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Albert and Helen Meserve Mem Fund

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$215k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
48
Grants FY2025
40
Organizations funded FY2024
55%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$3,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$20,000
Organizations funded a year
19 to 72
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
8
Total assets, FY2025
$3.7M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 55% of the organizations Albert and Helen Meserve Mem Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 51% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 49% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $101k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureHealthFood & NutritionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving37$210k30%
FY202440$198k55%
FY202351$212k55%
FY202272$153k81%
FY202125$92k56%
FY202019$90kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$421kHealth$210kHuman Services$131kFood & Nutrition$89kYouth Development$43kArts & Culture$39kCrime & Legal$36kPublic Safety & Disaster$33kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
VT
NH
WI
NY
MA
WY
OH
PA
CT
RI
CA
MD
NC
DC
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Albert and Helen Meserve Mem Fund by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Anns Place Inc$70,00061%
Catholic Charities of Fairfield County Inc$53,00060%
The Center For Empowerment And Education Inc$39,50041%
Family and Children's Aid Inc$32,50050%
Connecticut Foodshare Inc$30,00030%
Hillside Food Outreach Inc$25,00031%
Danbury Youth Services$19,50041%
Meals on Wheels of Ridgefield Inc$18,00051%
Filling in the Blanks Inc$16,00020%
Danbury Police Activities League Inc$15,00031%
Rides for Ridgefield Inc$14,00055%
Founders Hall Foundation Inc$13,50041%
Danbury Music Centre$13,00041%
Little Britches Therapeutic Riding Inc$12,75041%
Danbury Grassroots Academy Inc$12,50021%
Danbury School & Business Collaborative$12,00044%
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Inc$11,67040%
Connecticut Association for Human Services Inc$11,00030%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$10,00010%
Arts for Learning Connecticut$10,00050%
Brookfield Craft Center Inc$9,00031%
The Wheels Program of Greater New Milford Inc$9,00034%
Easter Seal Rehabilitation Center of Greater Waterbury Inc$9,00030%
Trustees of Boston University$6,52020%
Regional Young Men's Christian Association of Western Connecticut Inc$6,00010%
Girl Scouts of Connecticut Inc$6,00020%
Gordon College$5,50020%
Worcester Polytechnic Institute$5,50020%
Stonehill College Inc$5,50020%
Skidmore College$5,50020%
The Children's Center of New Milford Inc$5,00010%
United Way of Coastal and Western Connecticut Inc$5,00010%
Newtown Youth & Family Services Inc$4,25010%
Association of Religious Communities Inc$4,00011%
Western Connecticut Assoc for Human Rights INC$4,00015%
Northeastern University$3,50010%
Marist University$3,50020%
Musicals at Richter Inc$3,20014%
Trustees of Tufts College$3,00010%
Assumption University$3,00010%
Barry University Inc$3,00010%
Bethel Land Trust Inc$3,0001n/a
Sacred Heart University Incorporated$3,00010%
The Trustees of the Smith College$3,00010%
Gettysburg College$2,52510%
Act of Connecticut$2,50010%
Special Olympics Connecticut Inc$2,50010%
The Tommy Fund Inc$2,00011%
Literacy Volunteers on the Green$2,00011%
The Tiny Miracles Foundation Inc$2,00010%
Babson College$1,75510%
Pace University$1,75010%
University of New Haven$1,75010%
Renewal House Inc$1,50011%
Trustees of Boston College$1,40010%
American International College$1,40010%
Rhode Island School of Design$1,40010%
Franklin & Marshall College$1,40010%
Ridgefield Historical Society Inc$1,00011%
The Catholic University of America$1,00010%
Milwaukee School of Engineering$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 91 recipients with no EIN on record ($370k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Albert and Helen Meserve Mem Fund supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAnns Place Inc: $70,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetCatholic Charities of Fairfield County Inc: $53,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetThe Center For Empowerment And Education Inc: $39,500 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetFamily and Children's Aid Inc: $32,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetConnecticut Foodshare Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHillside Food Outreach Inc: $25,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetDanbury Youth Services: $19,500 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetMeals on Wheels of Ridgefield Inc: $18,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetFilling in the Blanks Inc: $16,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetDanbury Police Activities League Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetRides for Ridgefield Inc: $14,000 over 5y, 5.3% of budgetFounders Hall Foundation Inc: $13,500 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetDanbury Music Centre: $13,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetLittle Britches Therapeutic Riding Inc: $12,750 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetDanbury Grassroots Academy Inc: $12,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetDanbury School & Business Collaborative: $12,000 over 4y, 4.0% of budgetEmbry-Riddle Aeronautical University Inc: $11,670 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetConnecticut Association for Human Services Inc: $11,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArts for Learning Connecticut: $10,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetBrookfield Craft Center Inc: $9,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetThe Wheels Program of Greater New Milford Inc: $9,000 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetEaster Seal Rehabilitation Center of Greater Waterbury Inc: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Boston University: $6,520 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRegional Young Men's Christian Association of Western Connecticut Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGirl Scouts of Connecticut Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGordon College: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWorcester Polytechnic Institute: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetStonehill College Inc: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSkidmore College: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Children's Center of New Milford Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUnited Way of Coastal and Western Connecticut Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNewtown Youth & Family Services Inc: $4,250 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAssociation of Religious Communities Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetWestern Connecticut Assoc for Human Rights INC: $4,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetNortheastern University: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMarist University: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMusicals at Richter Inc: $3,200 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetTrustees of Tufts College: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAssumption University: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBarry University Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSacred Heart University Incorporated: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Trustees of the Smith College: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGettysburg College: $2,525 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAct of Connecticut: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSpecial Olympics Connecticut Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Tommy Fund Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetLiteracy Volunteers on the Green: $2,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 60.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Savings Bank of Danbury Foundation IncCT51.4× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Savings Bank of Danbury Foundation Inc · Union Savings Bank Foundation Inc · Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · The Connecticut Community Foundation · Ridgefield Thrift Shop Inc · Newtown Savings Bank Foundation Inc · The Near and Far Association Inc · The Pitney Bowes Foundation · Eversource Energy Foundation Inc · Robert G and Marguerite M Derx Foundation · The Ellen Knowles Harcourt Foundation · Synchrony Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Albert and Helen Meserve Mem Fund

How much does Albert and Helen Meserve Mem Fund give?
Albert and Helen Meserve Mem Fund reported 48 grants totaling $215,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 72 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does Albert and Helen Meserve Mem Fund fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (37%), Health (19%), Human Services (12%).
Who are Albert and Helen Meserve Mem Fund's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Anns Place Inc ($70k), Catholic Charities of Fairfield County Inc ($53k), The Center For Empowerment And Education Inc ($40k).
Does Albert and Helen Meserve Mem Fund fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 55% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Albert and Helen Meserve Mem Fund accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Albert and Helen Meserve Mem Fund?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Savings Bank of Danbury Foundation Inc, Union Savings Bank Foundation Inc, Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc.
Where is Albert and Helen Meserve Mem Fund based?
Albert and Helen Meserve Mem Fund is based in MO.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 154 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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