Connecticut · Private foundation
Aronson Family 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.
- $11M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 8%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $11M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,758,805
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $10,758,805
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 51
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 8% of the organizations Aronson Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 1 | $11M | 100% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $170k | 8% |
| FY2022 | 51 | $296k | 75% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $553k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $350k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hole in the Wall Gang Fund Inc | $273,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Rising Starr Horse Rescue Corp | $56,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Connecticut Draft Horse Rescue Inc | $52,500 | 2 | 8% |
| Chicago Police Memorial Foundation | $50,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Gentle Giants Draft Horse Rescue Society Ltd | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Silver Shield Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Fairfield Police Union Scholarship Fund Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 10% |
| The Westport Pba Scholarship Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 37% |
| United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Compass Regional Hospice Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 44 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($11M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Aronson Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 43 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
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About Aronson Family Foundation
- How much does Aronson Family Foundation give?
- Aronson Family Foundation reported 1 itemized grants totaling $10,758,805, out of $11,087,805 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 51 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Aronson Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (78%), International (3%), Health (2%).
- Who are Aronson Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Hole in the Wall Gang Fund Inc ($273k), Rising Starr Horse Rescue Corp ($56k), Connecticut Draft Horse Rescue Inc ($53k).
- Does Aronson Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Aronson Family 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 Aronson Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Stewart & Constance Greenfield Foundation, The Bessemer Giving Fund, Ge Aerospace Foundation.
- Where is Aronson Family Foundation based?
- Aronson Family Foundation is based in CT.
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