E Clayton and Edith P Gengras JR
East Hartford, CT · EIN 06-1188156. Reported 99 grants totalling $1,144,238 to 44 organizations across tax years 2020-2023. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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. E Clayton and Edith P Gengras JR did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $500. Half of everything it gave fell between $100 and $5,000; the smallest was $50 and the largest $249,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
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.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Renbrook School | West Hartford, CT | $580,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Pomfret School | Pomfret Center, CT | $188,388 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Hartford | Hartford, CT | $75,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| University of Saint Joseph | West Hartford, CT | $55,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Connecticut Children Medical Center Foundation | Hartford, CT | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of St Joseph | West Hartford, CT | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Hartford Healthcare Institute of Living | Hartford, CT | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Katherine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center | Old Saybrook, CT | $15,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Heathcote Botanical Gardens | Fort Pierce, FL | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Middlesex School | Concord, MA | $11,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Connecticut Childrens Medical Center Foundation Inc | Hartford, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Hobe Sound Community Chest Inc | Hobe Sound, FL | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Babson College | Babson Park, MA | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Providence College | Providence, RI | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Lynde Point Land Trust | Old Saybrook, CT | $5,300 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Berkshire School | Sheffield, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| High Watch Recovery Center Inc | Kent, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Ithaca College Athletics Annual Fund | Ithaca, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Puerto Rico Lacrosse | Brooklyn, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fenwick Improvement Fund Inc | Milton, MA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Loblolly Community Foundation | Hobe Sound, FL | $2,800 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Library Foundation of Martin County Inc | Stuart, FL | $2,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Martin County | Hobe Sound, FL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Heathcote Botanical Garden | Fort Pierce, FL | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| The Banner Lake Club | Hobe Sound, FL | $1,250 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Grace Academy | Hartford, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Hartford Hospital | Hartford, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Girl Scouts of Connecticut | Hartford, CT | $750 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Connecticut River Conservancy | Greenfield, MA | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Miss Porter's School | Farmington, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Smith College | Northampton, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| High 5 Adventure Learning Center | Brattleboro, VT | $400 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| New Britain Museum of American Art | New Britain, CT | $400 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Old Saybrook Historical Society | Old Saybrook, CT | $400 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The House of Bread | Hartford, CT | $400 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Hartford Public Library | Hartford, CT | $300 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| The Lyric Theatre | Hartford, CT | $300 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Jesus House of Hope Inc Dba House of Hope Inc | Stuart, FL | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Shoreline Soup Kitchens & Pantries | Essex, CT | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New Britain Industrial Museum | New Britain, CT | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | New York, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Safe Futures | New London, CT | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Lyric Theatre | Stuart, FL | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| United Way | Rocky Hill, CT | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
23 of 44 (52%) 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 72%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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 the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Renbrook School
GENERAL SUPPORT, INSTALLMENT GIFTS, AND GRANDPARENTS' FUND - Renbrook School Incorporated
AN INDEPENDENT DAY SCHOOL FOR PRESCHOOL THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS. THEIR MISSION IS TO HELP ALL OF THEIR STUDENTS FULFILL THEIR UNIQUE POTENTIAL - Pomfret School
SUPPORT OF INDEPENDENT, COEDUCATIONAL COLLEGE PREPARATORY EDUCATION AND RELATED SERVICES - University of Saint Joseph
EDUCATION SUPPORT - $5,000 TOWARDS GENERAL SUPPORT AND $50,000 TO THE GENGRAS CENTER - Connecticut Children Medical Center Foundation
SUPPORT OF THE MEDICAL CENTER - Boys and Girls Clubs of Hartford
ANNUAL FUND AND CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 57 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 27 | $166,700 | $1,000 |
| 2021 | 25 | $326,772 | $500 |
| 2022 | 20 | $206,233 | $375 |
| 2023 | 27 | $444,533 | $1,500 |
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.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 93% of this one's giving went to organizations in Connecticut. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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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.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $500. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Connecticut.
- 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.
- 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 E Clayton and Edith P Gengras JR'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: 60 Hartland Street 4TH Floor, East Hartford, CT, 06108. 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.
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