The Petit Family Foundation Inc
Plainville, CT · EIN 26-0627813. Reported 178 grants totalling $2,543,426 to 93 organizations across tax years 2020-2023, 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 The Petit Family Foundation Inc, the IRS classifies it as a community foundation (NTEE T31).
- How spread out its giving is. 93 distinct organizations, with 18% 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. 64% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 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 $10,000. Half of what it reported fell between $7,500 and $10,670; the smallest was $5,250 and the largest $189,785. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donations to Public Charities | $451,437 | 3 | 3 | 2023 | |
| Prudence Crandall Center Inc | New Britain, CT | $120,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| United States Space Foundation | Colorado Spgs, CO | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Connecticut Childrens Foundation Inc | Hartford, CT | $79,309 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Connecticut Science Center Inc | Hartford, CT | $75,076 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Hartford Interval House Inc | Hartford, CT | $70,682 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Hospital for Special Care Foundation Inc | New Britain, CT | $66,667 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Connecticut Invention Convention Inc | Hartford, CT | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| University of Connecticut Foundation Incorporated | Storrs, CT | $52,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Center for Family Justice Inc | Bridgeport, CT | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Connecticut Inc | Hartford, CT | $47,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Connecticut Zoological Society Inc | Bridgeport, CT | $45,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Jane Doe No More | Naugatuck, CT | $40,670 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Boys & Girls Club and Family Center of Bristol Inc | Bristol, CT | $40,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence | Middletown, CT | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Jackson Laboratory | Bar Harbor, ME | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Leaps of Faith Water Ski Club | Sandy Hook, CT | $35,897 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Leadership Education and Athletics in Partnership Inc | New Haven, CT | $35,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Community Mental Health Affiliates Inc | New Britain, CT | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Inspirica Inc | Stamford, CT | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Network Against Domestic Abuse Inc | Enfield, CT | $33,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Domestic Violence Crisis Center | Stamford, CT | $32,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Als United Connecticut Inc | Stratford, CT | $31,600 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Greater New Britain Teen Pregnancy Prevention Inc | New Britain, CT | $30,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Rowan Center Inc | Stamford, CT | $30,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Susan B Anthony Project Inc | Torrington, CT | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Connecticut Alliance for Victims of Violence and Their Families | West Hartford, CT | $27,700 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Livfree Inc | Trumbull, CT | $27,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Girl Scouts of Connecticut Inc | North Haven, CT | $26,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Meriden-New Britain-Berlin Young Mens Christian Association Inc | Meriden, CT | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Consolidated School District of Nb Nb Academy of Health Professionals | New Britain, CT | $24,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Survivors of Homicide Inc | Wethersfield, CT | $24,148 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Klingberg Family Centers Foundation Inc | New Britain, CT | $23,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Girls Inc of the Valley | Holyoke, MA | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Womens Mentoring Network Inc | Stamford, CT | $21,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Circle of Care for Families With Cancer | Wilton, CT | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Family Centers Inc | Greenwich, CT | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| The Denise D Ascenzo Foundation Inc | Branford, CT | $18,700 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| New Horizons Inc | Farmington, CT | $18,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Sandy Hook Promise Foundation | Newtown, CT | $18,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Sea Research Foundation Inc | Mystic, CT | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| YWCA Hartford Region Inc | Hartford, CT | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cove Center for Grieving Children Inc | Cheshire, CT | $17,250 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Camp Courant Incorporated | Farmington, CT | $16,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Safe Futures Inc | New London, CT | $16,250 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Horizons Inc | South Windham, CT | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| New Britain Youth Museum & Hungerford Nature Center | New Britain, CT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Healing Meals Foundation Corporation | Bloomfield, CT | $14,085 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Mystic Seaport Museum Inc | Mystic, CT | $13,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Applied Behavioral Rehabilitation Institute Inc | Bridgeport, CT | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ccarc Inc | New Britain, CT | $11,906 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Plainville Community Schools | Plainville, CT | $11,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Cheshire Community Food Pantry Inc | Cheshire, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Childrens Museum Inc | Simsbury, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Community Foundation of Greater New Britain Inc | New Britain, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Connecticut Community Empowerment Foundation Inc | Cheshire, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Connecticut Harm Reduction Alliance Inc | Hartford, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Experiential STEM Company | Shelton, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Feeding Families Foundation Inc | North Haven, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hartford Promise Inc | Hartford, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Intercommunity Foundation Inc | East Hartford, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Malta House of Care Inc | Hartford, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Reach Foundation | Farmington, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tiny Miracles Foundation | Darien, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wakeman Boys and Girls Club Corporation | Bridgeport, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hall Neighborhood House Inc | Bridgeport, CT | $9,917 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bridgeport Hospital Foundation Inc | Bridgeport, CT | $9,285 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Young Mens Christian Assoc of Greenwich | Greenwich, CT | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Gus Robotics Team Inc | Meriden, CT | $8,961 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jordan Porco Foundation | Wethersfield, CT | $8,876 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Children in Placement Connecticut Inc | New Haven, CT | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| First Choice Health Centers Inc | East Hartford, CT | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Girls With Impact Inc | Greenwich, CT | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Center for Empowerment and Education Inc | Danbury, CT | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Young Womens Christian Association New Britain | New Britain, CT | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mceivr Inc | Hartford, CT | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Connecticut Audubon Society Incorporated | Fairfield, CT | $7,760 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Serving All Vessels Equally | Norwalk, CT | $7,750 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Area Cooperative Educational Services | New Haven, CT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bridgeport Hospital | Bridgeport, CT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Childrens Law Center Inc | Hartford, CT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Connecticut CASA Association Inc | New Haven, CT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Give Back Yoga Foundation | Boulder, CO | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Madonna Place Inc | Norwich, CT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Young Mens Christian Association of Metropolitan Hartford Inc | Hartford, CT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Connectikids Inc | Hartford, CT | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ct Breast Health Initiative Inc | New Britain, CT | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| R Kids Inc | New Haven, CT | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Housatonic Valley Waldorf School Association Inc | Newtown, CT | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Saturday Academy | Norwalk, CT | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Village for Families & Children Inc | Hartford, CT | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ct STEM Academy Inc | Wallingford, CT | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Selamta Family Project Inc | Lake Placid, FL | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
46 of 93 (49%) 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 69 of 93 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 39 | $552,491 | $10,000 |
| 2021 | 45 | $749,388 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 38 | $488,543 | $8,500 |
| 2023 | 56 | $753,004 | $9,000 |
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
92% 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 $10,000 -- 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 The Petit Family Foundation Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 310, Plainville, CT, 06062.
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