Connecticut · Private foundation
Adams Family Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $412k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $125,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 14
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations Adams Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 13 | $412k | 15% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $311k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $397k | 11% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $303k | 10% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $371k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $209k | 18% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $238k | 21% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $187k | 36% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Science History Institute | $635,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Friends Central School Corporation | $300,000 | 6 | n/a |
| American Museum of Natural History | $229,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Museum of Modern Art | $205,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Netherland-America Foundation Inc | $163,644 | 9 | 1% |
| University of Saint Joseph | $160,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Juntos y Unidos por Puerto Rico Inc | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Comunidad Hispana de Wallingford | $32,500 | 2 | 7% |
| Goodwin University Inc | $27,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Goodwin Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Science History Institute | $635,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Friends Central School Corporation | $300,000 | 6 | n/a |
| American Museum of Natural History | $229,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Museum of Modern Art | $205,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Netherland-America Foundation Inc | $163,644 | 9 | 1% |
| University of Saint Joseph | $160,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Juntos y Unidos por Puerto Rico Inc | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Comunidad Hispana de Wallingford | $32,500 | 2 | 7% |
| Goodwin University Inc | $27,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Goodwin Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Mory's Preservation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| East Haven Fall Festival Inc | $20,160 | 5 | 5% |
| The Connecticut Forum Inc | $16,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Partnership for Strong Communities | $16,150 | 4 | 0% |
| The Hometown Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Farm Aid Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The Mory's Association Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Girl Scouts of Connecticut Inc | $4,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| American Liver Foundation | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Town of Branford | $500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($765k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Adams Family Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
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How this is measured
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About Adams Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Adams Family Foundation Inc give?
- Adams Family Foundation Inc reported 13 grants totaling $411,800 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Adams Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (38%), Science & Tech (23%), Arts & Culture (17%).
- Who are Adams Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Science History Institute ($635k), Friends Central School Corporation ($300k), American Museum of Natural History ($230k).
- Does Adams Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Adams Family Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Adams Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Farmington Bank Community Foundation Inc, Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, Liberty Bank Foundation Inc.
- Where is Adams Family Foundation Inc based?
- Adams Family Foundation Inc is based in CT.
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