRANT
THE BALDWIN FUND
$10,000TO PROVIDE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH.
HELPING AMERICA'S HEROS BY PROVIDING MORTGAGE FREE HOMES TO FALLEN FIRST RESPONDER FAMILIES WITH YOUNG CHILDERN AND BY BUILDING SPECIALLY ADAPTED SMART HOMES FOR CATASTROPHICALLY INJURES VETERANS AND FIRST REPONDERS SINCE 9/11.
FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY
$5,000GENRAL GRANT
FIREKEEPER ALLIANCE
$5,000TO CULTIVATE RESOURCES, ATTENTION, AND AWARENESS TO ULTIMATELY TRANSFORM PERSPECTIVES REGARDING SUICIDAL DISTRESS IN INDIAN COUNTRY AND TO HELP REDUCE SUICIDE RATES IN OUR COMUNITIES.
HORIZONS AT CT STATE NORWALK
$5,000TO ADVANCE EDUCATIONAL EQUITY BY BUILDING LONG TERM PARTNERSHIPS WITH STUDENTS, FAMILIES,COMMUNITIES, AND SCHOOLS TO CREATE EXPERIENCES OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL THAT INSPIRE THE JOY OF LEARNING.
POUND RIDGE LAND CONSERVENCY
$5,000TO PROTECT OPEN SPACE IN POUND RIDGE NEW YORK
HEALTHY MOTHERS HEALTH
$5,000GENRAL GRANT
TO EMPOWER, INSPIRE, AND ENRICH LIVES THROUGH EQUINE ASSISTED ACTIVITIES AND THERAPIES.
TO COLLECT PRESERVE AND EXPLORE THE NATURAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY OF JACKSON HOLE AND THE GREATER YELLOWSTONE AREA.
HORIZONS AT CT STATE NORWALK
$5,000TO ADVANCE EDUCATIONAL EQUITY BY BUILDING LONG TERM PARTNERSHIPS WITH STUDENTS, FAMILIES,COMMUNITIES, AND SCHOOLS TO CREATE EXPERIENCES OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL THAT INSPIRE THE JOY OF LEARNING.
FIREKEEPER ALLIANCE
$5,000TO CULTIVATE RESOURCES, ATTENTION, AND AWARENESS TO ULTIMATELY TRANSFORM PERSPECTIVES REGARDING SUICIDAL DISTRESS IN INDIAN COUNTRY AND TO HELP REDUCE SUICIDE RATES IN OUR COMUNITIES.
A NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO ADVANCING RAPTOR CONSERVATION THROUGH EDUCATION, RESEARCH, AND REHABILITATION .
ARMORY ART CENTER
$1,000THE ARMORY PROVIDES ART CLASSES FOR STUDENTS OF ALL AGES AND LEVELS OF EXPERIENCE.
A NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO ADVANCING RAPTOR CONSERVATION THROUGH EDUCATION, RESEARCH, AND REHABILITATION .
DEDECATIED TO THE PRESERVATION OF HISTORIC ARCHITECTUAL AND CULTURAL HERITAGE AND UNIQUE SCENIC QUALITY OF THE TOWN OF PALM BEACH
TO RAISE FUNDS FOR A STATE-OF-THE-ART VISITOR CENTER THAT WOULD PROVIDE A WAY FOR VISITORS TO LEARN ABOUT THE PARK AND EXPLORE ITS FEATURES IN AN EXCITING, ACCESSIBLE WAY.
TO PROTECT AND STEWARD THE TREASURED LANDSCAPES OF NORTHWEST WYOMING.
TO PROTECT AND STEWARD THE TREASURED LANDSCAPES OF NORTHWEST WYOMING.