Private foundation · Stamford, CT

The Chilton Foundation

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Typical grant size
$10K – $16K – $63K
25th · median · 75th percentile
Unique recipients
47
Repeat grantees
24
funded 2+ years

Application procedures · from 2024 990-PF

Leadership · from 2024 990-PF

Hope M Chilton
TRUSTEE
$31K
Maureen K Chilton
TRUSTEE
Richard L Chilton Jr
SETTLOR/TRUSTEE
Jennifer L Foster
TRUSTEE
Sarah E Chilton
TRUSTEE
Charlotte W Chilton
TRUSTEE
Richard L Chilton III
TRUSTEE
Richard Lockwood Chilton Jr
SETTLOR/TRUS
Jennifer Foster
TRUSTEE
Maureen Chilton
TRUSTEE

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

Payout rate · TY 2024
136.9%
grants paid ÷ assets · ~5% IRS minimum
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24
185
Total grants awarded
$22.7M
Total amount
$123K
Average grant
$3.5M
Largest grant

Giving by year

2024
$3.5M
1 grants
2023
$3.0M
33 grants
2022
$2.5M
33 grants
2021
$1.8M
29 grants
2020
$4.4M
17 grants
2019
$2.6M
28 grants
2018
$2.1M
21 grants
2017
$2.8M
22 grants
2015
$10K
1 grants

Top recipients

6 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$4.5M
7 grants · NC · ≈ likely match
$4.4M
See Attached List
1 grant · CT
$3.5M
7 grants · CT · ✓ Exact match
$2.6M
6 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$2.1M
4 grants · CT · ✓ Exact match
$655K
Nybg
1 grant · NY
$625K
The Met
1 grant · NY
$443K
Coastal Conservation League
6 grants · SC
$425K
Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust
4 grants
$341K

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

See Attached List
GENERAL PURPOSE
CT · TY 2024
$3.5M
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2023
$793K
The New York Botanical Garden
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2023
$460K
Unc-chapel Hill
GENERAL SUPPORT
NC · TY 2023
$425K
Greenwich Academy
GENERAL SUPPORT
CT · TY 2023
$398K
Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust
GENERAL SUPPORT
TY 2023
$138K
The Ocean Foundation
GENERAL SUPPORT
DC · TY 2023
$123K
Yale University Development
GENERAL SUPPORT
CT · TY 2023
$100K
Coastal Conservation League
GENERAL SUPPORT
SC · TY 2023
$75K
Church of the Heavenly Rest
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2023
$75K
The Mather Homestead Foundation
GENERAL SUPPORT
CT · TY 2023
$53K
The Darien Foundation
GENERAL SUPPORT
CT · TY 2023
$50K
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2023
$50K
Culture for One Inc
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2023
$25K
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
GENERAL SUPPORT
MA · TY 2023
$25K
National Cryptologic Foundation
GENERAL SUPPORT
MD · TY 2023
$25K
Two East Sixty Second Street
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2023
$25K
Marymount Manhattan College
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2023
$25K
Hill-stead Museum
GENERAL SUPPORT
CT · TY 2023
$25K
Unc Press
GENERAL SUPPORT
NC · TY 2023
$25K
Classical American Homes
GENERAL SUPPORT
NC · TY 2023
$15K
Preservation Society of Newport
GENERAL SUPPORT
RI · TY 2023
$15K
The Goed Life
GENERAL SUPPORT
TY 2023
$11K
Episcopal Charities of the Diocese
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2023
$10K
Family & Children's Agency
GENERAL SUPPORT
CT · TY 2023
$10K
Julia's House
GENERAL SUPPORT
TY 2023
$10K
Saint Luke's Episcopal Church
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2023
$10K
Carnegie Hill Neighbors
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2023
$10K
Chalke Valley Historical Trust
GENERAL SUPPORT
TY 2023
$10K
Central Park Conservancy
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2023
$5K
Boys & Girls Club of Frederick
GENERAL SUPPORT
MD · TY 2023
$3K
Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation
GENERAL SUPPORT
NJ · TY 2023
$3K
New Life of New York City
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2023
$3K
Brunswick School
GENERAL SUPPORT
CT · TY 2023
$1K
Unc-chapel Hill
GENERAL SUPPORT
NC · TY 2022
$800K
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2022
$572K
The New York Botanical Garden
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2022
$255K
Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust
GENERAL SUPPORT
TY 2022
$123K
The Walsh Park Benevolent
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2022
$100K
Greenwich Academy
GENERAL SUPPORT
CT · TY 2022
$78K
Coastal Conservation League
GENERAL SUPPORT
SC · TY 2022
$63K
The Mather Homestead Foundation
GENERAL SUPPORT
CT · TY 2022
$53K
Episcopal Charities of the Diocese
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2022
$50K
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2022
$50K
The Darien Foundation
GENERAL SUPPORT
CT · TY 2022
$50K
Culture for One Inc
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2022
$25K
Marymount Manhattan College
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2022
$25K
Nantucket Golf Club Foundation
GENERAL SUPPORT
MA · TY 2022
$25K
Hospital for Special Surgery
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2022
$25K
Berkeley Divinity School
GENERAL SUPPORT
CT · TY 2022
$25K

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