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Edgemer 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.

$1.7M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
35
Grants FY2024
16
Organizations funded FY2023
31%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$20,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$500,000
Organizations funded a year
13 to 21
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
6
Total assets, FY2024
$6.1M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 31% of the organizations Edgemer Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $85k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23
EducationArts & CultureCivil RightsYouth DevelopmentHealthInternationalOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving32$890k34%
FY202316$741k31%
FY202215$2.0M27%
FY202114$1.1M36%
FY202021$2.4M48%
FY201913$1.6M31%
FY201715$2.4Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$6.0MEducation$4.5MHealth$2.7MArts & Culture$2.5MCivil Rights$505kYouth Development$395kRecreation & Sports$105kReligion$87kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
MN
IL
NY
IN
OH
PA
CT
RI
CA
DC

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 38 grantees
All grantees of Edgemer Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Bowdoin College$1,632,50050%
Hartford Hospital$1,350,00030%
Lafayette College$1,125,00060%
Connecticut Children's Medical Center$1,119,43160%
Hartford Symphony Orchestra Inc$883,60678%
Renbrook School Inc$700,00032%
The Nagen Project Inc$475,000310%
The University of Connecticut Foundation Inc$470,00050%
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art$265,00051%
The Boys and Girls Clubs of Hartford$250,00021%
Hartford Stage Company Inc$115,00021%
Real Art Ways Inc$101,50023%
Rob the Drummer Educational Programs Inc$100,000583%
Connecticut News Project Inc$75,00021%
Foodshare Inc$55,00030%
Connecticut Science Center Inc$52,50030%
Hebrew Home & Hospital$50,00020%
Grace Academy$50,00051%
The Endowment Fund of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity$50,00011%
Connecticut Children's Foundation Inc$50,00010%
Congregation Beth Israel Beth Israel Synagogue$25,0001n/a
Anti-Defamation League$25,00010%
Foundation for the Defense of Democracies Inc$25,00010%
Connecticut Hospitality Educational Foundation Inc$25,00014%
CaringBridge$25,00010%
Pine Island Camp$25,00012%
Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership$25,00010%
Planned Parenthood of Southern New England Inc$25,00010%
Jewish Community Center Inc$25,00010%
The Mark Twain Memorial$15,00010%
House of Bread Inc$10,00020%
Voices of Hope Inc$5,40011%
Ballet Theatre Company$5,00014%
Reut USA$5,00010%
iQuilt Partnership Inc$5,00011%
Gaylord Hospital INC$2,50010%
Hartford Chorale Inc$1,00010%
THE CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETY Connecticut Museum of Culture & History$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.9M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Edgemer Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 37 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBowdoin College: $1,632,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHartford Hospital: $1,350,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLafayette College: $1,125,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetConnecticut Children's Medical Center: $1,119,431 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHartford Symphony Orchestra Inc: $883,606 over 7y, 7.6% of budgetRenbrook School Inc: $700,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetThe Nagen Project Inc: $475,000 over 3y, 10% of budgetThe University of Connecticut Foundation Inc: $470,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetWadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art: $265,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetThe Boys and Girls Clubs of Hartford: $250,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetHartford Stage Company Inc: $115,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetReal Art Ways Inc: $101,500 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetRob the Drummer Educational Programs Inc: $100,000 over 5y, 83% of budgetConnecticut News Project Inc: $75,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetFoodshare Inc: $55,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetConnecticut Science Center Inc: $52,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetHebrew Home & Hospital: $50,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetGrace Academy: $50,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetThe Endowment Fund of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity: $50,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetConnecticut Children's Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAnti-Defamation League: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFoundation for the Defense of Democracies Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetConnecticut Hospitality Educational Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetCaringBridge: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPine Island Camp: $25,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetSpertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Southern New England Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJewish Community Center Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Mark Twain Memorial: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHouse of Bread Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetVoices of Hope Inc: $5,400 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetBallet Theatre Company: $5,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetReut USA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetiQuilt Partnership Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetGaylord Hospital INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHartford Chorale Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETY Connecticut Museum of Culture & History: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 37.

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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.

Cheryl Chase & Stuart Bear Family Foundation IncCT36.9× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Cheryl Chase & Stuart Bear Family Foundation Inc · Hartford Foundation for Public Giving · The Robert & Margaret Patricelli Family Foundation · The William and Alice Mortensen Foundation · The Ellen Jeanne Goldfarb Memorial Charitable Trust · The Zachs Family Foundation Inc · Sandra & Arnold Chase Family Foundation Inc · Aetna Foundation Inc · Connecticut Humanities Council Inc · Burton & Phyllis Hoffman Foundation Inc · J Walton Bissell Foundation Inc · The Maximilian E and Marion O Hoffman Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Edgemer Foundation Inc

How much does Edgemer Foundation Inc give?
Edgemer Foundation Inc reported 35 grants totaling $1,691,757 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 21 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Edgemer Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (35%), Education (26%), Health (16%).
Who are Edgemer Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Bowdoin College ($1.6M), Hartford Hospital ($1.4M), Lafayette College ($1.1M).
Does Edgemer Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Edgemer 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 Edgemer Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Cheryl Chase & Stuart Bear Family Foundation Inc, Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, The Robert & Margaret Patricelli Family Foundation.
Where is Edgemer Foundation Inc based?
Edgemer Foundation Inc is based in FL.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 57 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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