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Crosswicks Foundation Ltd

Goshen, CT · EIN 13-2732197. Reported 133 grants totalling $592,500 to 57 organizations across tax years 2020-2023. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$5,000median grant
$592,500granted, 2020-2023
57organizations funded
81%of grantees funded again the next year
$2,989,910assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Crosswicks Foundation Ltd did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,000 and $5,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $10,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
2 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
57 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
52 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
22 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Metropolis EnsembleQueens, NY$40,000442023
WritopiaNew York, NY$40,000442023
Retreat FoundationStowe, VT$39,000442023
Neighbors LinkMt Kisco, NY$30,000442023
New Victory TheatreNew York, NY$30,000442023
Susan B Anthony Project for WomenTorrington, CT$30,000332022
Hudson Valley ShakespeareCold Spring, NY$25,000432022
Emergent DiplomacySanta Fe, NM$20,000442023
Feeding WestchesterElmsford, NY$20,000442023
Friendly Hands Food Bank IncTorrington, CT$20,000442023
Planned ParenthoodTorrington, CT$20,000442023
New York Peace InstituteNew York, NY$18,000442023
Goshen HospiceGoshen, CT$17,000442023
University of MichiganDearborn, MI$17,000332023
Rainbox Heights ClubNew York, NY$15,000332022
Center for Psychoanalytic StudiesNew York, NY$14,000332022
St Andrew SchoolMiddletown, DE$14,000442023
Actors FundNew York, NY$10,000222022
American Mural ProjectNew York, NY$10,000222022
Connecticut Community FoundationWaterbury, CT$10,000112020
Susan B Anthony ProjectTorrington, CT$10,000112023
University of Michigan DearbornDearborn, MI$10,000112020
Ct Forest & Park Assoc IncRock Fall, CT$9,000442023
FishTorrington, CT$8,000442023
Warner TheatreTorrington, CT$8,000442023
Lagond MusicElmsford, NY$7,500112023
LarcTorrington, CT$7,000442023
Bedford Hills Free LibraryBedford Hills, NY$6,000332022
Bedford Hills Elem School AssnBedford Hills, NY$5,000112020
Center for Modern Psychoanalytic StudiesNew York, NY$5,000112023
Connecticut Junior RepublicLitchfield, CT$5,000112021
Entertainment Community FundNew York, NY$5,000112023
Fractured AtlasChicago, IL$5,000112020
Husdon River MuseumYonkers, NY$5,000112023
Pen AmericaNew York, NY$5,000112022
Planned Parenthood Federtion of AMENew York, NY$5,000112020
Smith CollegeNorth Hampton, MA$5,000112020
Focus Center for AutismCanton, CT$4,000442023
Kidsplay Children's MuseumTorrington, CT$4,000442023
Northwest Community FoundationTorrington, CT$4,000222023
The Douglas LibraryNorth Canaan, CT$4,000442023
Planned Parenthood Federation of AmericaNew York, NY$3,000112021
Soul Fire FarmPetersburg, NY$3,000222023
American Mural ProjectWinstead, CT$2,000112023
Connecticut Citizen Research GroupHartford, CT$2,000112023
Good Work InstituteKingston, NY$2,000112022
Greenwoods Counseling CenterLitchfield, CT$2,000222021
Litchfield Aid Connecticut Junior RLitchfield, CT$2,000112022
Peninsula Hands on ArtGig Harbor, WA$2,000112022
Playwrights HorizonsNew York, NY$2,000112021
Goshen Housing TrustGoshen, CT$1,000112023
Goshen PlayersGoshen, CT$1,000222021
Litchfield Aid Connecticut Junior RepublicLitchfield, CT$1,000112023
Litchfield Hills Chore ServiceLitchfield, CT$1,000112022
National Young Farmer CoalitionAlbany, NY$1,000112023
New England Grassroots EnvironmentaNewmarket, NH$1,000112022
New England Grassroots Environmenta FundNewmarket, NH$1,000112023

31 of 57 (54%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 81%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 58 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Arts & Culture
16 grants
Human Services
14 grants
Education
7 grants
Housing & Shelter
5 grants
Recreation & Sports
4 grants
Food & Nutrition
4 grants
Health Care
3 grants
Mutual Benefit
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202032$154,500$5,000
202132$141,500$5,000
202236$160,000$5,000
202333$136,500$5,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Already committed for future years

Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Crosswicks Foundation Ltd has 132 of them, worth $580,500. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.

OrganizationLocationApproved
New Victory TheatreNew York, NY$10,000
Susan B Anthony ProjectTorrington, CT$10,000
Metropolis EnsembleQueens, NY$10,000
WritopiaNew York, NY$10,000
Retreat FoundationStowe, VT$10,000
New Victory TheatreNew York, NY$10,000
Susan B Anthony ProjectTorrington, CT$10,000
Metropolis EnsembleQueens, NY$10,000
WritopiaNew York, NY$10,000
Retreat FoundationStowe, VT$10,000
New Victory TheatreNew York, NY$10,000
Susan B Anthony Project for WomenTorrington, CT$10,000
Metropolis EnsembleQueens, NY$10,000
WritopiaNew York, NY$10,000
Hudson Valley ShakespeareCold Spring, NY$10,000

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 52% of this one's giving went to organizations in New York. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

New York
$306K
Connecticut
$172K
Vermont
$39K
Michigan
$27K
New Mexico
$20K
Delaware
$14K
Illinois
$5K
Massachusetts
$5K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund17 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc13 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc11 shared recipientsNorthwest Connecticut Community9 shared recipientsThe Connecticut Community Foundation9 shared recipientsTorrington Savings Foundation9 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New York.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Crosswicks Foundation Ltd's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: C/O J Jones 76 East St South, Goshen, CT, 06756. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 13-2732197 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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