The Robert & Margaret Patricelli Family
Simsbury, CT · EIN 06-1487230. Reported 275 grants totalling $8,603,231 to 161 recipients across tax years 2020-2024. 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 Robert & Margaret Patricelli Family 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 $500 and $7,500; the smallest was $65 and the largest $4,702,030. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hartford Public for Giving Foundation | Hartford, CT | $4,702,030 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wesleyan University | Middletown, CT | $654,870 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Elizabeth Park Conservatory | West Hartford, CT | $600,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hartford Promise | Hartford, CT | $284,333 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hartford Public Library | Hartford, CT | $273,409 | 6 | 5 | 2024 |
| Hartford's Got Talent | East Hartford, CT | $215,350 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bushnell | Hartford, CT | $213,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Ct Public Broadcasting | Hartford, CT | $179,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Ocean Exploration Trust | New London, CT | $175,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy | Boston, MA | $106,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Shining Hope for Communities | New York, NY | $105,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ct Mirror | Hartford, CT | $102,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Hartford International University for Religion & Peace | Hartford, CT | $102,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Maps | San Jose, CA | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Vassar College | Poughkeepsie, NY | $80,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Hartford Chamber of Commerce | Hartford, CT | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hartford Symphony Orchestra | Hartford, CT | $48,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Animal Adoption Center Inc | Jackson, WY | $42,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Grand'anse Health | Bay Head, NJ | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Florence Griswold Museum | Old Lyme, CT | $32,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Yankee Institute for Public Policy | Hartford, CT | $26,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Connecticut News Project Inc (ct Mirror) | Hartford, CT | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Gran Anse Health | Bay Head, NJ | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford | West Hartford, CT | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Boys and Girls Clubs of Hartford | Hartford, CT | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Loomis Chaffee School | Windsor, CT | $22,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (maps) | San Jose, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Narratio | Syracuse, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wadswoth Anthenuem | Hartford, CT | $17,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| White House Fellows Foundation | Washington, DC | $15,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Rutgers University Foundation | New Brunswick, NJ | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ron Foley Pancreatic Cancer Foundation | West Hartford, CT | $13,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Hartford Hospital | Hartford, CT | $12,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Junior Achievement of Sw New England | Hartford, CT | $11,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Goodwin University | East Hartford, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hartford Stage | Hartford, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Hso | Hartford, CT | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Mewe International Inc | Suwanee, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Jaylen D Berry Foundation Inc | East Hartford, CT | $8,500 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| World Affairs Council | Hartford, CT | $8,500 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Caring for Militay Families - the Elizabeth Dole Foundation | Washington, DC | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| World Affairs Council | Seattle, WA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hartford Artisans Weaving Center | Hartford, CT | $5,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Playhouse on Park | West Hartford, CT | $5,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ballet Theater Company | West Hartford, CT | $5,250 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| University of St Joseph | West Hartford, CT | $5,111 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Connecticut Children's Medical Center | Hartford, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Governor's Prevention Partnership | East Hartford, CT | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Refuge Point | Boston, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Sunshine Fund | Coventry, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Trinity Academy | Hartford, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tufts Human Nutrition Research Center (hnrca) | Boston, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Goucher College | Baltimore, MD | $4,750 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Efac | Ambridge, PA | $4,400 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| National Academy of Medicine | Washington, DC | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Goodwin College | East Hartford, CT | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Junior Achievement | Hartford, CT | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Hartford Public Schools | Hartford, CT | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Balet Theater Company | West Hartford, CT | $2,750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Aspen Camp of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing | Snowmass, CO | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Big Brothers & Big Sisters of Connecticut Inc | Hartford, CT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bushnell Park Conservancy Inc | Hartford, CT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Canal Dock | New Haven, CT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community First School | Hartford, CT | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ct Science Center | Hartford, CT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Education for All Children | Portsmouth, NH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Hartford Communities That Care | Hartford, CT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Main Street Community Foundation | Bristol, CT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Real Art Ways | Hartford, CT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Shatterproof | Norwalk, CT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| World Affairs Councils of America | Washington, DC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Education for All Children | Ambridge, PA | $2,200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Connecticut Forum | Hartford, CT | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ct Forum | Hartford, CT | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Habitat for Humanity | Atlanta, GA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Hartford | West Hartford, CT | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Voices of Hope | Atlanta, GA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| House of Bread Inc | Hartford, CT | $1,750 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Forge City Works | Hartford, CT | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Interval House | Hartford, CT | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Simsbury Meadows Performing Arts Center | Simsbury, CT | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Theaterworks | Hartford, CT | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| New Britain Museum | New Britain, CT | $1,270 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Farmington Valley Arts Council | Avon, CT | $1,250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Simsbury Public Library | Simsbury, CT | $1,250 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Simsbury Volunteer Ambulance | Simsbury, CT | $1,100 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Bushnell Park Foundation | Hartford, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Connecticut Science Center | Hartford, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dashaway Boys and Girls Club | Hartford, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Florida Rural Water Association | Tallahassee, FL | $1,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Gh Arts Council | Hartford, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Harvard Law School | Cambridge, MA | $1,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Healing Meals Community Project | Simsbury, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Herb Society of America | Wiloughby, OH | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Jalyen D Berry Foundation | East Hartford, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nccj | Middletown, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New England Jewish Academy (neja) | West Hartford, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Reset | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Resolve | Mclean, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Roca | Hartford, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Simsbury Free Library | Simsbury, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Amistad Center for Art and Culture Inc | Hartford, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Big Deep Right to Water Project | Los Angeles, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Trustees of Trinity College the | Hartford, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Uconn Foundation | Storrs, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Warner Theater | Torington, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| San Jose Public Library | San Jose, CA | $900 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Fore City Works | Hartford, CT | $750 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Friends of Saguaro National Park | Tuscon, AZ | $750 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Simsbury Volunteer Ambulance Association | Simsbury, CT | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Simsbury Volunteer Fire Department | Simsbury, CT | $750 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Doctors Without Borders New York Chapter | New York, NY | $625 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Simsbury Historical Society Inc | Simsbury, CT | $600 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Old Drake Hill Flower Bridge | West Simsbury, CT | $565 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Adaptive Sports New England Inc | Boston, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Auer Farm | Bloomfield, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Aurora Women and Girls Foundation | West Hartford, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Blue Path Service Dogs | Wappingers Falls, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Canal Dock Boat House | New Haven, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cincinnati Nature Center | Milford, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Community Heath Services | Hartford, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of the Simsbury Public Library | Simsbury, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hartford Youth Scholars | Hartford, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Icivics | Cambridge, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Metropolitan Opera Guild | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Conference for Community and Justice | Windsor, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Schlitz Audubon Nature Center | Bayside, WI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Simsbury a Better Chance (abc) Program | Simsbury, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Simsbury Abc Program | Simsbury, CT | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Women's Health Reserach at Yale | New Haven, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Save the Redwoods League | San Francisco, CA | $353 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Madison Hose Co 1 Inc | Madison, CT | $350 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Dana Farber Cancer Institute | Boston, MA | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Greenwich Historical Society | Cos Cob, CT | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Madison Ambulance Association | Madison, CT | $300 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Metcalf Community Bridges of Milwaukee | Milwaukee, WI | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Adl | New York, NY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Indian College Fund | Denver, CO | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Connecticut Historical Society | Hartford, CT | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| East Haven Public Library Inc Dba Hagaman Memorial Library | East Haven, CT | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Eleanor Roosevelt Center at Val-Kill | Hyde Park, NY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Endow Hartford 21 | West Hartford, CT | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Farmington River Watershed Association Inc | Simsbury, CT | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation | Bloomfield, CT | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Hundred Club of Ct | Glastonbury, CT | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jewish Community Foundation | West Hartford, CT | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Loaves and Fishes | Enfield, CT | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mclean Game Refuge | Simsbury, CT | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New England Public Media | Springfield, MA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Simsbury Land Trust | Simsbury, CT | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Keshi Foundation | Santa Fe, NM | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Watkinson School | Hartford, CT | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Women's Health Research at Yale University School of Medicine | New Haven, CT | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Hartford Inc | Hartford, CT | $125 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Moma | New York, NY | $110 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Museum of Modern Art | New York, NY | $110 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chatham Fire Association | Chatham, MA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Madison Hose Company | Madison, CT | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Simsbury Culture Parks and Recreation | West Simsbury, CT | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Simsbury Police Union | Simsbury, CT | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Museum of New Mexico Foundation | Santa Fe, NM | $70 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
55 of 161 (34%) 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 46%, 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.
- Hartford Public for Giving Foundation
TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT - Elizabeth Park Conservatory
TO SUPPORT THE ENVIRONMENT - Wesleyan University
TO SUPPORT HIGHER EDUCATION - Hartford Promise
TO SUPPORT ELEMENTARY & SECONDARY EDUCATION - Ct Public Broadcasting
TO SUPPORT THE ARTS & PUBLIC POLICY - Grand'anse Health
TO SUPPORT HEALTHCARE INITIATIVES
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 141 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 57 | $667,748 | $1,000 |
| 2021 | 52 | $5,976,904 | $2,500 |
| 2022 | 60 | $420,211 | $1,100 |
| 2023 | 58 | $338,713 | $1,000 |
| 2024 | 48 | $1,199,655 | $2,350 |
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
93% 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 The Robert & Margaret Patricelli Family's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). 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: 77 Hartford Road, Simsbury, CT, 06070. 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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