· Private foundation
Be 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k7 grants · $18k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $80k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| INTEMPO | $40,000 |
| MARK TWAIN LIBRARY | $20,000 |
| THE EDDY SCHOOL | $20,000 |
| GEORGETOWN VILLAGE RESTORATION | $5,000 |
| BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF REDDING | $5,000 |
| SOCIAL VENTURES PARTNERS INC | $5,000 |
| SPREADMUSICNOW INC | $2,127 |
| CTDATA COLLABORATIVE | $1,000 |
| CONNECTICUT NEWS PROJECT INC (CT MIRROR) | $300 |
| REDDING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PTA | $50 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–20, $48k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 24% of Be Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
18 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SISPREADMUSICNOW INC6× · 2018–2024 · $323k · revenue +9% · 94% of their budget
- CRCONNECTICUT RISE NETWORK INC2× · 2021–2022 · $200k · revenue +29%
- TCTHE CARVER INC4× · 2017–2020 · $48k · revenue +79%
Funded once
- FCFAIRFIED COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION COLLECTIVE IMPACT OPPORTUNITY FUNDone grant, 2021 · $85k
- DKDOMUS KIDS INCone grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue -2%
- PFPARTNERS FOR EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIPINCgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $30k · revenue +94%
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.
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.
Readyct works to advance academic excellence and career-connected learning for all public school students in connecticut through collaboration with business, civic, and education leaders.
Cold spring school challenges children to become self-reliant, curious and resourceful problem solvers with the academic and social skills to engage constructively and ethically in our diverse, changing world.
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…
The peak school seeks to ignite a passion for learning, to develop students of diverse talents and backgrounds who think critically and act with integrity, and to graduate compassionate, confident, capable students who will embrace their…
Seeks to ensure that every student in america graduates from (continued on schedule o) high school with the literacy skills necessary for success in college and career. ldc is a teacher-created instructional design system that transforms…
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…
The organization has its mission as an alliance that mobilizes community resources to provide opportunities and services that foster educational success for all greenwich public schools students.
Darrow school is dedicated to serving students with diverse backgrounds and abilities, building on each student's talents and interests to inspire enduring confidence for success in college and life. this mission is accomplished through…
Thetford academy is an independent school community with a public purpose. our mission is to celebrate the unique worth of all students, nurture their strengths, and challenge them to fulfill their potential.
Connecticut humanities champions the enduring value of public humanities in our lives and civil society. through grant funding and capacity building, cth strives to ensure the public humanities will continue to inspire storytelling,…
The Avery Coonley School elevates high-achieving and gifted learners through immersion in a mutually talented community where intellect, curiosity, and creativity are enhanced by optimal challenge.
To create and inspire better ways to give every student an educational foundation for lifelong success. we imagine a world where every student attends a school that meets them where they are, adapts to the unique ways they learn, and…
How this is measured
23 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 23 of the 45 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds SPREADMUSICNOW INC ↗
- Who funds CONNECTICUT RISE NETWORK INC ↗
- Who funds GOULD ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds INTEMPO ORGANIZATION INC ↗
- Who funds DOMUS KIDS INC ↗
- Who funds THE CARVER INC ↗
- Who funds PARTNERS FOR EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIPINC ↗
- Who funds FAIRFIELD COUNTY'S COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE EDDY SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT INC ↗
- Who funds NEW POND FARM EDUCATION CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds THE RIDGEFIELD PLAYHOUSE FOR MOVIES AND THE PERFORMING ARTS INC ↗
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF REDDING EASTON INC ↗
- Who funds ACHIEVE HARTFORD INC ↗
- Who funds Redding Land Trust Inc ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF COASTAL AND WESTERN CONNECTICUT INC ↗
- Who funds THE COLORADO NONPROFIT DEVELOPMENT CENTER ↗
- Who funds CONNECTICUT COUNCIL FOR PHILANTHROPY ↗
- Who funds CTDATA COLLABORATIVE ↗
- Who funds ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE ↗
- Who funds Chapman Hyperlocal Media Inc ↗
- Who funds THE NORWALK ART SPACE INC ↗
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: Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund · New Canaan Community Foundation Inc · Travelers Foundation · The Scripps Family Fund for Education and the Arts · The Pitney Bowes Foundation · Grace Jones Richardson Testamentary Trust C/O Piedmont Trust Co · Newman's Own Foundation · Ritter Family Foundation · Lone Pine Foundation Inc · The Near and Far Association Inc · Dalio Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Be Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Be Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Ctdata Collaborative: 35% of income from government
- Connecticut Council for Philanthropy: 24% of income from government
- The Carver Inc: 16% of income from government
- The Open Door Shelter Inc: 14% of income from government
- United Way of Coastal and Western Connecticut Inc: 11% of income from government
- Domus Kids Inc: 7% of income from government
- Partners for Educational Leadershipinc: 2% of income from government
- Intempo Organization Inc: 2% of income from government
- Connecticut Rise Network Inc: 2% of income from government
- The Ridgefield Playhouse for Movies and the Performing Arts Inc: 1% of income from government
- The Norwalk Art Space Inc: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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