Private foundation · Waterford, VA

The Cedars Foundation Inc

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Typical grant size
$500 $1K $6K
25th · median · 75th percentile
Unique recipients
72
Repeat grantees
49
funded 2+ years

Application procedures · from 2024 990-PF

Leadership · from 2024 990-PF

W Bowman Cutter III
MANAGING DIRECTOR

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

Payout rate · TY 2024
12.2%
grants paid ÷ assets · ~5% IRS minimum
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24
396
Total grants awarded
$2.5M
Total amount
$6K
Average grant
$100K
Largest grant

Giving by year

2024
$319K
34 grants
2023
$365K
56 grants
2022
$316K
54 grants
2021
$399K
52 grants
2020
$23K
12 grants
2019
$294K
52 grants
2018
$298K
46 grants
2017
$211K
51 grants
2016
$267K
39 grants

Top recipients

5 grants · DC · ✓ Exact match
$311K
8 grants · DC · ✓ Exact match
$310K
6 grants · NY · ≈ likely match
$160K
7 grants · DC · ✓ Exact match
$151K
7 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$140K
Committee for Economic Development
4 grants · VA
$116K
8 grants · VA · ✓ Exact match
$106K
7 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$95K
7 grants · MA · ≈ likely match
$80K
Leakey Foundation
4 grants · CA
$63K

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.

Recent grants · most recent filings first

The Aspen Institute
GENERAL USE
DC · TY 2024
$72K
Ocean Conservancy
GENERAL USE.
DC · TY 2024
$40K
Seachange Capital Partners
GENERAL USE.
NY · TY 2024
$40K
Resources for the Future
GENERAL USE.
DC · TY 2024
$40K
Shenandoah Valley Conservancy
GENERAL USE
DC · TY 2024
$25K
The Committee for Economic Development the Conference Board
GENERAL USE.
NY · TY 2024
$25K
Lsb Leakey Fdtn for Research Related to Mans Origins Behavior and Survival
GENERAL USE.
CA · TY 2024
$15K
The Roosevelt Institute
GENERAL USE
NY · TY 2024
$10K
American Trust for Oxford University
GENERAL USE.
VA · TY 2024
$10K
Waterford Foundation
GENERAL USE.
VA · TY 2024
$8K
Richard III Society
GENERAL USE.
NY · TY 2024
$6K
Society of American Historians
GENERAL USE.
NY · TY 2024
$5K
Trustees of Tufts College
GENERAL USE
MA · TY 2024
$3K
The Carter Center
GENERAL USE.
GA · TY 2024
$2K
Niskanen Center
GENERAL USE.
DC · TY 2024
$2K
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
GENERAL USE
DC · TY 2024
$2K
People for Ethical Treatment of Animals
GENERAL USE
VA · TY 2024
$2K
The Nature Conservancy
GENERAL USE.
VA · TY 2024
$2K
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (the Fire)
GENERAL USE.
PA · TY 2024
$1K
Outward Bound Center for Peacebuilding
GENERAL USE
NY · TY 2024
$1K
Chesapeake Legal Alliance
GENERAL USE
MD · TY 2024
$1K
Megalopolitan Coastal Transformation Hub
GENERAL USE
NJ · TY 2024
$1K
Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research & Conservation
GENERAL USE.
VA · TY 2024
$1K
Orangutan Foundation International
GENERAL USE.
CA · TY 2024
$1K
Key West Literary Seminar
GENERAL USE
FL · TY 2024
$1K
Ashoka
GENERAL USE
VA · TY 2024
$1K
The Studios of Key West
GENERAL USE
FL · TY 2024
$1K
The Association of American Rhodes Scholars
GENERAL USE
VA · TY 2024
$550
Weta
GENERAL USE
VA · TY 2024
$550
Phi Beta Kappa Society
GENERAL USE.
DC · TY 2024
$500
The Brownsburg Museum
GENERAL USE
VA · TY 2024
$500
American Association for the Advancement of Science
GENERAL USE.
DC · TY 2024
$500
Hamilton Volunteer Fire Department
GENERAL USE.
VA · TY 2024
$300
Smith Point Sea Rescue
GENERAL USE.
VA · TY 2024
$250
Ocean Conservancy
GENERAL USE.
DC · TY 2023
$71K
Resources for the Future
GENERAL USE.
DC · TY 2023
$40K
Americans for Oxford
GENERAL USE.
NY · TY 2023
$30K
The Committee for Economic Development of the Conference Board
GENERAL USE.
NY · TY 2023
$25K
The Aspen Institute
GENERAL USE
DC · TY 2023
$24K
The Roosevelt Institute
GENERAL USE
NY · TY 2023
$20K
Seachange Capital Partners
GENERAL USE.
NY · TY 2023
$20K
Harvard College Fund
GENERAL USE.
MA · TY 2023
$20K
Valley Conservation Council
GENERAL USE.
VA · TY 2023
$17K
Lsb Leakey Fdtn for Research Related to Mans Origins Behavior and Survival
GENERAL USE.
CA · TY 2023
$15K
American Trust for Oxford University
GENERAL USE.
VA · TY 2023
$10K
Catoctin Presbyterian Church
GENERAL USE.
VA · TY 2023
$6K
Society of American History
GENERAL USE.
NY · TY 2023
$5K
Key West Literary Seminar
GENERAL USE
FL · TY 2023
$5K
Stimson Center
GENERAL USE.
DC · TY 2023
$4K
Conservation International Foundation
GENERAL USE.
VA · TY 2023
$4K

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV. Up to 50 most recent grants shown.