· Private foundation
Dxn 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k7 grants · $38k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $87k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| YELLOW FARMHOUSE | $35,000 |
| STONINGTON FREE LIBRARYCOMMUNITY CENTERCEMETERY | $16,500 |
| NEW LONDON COMMUNITY CENTER | $15,000 |
| MISCELLANEOUS | $10,000 |
| PAWCATUCK NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER | $10,000 |
| OCEAN COMMUNITY YMCA | $7,500 |
| DENISON PEQUOTSEPOS NATURE CENTER | $5,000 |
| ISLAND GROWN INITIATIVE | $5,000 |
| ALLIANCE FOR MYSTIC WATERSHED | $5,000 |
| AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE OF MARIN | $5,000 |
| SURFRIDER FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
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 (FY21–25, $31k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 76% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
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 +53% since the first grant, against -19% for those funded once.
11 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 8 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, 28% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $89k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- DPDENISON PEQUOTSEPOS NATURE CENTER3× · 2023–2025 · $14k · revenue +10%
- SCSTONINGTON COMMUNITY CENTER INC2× · 2023–2024 · $12k · revenue +9%
- PNPAWCATUCK NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC2× · 2021–2025 · $12k · revenue +53%
Funded once
- CFCOMMUNITY FUNDS INCone grant, 2021 · $5k
- CFCOMMUNITY FUND INCone grant, 2022 · $5k
- TSTHE STONINGTON FREE LIBRARY INCone grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue -30%
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.
The deer isle-stonington historical society was formed in 1959 with the goal of collecting and preserving historical facts, records and relics pertaining to deer isle, stonington and adjoining communities and islands of east penobscot bay…
It is the mission of the seacoast science center to spark curiosity, enhance understanding, and inspire conservation of our blue planet. the center's programming and exhibits encourage visitors and other program participants to recognize…
To preserve the town's natural resources.
Founded in 1881 the Staten Island Museum engages visitors with interdisciplinary exhibitions, public programs, and educational activities for all ages. It is the mission of the Staten Island Museum to spark curiosity and generate…
To promote conservation education
The norwalk seaport association, inc. offers a cultural, environmental, and historical journey to the norwalk islands. the sheffield island lighthouse and the light keeper's cottage provide a unique historical and educational venue which…
To provide leadership and take initiatives for locally led conservation with the goal to protect soil, water and other natural resources of north central connecticut.
The ecotarium's mission is to inspire a passion for science and nature among all members of the community through one-of-a-kind experiences, interactive exhibits, and accessible programming. as new england's leading science and nature…
The Stamford Museum & Nature Center is a vital cultural and educational resource for the community, and a focal point for family activity and interaction. (continued on Schedule O)We seek to inspire creativity, foster self-discovery,…
Providing quality materials and services, which fulfill the educational, information, cultural and recreational needs of the entire community in an atmosphere that is welcoming and respectful.
The purpose of the montauk historical society is to collect, restore, preserve and display historically significant buildings, objects and writings and to preserve and share the history and cultures of montauk and the east end for this and…
Environmental preservation
How this is measured
12 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. 12 of the 30 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 DENISON PEQUOTSEPOS NATURE CENTER ↗
- Who funds STONINGTON COMMUNITY CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds PAWCATUCK NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds STONINGTON CEMETERY ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds OCEAN COMMUNITY YMCA ↗
- Who funds ISLAND GROWN INITIATIVE LTD ↗
- Who funds THE VIVIAN BEAUMONT THEATERINC D/B/A LINCOLN CENTER THEATER ↗
- Who funds AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE OF MARIN ↗
- Who funds THE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE STONINGTON FREE LIBRARY INC ↗
- Who funds STONINGTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER ↗
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: Castle Family Foundation · Tua Benson P Blake Char Trust · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Doogood Foundation Inc · The Wimpfheimer Foundation Inc · Chelsea Groton Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Dxn Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dxn Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Stonington Free Library Inc: 2% of income from government
- Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center: 0% of income from government
- Island Grown Initiative Ltd: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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