Connecticut · Private foundation
Cottonwood 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.
- $38k
- Granted FY2023
- 4
- Grants FY2023
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $10,100
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $10,100
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 10
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 1
- Total assets, FY2023
- $604k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Cottonwood Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 53% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 4 | $38k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $38k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $34k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $43k | 89% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $37k | 86% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $36k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 10 | $34k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
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 FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sixth Street Community Center Inc | $20,200 | 2 | 2% |
| Wide Rainbow Corporation | $16,000 | 2 | 4% |
| The University of Florida Foundation Inc | $10,300 | 1 | 0% |
| Covenant House | $10,100 | 1 | 0% |
| The Lower East Side Girls Club of New York Inc | $10,100 | 1 | 0% |
| Howland Chamber Music Circle Inc | $8,750 | 2 | n/a |
| The Suppers Programs Inc Dba Eating for Your Health | $8,250 | 2 | 3% |
| Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition | $5,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Hands on Hartford Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Girls Who Click | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 28 grantees
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($89k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Cottonwood Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 19 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Central New York Community Foundation Inc · Impactassetsinc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
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About Cottonwood Foundation Inc
- How much does Cottonwood Foundation Inc give?
- Cottonwood Foundation Inc reported 4 grants totaling $38,300 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Cottonwood Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Human Services (19%), Youth Development (14%), Education (12%).
- Who are Cottonwood Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Sixth Street Community Center Inc ($20k), Wide Rainbow Corporation ($16k), The University of Florida Foundation Inc ($10k).
- Does Cottonwood Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Cottonwood Foundation Inc 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 Cottonwood Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Central New York Community Foundation Inc, Impactassetsinc, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
- Where is Cottonwood Foundation Inc based?
- Cottonwood Foundation Inc is based in CT.
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