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Bassler Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Bassler Family Foundation Inc

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.

$70k
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$35k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Religion$199kHealth$179kPhilanthropy$20kEducation$5kArts & Culture$5kFood & Nutrition$4kHuman Services$4kCrime & Legal$3kOther$0
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k10 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $56k
$1,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$566k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH$34,600
LIBERATION PROGRAMS INC$11,000
CROHNS & COLITIS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA$10,000
THE COMMUNITY FUND OF DARIEN$3,000
NEXTGEN FACE$3,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC$3,000
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$1,000
STAMFORD HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$1,000
SMITH COLLEGE$1,000
THE CIRI FOUNDATION$1,000
DARIEN LIBRARY$1,000
DARIEN EMS POST 53$500
AT HOME IN DARIEN$300
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $16k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 97% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%NEXTGENFACE: $3k → 17%NEXTGEN FACE: $3k → 17%NEXTGEN FACE: $3k → 17%NEXTGENFACE: $3k → 17%NEXTGEN FACE: $3k → 17%AT HOME IN DARIEN: $300 → 9%BUILDING ONE COMMUNITY: $200 → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
NY
MA
OH
CT
CA
KY
MD
AZ
DC
GA
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$396k · 14 repeat orgs$26k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
17

Total granted

$396k
$22k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+73%

Still filing today

79%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’21’22’23’24
HealthPhilanthropyHuman ServicesEducationArts & CultureCrime & LegalOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • LP
    LIBERATION PROGRAMS INC
    6× · 2018–2024 · $82k · revenue +131%
  • CC
    CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC
    6× · 2018–2024 · $68k · revenue +15%
  • TC
    THE COMMUNITY FUND OF DARIEN
    6× · 2018–2024 · $15k · revenue +2%

Funded once

  • KC
    KHARKIV CINCINNATI SISTER CITY - CINCINNATI SISTER CITY ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
  • EF
    ENDOMETRIOSIS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC
    one grant, 2023 · $3k · revenue +1%
  • NU
    NATIONAL UNDERGROUND RAILROAD FREEDOM CENTER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue +86%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Dana-Farber Cancer Care Network Inc

The mission of Dana-Farber Cancer Care Network (DFCCN) is to promote and support, directly or indirectly, the interests and purposes of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI).

Health
2
The Darien Foundation Inc

The darien foundation's mission is to provide grant funding for technology and capital projects that create opportunity for darien's youth, support town safety and security services, enhance the overall quality of life in darien, and…

Education
3
Council On Foreign Relations Inc

The council on foreign relations (cfr) is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher dedicated to being a resource for its members, government officials, business executives, journalists, educators and…

International
4
Dana-Farber Inc

The purpose and activities of dana-farber, inc. are to promote and support the exempt missions of dana-farber cancer institute and to provide investment management services.

Unclassified
5
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
6
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
7
Connecticut Public Broadcasting Inc

Connecticut public broadcasting, inc. will inform, educate and inspire the people of connecticut, connecting and empowering the people of ct through outstanding journalism, storytelling, education and experiences, to make our state a more…

Arts & Culture
8
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
9
Connecticut Radio Information System Inc

The cris radio mission is to enrich the lives of adults and children who are blind or print-challenged by providing human-narrated recordings of printed materials that serve to increase inclusion and accessibility by enhancing knowledge,…

Arts & Culture
10
The Paris Review Foundation Inc

The mission of the organization is to foster the development of creative individuals as writers and artists and to promote public appreciation of excellence in the literary and graphic arts by publishing a magazine containing fiction,…

Education
11
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

To cure cf and provide all people with cf the opportunity to lead long, fulfilling lives by funding research and drug development, partnering with the cf community, and advancing high-quality, specialized care.

Health
12
Cornell University

Education, research, medical services and other public services.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Ciri Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

23 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 23 of the 36 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
20/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH: $185,050 · OtherFIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHKHARKIV CINCINNATI SISTER CITY - CINCINNATI SISTER CITY ASSOCIATION: $10,000 · Other+16 more: $15,450 · Other+16 moreLIBERATION PROGRAMS INC: $82,300 · HealthLIBERATION PROGRAMS INCCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $67,500 · HealthCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INCPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $10,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA IN…+1 more: $500 · HealthTHE COMMUNITY FUND OF DARIEN: $15,000 · PhilanthropyENDOMETRIOSIS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $3,000 · PhilanthropyThe CIRI Foundation: $2,500 · PhilanthropyPERSON TO PERSON INC: $2,000 · PhilanthropyNEXTGEN FACE INC: $15,000 · Human Services+2 more: $500 · Human ServicesAVON THEATRE FILM CENTER INC: $4,500 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL UNDERGROUND RAILROAD FREEDOM CENTER INC: $2,500 · Arts & CultureDARIEN LIBRARY INC: $2,000 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF THE SMITH COLLEGE: $1,000 · Education+1 more: $100 · EducationBRADY CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE: $2,000 · Crime & LegalNORWALKSTAMFORD GRASSROOTS TENNIS & EDUCATION INC: $500 · Recreation & Sports
Other$210,500Health$160,300Philanthropy$22,500Human Services$15,500Arts & Culture$7,000Education$3,100Crime & Legal$2,000Recreation & Sports$500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLIBERATION PROGRAMS INC: $82,300 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $67,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FUND OF DARIEN: $15,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetNEXTGEN FACE INC: $15,000 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $10,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAVON THEATRE FILM CENTER INC: $4,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetENDOMETRIOSIS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL UNDERGROUND RAILROAD FREEDOM CENTER INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe CIRI Foundation: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDARIEN LIBRARY INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPERSON TO PERSON INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBRADY CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF THE SMITH COLLEGE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONNECTICUT INSTITUTE FOR REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDarien Book Aid Plan Inc: $500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetNORWALKSTAMFORD GRASSROOTS TENNIS & EDUCATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHILD CENTER OF NY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDARIEN EMS POST 53 INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAT HOME IN DARIENINC: $300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBUILDING ONE COMMUNITY CORP: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SCHOLARSHIP FUND OF CONCORD AND CARLISLE: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDARIEN POLICE ASSOCIATION INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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 Co…The Goodnow Fund522 Foundation IncThe Meredith and Whit…The Edward E Hood Jr …The Orenstein Family …Alexandra FoundationThe Jack and Tricia R…The Darrell Harvey Fa…The Rogers Family Fou…Grune Family Foundati…The Sosnow Foundation…
Fairfield County's Community Foundation IncCT25.4× affinity10 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 · The Goodnow Fund · 522 Foundation Inc · The Meredith and Whitney George Family Foundation Inc · The Edward E Hood Jr Foundation · The Orenstein Family Foundation · Alexandra Foundation · The Jack and Tricia Ryan Family Foundation · The Darrell Harvey Family Foundation Inc · The Rogers Family Foundation · Grune Family Foundation Inc · The Sosnow 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Bassler Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bassler Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Connecticut Institute for Refugees and Immigrants Inc: 37% of income from government
  • Liberation Programs Inc: 24% of income from government
  • The Community Fund of Darien: 9% of income from government
  • Connecticut Foodshare Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Person to Person Inc: 5% of income from government
  • The Trustees of the Smith College: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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 36 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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