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Crosswicks Foundation Ltd

Goshen, CT · EIN 13-2732197. Reported 164 grants totalling $735,000 to 59 recipients across tax years 2020-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$5,000median grant
$735,000granted, 2020-2024
59recipients, as named on its returns
83%of grantees funded again the next year
$3,017,927assets, 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
69 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
66 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
27 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Metropolis EnsembleQueens, NY$50,000552024
WritopiaNew York, NY$50,000552024
Retreat FoundationStowe, VT$49,000552024
New Victory TheatreNew York, NY$40,000552024
Neighbors LinkMt Kisco, NY$35,000552024
Susan B Anthony Project for WomenTorrington, CT$30,000332022
Feeding WestchesterElmsford, NY$25,000552024
Friendly Hands Food Bank IncTorrington, CT$25,000552024
Hudson Valley ShakespeareCold Spring, NY$25,000432022
Planned ParenthoodTorrington, CT$25,000552024
Goshen HospiceGoshen, CT$22,000552024
University of MichiganDearborn, MI$22,000442024
Emergent DiplomacySanta Fe, NM$20,000442023
Susan B Anthony ProjectTorrington, CT$20,000222024
St Andrew SchoolMiddletown, DE$19,000552024
New York Peace InstituteNew York, NY$18,000442023
Lagond MusicElmsford, NY$15,000222024
Rainbox Heights ClubNew York, NY$15,000332022
Center for Psychoanalytic StudiesNew York, NY$14,000332022
Center for Modern Psychoanalytic StudiesNew York, NY$13,000222024
Ct Forest & Park Assoc IncRock Fall, CT$11,000552024
Actors FundNew York, NY$10,000222022
American Mural ProjectNew York, NY$10,000222022
Connecticut Community FoundationWaterbury, CT$10,000112020
Entertainment Community FundNew York, NY$10,000222024
FishTorrington, CT$10,000552024
Husdon River MuseumYonkers, NY$10,000222024
Pen AmericaNew York, NY$10,000222024
University of Michigan DearbornDearborn, MI$10,000112020
Warner TheatreTorrington, CT$10,000552024
LarcTorrington, CT$7,000442023
Bedford Hills Free LibraryBedford Hills, NY$6,000332022
Northwest Community FoundationTorrington, CT$6,000332024
Arena StageWashington, DC$5,000112024
Bedford Hills Elem School AssnBedford Hills, NY$5,000112020
Charlotte Hungerford Hospital Philanthropy DeptTorrington, CT$5,000112024
Connecticut Junior RepublicLitchfield, CT$5,000112021
Fractured AtlasChicago, IL$5,000112020
Kidsplay Children's MuseumTorrington, CT$5,000552024
Planned Parenthood Federtion of AMENew York, NY$5,000112020
Smith CollegeNorth Hampton, MA$5,000112020
The Douglas LibraryNorth Canaan, CT$5,000552024
American Mural ProjectWinstead, CT$4,000222024
Focus Center for AutismCanton, CT$4,000442023
Soul Fire FarmPetersburg, NY$4,000332024
Planned Parenthood Federation of AmericaNew York, NY$3,000112021
Connecticut Citizen Research GroupHartford, CT$2,000112023
Good Work InstituteKingston, NY$2,000112022
Goshen Housing TrustGoshen, CT$2,000222024
Greenwoods Counseling CenterLitchfield, CT$2,000222021
Litchfield Aid Connecticut Junior RLitchfield, CT$2,000112022
Litchfield Aid Connecticut Junior RepublicLitchfield, CT$2,000222024
National Young Farmer CoalitionAlbany, NY$2,000222024
New England Grassroots Environmenta FundNewmarket, NH$2,000222024
Peninsula Hands on ArtGig Harbor, WA$2,000112022
Playwrights HorizonsNew York, NY$2,000112021
Goshen PlayersGoshen, CT$1,000222021
Litchfield Hills Chore ServiceLitchfield, CT$1,000112022
New England Grassroots EnvironmentaNewmarket, NH$1,000112022

42 of 59 (71%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 83%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 74 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.

Arts & Culture
22 grants
Human Services
16 grants
Education
7 grants
Housing & Shelter
7 grants
Recreation & Sports
5 grants
Food & Nutrition
5 grants
Health Care
4 grants
Mutual Benefit
2 grants

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
202431$142,500$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 164 of them, worth $723,500. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back.

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

52% of its giving went to organizations in New York. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.

New York
$379K
Connecticut
$216K
Vermont
$49K
Michigan
$32K
New Mexico
$20K
Delaware
$19K
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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund19 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc16 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc13 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust11 shared recipientsNorthwest Connecticut Community9 shared recipientsThe Connecticut Community Foundation9 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
  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 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.

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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