Connecticut · Private foundation
Chuza 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.
- $274k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2024
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $151,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 24 to 33
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $210k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 13% of the organizations Chuza Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 20 | $274k | 5% |
| FY2023 | 24 | $171k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 25 | $151k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 26 | $173k | 27% |
| FY2020 | 33 | $124k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kids in Crisis Inc | $110,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Connecticut Foodshare Inc | $100,000 | 4 | 0% |
| El Centro Hispano Inc | $76,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Inspirica Inc | $70,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Christian Mission to Gaza | $35,000 | 4 | 2% |
| The Food Bank of Lower Fairfield County Inc | $31,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Save The Children Federation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Darien Community Association Inc | $2,150 | 4 | 0% |
| Princeton Theological Seminary | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Darien Library Inc | $1,900 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kids in Crisis Inc | $110,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Connecticut Foodshare Inc | $100,000 | 4 | 0% |
| El Centro Hispano Inc | $76,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Inspirica Inc | $70,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Christian Mission to Gaza | $35,000 | 4 | 2% |
| The Food Bank of Lower Fairfield County Inc | $31,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Save The Children Federation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Darien Community Association Inc | $2,150 | 4 | 0% |
| Princeton Theological Seminary | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Darien Library Inc | $1,900 | 5 | 0% |
| A Better Chance in Darien Inc | $1,600 | 4 | 0% |
| Friends of Forman Christian College Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Ambler Farm Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Noroton Heights Fire Department Incorporated | $700 | 4 | 0% |
| At Home in Darieninc | $700 | 5 | 0% |
| Horizons Inc | $500 | 2 | 0% |
| Darien Police Association Inc | $400 | 4 | 0% |
| Family & Children's Agency Inc | $300 | 1 | 0% |
| Alliance Medical Center Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Q Place | $200 | 2 | 0% |
| Darien Historical Society | $200 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 28 recipients with no EIN on record ($453k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Chuza 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: The Goodnow Fund · Schaefer-Phillips Foundation Inc · 522 Foundation Inc · The Meredith and Whitney George Family Foundation Inc · Mbia Foundation · The Darien Foundation Inc · The Stuart L Higley Foundation Inc · Pieter and Yvette Eenkema Van Dijk Foundation · The Rogers Family Foundation · The Roxe Foundation · The Edward E Hood Jr Foundation · Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Chuza Foundation
- How much does Chuza Foundation give?
- Chuza Foundation reported 20 grants totaling $274,160 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 33 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Chuza Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (44%), Human Services (21%), Food & Nutrition (15%).
- Who are Chuza Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Kids in Crisis Inc ($110k), Connecticut Foodshare Inc ($100k), El Centro Hispano Inc ($76k).
- Does Chuza Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Chuza 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 Chuza Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Goodnow Fund, Schaefer-Phillips Foundation Inc, 522 Foundation Inc.
- Where is Chuza Foundation based?
- Chuza Foundation is based in CT.
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