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Women's Business Development Council

Stamford, CT · EIN 06-1493737. Reported 943 grants totalling $14.8M to 893 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.

893organizations funded
$10,000median reported grant
$14.8Mgranted, 2021-2024
4%of grantees funded again the next year
1%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:

  1. What kind of organization it is. For Women's Business Development Council, the IRS classifies it under education rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE B90) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
  2. How spread out its giving is. 893 distinct organizations, with 1% 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.
  3. How much its list changes. 4% 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 $10,000. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $5,028 and the largest $47,000. 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.
$5,000 - $10,000
190 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
444 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
309 grants

5 of those grants were non-cash -- goods, property or services worth $31,107 in total. In-kind giving is real support but it is not a cheque.

Every organization it funded

All 893 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.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Baby Beluga Family Daycare IncNorwalk, CT$97,000322024
Watch Me Grow DaycareStamford, CT$68,000322023
Divino Nino Daycare CorpWaterbury, CT$55,000222024
Little Lambs Family Child CareDanbury, CT$55,000222024
Smartly Fun LLCShelton, CT$55,000222023
Central Connecticut Coast Young Mens Christian Association IncNew Haven, CT$50,000212024
First Congregational Church in BloomfieldBloomfield, CT$50,000222023
Maria Sabla Wellness StudioNewtown, CT$50,000212024
The Kid's Connection II IncEast Haven, CT$50,000222023
Rise & Shine Day Care LLCHartford, CT$49,488212022
Brigida Mendieta Dbacaritas FelicesBethel, CT$49,225222024
Connecticut Friends School CorporationWilton, CT$48,000222024
Cottontails Daycare LLCStamford, CT$45,000222024
Happy Little Faces LLCHartford, CT$44,500212022
Play Smart LLCWeston, CT$44,500222023
Miss Merry Macs Educational DaycareTolland, CT$44,380222024
Family Daycare Mundo De JugeteWest Haven, CT$40,150222024
Creative Hearts Learning AcademyBloomfield, CT$40,000212022
Ray's of Sunshine Childcare Center LLCWaterbury, CT$38,513322024
Kiddie Care Learning CenterNorth Haven, CT$37,600222023
Colchester Alternative School-Age Total Learning Experience IncColchester, CT$35,630112022
Family Eyecare of Orange PcOrange, CT$35,000222024
Ferrari's ApplianceNaugatuck, CT$35,000212024
Leaps & Bones LLCSouth Windsor, CT$35,000222024
String Theory School of MusicNew London, CT$35,000222024
Sunset Farm Ct LLCNaugatuck, CT$35,000222024
Centrality Physical Therapy & Wellness PcGuilford, CT$34,998222024
K Colorful Daycare LLCBridgeport, CT$33,950222024
Bright Beginnings of Fairfield LLCFairfield, CT$32,500212022
Tammy Maslauskas DaycareNewington, CT$32,500112022
Creative Kids DaycareTorrington, CT$32,030322023
Kids Time and KareEnfield, CT$32,000112022
Stamford Museum and Nature Center IncorporatedStamford, CT$31,533212024
Loving Start Daycare LLCSterling, CT$31,000322023
Beginner Steps Daycare LLCStamford, CT$30,887212022
K Colorful Daycare #2 LLCBridgeport, CT$30,768222024
The Learning Barn Childcare Ctr and PrescNaugatuck, CT$30,678212023
Country Kids Childcare & Early LearningPutnam, CT$30,539222023
Angela PenaStamford, CT$30,000112022
Creative MeHaven, CT$30,000112022
Ernestine McgeeHaven, CT$30,000112022
Hope Preschool LLCDeep River, CT$30,000222024
Jacqueline Rodriguez Day Care LLCWaterbury, CT$30,000112022
Nay's Little Rascals Pre-SchoolStratford, CT$30,000112022
Newtown Tots DaycareHook, CT$30,000112022
Querubines Home DaycareHartford, CT$30,000112022
Rainbow Kids ConnectionHaven, CT$30,000112022
Smart Kids Day Care Center LLCStamford, CT$30,000112022
The Little Log School HouseCity, CT$30,000112022
Trusted Care LLCHaven, CT$30,000112022
Shelta WilsonHaven, CT$29,000112022
Angela's Family DaycareBridgeport, CT$28,500222024
Happy House Day Care LLCHartford, CT$27,000112022
Kids Paradise Daycare LLCWaterbury, CT$25,380222024
188 Office Park LLCMonroe, CT$25,000112024
441 Roosevelt LLCDerby, CT$25,000112024
569 Rubber Ave LLCNaugatuck, CT$25,000112024
59 Rubber Ave LLCNaugatuck, CT$25,000112024
67 Family DinerSeymour, CT$25,000112024
A Little More Space Stevenson LLCEaston, CT$25,000112024
A New Beginning IncBethel, CT$25,000112024
A Step Above Childcare LLCBloomfield, CT$25,000112023
A&e Management LLCNaugatuck, CT$25,000112024
A1 Pools & Spa CorporationOxford, CT$25,000112024
Aa Restaurant Group IncStamford, CT$25,000112024
Academy of Art and Learning Childcare CtrVernon, CT$25,000112022
Acog LLCOxford, CT$25,000112024
Ad Lines EurogroupMonroe, CT$25,000112024
Affinity Real EstateNewtown, CT$25,000112024
Affordable Auto Body LLCOakville, CT$25,000112024
Ahnaf Enterprise LLCMonroe, CT$25,000112024
Ajam EnterprisesNaugatuck, CT$25,000112024
Alarms By Precision LLCMonroe, CT$25,000112024
Allan J GolabekBethel, CT$25,000112024
Allen DesrosierPlace Stratford, CT$25,000112024
Alz LLC Dba Oxford House TavernRd Oxford, CT$25,000112024
American Pie LLCMonroe, CT$25,000212024
Amie Loring Horse Training LLCSouthbury, CT$25,000112024
Anthony Mongillo Dba Water St BarbershopNaugatuck, CT$25,000112024
Arc Angels Design LLCBridgeport, CT$25,000112024
Atlantic Steel & Processing LLCWaterbury, CT$25,000112024
Autohaus IncNaugatuck, CT$25,000112024
Azzurro Hd LLCNew York, NY$25,000112024
B Bellaja LLCRidgefield, CT$25,000112024
Babbling Bambinos Childcare LLCGales Ferry, CT$25,000112024
Babies 2 BuddiesBerlin, CT$25,000112023
Bear Hugs Childcare CenterFairfield, CT$25,000112023
Bellissimo RestaurantNaugatuck, CT$25,000112024
Betyar RealtyWilton, CT$25,000112024
Bill JR & Son Septic LLCNewtown, CT$25,000112024
Blossoming Minds III LLCSouthbury, CT$25,000112024
Blue Collar Tree Service LLCOxford, CT$25,000112024
Blue Ocean Spa IncNewtown, CT$25,000112024
Bobby Fritz's Snack Bar LLCOxford, CT$25,000112024
Boostjuice LLC Dba Boost BowlsSquare Bethel, CT$25,000112024
Boys Club & Girls Club of Bridgeport IncBridgeport, CT$25,000112024
Briarpatch Enterprises IncStonington, CT$25,000112024
Brookside Inn RestaurantOxford, CT$25,000112024
Brushy Hill FarmSouthbury, CT$25,000112024
Bs Machine Cia LLCBethel, CT$25,000112024
Bullet Properties LLCWatertown, CT$25,000112024
Burlington Academy of Learning LLCNorthford, CT$25,000112023
Candido Associates LLCSouthbury, CT$25,000112024
Carmin R TurcoSouthbury, CT$25,000112024
Casey's TavernAve Stamford, CT$25,000112024
Cast Iron Chef Pizza and BarSeymour, CT$25,000112024
Catch a Turtle LLCTurnpike Monroe, CT$25,000112024
Cathy's House of ChickensSouthbury, CT$25,000112024
Cedar Gables Preschool & ChildcareDanbury, CT$25,000112024
Cemars Closet LLCMiddlebury, CT$25,000112024
Charles Island Oyster FarmMilford, CT$25,000112024
Children's Village SchoolWolcott, CT$25,000112022
Childrens Tree Montessori IncOld Saybrook, CT$25,000112023
Christoforo Farm IncNorth Haven, CT$25,000112024
Chuck's Corner LLCSeymour, CT$25,000112024
City MissionWaterbury, CT$25,000112024
Club Uniao Portuguesa IncNaugatuck, CT$25,000112024
Cnb Seen Upfitting LLCSouthbury, CT$25,000112024
Colliseum Pawn LLCNaugatuck, CT$25,000112024
Conaway Design LLCSandy Hook, CT$25,000112024
Connecticut Forest and Park Association IncorporatedRockfall, CT$25,000112024
Connecticut Propane & Petroleum LLCMarlborough, CT$25,000112024
Country Card Corner LtdSeymour, CT$25,000112024
Cradles to Crayons IncMoodus, CT$25,000112024
Creative Starts Learning CenterOxford, CT$25,000112024
D'amico AssociatesOxford, CT$25,000112024
David W CauchonOxford, CT$25,000112024
DavisNaugatuck, CT$25,000112024
Deemar Properties LLCNaugatuck, CT$25,000112024
Desantis FarmMiddlebury, CT$25,000112024
Dietrich Gardens Dba the GardenNorth Woodbury, CT$25,000112024
Dock 34 LLCSeymour, CT$25,000112024
Dorothy T ValleeOxford, CT$25,000112024
Drinb CorporationBethel, CT$25,000112024
Edgewood Academy LLCStamford, CT$25,000112022
Essex Pre-School LtdEssex, CT$25,000112024
First Oxford House LLCOxford, CT$25,000112024
Foundations for Learning LLCGlastonbury, CT$25,000112023
Framed By Kosal LLCMonroe, CT$25,000112024
Fresh Green LightWilton, CT$25,000112024
Friends Center for Children IncNew Haven, CT$25,000112022
Friends of the Norwalk River Valley Trail IncGeorgetown, CT$25,000112024
Galbo Provisions IncTurnpike Monroe, CT$25,000112024
Gazy Brother's FarmSeymour, CT$25,000112024
Georgetown Arts & Cultural CenterRedding, CT$25,000112024
Glenbrook Learning Center LLCStamford, CT$25,000112022
Global Hill Construction Corporation CtMonroe, CT$25,000112024
Gobinds Cooks Nook LLCWilton, CT$25,000112024
Gowans Knight Co IncWatertown, CT$25,000112024
Grandma School Mp LLCStamford, CT$25,000112023
Greene Music Works IncNewtown, CT$25,000112024
Growing Seeds Academy LLCBrookfield, CT$25,000112024
Guardians Farm LLCNaugatuck, CT$25,000112024
Haberfeld Enterprisees LLCBristol, CT$25,000112024
Happy Hearts Day CareNaugatuck, CT$25,000112024
Heather a NelsonBristol, CT$25,000112022
Hirnay Corporation Dba Quality Inn & SuitDanbury, CT$25,000112024
Hometown Fuel LLCNewtown, CT$25,000112024
Housatonic Railroad Company IncOld Lyme, CT$25,000112024
Inky Dinky Worldwide IncRedding, CT$25,000112024
Italian Center of Stamford IncStamford, CT$25,000112022
Jai ShivOxford, CT$25,000112024
Jehovah Jireh Family Daycare LLCWaterbury, CT$25,000112023
Jennifer G Jose MD LLCStamford, CT$25,000112024
Jennifer SuarezManchester, CT$25,000112022
Jessie Jiang New York IncTrumbull, CT$25,000112024
John Allen Co Inc Dba Allens Plumbing SupSeymour, CT$25,000112024
Just a Helping Hand LLCStamford, CT$25,000112024
K J's Eagles Nest Learning CenterWaterbury, CT$25,000112024
Kcc Textiles LLCSoutbury, CT$25,000112024
Keepup IncMonroe, CT$25,000112024
Kiddie City LLCHartford, CT$25,000112023
Kiddie Cove Family DaycareWest Haven, CT$25,000112024
Kiddie Tech University LLCWest Haven, CT$25,000112023
Kids in Action LLCNew Milford, CT$25,000112024
Kids Playroom LLCNorwalk, CT$25,000112023
Klarides Family Associates LLCSeymour, CT$25,000112024
Km Urso & Company LLCSandy Hook, CT$25,000112024
Knights Rentals LLCWatertown, CT$25,000112024
Kozlowski LLCSouthbury, CT$25,000112024
La Terraza Mexican GrillOxford, CT$25,000112024
Lakeside Wine & LiquorMonroe, CT$25,000112024
Lakeview Outdoor Adventures LLCSandy Hook, CT$25,000112024
Lauren CustGoshen, CT$25,000112024
Lemon Group LLCGreen Oxford, CT$25,000112024
Leonard Yopchick Dba the Ups StoreVillage Seymour, CT$25,000112024
Little Blessings Christian Childcare Center IncGuilford, CT$25,000112023
Little Garden DaycareNew Britain, CT$25,000112023
Little Miss Sunshine Home DaycareBridgeport, CT$25,000112023
Little People Unlimited IncHebron, CT$25,000112023
Little Rainbow Bridgeport LLCBridgeport, CT$25,000112023
Loring Farms LLCOxford, CT$25,000112024
Lorry's Butterfuly Garden Family Home DcrWaterbury, CT$25,000112023
Maisto's Party PlusWolcott, CT$25,000112024
Mama Bear Cubby Care LLCHamden, CT$25,000112023
Manuel V Preta and Ilda S PretaNaugatuck, CT$25,000112024
Maple Street Properties LLCNaugatuck, CT$25,000112024
Marcia Selden Custom CateringStamford, CT$25,000112024
Massaro Co LLCOakville, CT$25,000112024
Mhgn LLCDanbury, CT$25,000112024
Misiti LLCNewtown, CT$25,000112024
Mj BankSeymour, CT$25,000112024
Monahan's Floor Covering LLCNaugatuck, CT$25,000112024
Nancy's Home Daycare LLCDanbury, CT$25,000112023
Nardelli's Sandwich Shop Plus LLCNaugatuck, CT$25,000112024
Nashclean Operations LLCCincinnati, OH$25,000112024
National Audubon Society IncNew York, NY$25,000112024
Naugatuck Ambulance IncNaugatuck, CT$25,000112024
Naugatuck Family Chiropractic LLCNaugatuck, CT$25,000112024
Naugatuck Properties Group LLCNewtown, CT$25,000112024
Ndreu Properties LLCWaterbury, CT$25,000112024
Neno Clips 2 LLCSouthbury, CT$25,000112024
Netpets IncSouthbury, CT$25,000112024
New Horizons Stone LLCMonroe, CT$25,000112024
Newbury Place 20 LLCSouthbury, CT$25,000112024
Newton Post 1607 Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United StatesSouthbury, CT$25,000112024
Newtown Blue Nail & Spa IncNewtown, CT$25,000112024
Nieves Hospitality LLC Dba Food TrucksOxford, CT$25,000112024
Norm Bloom & Son LLCPlace Norwalk, CT$25,000112024
Norman W PludeSeymour, CT$25,000112024
North Stonington's Early LearningNorth Stonington, CT$25,000112023
Nu-Look Hair SalonOxford, CT$25,000112024
Olde Sawmill Miniature GolfgrillNorth Port, FL$25,000112024
Overbrook Associates LLCRedding, CT$25,000112024
Oxford Axe ThrowingOxford, CT$25,000112024
Oxford LandscapingOxford, CT$25,000112024
Paradise DaycareWaterbury, CT$25,000112023
Park Ridge FarmSouthbury, CT$25,000112024
Parsell's Auto Service LLCSouthbury, CT$25,000112024
Pereira Holdings Inc Dba New Farifield BrNew Fairfield, CT$25,000112023
Pilgrim Towers IncNorwalk, CT$25,000112024
Pitt-Conn Holdings LLCOxford, CT$25,000112024
Pje Enterprises LLCMonroe, CT$25,000112024
Planet Pizza on Main LLCNorwalk, CT$25,000112024
Play to Learn Childcare LLCStamford, CT$25,000112022
Precious Memories Place IncMystic, CT$25,000112024
Precious Moments Day CareMeriden, CT$25,000112024
Pure Platinum a Hair StudioOxford, CT$25,000112024
Quarry Coffee CoOxford, CT$25,000112024
R Kids IncNew Haven, CT$25,000112024
Raquel SabogalHartford, CT$25,000112022
Redding Country Club LLCRedding, CT$25,000112024
Rein 2Danbury, CT$25,000112024
Roco Group 2 LLCSouthbury, CT$25,000112024
Rowledge Pond Aquaculture LLCSandy Hook, CT$25,000112024
S'elohssas Cafe LLCNaugatuck, CT$25,000112024
Salem Wood ShopNaugatuck, CT$25,000112024
Sandy's Excavating LLCMonroe, CT$25,000112024
SC59 Intestments LLCRidgefield, CT$25,000112024
See US Grow Childcare & Learning CenterBranford, CT$25,000112022

31 of 893 (3%) 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.

What kind of organizations it funds

By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 29 of 893 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.

Human Services
10 orgs
Education
6 orgs
Environment
3 orgs
Arts & Culture
2 orgs
Youth Development
1 org
Recreation & Sports
1 org
Public Safety & Disaster Relief
1 org
Animal Welfare
1 org

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants reportedTotalMedian grant
202186$828,875$10,000
2022189$2,802,959$10,000
2023198$2,576,129$10,000
2024470$8,558,513$23,157

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

99% 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.

Connecticut
$13.8M
New York
$67K
Ohio
$25K
Florida
$25K
North Carolina
$10K

Down to the city

Waterbury, CT
$842K
Stamford, CT
$747K
Naugatuck, CT
$717K
Oxford, CT
$706K
Southbury, CT
$581K
Seymour, CT
$523K

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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.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund14 shared recipientsThe Community Foundation for Greater New10 shared recipientsLocal Initiatives Support Corporation10 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc7 shared recipientsFairfield County's Community Foundation6 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc6 shared recipients

How to approach this grantmaker

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Connecticut.
  4. 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 Women's Business Development Council'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.

Address of record on the latest return: 184 Bedford Street, Stamford, CT, 06901.

EIN 06-1493737 · 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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