The John G Martin Foundation
West Hartford, CT · EIN 06-6042495. Reported 211 grants totalling $1,946,260 to 107 recipients 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 John G Martin 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 $2,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $7,500; the smallest was $100 and the largest $120,000. 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. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Town of Cheshire Parks & Rec Dept | Cheshire, CT | $160,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Avon Old Farms School | Avon, CT | $149,600 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Healing Meals Foundation Corp | Simsbury, CT | $121,750 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Otis Preservation Trust Inc | Otis, MA | $120,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| University of Saint Joseph | West Hartford, CT | $120,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ct Radio Information System | Windsor, CT | $92,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Bridge Family Center | West Hartford, CT | $88,850 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hill-Stead Museum | Farmington, CT | $75,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Town of West Hartford | West Hartford, CT | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New England Air Museum | Windsor Locks, CT | $62,785 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| In a Heartbeat | Wallingford, CT | $49,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Elizabeth Park Conservancy | West Hartford, CT | $43,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Connecticut Science Center | Hartford, CT | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Goodspeed Opera House | East Haddam, CT | $33,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Riverfront Recapture | Hartford, CT | $32,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| South Park Inn Inc | Hartford, CT | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Stonehill College | No Easton, MA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist | Meriden, CT | $27,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tunnels to Towers | Staten Island, NY | $26,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hartford County Bar Foundation | Hartford, CT | $26,250 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American School for the Deaf | West Hartford, CT | $26,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Gaylord Specialty Healthcare | Wallingford, CT | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Franciscan Life Center | Meriden, CT | $23,686 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Bridget School | Cheshire, CT | $21,275 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Gifts of Love | Avon, CT | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Britain Museum of American Art | New Britain, CT | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Otis Food Pantry | Otis, MA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| College of the Holy Cross | Worcester, MA | $18,250 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Town of Cheshire | Cheshire, CT | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Town That Cares Co Town of West Hartford | West Hartford, CT | $17,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Georgetown University | Washington, DC | $16,200 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Cheshire Police Department | Cheshire, CT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Town of Otis Fire Department | Otis, MA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Grace Academy | Hartford, CT | $14,511 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| St Bridget of Sweden Parish | Cheshire, CT | $14,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Church of St Peter Claver | West Hartford, CT | $13,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Virginia | Charlottesville, VA | $13,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Beat the Street Community Center Inc | Meriden, CT | $12,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Colgate University | Hamilton, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Friends of the Meriden Public Library | Meriden, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Town of Blandford | Blandford, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Town of Otis | Otis, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Seniors Job Bank | West Hartford, CT | $8,800 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Pace | Boston, MA | $8,100 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Don Bosco Prep School | Ramsey, NJ | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hamilton College | Clinton, NY | $7,750 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Vox Church | Branford, CT | $6,520 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Barnard College | New York, NY | $6,250 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Bushnell Center for Performing Arts | Hartford, CT | $5,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Kids Central Inc | Wildwood, FL | $5,250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Alzheimer's Association | Long Wood, FL | $5,100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Amvets Post 77 (toys for Tots) | Otis, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Columbia University | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hands on Hartford | Hartford, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Meriden Farmer's Market Co Midstate Arc | Meriden, CT | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Otis Library | Otis, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sandisfield Fire Department | Sandisfield, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Spirit of Giving Inc | Meriden, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Cove Center for Grieving Children | Meriden, CT | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Your Humane Society | Lake Pansoffkee, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| First Tee of Connecticut | Cromwell, CT | $4,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Virginia Athletics Foundation | Charlottesville, VA | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dickinson College | Carlisle, PA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Seton Hall Law School | South Orange, NJ | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Old Saybrook High School | Old Saybrook, CT | $3,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Peter Claver Church | West Hartford, CT | $3,300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Valley Community Baptist Church | Avon, CT | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Loomis Chaffee School | Windsor, CT | $2,550 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Civics First | Southington, CT | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Foundation for the Adv of Catholic Schools | Bloomfield, CT | $2,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Meriden Historical Society | Meriden, CT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Meriden Soup Kitchen | Meriden, CT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Restore With the Arts Inc | Meriden, CT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of California Irvine Mind | Irvine, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Veterans Helping Veterans | Ocala, FL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Yale University Alumni Fund | New Haven, CT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Csp K9 Foundation Inc | Meriden, CT | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Be Thoughtful Movement | West Hartford, CT | $1,800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Foodshare Inc | Bloomfield, CT | $1,650 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cheshire Public Safety Commission | Cheshire, CT | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Connecticut College | New London, CT | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| St Francis Foundation | Hartford, CT | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Wadsworth Atheneum | Hartford, CT | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cheshire Lights of Hope | Cheshire, CT | $1,250 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Special Olympics | Hamden, CT | $1,103 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ball and Socket Arts | Cheshire, CT | $1,030 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hartford Hospital | Hartford, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Inner City Scholarship Fund | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kingswood Oxford | West Hartford, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Gianna Beretta Molla Parish | West Hartford, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Trinity Women's Squash | Hartford, CT | $900 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Capital Squash | Hartford, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital | Boston, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Archbishop's Annual Appeal | Hartford, CT | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Tpiu Foundation | Essex, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Virginia Student Aid Foundation | Charlottesville, VA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ct Bar Foundation | Hartford, CT | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sacred Heart Academy | Hamden, CT | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Bridget School Hsa | Cheshire, CT | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Timothy Church | West Hartford, CT | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hopkins School | New Haven, CT | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| House of Bread Inc | Hartford, CT | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Xavier High School | Middletown, CT | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lewis Educational Agricultural Farm | Southington, CT | $150 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Gallery 53 | Meriden, CT | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hartford Symphony Orchestra | Hartford, CT | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Thomas the Apostle School | West Hartford, CT | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
53 of 107 (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 60%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 92 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 | 58 | $452,703 | $2,000 |
| 2022 | 56 | $539,226 | $2,500 |
| 2023 | 45 | $472,560 | $2,750 |
| 2024 | 52 | $481,771 | $2,500 |
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
81% 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 $2,500. 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 The John G Martin Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). 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: 643 Prospect Avenue, West Hartford, CT, 06105. 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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