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Babbitt Family Charitable Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$278k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
44
Grants FY2025
40
Organizations funded FY2024
18%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$55,000
Organizations funded a year
40 to 50
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
9
Total assets, FY2025
$4.1M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 18% of the organizations Babbitt Family Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureFood & NutritionAnimalsEducationHuman ServicesHealthOther
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 arriving42$272k10%
FY202440$236k18%
FY202344$261k9%
FY202241$241k5%
FY202140$209k10%
FY202050$208k26%
FY201946$173k9%
FY201847$167k43%
95% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$557kArts & Culture$333kCrime & Legal$190kInternational$155kPhilanthropy$112kEnvironment$103kHealth$89kFood & Nutrition$85kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
NH
MN
MI
NY
MA
OR
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
MO
VA
MD
DC
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 53 grantees
All grantees of Babbitt Family Charitable Trust by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Kent Library Association Inc$284,000813%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$85,00080%
Robin Hood Foundation$80,00080%
The Vivian Beaumont Theaterinc D/B/A Lincoln Center Theater$67,76390%
Roundabout Theatre Company Inc$59,32480%
World Monuments Fund Inc$57,50090%
Kent Land Trust Inc$54,00092%
The Trustees of Mount Holyoke College$45,00090%
Wnet$45,00080%
The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations$44,82590%
The Carnegie Hall Society Inc$44,50090%
The Children's Aid Society$40,00080%
The Legal Aid Society$40,00080%
City Harvest Inc$40,00080%
Insight Meditation Society Inc$39,5007n/a
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$35,00070%
Citymeals-On-Wheels$35,00070%
The Humane Society of New York$30,00060%
Madison Square Park Conservancy Inc$28,50080%
Center for Educational Innovation Inc$24,00060%
Refuge International Inc$20,00043%
Breakthrough T1d$18,50070%
Harlem Rbi Inc$15,00030%
Literacy Volunteers on the Green$13,80082%
Alexandra Tilly Rettler Childrens Foundation Inc$13,00087%
Leadership Enterprise for a Diverse America$10,00011%
Feeding America$10,00020%
The Equus Effect Inc$8,50051%
Common Ground Meditation Center$8,0004n/a
Kent Community Fund Inc$6,50071%
Music Mountain Incorporated$6,20070%
Partners for Rural Health in the Dominican Republic$6,0002n/a
Donorschooseorg$5,88810%
Sphinx Organization Inc$5,50030%
Central Park Conservancy Inc$5,00010%
Givedirectly Inc$5,00010%
Community Funds Inc$5,0001n/a
Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Service Inc Dba Global Refuge$4,00010%
Civic Life Project Inc$4,00031%
International Rescue Committee INC$4,00010%
Kent Center School Scholarship Fund Inc$3,90090%
Metropolitan Museum of Art$3,83050%
Kent Historical Society Inc$3,60081%
Kent Village Housing for the Elderly Inc$3,25080%
Animal Welfare Society Inc$3,00050%
Friends of the Animals$2,25030%
Tlc Breast Cancer Foundation Attn Larry Holder$2,0003n/a
Kent Affordable Housing Inc$2,00030%
Film at Lincoln Center Inc$2,0001n/a
The Connecticut Golf Foundation Inc the First Tee of Connecticut$1,50020%
Museum of Modern Art$1,02040%
Kent Volunteer Fire Department Inc$70030%
Wikimedia Foundation Inc$25010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 39 recipients with no EIN on record ($507k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Babbitt Family Charitable Trust supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetKent Library Association Inc: $284,000 over 8y, 13% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $85,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetRobin Hood Foundation: $80,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Vivian Beaumont Theaterinc D/B/A Lincoln Center Theater: $67,763 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetRoundabout Theatre Company Inc: $59,324 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Monuments Fund Inc: $57,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetKent Land Trust Inc: $54,000 over 9y, 1.9% of budgetThe Trustees of Mount Holyoke College: $45,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetWnet: $45,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $44,825 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetThe Carnegie Hall Society Inc: $44,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetThe Children's Aid Society: $40,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Legal Aid Society: $40,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCity Harvest Inc: $40,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc: $35,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCitymeals-On-Wheels: $35,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe Humane Society of New York: $30,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetMadison Square Park Conservancy Inc: $28,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCenter for Educational Innovation Inc: $24,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetRefuge International Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetBreakthrough T1d: $18,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHarlem Rbi Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLiteracy Volunteers on the Green: $13,800 over 8y, 2.0% of budgetAlexandra Tilly Rettler Childrens Foundation Inc: $13,000 over 8y, 7.2% of budgetLeadership Enterprise for a Diverse America: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFeeding America: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Equus Effect Inc: $8,500 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetKent Community Fund Inc: $6,500 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetMusic Mountain Incorporated: $6,200 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetDonorschooseorg: $5,888 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSphinx Organization Inc: $5,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCentral Park Conservancy Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGivedirectly Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLutheran Immigration & Refugee Service Inc Dba Global Refuge: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCivic Life Project Inc: $4,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKent Center School Scholarship Fund Inc: $3,900 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetMetropolitan Museum of Art: $3,830 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetKent Historical Society Inc: $3,600 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetKent Village Housing for the Elderly Inc: $3,250 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetAnimal Welfare Society Inc: $3,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of the Animals: $2,250 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetKent Affordable Housing Inc: $2,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Connecticut Golf Foundation Inc the First Tee of Connecticut: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $1,020 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetKent Volunteer Fire Department Inc: $700 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWikimedia Foundation Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% 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 47.

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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.

Kent Presents IncCT15.8× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Kent Presents Inc · The Anne Hendricks Bass Foundation · Charles & Jane Klein Family Fund · The Karlson Family Foundation · The Kestrel Foundation · Weingarten Family Foundation · H & L Family Foundation Inc · The Jeff and Erica Keswin Family Foundation · Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation Inc · The Connecticut Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Renaissance 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 Babbitt Family Charitable Trust

How much does Babbitt Family Charitable Trust give?
Babbitt Family Charitable Trust reported 44 grants totaling $277,600 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 40 and 50 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Babbitt Family Charitable Trust fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (29%), Arts & Culture (17%), Crime & Legal (10%).
Who are Babbitt Family Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Kent Library Association Inc ($284k), Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc ($85k), Robin Hood Foundation ($80k).
Does Babbitt Family Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Babbitt Family Charitable Trust 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 Babbitt Family Charitable Trust?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Kent Presents Inc, The Anne Hendricks Bass Foundation, Charles & Jane Klein Family Fund.
Where is Babbitt Family Charitable Trust based?
Babbitt Family Charitable Trust is based in NY.

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 95 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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