John and Kelly Hartman Foundation
West Hartford, CT · EIN 22-3139258. Reported 128 grants totalling $1,883,085 to 67 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. 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. John and Kelly Hartman Foundation 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 $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $500 and $5,000; the smallest was $100 and the largest $245,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silicon Valley Community Foundation Bulgarian Entrepreneurship Center | Mountain View, CA | $607,035 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Real Art Ways | Hartford, CT | $395,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Duke University | Durham, NC | $260,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hartford Stage | Hartford, CT | $112,700 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Theaterworks Inc | Hartford, CT | $85,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boston University Trustees of | Boston, MA | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hartford Stage Company Inc | Hartford, CT | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Prairie Foundation | Bozeman, MT | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Fort Belknap Community Economic Development Corporation | Harlem, MT | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Santa Clara University | Santa Clara, CA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Interculture Foundation Inc | Oakland, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Capital Classics Inc | West Hartford, CT | $18,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Prairie | Bozeman, MT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Vero Beach Museum of Art Inc | Vero Beach, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund | Atlanta, GA | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hill-Stead Museum | Farmington, CT | $6,750 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy Inc | Stamford, CT | $6,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Capitol Squash Inc | Hartford, CT | $5,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Village for Families & Children Inc the | Hartford, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American School for the Deaf | West Hartford, CT | $4,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boy Scouts of Americaconnecticut Rivers Council | East Hartford, CT | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Florence Griswold Museum Inc | Old Lyme, CT | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mark Twain House & Museum the | Hartford, CT | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Noah Webster House | West Hartford, CT | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Playhouse Theatre Group Inc | West Hartford, CT | $3,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Midwest Food Bank New England | Manchester, CT | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Eugene O'neill Memorial Theater Center Inc | Waterford, CT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Summit Adaptive Sports Inc | New Hartford, CT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ballet Theatre Company | West Hartford, CT | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Covenant Preparatory School Inc | Hartford, CT | $2,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation Inc | Bloomfield, CT | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Greater Hartford Legal Aid Foundation Inc | Hartford, CT | $2,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| James Merrill House Foundation | Stonington, CT | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Our Companions Domestic Animal Sanctuary Inc | Manchester, CT | $2,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| YMCA of Metropolitan Hartford Inc | Hartford, CT | $2,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Center for Children's Advocacy | Hartford, CT | $1,750 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Seniors Job Bank Inc | West Hartford, CT | $1,750 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Aurora Women & Girls Foundation Inc | West Hartford, CT | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Open Hearth Association the | Hartford, CT | $1,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pegasus Therapeutic Riding Inc | Brewster, NY | $1,250 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Greater Holyoke Inc | Holyoke, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Habitat for Humanity - Build-a-Thon | Hartford, CT | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hospital for Special Care Foundation | New Britain, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Laura Norton Fund | Deland, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc(dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc) | Needham, MA | $1,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Read to a Child Inc | Wellesley, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Trinity Academy of Hartford | Hartford, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Watkinson School | Hartford, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New York Road Runners Inc | New York, NY | $750 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Back on My Feet | Philadelphia, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Beth Israel Lahey Health | Burlington, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bleeding Blue for Good Fund | Trumbull, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boston College | Chestnut Hill, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| City of Hope | Duarte, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Colchester Alternative School-Age Total Learning Experience Inc (castle) | Colchester, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Foundation of Middlesex County Inc | Middletown, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Connecticut Children's Medical Center Foundation Inc | Hartford, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | Boston, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Eastern Connecticut Ballet Inc | East Lyme, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hartford Foundation for Public Giving | Hartford, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Conference for Community and Justice (nccj) | Windsor, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pmc - Jimmy Fund (dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc) | Needham, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ron Foley Pancreatic Cancer Foundation Inc | West Hartford, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Westchester Golf Association Caddie Scholarship Fund Inc | Elmsford, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rocky Hill Football Boosters Foundation Inc | Rocky Hill, CT | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Special Olympics Connecticut Inc | Hamden, CT | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cheshire Baseball | Cheshire, CT | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
30 of 67 (45%) 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 67%, 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.
- Real Art Ways
CURRENT USE FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 86 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 35 | $637,500 | $1,000 |
| 2022 | 27 | $368,500 | $1,000 |
| 2023 | 30 | $466,050 | $1,000 |
| 2024 | 36 | $411,035 | $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
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 40% 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 $1,000. 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 John and Kelly Hartman Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Cummings Lockwood 75 Isham Rd 40, West Hartford, CT, 06107. 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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