· Private foundation
Donna and Stuart Farber Family Foundation Inc
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k34 grants · $49k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $26k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| FDN FOR PRADER-WILLI RESEARCH | $15,682 |
| THE FRIENDS OF LEVITT PAVILLION | $10,000 |
| OPEN DOOR SHELTER | $5,181 |
| WESTPORT ROTARY CLUB FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| NATIONAL ABILITY CENTER | $3,050 |
| CHICAGO SURVIVORS | $2,500 |
| VERA INSTITUE OF JUSTICE | $2,500 |
| HOMES WITH HOPE | $2,500 |
| RIDGEFIELD PLAYHOUSE | $2,000 |
| FIBROLAMELLAR CANCER FOUNDATION | $2,000 |
| WESTPORT LIBRARY | $1,635 |
| MIKEY'S WAY FOUNDATION | $1,500 |
| CRADLES TO CRAYONS | $1,500 |
| CRADLES TO CRAYONS | $1,500 |
| CORNELL UNIVERSITY | $1,500 |
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 (FY17–25, $22k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 50% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.
34 repeat relationships: 26 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- FFFOUNDATION FOR PRADER-WILLI RESEARCH INC9× · 2017–2025 · $103k · revenue +92%
- TOTHE OPEN DOOR SHELTER INC6× · 2019–2025 · $29k · revenue +62%
- HWHOMES WITH HOPE7× · 2017–2025 · $24k · revenue +35%
Funded once
- WCWESTPORT CINEMA INITIATIVEone grant, 2022 · $9k
- HIHAND IN HAND HURRICANE RELIEFone grant, 2017 · $5k
- TSTHE SEAL FOUNDATION INCgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $3k · revenue +890%
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.
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…
To provide funds to benefit families affected by cancer and to support cancer research and education.
Improve the health of every person in our community through the efficient delivery of excellent, innovative and compassionate care.
The samuel waxman cancer research foundation (the "foundation") funds innovative research to bring faster cures to patients. in addition to supporting ongoing collaborative research in specific cancers, our scientists are investigating the…
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…
To provide healthcare services.
Improve the health of every person in our community through the efficient delivery of excellent, innovative and compassionate care.
Connecticut children's medical center is dedicated to improving the physical and emotional health of children through family-centered care, research, education and advocacy. we embrace discovery, teamwork, integrity and excellence in all…
The association is the leader in providing services to and advocating for, the state's providers of long-term, subacute, rehabilitative, and assisted living care. additionally, the association serves as a clearing house for information…
Improve the health of every person in our community through the efficient delivery of excellent, innovative and compassionate care.
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…
To prevent the spread of hiv/aids and sexually transmitted diseases, and to reduce the associated morbidity and mortality in the developed and developing worlds through treatment, education, patient advocacy and assistance.
How this is measured
43 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. 43 of the 74 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 FOUNDATION FOR PRADER-WILLI RESEARCH INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL ABILITY CENTER ↗
- Who funds THE OPEN DOOR SHELTER INC ↗
- Who funds HOMES WITH HOPE ↗
- Who funds THE FIBROLAMELLAR CANCER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE RIDGEFIELD PLAYHOUSE FOR MOVIES AND THE PERFORMING ARTS INC ↗
- Who funds WESTPORT ROTARY CLUB FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC ↗
- Who funds WESTPORT CINEMA INITIATIVE ↗
- Who funds CONNECTICUT SCIENCE CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds MIKEY'S WAY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC ↗
- Who funds Cornell University ↗
- Who funds CHICAGO SURVIVORS INC ↗
- Who funds KIDS IN CRISIS INC ↗
- Who funds Weston Arts Inc ↗
- Who funds PINK AID INC ↗
- Who funds THE SEAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds VERA INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds ACT OF CONNECTICUT ↗
- Who funds CONNECTICUT HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTERS OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds SILVERMINE GUILD OF ARTISTS INC ↗
- Who funds FAMILY CENTERS INC ↗
- Who funds ALEXS LEMONADE STAND FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL 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 · Connecticut Humanities Council Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · Synchrony Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Eversource Energy Foundation Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Fernwood Foundation · The Shack Sackler Foundation · The Pitney Bowes Foundation · Grace Jones Richardson Testamentary Trust C/O Piedmont Trust Co · Viking Global Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Donna and Stuart Farber Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Donna and Stuart Farber Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Community Renewal Team Inc: 77% of income from government
- Kids in Crisis Inc: 49% of income from government
- Children's Learning Centers of Fairfield County Inc: 36% of income from government
- Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
- Homes With Hope: 28% of income from government
- Aspetuck Land Trust: 28% of income from government
- Family Centers Inc: 20% of income from government
- The Open Door Shelter Inc: 14% of income from government
- Connecticut Science Center Inc: 14% of income from government
- Positive Directions-the Center for Prevention & Counseling Inc: 11% of income from government
- Cradles to Crayons Inc: 2% of income from government
- Act of Connecticut: 1% of income from government
- Silvermine Guild of Artists Inc: 1% of income from government
- The Ridgefield Playhouse for Movies and the Performing Arts Inc: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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