Grants paid by The Henry Sears Foundation Inc
EIN 52-1933579 · Chestertown, MD · Form 990-PF, Part XV · NTEE C30J
The Henry Sears Foundation Inc of Chestertown, MD (EIN 52-1933579) reported 71 grants paid totaling $624,560 to 47 recipients in tax years 2018–2025, on Form 990-PF, Part XV. Derived from IRS e-file data, dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.
Grants paid
$624,560
71 grants
Recipients
47
distinct organizations
Tax years
2018–2025
7 filings in the corpus
By tax year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount paid | Approved for future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 22 | $124,000 | — |
| 2020 | 1 | $50,000 | — |
| 2021 | 2 | $100,000 | — |
| 2022 | 5 | $89,060 | — |
| 2023 | 2 | $60,000 | — |
| 2024 | 27 | $123,500 | — |
| 2025 | 12 | $78,000 | — |
Top recipients
The 47 recipients receiving the most from The Henry Sears Foundation Inc, by grants paid, out of 47 distinct recipients.
| Recipient | Match | Location | Grants | Total paid | Latest year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Music Festival 47-2286642 | B | Chestertown, MD | 4 | $170,900 | 2025 |
| Washington College | U | Chestertown, MD | 2 | $150,000 | 2020 |
| Center for Environment & Society at Washington College | U | Chestertown, MD | 4 | $75,000 | 2024 |
| Kent Cultural Alliance 52-1236800 | B | Chestertown, MD | 1 | $57,060 | 2022 |
| Animal Care Shelter for Kent County | U | Chestertown, MD | 3 | $56,000 | 2025 |
| Radcliffe Creek School 52-1970233 | B | Chestertown, MD | 4 | $21,500 | 2025 |
| Good Neighbor Fund 82-2101740 | D | Chestertown, MD | 2 | $10,000 | 2025 |
| The Jackson Laboratory | U | Boston, MA | 1 | $10,000 | 2024 |
| Jackson Laboratory 01-0211513 | B | Bar Harbor, ME | 1 | $10,000 | 2018 |
| Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkin | U | Hagerstown, MD | 2 | $6,000 | 2025 |
| Emmanuel Church | U | Chestertown, MD | 1 | $6,000 | 2024 |
| North Haven Conservation Partners 04-6830235 | B | North Haven, ME | 2 | $6,000 | 2025 |
| Alzheimers Association 13-3039601 | C | Chicago, IL | 2 | $6,000 | 2025 |
| Sultana Education Foundation 52-2021091 | B | Chestertown, MD | 4 | $5,100 | 2025 |
| St Matthews Chapel 02-0264462 | D | Sygar Gukk, NH | 1 | $5,000 | 2024 |
| Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | U | Washington, DC | 1 | $5,000 | 2024 |
| Chesapeake Bay Foundation 52-6065757 | C | Baltimore, MD | 3 | $2,500 | 2025 |
| Weta | U | Washington, DC | 2 | $2,000 | 2025 |
| Mspca Angell | U | Boston, MA | 1 | $2,000 | 2018 |
| Humane Society of the United States | U | Washington, DC | 1 | $2,000 | 2018 |
| North Haven Baptist Church 01-0237756 | B | North Haven, ME | 2 | $1,000 | 2025 |
| New York Public Radio 13-3015230 | C | New York, NY | 1 | $1,000 | 2024 |
| Middleton Place 57-0611604 | C | Charleston, SC | 1 | $1,000 | 2024 |
| International Humane Society | U | Washington, DC | 1 | $1,000 | 2018 |
| Nisha | U | Nantucket, MA | 1 | $1,000 | 2024 |
| Tall Timbers Research Inc 59-0952956 | B | Tallahassee, FL | 1 | $1,000 | 2018 |
| Aspca | U | New York, NY | 1 | $1,000 | 2018 |
| North Haven Library 01-6016566 | B | North Haven, ME | 1 | $1,000 | 2025 |
| Harvard University Art Museums 46-3277037 | D | Cambridge, MA | 1 | $1,000 | 2018 |
| Watermans Community Center 31-1562189 | B | North Haven, ME | 1 | $1,000 | 2024 |
| The Cathedral of All Souls 85-3322078 | D | Asheville, NC | 1 | $1,000 | 2024 |
| Chestertown Vol Fire Co 52-6051824 | D | Chestertown, MD | 2 | $600 | 2024 |
| Wgbh Educational Foundation 04-2104397 | B | Boston, MA | 1 | $500 | 2018 |
| Kent & Queen Anne's Rescue Squad 52-1056883 | B | Chestertown, MD | 1 | $500 | 2018 |
| Cornell Lab of Ornithology | U | Ithaca, NY | 1 | $500 | 2018 |
| Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences | U | Plymouth, MA | 1 | $500 | 2018 |
| Mount Auburn Cemetery | U | Cambridge, MA | 1 | $500 | 2018 |
| Massachusetts Historical Society 04-2108374 | B | Boston, MA | 1 | $500 | 2018 |
| North Haven Historical Society 22-2530423 | C | North Haven, ME | 1 | $500 | 2024 |
| Eastern Shore Land Conservancy 52-1711989 | C | Queenstown, MD | 1 | $250 | 2018 |
| Peabody Essex Museum 04-3157815 | B | Salem, MA | 1 | $250 | 2018 |
| Queen Anne's Conservation Association 52-0995129 | B | Centreville, MD | 1 | $250 | 2018 |
| Columbia University 82-2244803 | B | New York, NY | 1 | $250 | 2018 |
| Southern Harbor Eldercare Services 32-0451503 | B | North Haven, ME | 1 | $100 | 2024 |
| Friends of Easter Neck Inc 52-2049646 | C | Rock Hall, MD | 1 | $100 | 2024 |
| St Marks School of Southborough 04-2103623 | B | Southborough, MA | 1 | $100 | 2024 |
| The Ethel Walker School 06-0689699 | B | Simsbury, CT | 1 | $100 | 2024 |
Match tier: A Reported EIN · B Exact name and place · C Strong name match · D Probable name match · U Unresolved. Tiers C and D are inferred, not reported; see how matching works.
Every grant
All 71 grant rows this organization reported, most recent first.
| Tax year | Recipient | Match | Amount | Type | Purpose | Source filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | National Music Festival Chestertown, MD | B | $50,000 | paid | ARTS - OPERATIONS | 202640969349100919 |
| 2025 | Radcliffe Creek School Chestertown, MD | B | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATIONAL | 202640969349100919 |
| 2025 | North Haven Conservation Partners North Haven, ME | B | $5,000 | paid | CONSERVATION | 202640969349100919 |
| 2025 | Good Neighbor Fund Chestertown, MD | D | $5,000 | paid | CHARITABLE | 202640969349100919 |
| 2025 | Sultana Education Foundation Chestertown, MD | B | $1,500 | paid | EDUCATIONAL | 202640969349100919 |
| 2025 | Alzheimers Association Chicago, IL | C | $1,000 | paid | RESEARCH HEALTH | 202640969349100919 |
| 2025 | North Haven Library North Haven, ME | B | $1,000 | paid | EDUCATIONAL | 202640969349100919 |
| 2025 | Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkin Hagerstown, MD | U | $1,000 | paid | RESEARCH HEALTH | 202640969349100919 |
| 2025 | Animal Care Shelter for Kent County Chestertown, MD | U | $1,000 | paid | CHARITABLE | 202640969349100919 |
| 2025 | Weta Washington, DC | U | $1,000 | paid | EDUCATIONAL | 202640969349100919 |
| 2025 | Chesapeake Bay Foundation Baltimore, MD | C | $1,000 | paid | EDUCATIONAL | 202640969349100919 |
| 2025 | North Haven Baptist Church North Haven, ME | B | $500 | paid | RELIGIOUS | 202640969349100919 |
| 2024 | National Music Festival Chestertown, MD | B | $65,900 | paid | ARTS - OPERATIONS | 202500879349100615 |
| 2024 | The Jackson Laboratory Boston, MA | U | $10,000 | paid | HEALTH | 202500879349100615 |
| 2024 | Radcliffe Creek School Chestertown, MD | B | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATIONAL | 202500879349100615 |
| 2024 | Emmanuel Church Chestertown, MD | U | $6,000 | paid | RELIGIOUS | 202500879349100615 |
| 2024 | Animal Care Shelter for Kent County Chestertown, MD | U | $5,000 | paid | CHARITABLE | 202500879349100615 |
| 2024 | Good Neighbor Fund Chestertown, MD | D | $5,000 | paid | CHARITABLE | 202500879349100615 |
| 2024 | Alzheimers Association Chicago, IL | C | $5,000 | paid | RESEARCH HEALTH | 202500879349100615 |
| 2024 | Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Washington, DC | U | $5,000 | paid | HEALTH | 202500879349100615 |
| 2024 | St Matthews Chapel Sygar Gukk, NH | D | $5,000 | paid | RELIGIOUS | 202500879349100615 |
| 2024 | Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkin Hagerstown, MD | U | $5,000 | paid | RESEARCH HEATH | 202500879349100615 |
| 2024 | Sultana Education Foundation Chestertown, MD | B | $2,100 | paid | EDUCATIONAL | 202500879349100615 |
| 2024 | New York Public Radio New York, NY | C | $1,000 | paid | EDUCATIONAL | 202500879349100615 |
| 2024 | Weta Washington, DC | U | $1,000 | paid | EDUCATIONAL | 202500879349100615 |
| 2024 | North Haven Conservation Partners North Haven, ME | B | $1,000 | paid | CONSERVATION | 202500879349100615 |
| 2024 | Nisha Nantucket, MA | U | $1,000 | paid | CHARITABLE | 202500879349100615 |
| 2024 | Middleton Place Charleston, SC | C | $1,000 | paid | CHARITABLE | 202500879349100615 |
| 2024 | Watermans Community Center North Haven, ME | B | $1,000 | paid | EDUCATIONAL | 202500879349100615 |
| 2024 | The Cathedral of All Souls Asheville, NC | D | $1,000 | paid | RELIGIOUS | 202500879349100615 |
| 2024 | Chesapeake Bay Foundation Baltimore, MD | C | $1,000 | paid | EDUCATIONAL | 202500879349100615 |
| 2024 | North Haven Baptist Church North Haven, ME | B | $500 | paid | RELIGIOUS | 202500879349100615 |
| 2024 | North Haven Historical Society North Haven, ME | C | $500 | paid | EDUCATIONAL | 202500879349100615 |
| 2024 | St Marks School of Southborough Southborough, MA | B | $100 | paid | EDUCATONAL | 202500879349100615 |
| 2024 | Chestertown Vol Fire Co Chestertown, MD | D | $100 | paid | SAFETY | 202500879349100615 |
| 2024 | The Ethel Walker School Simsbury, CT | B | $100 | paid | EDUCATIONAL | 202500879349100615 |
| 2024 | Southern Harbor Eldercare Services North Haven, ME | B | $100 | paid | ELDERLY CARE | 202500879349100615 |
| 2024 | Friends of Easter Neck Inc Rock Hall, MD | C | $100 | paid | CHARITABLE | 202500879349100615 |
| 2024 | Center for Environment & Society at Washington College Chestertown, MD | U | -$10,000 | paid | EDUCATIONAL - OPERATIONS | 202500879349100615 |
| 2023 | National Music Festival Chestertown, MD | B | $50,000 | paid | ARTS - OPERATIONS | 202421039349101002 |
| 2023 | Center for Environment & Society at Washington College Chestertown, MD | U | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATIONAL - OPERATIONS | 202421039349101002 |
| 2022 | Kent Cultural Alliance Chestertown, MD | B | $57,060 | paid | ARTS - OPERATIONS | 202341219349102984 |
| 2022 | Center for Environment & Society at Washington College Chestertown, MD | U | $25,000 | paid | EDUCATIONAL - OPERATIONS | 202341219349102984 |
| 2022 | National Music Festival Chestertown, MD | B | $5,000 | paid | ARTS - OPERATIONS | 202341219349102984 |
| 2022 | Radcliffe Creek School Chestertown, MD | B | $1,000 | paid | EDUCATIONAL - OPERATIONS | 202341219349102984 |
| 2022 | Sultana Education Foundation Chestertown, MD | B | $1,000 | paid | EDUCATIONAL - OPERATIONS | 202341219349102984 |
| 2021 | Center for Environment & Society at Washington College Chestertown, MD | U | $50,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL | 202220759349100517 |
| 2021 | Animal Care Shelter for Kent County Chestertown, MD | U | $50,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL | 202220759349100517 |
| 2020 | Washington College Chestertown, MD | U | $50,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL | 202111319349102161 |
| 2018 | Washington College Chestertown, MD | U | $100,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL | 201911349349102321 |
| 2018 | Jackson Laboratory Bar Harbor, ME | B | $10,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL | 201911349349102321 |
| 2018 | Mspca Angell Boston, MA | U | $2,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL | 201911349349102321 |
| 2018 | Humane Society of the United States Washington, DC | U | $2,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL | 201911349349102321 |
| 2018 | Tall Timbers Research Inc Tallahassee, FL | B | $1,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL | 201911349349102321 |
| 2018 | International Humane Society Washington, DC | U | $1,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL | 201911349349102321 |
| 2018 | Harvard University Art Museums Cambridge, MA | D | $1,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL | 201911349349102321 |
| 2018 | Aspca New York, NY | U | $1,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL | 201911349349102321 |
| 2018 | Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences Plymouth, MA | U | $500 | paid | OPERATIONAL | 201911349349102321 |
| 2018 | Massachusetts Historical Society Boston, MA | B | $500 | paid | OPERATIONAL | 201911349349102321 |
| 2018 | Sultana Educational Foundation Chestertown, MD | C | $500 | paid | OPERATIONAL | 201911349349102321 |
| 2018 | Kent & Queen Anne's Rescue Squad Chestertown, MD | B | $500 | paid | OPERATIONAL | 201911349349102321 |
| 2018 | Radcliffe Creek School Chestertown, MD | B | $500 | paid | OPERATIONAL | 201911349349102321 |
| 2018 | Mount Auburn Cemetery Cambridge, MA | U | $500 | paid | OPERATIONAL | 201911349349102321 |
| 2018 | Cornell Lab of Ornithology Ithaca, NY | U | $500 | paid | OPERATIONAL | 201911349349102321 |
| 2018 | Chesapeake Bay Foundation Annapolis, MD | B | $500 | paid | OPERATIONAL | 201911349349102321 |
| 2018 | Wgbh Educational Foundation Boston, MA | B | $500 | paid | OPERATIONAL | 201911349349102321 |
| 2018 | Chestertown Vol Fire Co Inc Chestertown, MD | D | $500 | paid | OPERATIONAL | 201911349349102321 |
| 2018 | Columbia University New York, NY | B | $250 | paid | OPERATIONAL | 201911349349102321 |
| 2018 | Peabody Essex Museum Salem, MA | B | $250 | paid | OPERATIONAL | 201911349349102321 |
| 2018 | Queen Anne's Conservation Association Centreville, MD | B | $250 | paid | OPERATIONAL | 201911349349102321 |
| 2018 | Eastern Shore Land Conservancy Queenstown, MD | C | $250 | paid | OPERATIONAL | 201911349349102321 |
Match tier: A Reported EIN · B Exact name and place · C Strong name match · D Probable name match · U Unresolved. Tiers C and D are inferred, not reported; see how matching works.
Recipient matching for this dataset version has not yet completed its independent precision check. Tier A rows carry the EIN the filer reported; tiers B–D are the matcher's inference and should be read as leads until the check is published on the methodology page.
Source filings
Every figure above is traceable to one of these IRS e-file returns by its OBJECT_ID.
| Form | Tax year | Period end | Filed | Schema | IRS OBJECT_ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990PF | 2025 | 2025-12-31 | not stated | 2025v4.0 | 202640969349100919 |
| 990PF | 2024 | 2024-12-31 | not stated | 2024v5.0 | 202500879349100615 |
| 990PF | 2023 | 2023-12-31 | not stated | 2023v5.0 | 202421039349101002 |
| 990PF | 2022 | 2022-12-31 | not stated | 2022v5.0 | 202341219349102984 |
| 990PF | 2021 | 2021-12-31 | not stated | 2021v4.0 | 202220759349100517 |
| 990PF | 2020 | 2020-12-31 | not stated | 2020v4.1 | 202111319349102161 |
| 990PF | 2018 | 2018-12-31 | not stated | 2018v3.1 | 201911349349102321 |
Derived from IRS Form 990-PF e-file XML; recipient identities from the IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03. The same rows as Parquet: manifest; as JSON: /api/funders/521933579.json.
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