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The Auerbach Schiro Foundation

West Hartford, CT · EIN 13-3692236. Reported 154 grants totalling $793,674 to 76 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$1,000median grant
$793,674granted, 2021-2024
76organizations funded
74%of grantees funded again the next year
$4,847,180assets, 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. The Auerbach Schiro 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.

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 $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $250 and $5,000; the smallest was $100 and the largest $79,741. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
61 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
54 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
19 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
11 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
6 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
3 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
Jewish Federation of Greater HartfordWest Hartford, CT$198,337442024
American Joint DistributionNew York, NY$50,000112022
Hartford StageHartford, CT$50,000442024
Congregation Beth IsraelWest Hartford, CT$48,494442024
Ct 4-H Resource CenterBloomfield, CT$45,425112023
Mutual Housing AssociationHartford, CT$43,000222024
Ct 4-H FarmBloomfield, CT$41,900112021
FoodshareWallingford, CT$40,000222022
Real ArtwaysHartford, CT$35,250332024
The BushnellHartford, CT$30,000442024
TheaterworksHartford, CT$27,500332024
The American Joint Distribution CommitteeNew York, NY$25,000112024
Harriet Beecher Stowe CenterHartford, CT$20,000442024
Hands on HartfordHartford, CT$15,000332023
Ct Forests and Parks AssocRockfall, CT$11,700222022
Planned Parenthood of Se CtNew Haven, CT$10,000112024
Ct Public Broadcasting NetworkHartford, CT$9,500442024
Ct Land ConservationMiddletown, CT$8,000332023
Uconn HillelStorrs, CT$7,500442024
Wadsworth AtheneumHartford, CT$6,000332024
Franklin and Marshall CollegeLancaster, PA$4,000442024
Prison Policy InitiativeNorthampton, MA$3,350442024
Elizabeth Park ConservancyWest Hartford, CT$3,000332024
Knox IncHartford, CT$3,000332024
Mystic Seaport MuseumMystic, CT$3,000332024
New Britain Museum of American ArtNew Britain, CT$3,000332024
Ballet XPhiladelphia, PA$2,500112024
Chrysalis CenterHartford, CT$2,500112024
Ct Foundation for Dental OutreachSouthington, CT$2,500112022
Judy Dworin Dance Performance ProjectHartford, CT$2,500112022
Philadelphia BalletPhiladelphia, PA$2,500112024
The American Friends of the Fndt for Jewish HeritageBedford, NY$2,500112024
Ct Historical SocietyHartford, CT$2,000222023
Jewish Communal LivingBloomfield, CT$2,000112024
Jewish Historical SocietyWest Hartford, CT$2,000112024
Southern Poverty Law CenterMontgomery, AL$2,000222022
New England Jewish AcademyWest Hartford, CT$1,610442024
Ct Immigrant & Refugee CoalitionHartford, CT$1,500112021
Provision Ministry IncWestboro, MA$1,500112024
Shakespeare & CoLenox, MA$1,500332024
The Burton & Phyllis Hoffman Foundation Co Friends of MichaelEast Hartford, CT$1,500112023
Jt ConnectWest Hartford, CT$1,430332024
World Central KitchenWashington, DC$1,250222024
Barrington Stage CoPittsfield, MA$1,000222024
Community Health ServicesHartford, CT$1,000112024
Equal Justice InitiativeMontgomery, AL$1,000442024
Leadership Greater HartfordHartford, CT$1,000112023
NPRBaltimore, MD$1,000112024
PBS FoundationArlington, VA$1,000112024
Pro PublicaNew York, NY$1,000112024
The Health CollectiveHartford, CT$1,000112024
Solomon Schechter Day SchoolWest Hartford, CT$860222024
Wikimedia Foundation IncWashington, DC$800442024
Fidelco Guide Dog FoundationHartford, CT$750222024
NAACP Legal and Education FundNew York, NY$750332023
Mozilla FoundationSan Fancisco, CA$650442024
The Tor ProjectSeattle, WA$650442024
Ct Landmarks Amos Bull HouseHartford, CT$500112022
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation VaRichmond, VA$500112022
Environmental Working GroupWashington, DC$500222024
Hartford International Univ of Religion & PeaceHartford, CT$500112022
Hartt School of Music at University of HartfordWest Hartford, CT$500112023
Pen AmericaNew York, NY$500222024
Reporters Without BordersWashington, DC$500222022
American Foundation for Suicide PreventionNew York, NY$250112023
Cystic Fibrosis Foundationgreat StridesBethesda, MD$250112022
Harc IncHartford, CT$250112024
Hartford Audubon SocietyWest Hartford, CT$250112023
Open Communities AllianceHartford, CT$250112022
SlocoSimsbury, CT$250112022
Solomn Schechter Day SchoolWest Hartford, CT$250112021
Summit Adaptive SportsNew Hartford, CT$250112024
Farmington River WatershedSimsbury, CT$150112022
Knesset IsraelPittsfield, MA$118112021
Friends of Ct State ParksRockfall, CT$100112022
Old St Andrews EpiscopalBloomfield, CT$100112022

38 of 76 (50%) 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 74%, 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 kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 83 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Arts & Culture
25 grants
Education
13 grants
Civil Rights
10 grants
Environment
7 grants
Recreation & Sports
6 grants
Human Services
6 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
5 grants
Science & Technology
4 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202125$174,768$1,500
202245$221,145$750
202338$203,821$1,000
202446$193,940$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. 87% 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
$687K
New York
$80K
Pennsylvania
$9K
Massachusetts
$7K
District of Columbia
$3K
Alabama
$3K
Virginia
$2K
Maryland
$1K

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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.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund34 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc27 shared recipientsHartford Foundation for Public Giving26 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc26 shared recipientsThe Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc22 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program21 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. 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.
  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 The Auerbach Schiro 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: 25 Brookside Boulevard, 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.

EIN 13-3692236 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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