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David and Eunice Bigelow Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$858k
Granted FY2025still arriving
67
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$66k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0198% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2025.

Education$3.3MHealth$798kYouth Development$664kHuman Services$584kArts & Culture$477kHousing & Shelter$274kCrime & Legal$254kRecreation & Sports$186kOther$0
02FY2025 · 67 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k33 grants · $126k
  • $10k–50k30 grants · $486k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $246k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$8.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Foundation for Excellence in Bridgeport Public Schools$66,000
Foundation for Excellence in Bridgeport Public Schools$60,000
Creative Youth Productions Inc$60,000
Foundation for Excellence in Bridgeport Public Schools$60,000
Foundation for Excellence in Bridgeport Public Schools$40,397
Foundation for Excellence in Bridgeport Public Schools$40,113
Foundation for Excellence in Bridgeport Public Schools$34,533
Bridgeport Hospital Foundation Inc$25,000
St Vincent's Medical Center Foundation$25,000
Foundation for Excellence in Bridgeport Public Schools$24,914
Connecticut Foodshare$20,000
Bullard Haven Technical High School$16,000
Individual grant recipient$15,000
Individual grant recipient$15,000
Fairfield University$15,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–25, $529k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 18% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Innocence Project: $10k → 17%Innocence Project: $10k → 17%Innocence Project: $10k → 17%Innocence Project: $10k → 17%Innocence Project: $10k → 17%Innocence Project: $10k → 17%Innocence Project: $10k → 17%Innocence Project: $10k → 17%Innocence Project: $10k → 17%Central Connecticut Coast YMCA: $5k → 12%Domestic Violence Crisis Center: $5k → 9%Domestic Violence Crisis Center: $5k → 9%Domestic Violence Crisis Center: $5k → 9%Domestic Violence Crisis Center: $5k → 9%Domestic Violence Crisis Center: $5k → 9%Domestic Violence Crisis Center: $5k → 9%Domestic Violence Crisis Center: $5k → 9%Domestic Violence Crisis Center: $5k → 9%Domestic Violence Crisis Center: $5k → 9%Center for Family Justice: $41k → 9%Center for Family Justice: $17k → 9%Center for Family Justice: $16k → 9%Center for Family Justice: $15k → 9%Center for Family Justice: $15k → 9%Center for Family Justice: $15k → 9%Center for Family Justice: $15k → 9%Center for Family Justice: $15k → 9%Bridge House: $10k → 9%Bridge House: $10k → 9%Bridgeport Rescue Mission: $10k → 9%Bridge House: $10k → 9%Bridgeport Rescue Mission: $10k → 9%Bridge House: $10k → 9%Center for Family Justice: $15k → 9%Bridge House: $10k → 9%Bridge House: $10k → 9%Bridgeport Rescue Mission: $10k → 9%Bridgeport Rescue Mission: $10k → 9%Bridge House: $10k → 9%Bridge House: $10k → 9%Bridge House: $10k → 9%Bridgeport Rescue Mission: $10k → 9%Bridgeport Rescue Mission: $9k → 9%Bridgeport Rescue Mission: $8k → 9%Bridgeport Rescue Mission: $8k → 9%Bridgeport Rescue Mission: $8k → 9%LifeBridge Community Services: $8k → 9%McGivney Community Center: $5k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$6.8M · 66 repeat orgs$159k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +36% since the first grant, against +14% for the ones you funded once.

66 repeat relationships — 52 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

66
11

Total granted

$6.8M
$119k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+14%

Still filing today

67%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureHealthRecreation & SportsHousing & ShelterOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • TF
    THE FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN BRIDGEPORT PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC
    7× · 2018–2025 · $2.2M · revenue +389% · 74% of their budget
  • KE
    Kids Empowered by Your Support Inc
    6× · 2018–2024 · $290k · revenue +41%
  • BH
    BRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $252k · revenue +25%

Funded once

  • WC
    WESTPORT COUNTRY PLAYHOUSE INC
    one grant, 2021 · $80k · revenue +13%
  • BP
    BRIDGEPORT PUBLIC SCHOOLS
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +14%

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

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Bridgeport Hospital

To operate an acute care hospital in bridgeport, connecticut for the care and treatment of persons suffering from disease or other physical or mental conditions without regard to race, color, creed, sex, age or ability to pay.

Health
2
The Bridge Academy Inc

The bridge academy, inc. was granted a charter to operate the bridge academy, a public school located in the city of bridgeport, ct. the school was founded in 1997 to provide college preparatory curriculum designed to overcome the…

Education
3
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
4
Bridgton Hospital

To provide exceptional healthcare services in a safe and trustfulenvironment through the expertise, commitment, and compassion ofour family of caregivers.

Health
5
Bristol Hospital Inc

Bristol hospital and health care group is committed to enhancing the health and well-being of our community. we will provide safe, quality care and services to our patients through our continuum of services and health promotion. we will…

Health
6
St Vincent's College Inc

Rooted in the loving ministry of Jesus as healer, we commit ourselves to serving all persons with special attention to those who are poor and vulnerable. Our Catholic health ministry is dedicated to spiritually-centered, holistic care…

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7
Connecticut Council for Philanthropy

Ccp organizes, inspires, and equips a community of funders to learn, collaborate, and lead together for sustained impact and social change in connecticut.

Philanthropy
8
Central Maine Healthcare Corporation

To provide exceptional healthcare services in a safe and trustful environment through the expertise, committment, and compassion of our family of caregivers.

Health
9
Connecticut College

Connecticut college educates students to put the liberal arts into action as citizens of a global society. for additional information, see schedule o.

Education
10
Rumford Hospital

To provide exceptional healthcare services in a safe and trustfulenvironment through the expertise, commitment and compassion of ourfamily of caregivers.

Health
11
Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corp

To manage the brooklyn navy yard for the city of new york, specifically to expand job opportunities for new yorkers by fostering the development of small businesses.

Community Improvement
12
Westport Library Association Inc

The westport library was established for the purpose of maintaining a public library in the town of westport, connecticut. the library is committed to empowering the individual and strengthening the community through dynamic interaction…

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lifebridge Community Services Inc and the most unlike its peers is The Joe Torre Safe At Home Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyCommunity Arts OrganizationsChild & Family Mental Healt…Fraternal & Veterans Servic…Darien Community Organizati…Youth Development CentersDevelopmental Disabilities …Community Support ServicesEducation Scholarship Found…Developmental Disabilities …Independent Schools and Ear…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 44 years old; the field is 19. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number19%2%<5yr13%2%5–10yr19%11%10–20yr19%14%20–35yr12%30%35–55yr18%41%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value19%0%<5yr13%41%5–10yr19%15%10–20yr19%3%20–35yr12%18%35–55yr18%23%55yr+

The field is 19% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 10% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/60
the rest of the field
10%
1,185/11,452

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

59 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 59 of the 85 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
57/59
Grantees still filing
37/59
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

THE FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN BRIDGEPORT PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC — $2,224,977 · EducationTHE FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN BRIDGEPORT PUBLI…ACCESS EDUCATIONAL SERVICES INC — $172,000 · EducationACCESS EDUCATIONAL SERVICES INCSACRED HEART UNIVERSITY INCORPORATED — $135,000 · EducationFairfield University — $135,000 · EducationNORWALK COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC — $120,000 · Education+7 more — $246,640 · Education+7 moreYMCA Camp Hi-Rock — $145,750 · OtherYMCA Camp Hi-RockSTAR Inc — $145,000 · OtherSTAR IncCONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INC — $143,500 · OtherCONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INCFairfield YMCA — $132,500 · OtherFairfield YMCAYale Cancer Center — $102,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipient — $92,000 · OtherBigelow Center for Senior Activities — $82,500 · OtherCARDINAL SHEHAN CENTER INC — $82,250 · OtherWakeman's Boys and Girls Clubs — $81,500 · OtherBullard Haven Technical High School — $76,000 · OtherUniversity of Bridgeport — $75,000 · Other+39 more — $868,400 · Other+39 moreBRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC — $251,500 · HealthBRIDGEPOR…St Vincent's Medical Center Foundation Inc — $215,000 · HealthSt Vincen…Connecticut Challenge Inc DBA Mission Your Mission CT Challenge — $36,000 · HealthConnectic…Norwalk Hospital Foundation — $30,000 · HealthNorwalk H…APPLIED BEHAVIORAL REHABILITATION INSTIT — $22,500 · HealthTHE CENTER FOR FAMILY JUSTICE INC — $164,000 · Human ServicesBRIDGE HOUSE INC — $90,000 · Human ServicesTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC — $90,000 · Human ServicesBRIDGEPORT RESCUE MISSION INC — $82,750 · Human ServicesDOMESTIC VIOLENCE CRISIS CENTER — $45,000 · Human ServicesLIFEBRIDGE COMMUNITY SERVICES INC — $32,000 · Human ServicesMCGIVNEY COMMUNITY CENTER INC — $18,000 · Human Services+3 more — $17,000 · Human ServicesKids Empowered by Your Support Inc — $290,000 · Arts & CultureWESTPORT COUNTRY PLAYHOUSE INC — $80,000 · Arts & CultureNeighborhood Studios of Fairfield County Inc — $45,000 · Arts & CultureFAIRFIELD THEATRE COMPANY INC — $22,500 · Arts & Culture+1 more — $14,000 · Arts & CultureCreative Youth Productions Inc — $245,000 · Youth DevelopmentOPERATION HOPE OF FAIRFIELD INC — $85,750 · Housing & ShelterURBAN IMPACT OF BLACK ROCK INCORPORATED — $22,500 · Housing & Shelter
Education$3,033,617Other$2,026,900Health$555,000Human Services$538,750Arts & Culture$451,500Youth Development$245,000Housing & Shelter$108,250

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN BRIDGEPORT PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC — $2,224,977 over 7y, 74% of budgetKids Empowered by Your Support Inc — $290,000 over 6y, 7.6% of budgetBRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC — $251,500 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetCreative Youth Productions Inc — $245,000 over 8y, 38% of budgetSt Vincent's Medical Center Foundation Inc — $215,000 over 9y, 5.2% of budgetACCESS EDUCATIONAL SERVICES INC — $172,000 over 6y, 25% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR FAMILY JUSTICE INC — $164,000 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetCONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INC — $143,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSACRED HEART UNIVERSITY INCORPORATED — $135,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetFairfield University — $135,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetNORWALK COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC — $120,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetBRIDGE HOUSE INC — $90,000 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC — $90,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetOPERATION HOPE OF FAIRFIELD INC — $85,750 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetBRIDGEPORT RESCUE MISSION INC — $82,750 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetCARDINAL SHEHAN CENTER INC — $82,250 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetWESTPORT COUNTRY PLAYHOUSE INC — $80,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetUniversity of New Haven — $80,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetHOUSATONIC COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC — $75,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetMERCY LEARNING CENTER OF BRIDGEPORT INC — $65,500 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetCAROLINE HOUSE INC — $64,150 over 9y, 1.6% of budgetPIVOT MINISTRIES INC — $52,500 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetBURROUGHS COMMUNITY CENTER INC — $48,000 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetDOMESTIC VIOLENCE CRISIS CENTER — $45,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetNeighborhood Studios of Fairfield County Inc — $45,000 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetTHE KENNEDY COLLECTIVE INC — $40,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHOMES WITH HOPE — $37,500 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetConnecticut Challenge Inc DBA Mission Your Mission CT Challenge — $36,000 over 9y, 1.4% of budgetLIFEBRIDGE COMMUNITY SERVICES INC — $32,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC — $27,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCONNECTICUT AUDUBON SOCIETY INC — $25,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetURBAN IMPACT OF BLACK ROCK INCORPORATED — $22,500 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetAPPLIED BEHAVIORAL REHABILITATION INSTIT — $22,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetHOLE IN THE WALL GANG FUND INC — $22,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetFAIRFIELD THEATRE COMPANY INC — $22,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetSCHOOL VOLUNTEER ASSOCIATION OF BRIDGEPORT INC — $20,000 over 2y, 5.6% of budgetGirl Scouts of Connecticut Inc — $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMCGIVNEY COMMUNITY CENTER INC — $18,000 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetALBERTUS MAGNUS COLLEGE — $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC — $15,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetFAIRFIELD HISTORICAL SOCIETY DBA FAIRFIELD MUSEUM — $14,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetTHE JOE TORRE SAFE AT HOME FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGREATER BRIDGEPORT SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC — $10,000 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetTHE WORKPLACE INC — $9,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetFAIRFIELD COUNTY'S COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST CATHERINE CENTER FOR SPECIAL NEEDS INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetST BALDRICK'S FOUNDATION INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

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

  • Who funds THE FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN BRIDGEPORT PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC ↗
  • Who funds Kids Empowered by Your Support Inc ↗
  • Who funds BRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Creative Youth Productions Inc ↗
  • Who funds St Vincent's Medical Center Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds ACCESS EDUCATIONAL SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CENTER FOR FAMILY JUSTICE INC ↗
  • Who funds CONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INC ↗
  • Who funds SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds Fairfield University ↗
  • Who funds NORWALK COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BRIDGE HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION HOPE OF FAIRFIELD INC ↗
  • Who funds BRIDGEPORT RESCUE MISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds CARDINAL SHEHAN CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds WESTPORT COUNTRY PLAYHOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds University of New Haven ↗
  • Who funds HOUSATONIC COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MERCY LEARNING CENTER OF BRIDGEPORT INC ↗
  • Who funds CAROLINE HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds PIVOT MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds BURROUGHS COMMUNITY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CRISIS CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Neighborhood Studios of Fairfield County Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE KENNEDY COLLECTIVE INC ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Fairfield County's Co…Peoples United Commun…Ernest and Joan Trefz…The Near and Far Asso…The Pitney Bowes Foun…Newman's Own Foundati…The Inner-City Founda…Ge Aerospace Foundati…Young Mens Christian …The Aiello Charitable…Tauck Family Foundati…William Caspar Graust…
Fairfield County's Community Foundation IncCT73.4× affinity35 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 · Peoples United Community Foundation · Ernest and Joan Trefz Foundation · The Near and Far Association Inc · The Pitney Bowes Foundation · Newman's Own Foundation · The Inner-City Foundation for Charity & Education Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Young Mens Christian Association of Westport/Weston Ct Inc · The Aiello Charitable Foundation Inc · Tauck Family Foundation · William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization David and Eunice Bigelow Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 110%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Alliance for Community Empowerment Inc — 100% of income from government
  • The Workplace Inc — 100% of income from government
  • Bridge House Inc — 88% of income from government
  • Creative Youth Productions Inc — 85% of income from government
  • The Kennedy Collective Inc — 79% of income from government
  • The Center for Family Justice Inc — 49% of income from government
  • Applied Behavioral Rehabilitation Instit — 35% of income from government
  • Lifebridge Community Services Inc — 32% of income from government
  • Homes With Hope — 28% of income from government
  • Operation Hope of Fairfield Inc — 15% of income from government
  • Central Connecticut Coast Young Men's Christian Association Inc — 14% of income from government
  • Domestic Violence Crisis Center — 10% of income from government
  • Albertus Magnus College — 6% of income from government
  • Connecticut Foodshare Inc — 5% of income from government
  • Mercy Learning Center of Bridgeport Inc — 4% of income from government
  • Cardinal Shehan Center Inc — 4% of income from government
  • Neighborhood Studios of Fairfield County Inc — 3% of income from government
  • Greater Bridgeport Symphony Society Inc — 3% of income from government
  • University of New Haven — 2% of income from government
  • Girl Scouts of Connecticut Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Westport Country Playhouse Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Mcgivney Community Center Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Sacred Heart University Incorporated — 1% of income from government
  • Fairfield Historical Society Dba Fairfield Museum — 1% of income from government
  • Fairfield University — 1% of income from government
  • Connecticut Audubon Society Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Fairfield Theatre Company Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
11get no government money at all
12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
5rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to David and Eunice Bigelow Foundation?

Find your warmest path to David and Eunice Bigelow Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 85 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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