Connecticut · Private foundation
Barbara & Benjamin Cardozo Foundation
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.
- $105k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $24,675
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 17
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $312k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations Barbara & Benjamin Cardozo Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 40% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 17 | $105k | 59% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $80k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $59k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $86k | 59% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $41k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congregation Emanuel | $51,000 | 5 | n/a |
| United Talmidei Hakvutze Inc | $49,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Resurrection Episcopal Day School | $41,275 | 3 | 1% |
| The Helicon Foundation Inc | $21,500 | 5 | 4% |
| Roadrunner Food Bank Inc | $18,500 | 5 | 0% |
| The Carnegie Hall Corporation | $17,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Norwalk Art Space Inc | $14,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Westport Country Playhouse Inc | $7,100 | 3 | 0% |
| Hands Along the Nile Development Se | $6,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Nahalat Shalom Inc | $5,500 | 2 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congregation Emanuel | $51,000 | 5 | n/a |
| United Talmidei Hakvutze Inc | $49,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Resurrection Episcopal Day School | $41,275 | 3 | 1% |
| The Helicon Foundation Inc | $21,500 | 5 | 4% |
| Roadrunner Food Bank Inc | $18,500 | 5 | 0% |
| The Carnegie Hall Corporation | $17,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Norwalk Art Space Inc | $14,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Westport Country Playhouse Inc | $7,100 | 3 | 0% |
| Hands Along the Nile Development Se | $6,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Nahalat Shalom Inc | $5,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Pequot Library Association | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Central Park Conservancy Inc | $4,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Housing and Neighborhood Development Services Inc (Hands Inc) | $3,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Westport Library Association Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Westport Library Association | $2,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Sandy Hook Promise Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New York Botanical Garden | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Young Mens Christian Association of Westport/Weston Ct Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Think New Mexico | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Susan Fund Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Kings County Tennis League | $800 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($111k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Barbara & Benjamin Cardozo 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.
Open a dossier: Ge Aerospace Foundation · The James & Mary Ellen Marpe Family Foundation · Newman's Own Foundation · Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · Ibm International Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Barbara & Benjamin Cardozo Foundation
- How much does Barbara & Benjamin Cardozo Foundation give?
- Barbara & Benjamin Cardozo Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $105,175 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 17 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Barbara & Benjamin Cardozo Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (29%), Arts & Culture (25%), Education (13%).
- Who are Barbara & Benjamin Cardozo Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Congregation Emanuel ($51k), United Talmidei Hakvutze Inc ($49k), Resurrection Episcopal Day School ($41k).
- Does Barbara & Benjamin Cardozo Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Barbara & Benjamin Cardozo 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 Barbara & Benjamin Cardozo Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ge Aerospace Foundation, The James & Mary Ellen Marpe Family Foundation, Newman's Own Foundation.
- Where is Barbara & Benjamin Cardozo Foundation based?
- Barbara & Benjamin Cardozo Foundation is based in CT.
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