The Douglas S and Barbara J Barrett Family Foundation
Mystic, CT · EIN 27-6020539. Reported 106 grants totalling $141,940 to 57 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. The Douglas S and Barbara J Barrett Family 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 $1,000 and $2,000; the smallest was $300 and the largest $3,250. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Work Vessels for Vets | West Mystic, CT | $10,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Chris Collins Foundation Inc | Providence, RI | $10,250 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| College Visions | Providence, RI | $9,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Detroit Horse Power | Detroit, MI | $6,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Fresh Nl | New London, CT | $6,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Herren Project | Portsmouth, RI | $5,700 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Homeless Hospitality Center | New London, CT | $5,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Off the Streets - Bridgeport | Trumbull, CT | $5,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Higher Edge | New London, CT | $5,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Community Health Resource Inc | Windsor, CT | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Foundation for Life | Shelton, CT | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Smile Train Inc | Washington, DC | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wildlife in Crisis | Weston, CT | $3,550 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration | King of Prussia, PA | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Bridges Healthcare Inc | Milford, CT | $2,750 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Donor's Choose | New York, NY | $2,661 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Herd | Charlotte, NC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Liberation Programs Inc | Bridgeport, CT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New London Community Meal Center | New London, CT | $2,250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| All Saints Catholic School | Norwalk, CT | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| American Friends of the Ocean Cleanup Foundation | Pasadena, CA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ct Foundation for Dental Outreach | Southington, CT | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Covenant Soup Kitchen | Williamantic, CT | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Episcopal Relief & Development | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Experience Camps | Westport, CT | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Horizon Wings | Ashford, CT | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Paws | Norwalk, CT | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Sea-Legs Inc | New London, CT | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| St Mark's Episcopal Church - Haiti Fund | Mystic, CT | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Start Fresh Inc | New London, CT | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| DC Scores | Washington, DC | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| National Ovarian Cancer Coalition | Dallas, TX | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| US Horse Welfare & Rescue | Avon, CT | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Warm Center | Westerly, RI | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Direct Relief | Santa Barbara, CA | $1,029 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Always Home | Mystic, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Covenant Shelter of New London Inc | New London, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Episcopal Relief & Development | Merrifield, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Iasc Immigration Advocacy & Support Center | New London, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Inc | Rye Brook, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Madd | Warwick, RI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Natural Disaster Search Dog Foundation Inc | Santa Paula, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Now and There | Boston, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Second Chance Rescue Inc | Whitestone, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Francis House | New London, CT | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Connecticut Hospice | Branford, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Youth Enrichment Services | Boston, MA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Adoptaclassroomorg | St Paul, MN | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Flatbush Cats | Brooklyn, NY | $700 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| End Overdose | Pasadena, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer Resource Foundation | Pawtucket, RI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Halfway Home Rescue | North Haven, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ludlow Area Rotary Charitable Foundation | Ludlow, VT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Order of Julian of Norwich | White Lake, WI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Dream Project Inc | Roxbury, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Nfa Foundation Inc | Norwich, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Trevor Project | West Hollywood, CA | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
26 of 57 (46%) 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 63%, 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.
- The Chris Collins Foundation Inc
To heighten awareness andeducation about anxietyand depression - Work Vessels for Vets
To equip returning veteranswith the tools to starta business or career - Detroit Horse Power
To give at-risk youtha safe and enriching space tofurthur their development. - Herren Project
To provide free resources and supportfor the treatment, recovery andprevention of substance use disorder. - Donor's Choose
To connect teachers who need supplies with donors who want to help. - Liberation Programs Inc
To provide treatment and prevention services forsubstance use and mental health disorders.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 61 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 27 | $36,500 | $1,000 |
| 2022 | 25 | $40,000 | $1,500 |
| 2023 | 27 | $31,000 | $1,000 |
| 2024 | 27 | $34,440 | $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. 54% 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 The Douglas S and Barbara J Barrett Family 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: 18 Coveside Court Po Box 274, Mystic, CT, 06355. 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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