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The Patricia S Heyman Foundation Inc

Greenwich, CT · EIN 45-4301952. Reported 115 grants totalling $1,377,828 to 50 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$6,000median grant
$1,377,828granted, 2021-2024
50organizations funded
76%of grantees funded again the next year
$8,953,115assets, 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 Patricia S Heyman 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.

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 $6,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $10,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $100,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

$1,000 - $5,000
28 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
36 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
39 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
4 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
7 grants
$100,000 and Up
1 grant

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
The Children's SchoolStamford, CT$250,000442024
Reach PrepStamford, CT$240,500442024
University of ConnecticutStamford, CT$150,535442024
Central Connecticut State UniversityNew Britain, CT$64,000442024
Global Leadership IncNyack, NY$42,000442024
Worchester Polytechnich InstituteWorchester, MA$41,400222022
The Chatham Angel FundChatham, MA$40,000442024
Howard UniversityWashington, DC$35,040442024
The City College of New YorkNew York, NY$35,000442024
Boys & Girls Club of GreenwichGreenwich, CT$30,000442024
Future FiveStamford, CT$30,000442024
University of Notre DameSouth Bend, IN$30,000332024
Rochester InstituteRochester, NY$28,000222022
Iona CollegeNew Rochelle, NY$25,000222022
Simmons UniversityBoston, MA$24,000442024
Connecticut Junior RepublicLitchfield, CT$20,000442024
North Carolina A&t State UniversityGreensboro, NC$20,000332024
YMCA of GreenwichGreenwich, CT$20,000332024
Sacred Heart UniversityFairfield, CT$19,250222024
Lafayette CollegeEaston, PA$18,000112024
University of St JosephWest Hartford, CT$15,000332023
Garden Club of GreenwichGreenwich, CT$14,000442024
University of Ma BostonBoston, MA$12,500112024
Ithaca CollegeIthaca, NY$12,000222024
All Faiths Food BankSarasota, FL$10,000112021
Artis NaplesNaples, FL$10,000222024
Clementine MontessoriPhiladelphia, PA$10,000222024
Elon UniversityElon, NC$10,000112021
First Presbyterian Church of NaplesNaples, FL$10,000112023
Fun Time Early Childhood AcademyNaples, FL$10,000222022
Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest FloridaFort Myers, FL$10,000222022
Hofstra UniversityHempstead, NY$10,000112022
Hunter CollegeNew York, NY$10,000332024
Assumption UniversityWorcester, MA$9,250112023
SUNY OneontaOneonta, NY$7,500222024
Culinary Institute of AmericaHyde Park, NY$6,250112021
Barruch CollegeNew York, NY$5,000112021
Blossom Birth and FamilyPalo Alto, CA$5,000112024
Opera Naples IncNaples, FL$5,000112021
Safe and Sound SatosWilton, CT$5,000332023
Focus FoundationDavidsonville, MD$4,500332024
Mercy UniversityDobbs Ferry, NY$4,000112024
University of HartfordWest Hartford, CT$3,750112024
Eastern Connecticut State UniversityWillimantic, CT$3,600332023
Central Park Conservancy Women's CommitteeNew York, NY$2,500112021
Drew UniversityMadison, NJ$2,500112021
Greenwich Historical SocietyGreenwich, CT$2,500112021
Hinds Community CollegeRaymond, MS$2,253112023
Fisher House FoundationRockville, MD$1,500112021
Wounded Warrior ProjectTopeka, KS$1,500112021

31 of 50 (62%) 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 76%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. 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 58 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Education
34 grants
Human Services
5 grants
Religion
4 grants
Youth Development
4 grants
Arts & Culture
4 grants
Medical Research
3 grants
Food & Nutrition
3 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202133$361,715$6,250
202225$390,880$10,000
202329$306,143$5,000
202428$319,090$5,420

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. 63% 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
$868K
New York
$187K
Massachusetts
$127K
Florida
$55K
District of Columbia
$35K
North Carolina
$30K
Indiana
$30K
Pennsylvania
$28K

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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.

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How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $6,000. 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 Patricia S Heyman Foundation Inc'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: 500 West Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, CT, 06830. 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 45-4301952 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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