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American Savings Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$3.4M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
613
Grants FY2025
481
Organizations funded FY2024
27%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,750
Largest grant, FY2025
$150,000
Organizations funded a year
431 to 591
FY2019 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
22
Total assets, FY2025
$107M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 27% of the organizations American Savings Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $298k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureHealthYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementOther
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 arriving434$3.3M21%
FY2024481$3.2M27%
FY2023449$3.3M74%
FY2022431$3.4M34%
FY2021457$3.3M75%
FY2020581$3.1M32%
FY2019591$3.1Mn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Education$6.4MYouth Development$3.1MHuman Services$2.4MArts & Culture$2.2MEmployment$1.9MHealth$1.7MFood & Nutrition$1.2MCrime & Legal$1.0MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Human Resources Agency of New Britain Inc$1,061,23152%
Young Womens Christian Association of New Britain Inc$1,037,24474%
City of New Britain$824,2016n/a
Opportunities Industrialization Center of New Britain Inc$745,664723%
Boys' & Girls' Club of New Britain Inc$628,486718%
Prudence Crandall Center Inc$548,50077%
Consolidated School District of New Britain$501,7047n/a
Friendship Service Center Inc$490,45074%
Connecticut Foodshare Inc$411,30050%
New Britain Museum of American Art Inc$399,23872%
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All grantees of American Savings Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Human Resources Agency of New Britain Inc$1,061,23152%
Young Womens Christian Association of New Britain Inc$1,037,24474%
City of New Britain$824,2016n/a
Opportunities Industrialization Center of New Britain Inc$745,664723%
Boys' & Girls' Club of New Britain Inc$628,486718%
Prudence Crandall Center Inc$548,50077%
Consolidated School District of New Britain$501,7047n/a
Friendship Service Center Inc$490,45074%
Connecticut Foodshare Inc$411,30050%
New Britain Museum of American Art Inc$399,23872%
Mattatuck Historical Society$348,84072%
Boys and Girls Club of Greater Waterbury$329,72077%
Coram Deo Inc$290,000627%
Waterbury Youth Services Inc$287,29063%
New Britain Roots Inc$269,265721%
Connecticut Junior Republic Association Incorporated$224,00041%
Ccarc Inc$213,00061%
Junior Achievement of Southwest New England Inc$205,45053%
Shakesperience Productions Inc$205,400710%
Love146 Inc$175,00071%
The Hospital of Central Connecticut$167,70870%
Local Initiatives Support Corporation$164,51060%
Community Mental Health Affiliates Inc$150,00020%
Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra Inc$148,800718%
United Way Inc United Way of Cent & Ne Connecticut$144,50070%
Brass City Harvest Inc$144,168514%
St Vincent Depaul Mission of Waterbury$137,50051%
Literacy Volunteers of Central Connecticut Inc$134,28077%
Foodshare Inc$129,60630%
The United Way of Greater Waterbury Inc$126,76471%
Pro Bono Partnership Inc$120,00061%
Center for Childrens Advocacy Inc$111,00071%
Circle of Care for Families of Children With Cancer Inc$110,00074%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Connecticut Inc$110,00061%
Gilead Community Services Inc$107,48940%
Safe Haven of Greater Wtby Inc$105,00043%
Queen Ann Nzinga Center Inc$98,000729%
New Britain Symphony Society Inc$90,000616%
Greater Waterbury Interfaith Ministries Inc$87,0006n/a
The Palace Theater Group Inc$85,31071%
Readyct Inc$80,00021%
Susan B Anthony Project Inc$72,50071%
The Connecticut Golf Foundation Inc the First Tee of Connecticut$72,50061%
Neighborhood Housing Services of Waterbury Inc$70,23846%
World Wide Youth Networks$70,000418%
Reach Out and Read Inc$70,00070%
Senior Transportation Services Inc$69,00577%
Connecticut Choral Artists Inc$64,50077%
Jumpstart for Young Children Inc$62,00050%
Neighborhood Housing Services of New Britain$60,00032%
Meriden-New Britain-Berlin Young Men's Christian Association Inc$58,60010%
Polish-American Foundation of Connecticut Inc$55,000546%
Connecticut Network for Children and Youth Inc$52,54462%
St Mary's Hospital Foundation Inc$50,00019%
Police Activity League of Waterbury$50,00014%
Rochester Institute of Technology$46,37550%
Oddfellows Playhouse$45,30072%
Conn Breast Health Initiative Inc$45,00029%
Community Partners in Action Inc$42,50030%
Park Central Inc$38,00036%
Connecticut Council for Philanthropy$35,00051%
Plainville Community Food Pantry Inc$35,00061%
The Shoreline Soup Kitchens & Pantries Inc$33,00060%
Waterbury Symphony Orchestra Inc$30,00022%
Connecticut Foundation for Dental Outreach Inc$30,00022%
Arts for Learning Connecticut$29,00061%
Connecticut Storytelling Center Inc$28,00063%
St Vincent Depaul Middletown$27,50050%
Journey Home Inc$26,25030%
New Britain Emergency Medical Services Inc$25,00010%
Waterbury Arc Inc$25,00011%
New Opportunities Inc$23,00020%
Hospital For Special Care$22,67950%
Covenant Soup Kitchen Inc$22,50040%
Volunteers in Psychotherapy Inc$22,00056%
New Britain Institute$21,00020%
New Britain Youth Theater Inc$20,0004n/a
Center for Human Development Inc$20,00020%
CLICC Inc$20,00024%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$19,97830%
United Way of West Central Connecticut Inc$19,81941%
Community Health Center Inc$19,00010%
A Little Compassion$17,62044%
Food Rescue US Inc$17,50030%
Afro Caribbean Cultural Center Inc$17,50033%
Literacy Volunteers of Greater New Haven$16,50051%
Read to Grow Inc$15,50050%
Greenwoods Counseling & Referrals Inc$15,00031%
Connecticut Alliance for Victims of Violence and Their Families$15,0003n/a
Worcester Polytechnic Institute$15,00050%
Easter Seal Rehabilitation Center of Greater Waterbury Inc$15,00020%
Connecticut Radio Information System Inc$15,00031%
The Housing Collective Inc$15,00020%
Northwest Regional Workforce Investment Board Inc$15,0003n/a
The Diaper Bank of Connecticut Inc$15,00030%
Autism Families Connecticut Inc$15,00052%
Covenant to Care for Children Inc$15,00031%
KidsPlay Childrens Museum Inc$14,50040%
Western New England University$14,25040%
Horizons Inc$14,00030%
Newington Childrens Theatre Company$14,00034%
Rebuilding Together New Britain Inc$14,00032%
Impact Inc$13,70040%
Mental Health Connecticut Inc$13,50040%
Community Health Resources Inc$13,50040%
Curry College$13,25050%
Save Girls on Fyer Inc$13,00033%
Southern New Hampshire University$12,84640%
Seven Angels Theatre Inc$12,50031%
Gifts of Love Inc$12,00030%
American Mural Project Inc$12,00041%
Bare Necessities Inc$12,00035%
The Bridge Family Center Inc$12,00040%
Connecticut Association for Human Services Inc$12,00030%
Focus Center for Autism Inc$11,50030%
New Haven Symphony Orchestra Inc$11,25050%
Literacy Volunteers of Greater Waterbury$11,00033%
Girl Scouts of Connecticut Inc$11,00040%
Boys & Girls Club of Meriden Inc$11,00040%
St Vincent DePaul Mission of Bristol Inc$11,00021%
New Britain Police Athletic League Inc$10,7041n/a
Farmington Food Pantry Inc$10,50033%
Adelbrook Inc$10,50040%
Change The Play Inc$10,00014%
Southington-Cheshire Community YMCA$10,00010%
Wethersfield Historical Society$10,00031%
The Arc of the Farmington Valley Inc$10,00020%
Literacy Volunteers of Greater Hartford Inc$10,00031%
The Catholic University of America$9,25050%
Trustees of Clark University$9,12540%
Healing Meals Foundation Corporation$9,00030%
Voice of Art Inc$9,00032%
Edadvance$8,50030%
Girls on the Run Greater Connecticut$8,50033%
Marrakech Inc$8,50010%
Connecticut Invention Convention$8,00011%
Naugatuck Valley Soup Kitchen$8,0002n/a
University of Hartford$7,75030%
Bristol Symphony Orchestra D/B/A Nutmeg Symphony Orchestra$7,50045%
Lasell University$7,25030%
Veterans Strong Community Center$6,50033%
Layavinyasa Company$6,50033%
Girls With Voices$6,500334%
Northeastern University$6,25030%
YWCA Hartford Region Inc$6,00020%
Albertus Magnus College$6,00020%
Shine Your Light Ct Inc$6,00023%
New England Chamber Choir Inc$6,0003n/a
Southbury Junior Womens Club Inc$5,50025%
Farmington Valley Symphony Orchestra Inc$5,50036%
Wethersfield Academy for the Arts Inc$5,40032%
Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center$5,00010%
Savannah College of Art and DesignInc$5,00030%
Ht Ct Inc$5,00011%
Hill-Stead Museum$5,00020%
Healing Hoofbeats of Ct Inc$5,00022%
Advancing Connecticut Together Inc$5,00010%
New Britain Police Explorers$5,0001n/a
The Riseup Group Inc$5,00011%
Cuatro Puntos Inc$5,000112%
Chrysalis Center Inc$5,00010%
The Arc of Litchfield County Inc$5,00010%
Brian Gibbons Homeless Outreach Inc$5,00013%
Western Connecticut Area Agency on Aging Inc$5,00010%
Pastor & Standing Comm South Congregation Church$5,00011%
After School Arts Program Inc$5,00021%
The Cove Center for Grieving Children Inc$5,00011%
The Main Street Singers Inc$5,0001n/a
Connecticut Community Care Inc$5,00010%
Maria Seymour Brooker Memorial$5,00010%
Boy Scouts of America Connecticut Rivers Council Inc$5,0001n/a
Gentle Love Diaper Pantry Inc$5,00014%
Sun Scholars Inc$5,00011%
Tri-Town Youth Services Bureau Inc$5,00012%
Futures Incorporated$4,80010%
The Jordan Porco Foundation$4,64621%
Catholic Charities Inc Archdiocese of Hartford$4,50020%
Mercy University$4,50030%
Ur Community Cares Inc$4,50021%
Environmental Learning Centers of Connecticut Inc$4,37510%
Creative Living Community of Connecticut Inc$4,30031%
Lumibility Inc$4,23920%
Quilts That Care Inc$4,0001n/a
Best Buddies International Inc$4,00030%
Camp Courant Inc$4,00010%
Plainville Wind Ensemble$4,0004n/a
The Booth & Dimock Memorial Library Inc$4,00011%
Richard M Keane Foundation Inc$4,00021%
American Clock and Watch Museuminc$3,96221%
Arts Escape Inc$3,50021%
Franciscan University of Steubenville$3,50020%
Women & Family Life Center Inc$3,50011%
Regional Data Cooperative for Greater New Haven Inc$3,50010%
Messiah University$3,50030%
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute$3,25010%
University of San Francisco$3,12530%
Bristol Hospital Inc$3,00010%
Elenas Light Inc$3,0001n/a
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Waterbury$3,00011%
Seymour Food 2 Kids$3,0001n/a
LiveGirl Inc$3,00010%
Partnership for Strong Communities$3,00010%
Brass City Gamers Tournament Inc$3,0001n/a
Girls With Impact Inc$3,00010%
The Friends of Kycia Farm Inc$3,0002n/a
Durham-Middlefield Youth & Family Services Inc$3,00011%
Art League of New Britain$3,00011%
Burlington Volunteer Fire Department Inc$2,5001n/a
Shepard Meadows Equestrian Center Inc$2,50011%
Wentworth Institute of Technology Inc$2,50020%
Team Inc$2,50010%
Bike New Britain Inc$2,5001n/a
The Windham Historical Society$2,5001n/a
Friends of the Wolcott Public Library$2,3001n/a
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary Inc$2,00020%
Wheeler Clinic Inc$2,00010%
Coventry Lake Community Rowing Inc$2,0002n/a
Cyberknights Robotics Inc$2,00013%
Urban Alliance Inc$2,00010%
Fermata Arts Foundation Inc$2,00022%
National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Connecticut$2,00010%
Clinton Arts Council Inc$1,5001n/a
League of Women Voters of Connecticut-Education Fund Inc$1,32960%
Florida Institute of Technology Inc$1,25020%
Reinstitute Inc$1,25010%
Naugatuck Valley Community College Foundation Inc$1,17620%
Roger Williams University$1,00010%
Southington Community Cultural Arts Inc$1,00010%
Nami of Connecticut Inc$1,00010%
Connecticut Children's Medical Center$1,00010%
Middlesex Community College Foundation Inc$1,00020%
Mercy Housing & Shelter Corporation$1,00010%
Vision New Britain Inc$1,0001n/a
Connecticut Forest & Park Association$1,00010%
Wethersfield Art League Inc$8091n/a
Greater Bristol Historical Society$75011%
The Ryan Lee Memorial Foundation Inc$50011%
Culinary Institute of America$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 1,580 recipients with no EIN on record ($8.3M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

American Savings Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHuman Resources Agency of New Britain Inc: $1,061,231 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetYoung Womens Christian Association of New Britain Inc: $1,037,244 over 7y, 4.1% of budgetOpportunities Industrialization Center of New Britain Inc: $745,664 over 7y, 23% of budgetBoys' & Girls' Club of New Britain Inc: $628,486 over 7y, 18% of budgetPrudence Crandall Center Inc: $548,500 over 7y, 6.6% of budgetFriendship Service Center Inc: $490,450 over 7y, 4.0% of budgetConnecticut Foodshare Inc: $411,300 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNew Britain Museum of American Art Inc: $399,238 over 7y, 1.9% of budgetMattatuck Historical Society: $348,840 over 7y, 2.3% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of Greater Waterbury: $329,720 over 7y, 6.7% of budgetCoram Deo Inc: $290,000 over 6y, 27% of budgetWaterbury Youth Services Inc: $287,290 over 6y, 3.0% of budgetNew Britain Roots Inc: $269,265 over 7y, 21% of budgetConnecticut Junior Republic Association Incorporated: $224,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetCcarc Inc: $213,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetJunior Achievement of Southwest New England Inc: $205,450 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetShakesperience Productions Inc: $205,400 over 7y, 10% of budgetLove146 Inc: $175,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetThe Hospital of Central Connecticut: $167,708 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetLocal Initiatives Support Corporation: $164,510 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Mental Health Affiliates Inc: $150,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetConnecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra Inc: $148,800 over 7y, 18% of budgetUnited Way Inc United Way of Cent & Ne Connecticut: $144,500 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetBrass City Harvest Inc: $144,168 over 5y, 14% of budgetSt Vincent Depaul Mission of Waterbury: $137,500 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetLiteracy Volunteers of Central Connecticut Inc: $134,280 over 7y, 6.8% of budgetFoodshare Inc: $129,606 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetThe United Way of Greater Waterbury Inc: $126,764 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetPro Bono Partnership Inc: $120,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetCenter for Childrens Advocacy Inc: $111,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetCircle of Care for Families of Children With Cancer Inc: $110,000 over 7y, 3.8% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Connecticut Inc: $110,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetGilead Community Services Inc: $107,489 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetSafe Haven of Greater Wtby Inc: $105,000 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetQueen Ann Nzinga Center Inc: $98,000 over 7y, 29% of budgetNew Britain Symphony Society Inc: $90,000 over 6y, 16% of budgetThe Palace Theater Group Inc: $85,310 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetReadyct Inc: $80,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetSusan B Anthony Project Inc: $72,500 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetThe Connecticut Golf Foundation Inc the First Tee of Connecticut: $72,500 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetNeighborhood Housing Services of Waterbury Inc: $70,238 over 4y, 5.5% of budgetWorld Wide Youth Networks: $70,000 over 4y, 18% of budgetReach Out and Read Inc: $70,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSenior Transportation Services Inc: $69,005 over 7y, 7.2% of budgetConnecticut Choral Artists Inc: $64,500 over 7y, 6.7% of budgetJumpstart for Young Children Inc: $62,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNeighborhood Housing Services of New Britain: $60,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetMeriden-New Britain-Berlin Young Men's Christian Association Inc: $58,600 over 1y, 0.3% 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 200.

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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.

Farmington Bank Community Foundation IncCT137.8× affinity69 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Farmington Bank Community Foundation Inc · Ion Bank Foundation Inc · Thomaston Savings Bank Foundation Inc · Liberty Bank Foundation Inc · The Connecticut Community Foundation · Community Foundation of Greater New Britain · Hartford Foundation for Public Giving · Eversource Energy Foundation Inc · The Community Chest of New Britain and Berlin Inc · The Maximilian E and Marion O Hoffman Foundation Inc · United Way Inc United Way of Cent & Ne Connecticut · Sbm Charitable Foundation Inc

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 American Savings Foundation Inc

How much does American Savings Foundation Inc give?
American Savings Foundation Inc reported 613 grants totaling $3,365,284 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 431 and 591 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
What does American Savings Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (28%), Youth Development (14%), Human Services (11%).
Who are American Savings Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Human Resources Agency of New Britain Inc ($1.1M), Young Womens Christian Association of New Britain Inc ($1.0M), City of New Britain ($824k).
Does American Savings Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does American Savings Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as American Savings Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Farmington Bank Community Foundation Inc, Ion Bank Foundation Inc, Thomaston Savings Bank Foundation Inc.
Where is American Savings Foundation Inc based?
American Savings Foundation Inc is based in CT.

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 1824 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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