Connecticut · Private foundation
Calvin K Kazanjian Economics Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $258k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 42%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 14
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 9
- Total assets, FY2025
- $10M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 42% of the organizations Calvin K Kazanjian Economics Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 46% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $177k 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 | 12 | $258k | 67% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $384k | 42% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $347k | 85% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $322k | 86% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $202k | 92% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $253k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $995k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $151k | 67% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia Council on Economic Education | $93,000 | 3 | 3% |
| National Public Radio Inc | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Council for Economic Education | $60,000 | 2 | 1% |
| University of Delaware | $60,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Trustees of Tufts College | $57,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Fitmoney Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 4% |
| The George Washington University | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Fund for American Studies | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Legalcorps | $36,500 | 1 | 10% |
| Amelia Park Childrens Museum Inc | $35,000 | 1 | 13% |
Show all 43 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.9M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Calvin K Kazanjian Economics Foundation Inc 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: Wells Fargo Foundation · Foundation for Financial Planning Inc · Charles Koch Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Td Charitable Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc
How this is measured
Compare Calvin K Kazanjian Economics Foundation Inc with peer funders
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About Calvin K Kazanjian Economics Foundation Inc
- How much does Calvin K Kazanjian Economics Foundation Inc give?
- Calvin K Kazanjian Economics Foundation Inc reported 12 grants totaling $257,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Calvin K Kazanjian Economics Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (58%), Social Science (14%), Employment (8%).
- Who are Calvin K Kazanjian Economics Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Georgia Council on Economic Education ($93k), National Public Radio Inc ($75k), Council for Economic Education ($60k).
- Does Calvin K Kazanjian Economics Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 42% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Calvin K Kazanjian Economics Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Calvin K Kazanjian Economics Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Wells Fargo Foundation, Foundation for Financial Planning Inc, Charles Koch Foundation.
- Where is Calvin K Kazanjian Economics Foundation Inc based?
- Calvin K Kazanjian Economics Foundation Inc is based in CT.
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