Connecticut · Private foundation
Axe-Houghton Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $425k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 50
- Grants FY2026
- 49
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $8,500
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $14,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 49 to 62
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 1
- Total assets, FY2026
- $8.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 0% of the organizations Axe-Houghton Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 49 | $425k | 2% |
| FY2025 | 49 | $410k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 58 | $418k | 5% |
| FY2023 | 56 | $398k | 5% |
| FY2022 | 60 | $403k | 10% |
| FY2021 | 58 | $361k | 2% |
| FY2020 | 60 | $327k | 3% |
| FY2019 | 62 | $329k | 3% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2026.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Justice Resource Center Inc | $184,000 | 10 | 4% |
| De la Salle Academy | $108,500 | 10 | 0% |
| New York City Urban Debate League Inc | $104,000 | 10 | 1% |
| Csc Repertory Ltd D/B/A Classic Stage Company | $91,500 | 10 | 1% |
| Epic Theatre Center Inc | $84,500 | 10 | 1% |
| The Symphony Space Inc | $83,500 | 10 | 0% |
| New York Theatre Workshop Inc | $79,500 | 10 | 0% |
| Manhattan Class Company Inc | $78,500 | 10 | 0% |
| Stuttering Association for the Young Inc | $78,000 | 10 | 0% |
| Girl Be Heard Institute | $74,000 | 10 | 1% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($57k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Axe-Houghton Foundation supplied at peak.
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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 Axe-Houghton Foundation
- How much does Axe-Houghton Foundation give?
- Axe-Houghton Foundation reported 50 grants totaling $425,230 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 49 and 62 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does Axe-Houghton Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (83%), Education (16%), Civil Rights (0%).
- Who are Axe-Houghton Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Justice Resource Center Inc ($184k), De la Salle Academy ($109k), New York City Urban Debate League Inc ($104k).
- Does Axe-Houghton Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Axe-Houghton 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 Axe-Houghton Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Howard Gilman Foundation Inc, The Shubert Foundation Inc, The Lucille Lortel Foundation Inc.
- Where is Axe-Houghton Foundation based?
- Axe-Houghton Foundation is based in CT.
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