Fairfield County's Community Foundation
Norwalk, CT · EIN 06-1083893. Reported 1,351 grants totalling $68.0M to 773 organizations across tax years 2021-2023, on Form 990 Schedule I.
773organizations funded
$20,000median reported grant
$68.0Mgranted, 2021-2023
58%of grantees funded again the next year
4%of dollars to its largest recipient
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 Fairfield County's Community Foundation, the IRS classifies it as a community foundation (NTEE T310).
- How spread out its giving is. 773 distinct organizations, with 4% 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. 58% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 2 year-to-year transitions. That is about the 57% median for grantmaking charities -- noticeably lower than the 67% private foundations manage. Organizations like this one rotate more of their list each year, which is where an opening for a newcomer tends to be.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $20,000. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $45,000; the smallest was $5,109 and the largest $2,500,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Schedule I only reports grants over $5,000. Form 990 requires a charity to list recipients it paid more than that and lets it omit the rest, so every grant-size figure on this page describes the grants it reported, not all of them. Its real median is lower and its real recipient count is higher. This is also why these numbers cannot be compared with the private-foundation figures elsewhere on this site -- Form 990-PF has no reporting floor, so the two are different populations rather than two samples of one.
Every organization it funded
All 773 recipients appear in its filings; the 250 largest are listed here. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- the clearest signal of who this grantmaker actually has a relationship with.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chinatown International District Preservation and Development Assoc | Seattle, WA | $2,500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Domus Kids Inc | Stamford, CT | $2,084,646 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Optimus Health Care Inc | Bridgeport, CT | $1,514,805 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Danbury Animal Welfare Society Inc | Bethel, CT | $1,229,750 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| American Forests | Washington, DC | $1,035,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Building One Community Corp | Stamford, CT | $1,014,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Miami Dade College Foundation Inc | Miami, FL | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Scholarship America Inc | St Peter, MN | $915,996 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Central Connecticut Coast Young Mens Christian Association Inc | New Haven, CT | $844,678 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Immigrant Justice Corps Inc | New York, NY | $810,509 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Greenwich Scholarship Association Inc | Greenwich, CT | $793,293 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Five Frogs Inc | Fairfield, CT | $771,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Greenwich Academy Inc | Greenwich, CT | $692,833 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| American National Red Cross | Washington, DC | $674,571 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Housatonic Community College Foundation Inc | Bridgeport, CT | $672,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum Inc | Ridgefield, CT | $651,300 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Adam J Lewis Academy Inc | Bridgeport, CT | $642,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ayco Charitable Foundation | Latham, NY | $573,901 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Social Impact Partners Inc | Westport, CT | $566,531 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| 4-Ct Corp | New Haven, CT | $550,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| New Reach Inc | New Haven, CT | $543,270 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Simplifyct Inc | Darien, CT | $512,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Heart and Armor Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mothers Against Drunk Driving | Irving, TX | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Spirits Training Entrepreneurship Program for Underrepresented Profe | Oakton, VA | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Norwalk Art Space Inc | Norwalk, CT | $480,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| United Way Worldwide | Alexandria, VA | $480,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Women in Music Inc | New York, NY | $475,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Norwalk Community College Foundation | Norwalk, CT | $473,553 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| United Way of Coastal and Western Connecticut Inc | Danbury, CT | $454,916 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Planned Parenthood of Southern New England Inc | New Haven, CT | $447,250 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Maryland Food Bank Inc | Baltimore, MD | $418,954 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Greens Farms Academy Inc | Greens Farms, CT | $418,675 | 6 | 3 | 2023 |
| Stamford Hospital | Stamford, CT | $411,500 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project Inc | New York, NY | $400,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Alpfa Foundation Inc | Austin, TX | $365,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Housing Collective Inc | Bridgeport, CT | $364,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Inspirica Inc | Stamford, CT | $360,202 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| New Canaan Country School Inc | New Canaan, CT | $360,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Norwalk Acts Inc | Norwalk, CT | $357,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Packages From Home | Glendale, AZ | $356,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Maryland African American Museum Corporation | Baltimore, MD | $350,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Carver Inc | Norwalk, CT | $313,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Americares Foundation Inc | Stamford, CT | $303,591 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| EDUCATE2ENVISION International | San Leandro, CA | $301,200 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Pat Tillman Foundation | Chicago, IL | $300,014 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Greater Boston Food Bank Inc | Boston, MA | $300,014 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Fund for Womens Equality Inc | Washington, DC | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Southern University System Foundation | Baton Rouge, LA | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| United Way of Coastal Fairfield County | Bridgeport, CT | $288,838 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Open Door Shelter Inc | Norwalk, CT | $284,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Career Resources Inc | Bridgeport, CT | $282,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Connect US Inc | Bridgeport, CT | $282,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Catalyst Ct Inc | Bridgeport, CT | $282,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mid-Fairfield Child Guidance Center Inc | Norwalk, CT | $277,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Southern Smoke Foundation | Houston, TX | $275,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| California Association of Food Banks | Oakland, CA | $273,969 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Feeding America | Chicago, IL | $265,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| We Stand With Christ Inc | Kensington, CT | $263,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Washington Literacy Center | Washington, DC | $262,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Feed the Soul Foundation | Houston, TX | $260,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Connecticut Legal Services Inc | Middletown, CT | $257,530 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Connecticut Humane Society | Newington, CT | $256,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | Chicago, IL | $250,014 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Joe Burrow Foundation | Cincinnati, OH | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| NAACP Empowerment Programs Inc | Baltimore, MD | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New Orleans Culinary and Hospitality Institute Inc | New Orleans, LA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New York Womens Foundation | New York, NY | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Phluid Phoundation Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Talk Tech Association | New York, NY | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Acceleration Project Inc | Scarsdale, NY | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc | Sheffield, MA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tougaloo College | Tougaloo, MS | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wakeman Memorial Association Inc | Bridgeport, CT | $249,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Trustees of Columbia University | New York, NY | $237,361 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Stamford Museum and Nature Center Incorporated | Stamford, CT | $236,788 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Norwalk Public Schools | Norwalk, CT | $227,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Creativets | Nashville, TN | $220,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Childrens Learning Centers of Fairfield County Inc | Stamford, CT | $216,115 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Kids in Crisis Inc | Cos Cob, CT | $215,590 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Family & Childrens Agency Inc | Norwalk, CT | $212,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Southwestern Connecticut Agency on Aging Inc | Bridgeport, CT | $211,582 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Connecticut Institute for Refugees and Immigrants Inc | Bridgeport, CT | $206,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Food Bank Association of New York State | Albany, NY | $200,014 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Connecticut Rise Network Inc | New Haven, CT | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| National Immigration Law Center | Los Angeles, CA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Roman Catholic Archbishop of Boston a Corporation Sole | Braintree, MA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bridgeport Hospital Foundation Inc | Bridgeport, CT | $189,259 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Alzheimers Drug Discovery Foundation | New York, NY | $182,189 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Person to Person Inc | Darien, CT | $178,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | New York, NY | $175,841 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Liberation Programs Inc | Bridgeport, CT | $169,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Habitat for Humanity International Inc | Americus, GA | $166,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc | New York, NY | $166,425 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Creative Visions Foundation | Malibu, CA | $165,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Lifebridge Community Services Inc | Bridgeport, CT | $164,030 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| YWCA Metropolitan Chicago | Chicago, IL | $160,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Park County Community Foundation | Livingston, MT | $159,970 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Friends of the Ferguson Library Inc | Stamford, CT | $155,372 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Save the Children Federation Inc | Fairfield, CT | $151,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Iris Fund | Ridgefield, CT | $151,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| 100 Black Men of Maryland Inc | Baltimore, MD | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Black Women Build - Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Convoy of Hope | Springfield, MO | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center Inc | New York, NY | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York Inc | New York, NY | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Trustees of the Smith College | Northampton, MA | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Usbg National Charity Foundation | Henderson, NV | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bridgeport Public Education Fund Inc | Bridgeport, CT | $144,044 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mill River Collaborative Inc | Stamford, CT | $143,232 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| University of Connecticut Foundation Incorporated | Storrs, CT | $142,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Intempo Organization Inc | Stamford, CT | $140,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| City Center Danbury Events Inc | Danbury, CT | $140,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Uptogether | Oakland, CA | $140,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Brunswick School Inc | Greenwich, CT | $139,668 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| All Our Kin Inc | New Haven, CT | $137,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Norwalk Stamford Grassroots Tennis & Education Inc | Norwalk, CT | $137,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Transgender Law Center | Oakland, CA | $135,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Waterside School Inc | Stamford, CT | $132,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Child Guidance Center of Southern Ct Inc | Middletown, CT | $131,600 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Connecticut Audubon Society Incorporated | Fairfield, CT | $127,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| St Joseph High School | Trumbull, CT | $126,625 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Center for Family Justice Inc | Bridgeport, CT | $125,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Future 5 Inc | Stamford, CT | $125,479 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hedge Funds Care Inc | Newyork, NY | $125,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Womens Business Development Council Inc | Stamford, CT | $123,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Alzheimers Disease and Related Disorders Association Inc | Chicago, IL | $120,591 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Norwalk Senior Center Inc | Norwalk, CT | $120,311 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Connecticut Council for Philanthropy | Hartford, CT | $120,150 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Evans Scholars Foundation | Glenview, IL | $120,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida Inc | Orlando, FL | $119,954 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Todays Students Tomorrows Teachers | White Plains, NY | $117,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $117,180 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Health Equity Solutions Inc | Hartford, CT | $116,666 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Connecticut Public Broadcasting Inc | Hartford, CT | $116,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| St Francis-in-the-Valley Episcopal Church Trust | Green Valley, AZ | $116,180 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Fairfield University | Fairfield, CT | $115,998 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Chapman Partnership Inc | Miami, FL | $115,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo Foundation | Loganville, GA | $113,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Neighborshare LLC | Westport, CT | $110,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | Cambridge, MA | $110,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cardinal Shehan Center Inc | Bridgeport, CT | $108,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Renew Democracy Initiative Inc | Washington, DC | $107,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Kennedy Collective Inc | Trumbull, CT | $106,663 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Job Opportunities Task Force Inc | Pikesville, MD | $106,406 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Anns Place Inc | Danbury, CT | $105,068 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Cure Duchenne | Mission Viejo, CA | $105,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Stamford Senior Center Inc | Stamford, CT | $105,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Bridgeport Rescue Mission Inc | Bridgeport, CT | $101,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Amherst Early Music Inc | Newton, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bunker Labs Nfp Inc | Chicago, IL | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City Harvest Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Fighting Atrocities Against Women Worldwide Inc | Englewood, NJ | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Film Independent Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Homefront Inc | Stamford, CT | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Korean American Association of Greater New York Inc | New York, NY | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Nature Conservancy | Arlington, VA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Project Main Street Inc | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Connecticut Foodshare Inc | Wallingford, CT | $99,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Cos Cob Volunteer Fire Company No 1 Incorporated | Cos Cob, CT | $98,690 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Catholic Charities of Fairfield | Shelton, CT | $98,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mercy Learning Center of Bridgeport Incorporated | Bridgeport, CT | $95,384 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Oregon Food Bank Inc | Portland, OR | $91,003 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Idaho Foodbank Warehouse | Meridian, ID | $91,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Domestic Violence Crisis Center | Stamford, CT | $90,517 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Bantam Cinema & Arts Center Inc | Litchfield, CT | $90,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Neighborhood Studios of Fairfield County Inc | Bridgeport, CT | $88,825 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| City Lights & Company | Bridgeport, CT | $87,197 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Wegotnext | San Francisco, CA | $87,134 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Family Centers Inc | Greenwich, CT | $86,411 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Temple University-of the Commonwealth System of Higher Educ | Philadelphia, PA | $85,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Mindfulness Project Incorporated | Norwalk, CT | $84,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Food Lifeline | Seattle, WA | $81,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Project Music Inc | Stamford, CT | $81,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Sterling House Community Center Inc | Stratford, CT | $80,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Bridgeport Caribe Youth League Inc | Bridgeport, CT | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Corners | Stamford, CT | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New Fairfield Community Foundation Inc | New Fairfield, CT | $80,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Womens Mentoring Network Inc | Stamford, CT | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Workplace Inc | Bridgeport, CT | $78,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc | San Rafael, CA | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hopkins School Incorporated | New Haven, CT | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Horizons National Student Enrichment Program Inc | Westport, CT | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Make the Road New York | Brooklyn, NY | $75,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| St Mark's Episcopal Church | New Canaan, CT | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Salvation Army | West Nyack, NY | $74,857 | 6 | 3 | 2023 |
| Bridgeport Roman Catholic Diocesan Corporation | Shelton, CT | $74,680 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Alliance for Community Empowerment Inc | Bridgeport, CT | $74,132 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Becket Athenaeum Inc | Becket, MA | $73,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Norwalk Community Health Center Inc | Norwalk, CT | $72,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| United We Dream Network Inc | Washington, DC | $72,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| YWCA Greenwich Connecticut Inc | Greenwich, CT | $71,813 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Athlete Ally Inc | New York, NY | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boston College Trustees | Chestnut Hill, MA | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression Inc | New York, NY | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| New York City Center Inc | New York, NY | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation Inc | Norwalk, CT | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Stamford Partnership Incorporated | Stamford, CT | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Center for Childrens Advocacy Inc | Hartford, CT | $69,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Girl Scouts of Connecticut Inc | North Haven, CT | $68,785 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Homes With Hope Inc | Westport, CT | $68,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| International Rescue Committee Inc | New York, NY | $68,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mount Sinai Hospital | New York, NY | $68,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Connecticut Zoological Society Inc | Bridgeport, CT | $67,503 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk Inc | South Norwalk, CT | $67,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Americas Second Harvest of the Big Bend Inc | Tallahassee, FL | $66,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Feeding South Florida Inc | Pembroke Park, FL | $66,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Greenwich Adult Day Care Inc | Cos Cob, CT | $66,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Aspetuck Land Trust Inc | Fairfield, CT | $65,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Rowan Center Inc | Stamford, CT | $65,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Barbaras House Inc | Greenwich, CT | $65,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| She Leads Justice Inc | Hartford, CT | $65,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Filling in the Blanks Inc | Norwalk, CT | $64,325 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Youth Business Initiative | Norwalk, CT | $64,286 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Sound Waters Inc | Stamford, CT | $63,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Stepping Stones Museum for Children Inc | Norwalk, CT | $62,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Youth Arts in Action | Pray, MT | $62,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| St Lukes Episcopal Church | Honolulu, HI | $61,356 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| South End Community Center | Stratford, CT | $61,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ron Finley Project | Los Angeles, CA | $60,784 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bridgeport Generation Now Inc | Bridgeport, CT | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Camp Tlc | Las Vegas, NV | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship | New York, NY | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Stamford Public Education Foundation Inc | Stamford, CT | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Statewide Legal Services of Connecticut Inc | Wethersfield, CT | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University | Stanford, CA | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Visit Baltimore Education & Training Foundation Inc | Baltimore, MD | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pacific House Inc | Stamford, CT | $58,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County Inc | Norwalk, CT | $57,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Elderhouse Inc | Norwalk, CT | $56,150 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Buckley Institute Inc | New Haven, CT | $56,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Women in Sports and Events Inc | New York, NY | $56,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Operation Hope of Fairfield Inc | Fairfield, CT | $55,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Make the Road States Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mutual Housing Association of Southwestern Connecticut Inc | Trumbull, CT | $55,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| National Audubon Society Inc | New York, NY | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| National Network of Abortion Funds | Beaverton, OR | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Serving All Vessels Equally | Norwalk, CT | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| St Lukes Episcopal Church | Newtown, PA | $54,824 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| St Marys Food Bank Alliance | Phoenix, AZ | $53,954 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Housing Development Fund Inc | Stamford, CT | $52,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Luke's Parish | Darien, CT | $52,392 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ohio State University Foundation | Columbus, OH | $52,311 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Wpkn Incorporated | Bridgeport, CT | $50,906 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Friends of Silversource Inc | Stamford, CT | $50,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Arts Connection Inc | New York, NY | $50,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| 50CAN Inc | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| American Jewish Committee | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Billie Jean King Foundation | Randolph, NJ | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bob Woodruff Family Foundation Inc | Long Island City, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
370 of 773 (48%) received money in more than one year over the 3 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
It also reported 3 groups of grants to individuals -- scholarships, emergency assistance and similar. Schedule I reports these by category with a headcount and never by name, so there is nothing here we could publish about the recipients even if we wanted to.
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 623 of 773 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 | 449 | $21.7M | $20,000 |
| 2022 | 457 | $22.7M | $20,000 |
| 2023 | 445 | $23.5M | $20,000 |
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
54% 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
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are the strongest signal available 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 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 $20,000 -- 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 Fairfield County's Community Foundation's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 3 returns (tax years 2021-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 445 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 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: 40 Richards Avenue, Norwalk, CT, 06854.
EIN 06-1083893 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
This is history, not an open call. Form 990 is published about a year after the tax year it covers. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this organization has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next.
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