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Albert and Helen Meserve Mem Fund at a glance

· Private foundation

Albert and Helen Meserve Mem Fund

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$215k
Granted FY2025still arriving
48
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% 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
02FY2025 · 48 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k41 grants · $130k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $85k
$3,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$3.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF FAIRFIELD$20,000
REGIONAL HOSPICE AND HOME CARE OF$12,500
ANNS PLACE INC$12,500
CONNECTICUT FOODSHARE$10,000
COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY OF WESTERN CT I$10,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$10,000
HILLSIDE FOOD OUTREACH INC$10,000
FILLING IN THE BLANKS$8,000
FAMILY CHILDRENS AID INC$7,500
DANBURY GRASSROOTS ACADEMY$7,500
DANBURY YOUTH SERVICES INC$5,000
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER FAIRFIELD$5,000
UNITED WAY OF COASTAL AND WESTERN CONNEC$5,000
LAUNDRY LOVE OF GREATER DANBURY$4,000
MEALS ON WHEELS FOR RIDGEFIELD$4,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $144k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 12% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 14%CONNECTICUT ASSOCIATION FOR HUMAN SERVIC: $4k → 11%THE WHEELS PROGRAM OF GREATER NEW: $3k → 9%CONNECTICUT ASSOCIATION FOR HUMAN SERVIC: $4k → 11%THE WHEELS PROGRAM OF GREATER NEW: $3k → 9%THE WHEELS PROGRAM OF GREATER NEW MILFOR: $3k → 9%FILLING IN THE BLANKS: $8k → 9%FILLING IN THE BLANKS: $8k → 9%ANNS PLACE INC: $13k → 9%ANN'S PLACE INC: $13k → 9%ANNS PLACE INC: $10k → 9%ANNS PLACE INC: $10k → 9%FAMILY & CHILDRENS AID INC: $8k → 9%FAMILY & CHILDRENS AID INC: $8k → 9%FAMILY & CHILDREN'S AID INC: $8k → 9%FAMILY & CHILDRENS AID INC: $5k → 9%FAMILY & CHILDRENS AID INC: $5k → 9%ASSOCIATION OF RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN: $4k → 9%NEWTOWN YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES INC: $4k → 9%RIDES FOR RIDGEFIELD INC: $3k → 9%RIDES FOR RIDGEFIELD INC: $3k → 9%RIDES FOR RIDGEFIELD INC: $3k → 9%RIDES FOR RIDGEFIELD INC: $3k → 9%FOUNDERS HALL FOUNDATION INC: $2k → 9%FOUNDERS HALL FOUNDATION INC: $2k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
VT
NH
WI
NY
MA
WY
OH
PA
CT
RI
CA
MD
NC
DC
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$729k · 48 repeat orgs$226k to everyone else

48 repeat relationships: 26 still active in FY2025, 22 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

48
93

Total granted

$729k
$186k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+15%
+18%

Still filing today

58%
26%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureFood & NutritionHealthYouth DevelopmentOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • AP
    ANNS PLACE INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $70k · revenue +75%
  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $53k · revenue +46%
  • FA
    FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S AID INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $33k · revenue +15%

Funded once

  • WC
    WESTERN CONNECTICUT ST UNIV FBO
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +22%
  • RY
    REGIONAL YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WESTERN CONNECTICUT INC
    one grant, 2022 · $6k · revenue +14%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Fairfield University

To establish, organize, maintain and conduct an institution for secondary, undergraduate and graduate education in the state of connecticut, and to perform such other works of education, charity and religion. see schedule o.

Education
2
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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3
Connecticut College

Connecticut college educates students to put the liberal arts into action as citizens of a global society. for additional information, see schedule o.

Education
4
Roger Williams University

At Roger Williams University, students are prepared to be thinkers and doers ready to solve challenging problems with innovative solutions. RWU offers robust offerings of undergraduate, graduate and professional programs across eight…

Education
5
Dean College

Dean college is a private, residential new england college grounded in a culture and tradition that all students deserve the opportunity to discover and exceed their greatest aspirations. a personal and transformative community since 1865,…

Education
6
Quinnipiac University

To build the university of the future with a strategy propelling us from our storied past toward an ambitious, inclusive & innovative future by preparing graduates as enlightened global citizens equipped for the challenges & opportunities…

Education
7
Yale University

To improve the world through research, scholarship, education, preservation, and practice.

Education
8
President and Trustees of Bates College

Bates is a college of the liberal arts and sciences, and is a coeducational, nonsectarian, residential college with special commitments to academic rigor, and to assuring in all of its efforts the dignity of each individual, and access to…

Education
9
Mitchell College

Mitchell college educates students through a highly individualized educational approach that brings forward each student's potential, reveals their strengths, and fosters personal growth.

Education
10
Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education
11
University of Hartford

Dedicated to learning, personal growth, knowledge creation, and the betterment of society. the university engages students in aquiring the knowledge, skills, and values necessary to thrive in and contribute to a pluralistic, complex world.

Education
12
Saint Anselm College

Saint anselm is a catholic, benedictine college providing all of its students a distinctive liberal arts education that incorporates opportunities for professional and career preparation. it does so in a learning community that encourages…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Sacred Heart University Incorporated; the most unlike its peers is Ridgefield Historical Society Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

62 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 62 of the 154 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
61/62
Grantees still filing
44/62
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC: $53,000 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INCThe Center For Empowerment And Education Inc: $39,500 · OtherThe Center For Empowerment And Education IncCONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INC: $30,000 · OtherREGIONAL HOSPICE AND HOME CARE OF W CT: $28,000 · OtherREGIONAL HOSPICE AND HOME CARE OF: $27,500 · OtherREGIONAL HOSPICE AND HOME CARE OF WESTER: $26,000 · OtherJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER FAIRFIELD: $25,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT: $24,770 · OtherWESTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY: $21,770 · OtherAMERICAN RED CROSS: $20,000 · OtherDANBURY YOUTH SERVICES: $19,500 · Other+96 more: $256,240 · Other+96 moreANNS PLACE INC: $70,000 · Human ServicesANNS PLACE INCFAMILY AND CHILDREN'S AID INC: $32,500 · Human ServicesFAMILY AND CHILDREN'S …FILLING IN THE BLANKS INC: $16,000 · Human ServicesFILLING IN THE BLANKS …RIDES FOR RIDGEFIELD INC: $14,000 · Human ServicesRIDES FOR RIDGEFIELD I…Founders Hall Foundation Inc: $13,500 · Human ServicesFounders Hall Foundati…CONNECTICUT ASSOCIATION FOR HUMAN SERVICES INC: $11,000 · Human ServicesCONNECTICUT ASSOCIATIO…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 · Human ServicesTHE WHEELS PROGRAM OF GREATER NEW MILFORD INC: $9,000 · Human Services+3 more: $14,250 · Human Services+3 moreDANBURY GRASSROOTS ACADEMY INC: $12,500 · EducationDANBURY GRA…DANBURY SCHOOL & BUSINESS COLLABORATIVE: $12,000 · EducationDANBURY SCH…EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY INC: $11,670 · EducationEMBRY-RIDDL…Trustees of Dartmouth College: $6,520 · EducationTrustees of…GORDON COLLEGE: $5,500 · EducationGORDON COLL…STONEHILL COLLEGE INC: $5,500 · EducationSTONEHILL C…SKIDMORE COLLEGE: $5,500 · EducationSKIDMORE CO…NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $3,500 · EducationMARIST UNIVERSITY: $3,500 · Education+17 more: $34,130 · Education+17 moreHILLSIDE FOOD OUTREACH INC: $25,000 · Food & NutritionMEALS ON WHEELS OF RIDGEFIELD INC: $18,000 · Food & NutritionDanbury Music Centre: $13,000 · Arts & CultureARTS FOR LEARNING CONNECTICUT: $10,000 · Arts & CultureBROOKFIELD CRAFT CENTER INC: $9,000 · Arts & CultureMUSICALS AT RICHTER INC: $3,200 · Arts & CultureACT OF CONNECTICUT: $2,500 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $1,000 · Arts & CultureDANBURY POLICE ACTIVITIES LEAGUE INC: $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentUNITED WAY OF COASTAL AND WESTERN CONNECTICUT INC: $5,000 · Philanthropy
Other$571,280Human Services$190,250Education$100,320Food & Nutrition$43,000Arts & Culture$38,700Youth Development$15,000Philanthropy$5,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

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 Dartmouth College: $6,520 over 2y, 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 budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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 Danbu…Union Savings Bank Fo…Fairfield County's Co…The Connecticut Commu…Ridgefield Thrift Sho…Newtown Savings Bank …The Near and Far Asso…The Pitney Bowes Foun…Eversource Energy Fou…Robert G and Margueri…The Ellen Knowles Har…Synchrony Foundation
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Albert and Helen Meserve Mem Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Albert and Helen Meserve Mem Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 100%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • The Wheels Program of Greater New Milford Inc: 65% of income from government
  • Special Olympics Connecticut Inc: 42% of income from government
  • Rides for Ridgefield Inc: 39% of income from government
  • Newtown Youth & Family Services Inc: 37% of income from government
  • Family and Children's Aid Inc: 36% of income from government
  • Danbury Youth Services: 29% of income from government
  • Arts for Learning Connecticut: 14% of income from government
  • Trustees of Tufts College: 13% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
  • United Way of Coastal and Western Connecticut Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Worcester Polytechnic Institute: 8% of income from government
  • Northeastern University: 7% of income from government
  • Ridgefield Historical Society Inc: 7% of income from government
  • The Children's Center of New Milford Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Association of Religious Communities Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Connecticut Foodshare Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Babson College: 3% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston College: 3% of income from government
  • University of New Haven: 2% of income from government
  • Girl Scouts of Connecticut Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The Trustees of the Smith College: 1% of income from government
  • American International College: 1% of income from government
  • Danbury Music Centre: 1% of income from government
  • Act of Connecticut: 1% of income from government
  • Sacred Heart University Incorporated: 1% of income from government
  • Barry University Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Gordon College: 1% of income from government
  • Assumption University: 0% of income from government
  • Little Britches Therapeutic Riding Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Stonehill College Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
10get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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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