Private foundation · New York, NY

Ocean Rain Foundation

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Typical grant size
$500 $1K $10K
25th · median · 75th percentile
Unique recipients
27
Repeat grantees
9
funded 2+ years

Application procedures · from 2024 990-PF

Leadership · from 2024 990-PF

David H Ford
TRUSTEE
Jennifer Ford
TRUSTEE

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part VII. Officers, directors, and trustees as reported by the foundation.

Payout rate · TY 2024
8.8%
grants paid ÷ assets · ~5% IRS minimum
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24
80
Total grants awarded
$756K
Total amount
$9K
Average grant
$100K
Largest grant

Giving by year

2024
$36K
17 grants
2023
$13K
6 grants
2022
$3K
5 grants
2021
$108K
6 grants
2020
$1K
3 grants
2019
$170K
10 grants
2018
$152K
10 grants
2017
$78K
9 grants
2016
$78K
7 grants
2015
$117K
7 grants

Top recipients

4 grants · CT · ✓ Exact match
$220K
The David Lynch Foundation
5 grants · IA
$163K
Uconn Foundation
2 grants · CT
$104K
$70K
Celiac Disease Center at Columbia University
1 grant · NY
$25K
Tapovana Ashtanga Healing Center of the Hamptons
1 grant · NY
$25K
3 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$21K
2 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$20K
1 grant · NY · ✓ Exact match
$20K
1 grant · FL · ✓ Exact match
$10K

Recipient names are as reported on the 990-PF. ✓ Exact match = EIN matched to IRS records by exact name + state; ≈ likely match = EIN inferred from a closely similar name. The recipient EIN is never stated on the form — it is DoubleNine’s match.

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$2K
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NJ · TY 2024
$1K
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Everycat
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$1K
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$500
Pan Mass Challenge
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$500
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$275
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Connecticut Flag Football League
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$5K
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$1K
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$1K
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
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NY · TY 2023
$250
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NY · TY 2022
$1K
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MA · TY 2022
$1K
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NY · TY 2022
$500
Everytown for Gun Safety
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NY · TY 2022
$500
Omaze
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$150
Uconn Foundation
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CT · TY 2021
$100K
Connecticut Flag Football Leauge
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CT · TY 2021
$5K
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The Packer Collegiate Institute
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$500
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$2K
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$1K
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$500
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV. Up to 50 most recent grants shown.