Rich Foundation Inc
Stamford, CT · EIN 22-2544173. Reported 154 grants totalling $499,485 to 86 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. 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. Rich Foundation Inc 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 $1,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $3,500; the smallest was $199 and the largest $30,500. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avon Theatre Film Center Inc | Stamford, CT | $52,850 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Palm Beach Police & Fire Foundation | Palm Baech, FL | $42,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Palm Beach County | West Palm Beach, FL | $32,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| State Street Debating Society Ltd | Stamford, CT | $30,600 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Mill River Collaborative | Stamford, CT | $26,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| State Street Debating Society Ltd (co John Galato Secretary) | Stamford, CT | $21,105 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Silversource | Stamford, CT | $18,900 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Stamford-the Mary C Rich Clubhouse | Stamford, CT | $16,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Palace Theatre | Stamford, CT | $15,900 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Mill River Park Collaborative | Stamford, CT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Stamford Downtown Special Services District | Stamford, CT | $14,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Stamford Chamber of Commerce | Stamford, CT | $14,095 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Silver Source Inc | Stamford, CT | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nantucket Cottage Hospital | Nantucket, MA | $11,190 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nantucket Golf Club Foundation | Nantucket, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Usta Foundation(united States Tennis Association) | Purchase, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Womens Business Development Council | Stamford, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fresh Air Fund | New York, NY | $8,700 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Cancer Society - Northeast Region | Norwalk, CT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ct Ballet | Stamford, CT | $7,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| American Cancer Society - New England Division | Norwalk, CT | $7,250 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mayor's Youth Employment Program(city of Stamford) | Stamford, CT | $5,800 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Ari of Ct Inc | Stamford, CT | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Ferguson Library | Stamford, CT | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| March of Dimes Ny Market(westchester) | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Person to Person | Darien, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Soundwaters | Stamford, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Laurel Athletic Club(co William Ireland) | Norwalk, CT | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Stamford Hospital Foundation | Stamford, CT | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Stamford Veterans Park Partnership Inc | Stamford, CT | $3,750 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Bartlett Arboretum & Gardens | Stamford, CT | $3,600 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Malta House | Norwalk, CT | $3,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Orchestra Lumos(stamford Symphony) | Stamford, CT | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| District 8 Building Officials | Norwalk, CT | $2,600 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Congregation Agudath Shalom | Stamford, CT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pacific House | Stamford, CT | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Partnership for Public Service | Washington, DC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Stamford Historical Center | Stamford, CT | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Yale Eye Care Foundation | New Haven, CT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Historical Society of Palm Beach | West Palm Beach, FL | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| The Maritime Aquarium | Norwalk, CT | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fairfield Memorial Park | Stamford, CT | $1,525 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Burke Rehabilitation Hospital | White Plains, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dana Farber Cancer Institute | Brookline, MA | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Housing Development Fund(hdp) | Stamford, CT | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jww Community Scholarships Inc(jewish War Veterans) | Stamford, CT | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Stamford Family YMCA | Stamford, CT | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Stamford Health Foundation | Stamford, CT | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Womens Business Development Council(wbcd) | Stamford, CT | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Urban Land Institute | New York, NY | $1,332 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sacred Heart Church | Stamford, CT | $1,200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Burke Rehabilation Hospital | Washington, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ct Tag(bristol and Stamford Police Depts) | Stamford, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Downtown Special Services District | Stamford, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Herb Cohen State Street Scholarship Fund(co John Galato Secretary) | Stamford, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hospital for Special Surgery | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Laurel Athletic Club(fairfield County Ct)co William Ireland | Norwalk, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mianus River Gorge Inc | Bedford, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| River House Adult Day Center | Cos Cob, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Samaritan's Purse | Boone, NC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Stamford History Center | Stamford, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Stamford Youth Soccer | Stamford, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tarzia Foundation | Stamford, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tunnel to Towers Foundation | Staten Island, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| United Jewish Federation(ujf) | Stamford, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Yale Eye Center | New Haven, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Barlett Arboretum & Gardens | Stamford, CT | $800 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Cardinal Kung Academy | Stamford, CT | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Trust for Historic Predervation | Washington, DC | $699 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Jewish Family Services(houston) | Houston, TX | $520 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Artists Association of Nantucket | Nantucket, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Colorado Cancer Foundation(co Pledge It) | Harrisburg, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Congregation Beth El | Norwalk, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Fairfield College Prep School Memorial and Alumni Fund | Faiefield, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Future 5 | Stamford, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Holocaust Museum(houston) | Houston, TX | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| One Hundred (100) Black Men of Stamford | Stamford, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Our Lady of Grace Schools | Stamford, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Project Music | Stamford, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Greater Norwalk Chamber of Commerce | Norwalk, CT | $413 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Stamford Citizen of the Year (coty) | Stamford, CT | $400 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| State of Ct Victims of Crimes | Stamford, CT | $256 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| From the Heart | New York, NY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| National Trust for Historic Preservation | Washington, DC | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Stamford Youth Mental House Alliance | Stamford, CT | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
31 of 86 (36%) 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 54%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. 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.
- Avon Theatre Film Center Inc
GRANT TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO THEIR CHARITY
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 54 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 24 | $80,565 | $1,375 |
| 2022 | 32 | $82,092 | $1,166 |
| 2023 | 32 | $105,450 | $1,350 |
| 2024 | 37 | $128,878 | $1,500 |
| 2025 | 29 | $102,500 | $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.
Where its money goes
73% 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 $1,500. 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 Rich Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). 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: 222 Summer Street, Stamford, CT, 06901. 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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