American Eagle Financial Credit Union
East Hartford, CT · EIN 47-2559616. Reported 55 grants totalling $612,812 to 53 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For American Eagle Financial Credit Union, the IRS classifies it under public & societal benefit rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE W61) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 53 distinct organizations, with 11% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 0% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $9,187. Half of what it reported fell between $8,931 and $9,486; the smallest was $7,772 and the largest $67,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hartford Yard Goats Charitable Foundation Inc | Hartford, CT | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Connecticut Double Play LLC (dba Hartford Yard Goats) | Hartford, CT | $67,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Spirit of Springfield Inc | Springfield, MA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Rise and Shine Ct | Tolland, CT | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Almada Lodge-Times Farm Camp Corporation | Manchester, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Angel of Edgewood Inc | Hartford, CT | $9,598 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cans-4-a-Cause of Greater Middletown | Middletown, CT | $9,598 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Connecticut Cat Connection Inc | Windsor, CT | $9,598 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of Camp Neipsic Inc | East Hartford, CT | $9,598 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| North Haven Historical Society | North Haven, CT | $9,598 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Save All Dogs Inc | Glastonbury, CT | $9,598 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Connecticut Humane Society | Newington, CT | $9,486 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Enfield Loaves & Fishes Inc | Enfield, CT | $9,486 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Literacy Volunteers of Central Connecticut Inc | New Britain, CT | $9,486 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boy Scouts of America Connecticut Rivers Council | Hartford, CT | $9,443 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Luke Roux Foundation Inc | Farmington, CT | $9,443 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Theta Alpha Sigma Greater Legacy Foundation | Hartford, CT | $9,443 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Enfield Food Shelf Inc | Enfield, CT | $9,212 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Windsor Education Foundation | Windsor, CT | $9,212 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Windsor Food and Fuel Bank Inc | Windsor, CT | $9,212 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| For All Ages Inc | Simsbury, CT | $9,201 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Girl Scouts of Connecticut Inc | North Haven, CT | $9,201 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Little League Baseball Inc | Southington, CT | $9,201 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Around the Worlds Inc | Ellington, CT | $9,187 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Creative Living Community of Connecticut Inc | Manchester, CT | $9,187 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| That Newfoundland Place Inc | Coventry, CT | $9,187 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| East Haven Food Pantry Inc | East Haven, CT | $9,175 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hartford Gay Mens Chorus Inc | Hartford, CT | $9,175 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Protectors of Animals Inc | East Hartford, CT | $9,175 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Everybunny Counts Rabbit Rescue | Ellington, CT | $9,140 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Iwo Jima Memorial Historical Foundation Inc | Prospect, CT | $9,140 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| No Animal Left Unfed Inc | West Hartford, CT | $9,140 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boomer S Best Buddies Rescue Inc | Andover, CT | $9,086 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Little League Baseball Inc | Southington, CT | $9,086 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Paper House Productions | Durham, CT | $9,086 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hartford Performs | Hartford, CT | $8,975 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Meriden Humane Society | Meriden, CT | $8,975 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Open Doors Outdoors | S Glastonbury, CT | $8,975 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| A Place Called Hope Inc | Killingworth, CT | $8,931 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Gentle Love Diaper Pantry | Manchester, CT | $8,931 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Playhouse Theatre Group Inc | West Hartford, CT | $8,931 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Connecticut Childrens Foundation Inc | Hartford, CT | $8,810 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Love Mom Xoxo Foundation Inc | Seymour, CT | $8,810 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Arc of Connecticut Inc | Canton Center, CT | $8,810 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Asnuntuck Community-Technical College Foundatiion Inc | Enfield, CT | $8,614 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Our Piece of the Pie Inc | Hartford, CT | $8,614 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Southington Girls Softball League Inc | Southington, CT | $8,614 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boxes to Boots Incorporated | Berlin, CT | $8,376 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Free Center Middletown | Middletown, CT | $8,376 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hartford County 4-H Camp Inc | South Windsor, CT | $8,376 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Silk City Chorus | Manchester, CT | $7,772 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Police Athletic and Activities League of Hartford Incorporated | Hartford, CT | $7,772 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Woody Williams Foundation | Louisville, KY | $7,772 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
2 of 53 (4%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Connecticut Double Play LLC (dba Hartford Yard Goats)
SPONSORSHIP OF THE HARTFORD YARD GOATS, A BASEBALL CLUB IN HARTFORD, CT. THE SPONSOR SHIP IS INTENDED TO ASSIST THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS: JR PA PROGRAM, PRODUCTION PROGRAM, AND THE MOST IMPROVED ATHLETE PROGRAM. - Hartford Yard Goats
CONTRIBUTION AT DUNKIN' DONUTS PARK JR PA AND PRODUCTION BOOTH - Spirit of Springfield
CONTRIBUTION OF BRIGHT NIGHTS AT FOREST PARK, SPRINGFIELD - North Haven Historical Society
TO ASSIST THE ORGANIZATION IN ITS MISSION TO DISCOVER, COLLECT, PRESERVE, AND SHARE THE RICH, LAYERED HISTORY OF NORTH HAVEN AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS. - Save All Dogs Inc
TO ASSIST THE ORGANIZATION IN ITS MISSION TO OFFER A SAFE HAVEN FOR UNWANTED, HOMELESS, AND ABANDONED DOGS AND CATS FROM KILL SHELTERS, BAD CONDITIONS SUCH AS MILLS AND ANIMALS IN DANGER OF EUTHANASIA THAT ARE IN NEED OF LOVING FOREVER HOMES. - Friends of Camp Neipsic Inc
TO ASSIST THE ORGANIZATION IN ITS MISSION TO PRESERVE AND PROMOTE OPEN SPACE FOR YOUTH TO ENGAGE IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES.
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 42 of 53 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 15 | $160,513 | $9,187 |
| 2022 | 14 | $151,086 | $8,975 |
| 2023 | 13 | $122,661 | $9,175 |
| 2024 | 13 | $178,552 | $9,443 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
95% of its giving went to organizations in Connecticut. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
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How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $9,187 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Connecticut.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from American Eagle Financial Credit Union's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 12 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 1 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 333 East River Drive, East Hartford, CT, 06128.
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