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Apple Pickers Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$469k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
21
Grants FY2024
16
Organizations funded FY2023
31%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$15,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$75,000
Organizations funded a year
11 to 24
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
6
Total assets, FY2024
$13M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 31% of the organizations Apple Pickers Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $102k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationHealthRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyFood & NutritionEmploymentOther
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
FY2024still arriving19$444k53%
FY202316$477k31%
FY202217$594k47%
FY202116$530k44%
FY202012$350k42%
FY201913$340k46%
FY201811$562k91%
FY201724$571kn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$1.1MEducation$962kFood & Nutrition$423kRecreation & Sports$350kPhilanthropy$298kArts & Culture$283kHousing & Shelter$150kCrime & Legal$85kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
NH
WA
MI
NY
MA
OR
PA
CT
RI
CA
CO
MO
DC
AL
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Adam J Lewis Academy Inc$475,00074%
Tidepool Project$385,00052%
Compassion & Choices$325,00041%
The diaTribe Foundation$305,50055%
Icc Americas$250,000112%
Umass Chan Medical School Foundation Inc$150,0001n/a
Kids Empowered by Your Support Inc$130,00074%
Mercy Learning Center of Bridgeport Inc$115,00071%
The Housing Collective Inc$100,00033%
City Seed Inc$75,00015%
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All grantees of Apple Pickers Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Adam J Lewis Academy Inc$475,00074%
Tidepool Project$385,00052%
Compassion & Choices$325,00041%
The diaTribe Foundation$305,50055%
Icc Americas$250,000112%
Umass Chan Medical School Foundation Inc$150,0001n/a
Kids Empowered by Your Support Inc$130,00074%
Mercy Learning Center of Bridgeport Inc$115,00071%
The Housing Collective Inc$100,00033%
City Seed Inc$75,00015%
Southside Community Land Trust$75,00013%
Colorado Springs Sports Corporation$65,00013%
Farm Fresh Rhode Island Inc$55,00021%
Mutual Housing Association of Southwestern Ct Inc$50,00013%
Jacques Pepin Foundation The$50,00033%
Fair Food Network Inc$50,00011%
Operation Hope of Fairfield Inc$50,00021%
The Adam J Lewis Education Foundation Inc$50,000143%
Green Village Initiative Inc$50,000114%
Catalyst Ct Inc$50,00011%
Connecticut News Project Inc$50,00041%
The Westerly Ambulance Corps Inc$50,00012%
The Current Inc$45,00023%
Fairfield Police Union Scholarship Fund Inc$42,50066%
Root Ns Inc$36,00011%
Connecticut Institute for Refugees and Immigrants Inc$35,0001n/a
Handel House Foundation of America$35,000234%
Farestart$31,50010%
Focusing Philanthropy Inc$30,00010%
The Foote School Association Incorporated$30,00020%
Gitameit Friends USA$27,5001n/a
Cross Tv Incorporated$27,000129%
Smart Choice National Cricket Acade$25,000129%
Barry & Martin America Inc$25,0001n/a
The Capital Good Fund$25,00011%
Forman School Inc$25,00010%
Social Enterprise Greenhouse$25,00012%
Wikimedia Foundation Inc$25,00040%
Greens Farms Academy Inc$25,00010%
Achievement First Inc$25,00010%
Housatonic Community College Foundation Inc$25,00011%
Aquidneck Island Land Trust$25,00011%
Council of Churches of Greater Bridgeport Inc$25,0001n/a
National Conference on Citizenship$22,37810%
Spring Glen Church$20,9752n/a
University of Rhode Island Foundation & Alumni Engagement$17,00010%
Lymediseaseorg$15,00021%
Cocoa Farming Future Initiative$15,0001n/a
Fairfield Police Foundation Ct Inc$15,000210%
The Connecticut Players Foundation Inc D/B/A Long Wharf Theatre$12,50010%
USA Cricket$10,00010%
Insulin For Life USA Inc$10,00010%
Our Children's Trust$10,00010%
Blood Cancer United Inc$10,00010%
J Street Education Fund Inc$10,00010%
If Not Now Education Fund$10,0001n/a
New York Public Radio$7,50010%
Stowe Jazz Festival Ltd$7,50023%
Wesleyan University$5,47010%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$5,00010%
Mystic Chamber Music Series Inc$5,0001n/a
Dysautonomia Foundation Inc Dba Familial Dysautonomia Foundation$5,00010%
Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services$5,00010%
Aquidneck Community Table$2,50011%
ecoRI Inc$2,50012%
Cross' Mills Public Library$2,50011%
Music Haven Inc$2,50010%
The Kelly S Brush Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers of Great$1,00011%
Hamden Land Conservation Trust Inc$1,00013%
Cazenovia Area Volunteer Ambulance Corp$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($65k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Apple Pickers Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 62 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAdam J Lewis Academy Inc: $475,000 over 7y, 4.0% of budgetTidepool Project: $385,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetCompassion & Choices: $325,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetThe diaTribe Foundation: $305,500 over 5y, 4.5% of budgetIcc Americas: $250,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetKids Empowered by Your Support Inc: $130,000 over 7y, 4.0% of budgetMercy Learning Center of Bridgeport Inc: $115,000 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetThe Housing Collective Inc: $100,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetCity Seed Inc: $75,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetSouthside Community Land Trust: $75,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetColorado Springs Sports Corporation: $65,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetFarm Fresh Rhode Island Inc: $55,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetMutual Housing Association of Southwestern Ct Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetJacques Pepin Foundation The: $50,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetFair Food Network Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetOperation Hope of Fairfield Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetThe Adam J Lewis Education Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 43% of budgetGreen Village Initiative Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetCatalyst Ct Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetConnecticut News Project Inc: $50,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetThe Westerly Ambulance Corps Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetThe Current Inc: $45,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetFairfield Police Union Scholarship Fund Inc: $42,500 over 6y, 5.8% of budgetRoot Ns Inc: $36,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetHandel House Foundation of America: $35,000 over 2y, 34% of budgetFarestart: $31,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFocusing Philanthropy Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Foote School Association Incorporated: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCross Tv Incorporated: $27,000 over 1y, 29% of budgetSmart Choice National Cricket Acade: $25,000 over 1y, 29% of budgetThe Capital Good Fund: $25,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetForman School Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSocial Enterprise Greenhouse: $25,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetWikimedia Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGreens Farms Academy Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAchievement First Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHousatonic Community College Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetAquidneck Island Land Trust: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetNational Conference on Citizenship: $22,378 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUniversity of Rhode Island Foundation & Alumni Engagement: $17,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLymediseaseorg: $15,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetFairfield Police Foundation Ct Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 10% of budgetThe Connecticut Players Foundation Inc D/B/A Long Wharf Theatre: $12,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUSA Cricket: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetInsulin For Life USA Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOur Children's Trust: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJ Street Education Fund Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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 62.

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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.

Fairfield County's Community Foundation IncCT29.5× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund · The Near and Far Association Inc · Newman's Own Foundation · NewCity Foundation · The Scripps Family Fund for Education and the Arts · The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven · Young Mens Christian Association of Westport/Weston Ct Inc · Tauck Family Foundation · Newalliance Foundation Inc · The Rhode Island Community Foundation · Peoples United Community 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 Apple Pickers Foundation

How much does Apple Pickers Foundation give?
Apple Pickers Foundation reported 21 grants totaling $468,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 24 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Apple Pickers Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (26%), Education (23%), Food & Nutrition (10%).
Who are Apple Pickers Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Adam J Lewis Academy Inc ($475k), Tidepool Project ($385k), Compassion & Choices ($325k).
Does Apple Pickers Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Apple Pickers Foundation 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 Apple Pickers Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc, William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund, The Near and Far Association Inc.
Where is Apple Pickers Foundation based?
Apple Pickers Foundation is based in DE.

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 80 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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