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Greater Hartford Automobile Dealers

Hartford, CT · EIN 06-1201236. Reported 62 grants totalling $110,500 to 46 organizations across tax years 2021-2023. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$1,500median grant
$110,500granted, 2021-2023
46organizations funded
37%of grantees funded again the next year
$571,069assets, 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. Greater Hartford Automobile Dealers 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 $1,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $2,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $6,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

$1,000 - $5,000
58 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
4 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
Connecticut National Guard FoundationHartford, CT$8,000222022
EeaaefEast Hartford, CT$7,500222022
Eugene O'neill Theater CenterWaterford, CT$7,500222023
The Bushnell Center for the Performing ArtsHartford, CT$6,000332023
National Consumer League IncWashington, DC$5,000112021
Futures IncWest Hartford, CT$4,000222023
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (jdrf)Farmington, CT$4,000222022
The Cornerstone FoundationVernon, CT$4,000222023
Greenwich Alliance for EducationGreenwich, CT$3,000222022
Jolly John's Keep You Trucking FundColumbia, CT$3,000222023
Lea's Foundation for Leukemia Research IncBloomfield, CT$3,000222022
Make-a-Wish Foundation of CtTrumbull, CT$3,000222022
Marc Inc of ManchesterManchester, CT$3,000222023
Peter P Monaco JR Detachment 40South Glastonbury, CT$3,000222023
East Hartford Alumni Association & Education FoundationEast Hartford, CT$2,500112023
Christmas Wish CtNewingtin, CT$2,000112021
Community Music SchoolCenterbrook, CT$2,000222023
Ct National Guard FoundationHartford, CT$2,000112023
Jewish Association of Community LivingBloomfield, CT$2,000112023
Stamford Center for the ArtsStamford, CT$2,000222022
The Estuary Council of SeniorsOld Saybrook, CT$2,000112021
The Justice Education CenterWest Hartford, CT$2,000112021
Boys & Girls Club of Lower Naugatuck ValleyShelton, CT$1,500112022
Ct Fallen Heroes FoundationTrumbull, CT$1,500112023
Family Centers IncStamford, CT$1,500112021
Glastonbury Family YMCA (ymca of Greater Hartford)Hartford, CT$1,500112022
Glastonbury YMCAGlastonbury, CT$1,500112023
Hockanum Valley Community CouncilVernon, CT$1,500112023
Jolly John's Keep You Truckin FundNorth Windham, CT$1,500112022
Junvenile Diabetes Research FoundationFarmington, CT$1,500112023
Lea's Foundation for Leukemia Research FoundationBloomfield, CT$1,500112023
MaccManchester, CT$1,500112023
Thames River Community Service IncLyme, CT$1,500112023
The Thomas Merton CenterBridgeport, CT$1,500112023
Almada Lodge Times Farm Camp CorporationAndover, CT$1,000112022
Camp Rising SunBranford, CT$1,000112022
Cardinal Shehan CenterBridgeport, CT$1,000112023
Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen IncNew Haven, CT$1,000112021
Glastonbury Family YMCAGlastonbury, CT$1,000112021
Hall Neighborhood HouseBridgeport, CT$1,000112022
Manes & Motion Therapeutic Riding CenterNew Britain, CT$1,000112023
Spooner HouseShelton, CT$1,000112021
The Arc Eastern CtPutnam, CT$1,000112021
The Tiny Miracles FoundationDarien, CT$1,000112022
The Warner TheaterTorrington, CT$1,000112021
Valley Shore YMCAWestbrook, CT$1,000112022

15 of 46 (33%) received money in more than one year over the 3 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 37%, across 2 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. 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.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 27 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Arts & Culture
6 grants
Human Services
6 grants
Education
3 grants
Health Care
3 grants
Diseases & Disorders
2 grants
Employment
2 grants
Public & Societal Benefit
2 grants
Youth Development
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202119$39,000$1,500
202222$37,000$1,500
202321$34,500$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.

Already committed for future years

Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Greater Hartford Automobile Dealers has 2 of them, worth $3,500. 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
Eugene O'neill Theater CenterWaterford, CT$2,500
Thompson Ecumenical Empowerment GroupNorth Grosvenordale, CT$1,000

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 95% 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.

Connecticut
$106K
District of Columbia
$5K

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Funders that support the same organizations

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How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,500. 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 Connecticut.
  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 Greater Hartford Automobile Dealers'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: 36 Trumbull Street, Hartford, CT, 06103. 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 06-1201236 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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