Sustainable Ct Inc
Bozrah, CT · EIN 82-4894473. Reported 139 grants totalling $1,154,029 to 95 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 Sustainable Ct Inc, the IRS classifies it under education rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE B99) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 95 distinct organizations, with 8% 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. 22% 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 $7,500. Half of what it reported fell between $7,500 and $7,500; the smallest was $5,265 and the largest $37,500. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Riseup Group Inc | Hartford, CT | $88,469 | 12 | 3 | 2024 |
| Benincasa Community Inc | Guilford, CT | $46,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ptsa Connecticut Congress | Fairfield, CT | $37,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Town of Branford -Dan Cosgrove Anim | Branford, CT | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Tucker Memorial Fund | Fairfield, CT | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut | New London, CT | $28,778 | 4 | 1 | 2021 |
| City Lights & Company | Bridgeport, CT | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Earthplace the Nature Discovery Center Inc | Westport, CT | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| East Lyme Giving Garden | East Lyme, CT | $22,500 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Everyone Outside | Durham, CT | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Voice of Art Inc | Millerton, NY | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Levo International Inc | Bloomfield, CT | $22,330 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| New Haven Coalition for Active Transportation | New Haven, CT | $22,110 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Sustainable Essex Deep River and Chester | Chester, CT | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| United Methodist Church | Hartford, CT | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chicks Ahoy Farm | Bloomfield, CT | $16,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Bruce Museum Inc | Greenwich, CT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Foundation of Middlesex County Inc | Middletown, CT | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Evergreen Family Theatre | Enfield, CT | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Farmington Land Trust | Farmington, CT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Free Center Inc | Hartford, CT | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Garden Club of Windham | Willimantic, CT | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Iquilt Partnership Inc | Hartford, CT | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Massaro Community Farm Inc | Woodbridge, CT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Real Food Ct Inc | Newtown, CT | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Times Fool Company | Wethersfield, CT | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| West Hartford All Sports Council Inc | West Hartford, CT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Westville Community Nursery School Inc | New Haven, CT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| First Night Hartford Inc | Hartford, CT | $14,451 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Clean Energy Task Force Cheer Prog | Middletown, CT | $10,313 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Adamah Farm | Falls Village, CT | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Click Inc | Windham, CT | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Connecticut Resource Conservation and Development Area Inc | Haddam, CT | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Havens Harvest Inc | New Haven, CT | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New Haven Ecology Project Inc | New Haven, CT | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sustainable Suffield | Suffield, CT | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Arts Council of Greater New Haven Inc | New Haven, CT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Artswestct | West Haven, CT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Avalonia Land Conservancy Inc | Ledyard, CT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bike Mansfield | Storrs Manfld, CT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bike Stonington | Mystic, CT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Breakfast Lunch & Dinner | Hartford, CT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Castle Church Inc | Norwich, CT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Charter Oak Temple Restoration Association Inc | Hartford, CT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| City of Stamford | Stamford, CT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Coalition for a Sustainable Cheshire Inc | Cheshire, CT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community Renewal Team Inc | Hartford, CT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Connecticut Citizen Research Group Inc | Hartford, CT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County Inc | Norwalk, CT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| East Lyme High School | East Lyme, CT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Eco Evolution | Fairfield, CT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ellington Farmers Market | Ellington, CT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Falls Village Community Development | Falls Village, CT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Falls Village Housing Trust Inc | Falls Village, CT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gaian Way Inc | Middletown, CT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Grace Lutheran Church | Hartford, CT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Greenwich Audubon Center | Greenwich, CT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Greenwich Botanical Center Inc | Cos Cob, CT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Groundwork Bridgeport Inc | Bridgeport, CT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Klassy Katz Elite Dance Team Inc | Bloomfield, CT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Litchfield Arts Council | Litchfield, CT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Litchfield Land Trust Inc | Litchfield, CT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lyme Old Lyme Food Share Garden Inc | South Lyme, CT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Oxford Main Street Project Corporation | Oxford, CT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Park City Compost Initiative Inc | Bridgeport, CT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Planet New Canaan Inc | New Canaan, CT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pollinator Pathway Inc | Wilton, CT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ptsa Connecticut Inc | Southport, CT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Q Plus- Queer Youth Program of Connecticut Inc | West Hartford, CT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rainbow Recycling | New Haven, CT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Reset | Hartford, CT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rough Edges Arts Productions | Windsor, CT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Solar Youth Inc | New Haven, CT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Solar Youth Inc | New Haven, CT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Madison Foundation Inc | Madison, CT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Town of New Milford | New Milford, CT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Town of Vernon | Vernon, CT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Town of Woodbridge | Woodbridge, CT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ur Community Cares Inc | Manchester, CT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wilton Go Green | Wilton, CT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Yoga in Our City | Hartford, CT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Youth Conservation Corps | Oxford, CT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Make the Road Connecticut | Hartford, CT | $7,125 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bushnell Park Foundation Inc | Hartford, CT | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Community Solutions International Inc | New York, NY | $6,605 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New Haven-Urban Resources Initiative Inc | New Haven, CT | $6,300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Keney Park Sustainability Project Inc | Windsor, CT | $6,200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New London Trees Inc | New London, CT | $6,200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Town of Enfield | Enfield, CT | $6,025 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Educate to Change Inc | Middletown, CT | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mill River Watershed Association of South Central Ct Inc | New Haven, CT | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sustainable Southbury | Southbury, CT | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| West Hartford Art League Inc | West Hartford, CT | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Middletown Public Schools | Middletown, CT | $5,358 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Aknew | Manchester, CT | $5,265 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
20 of 95 (21%) 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 kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 56 of 95 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 | 52 | $402,906 | $7,500 |
| 2022 | 23 | $187,500 | $7,500 |
| 2023 | 39 | $370,858 | $7,500 |
| 2024 | 25 | $192,765 | $7,500 |
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
97% 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.
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 $7,500 -- 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.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Sustainable Ct Inc'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 20 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 31 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: Po Box 107, Bozrah, CT, 06334.
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