E Clayton and Edith P Gengras JR
East Hartford, CT · EIN 06-1188156. Reported 126 grants totalling $1,404,138 to 47 recipients across tax years 2020-2024. 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 $600. 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. 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.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Renbrook School Incorporated | West Hartford, CT | $615,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pomfret School | Pomfret Center, CT | $251,388 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| University of Saint Joseph | West Hartford, CT | $175,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Hartford | Hartford, CT | $85,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| 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 | $18,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Heathcote Botanical Gardens | Fort Pierce, FL | $13,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Middlesex School | Concord, MA | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Babson College | Babson Park, MA | $10,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Berkshire School | Sheffield, MA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| 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 |
| Providence College | Providence, RI | $10,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Ithaca College Athletics Annual Fund | Ithaca, NY | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Fenwick Improvement Fund Inc | Milton, MA | $5,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lynde Point Land Trust | Old Saybrook, CT | $5,400 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Catholic Charities Inc Archdiocese of Hartford | Hartford, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| High Watch Recovery Center Inc | Kent, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Lehigh University | Bethlehem, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Puerto Rico Lacrosse | Brooklyn, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Loblolly Community Foundation | Hobe Sound, FL | $3,400 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| The Library Foundation of Martin County Inc | Stuart, FL | $3,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| 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 | $1,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Girl Scouts of Connecticut | Hartford, CT | $1,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Grace Academy | Hartford, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Hartford Hospital | Hartford, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Smith College | Northampton, MA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The House of Bread | Hartford, CT | $850 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Connecticut River Conservancy | Greenfield, MA | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| High 5 Adventure Learning Center | Brattleboro, VT | $500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Miss Porter's School | Farmington, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Old Saybrook Historical Society | Old Saybrook, CT | $500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| New Britain Museum of American Art | New Britain, CT | $400 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Shoreline Soup Kitchens & Pantries | Essex, CT | $350 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hartford Public Library | Hartford, CT | $300 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| New Britain Industrial Museum | New Britain, CT | $300 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Lyric Theatre | Hartford, CT | $300 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| House of Hope Inc | Torrington, CT | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jesus House of Hope Inc Dba House of Hope Inc | Stuart, FL | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Lyric Theatre | Stuart, FL | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | New York, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Safe Futures | New London, CT | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| United Way | Rocky Hill, CT | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
30 of 47 (64%) 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 76%, 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 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 - University of Saint Joseph
EDUCATION SUPPORT - $120,000 TO THE GENGRAS CENTER - Pomfret School
SUPPORT OF INDEPENDENT, COEDUCATIONAL COLLEGE PREPARATORY EDUCATION AND RELATED SERVICES - 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 activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 73 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.
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 |
| 2024 | 27 | $259,900 | $1,000 |
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.
Where its money goes
93% of its giving went to organizations in Connecticut. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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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.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $600. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- 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 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: 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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