Connecticut · Private foundation
Elizabeth Harding Norton Trust
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.
- $20k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $6,898
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 21
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $487k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 40% of the organizations Elizabeth Harding Norton Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 27% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 8 | $20k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $20k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $18k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $15k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $18k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $20k | 80% |
| FY2019 | 21 | $25k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $15k | 73% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Queen Ann Nzinga Center Inc | $14,400 | 6 | 4% |
| Plainville Community Food Pantry Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New Britain Museum of American Art Inc | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Lewis Educational Agricultural Farm | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Plainville Historical Society Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Plainville Wind Ensemble | $900 | 1 | n/a |
| Plainville Town Of | $800 | 1 | n/a |
| Plainville Choral Society Inc | $700 | 2 | n/a |
| Special Olympics Connecticut Inc | $600 | 1 | 0% |
| Plainville Early Learning Center Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 51 recipients with no EIN on record ($144k), not named here.
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: Community Foundation of Greater New Britain · American Savings Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Elizabeth Harding Norton Trust
- How much does Elizabeth Harding Norton Trust give?
- Elizabeth Harding Norton Trust reported 8 grants totaling $19,938 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 21 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Elizabeth Harding Norton Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (46%), Arts & Culture (18%), Education (14%).
- Who are Elizabeth Harding Norton Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Queen Ann Nzinga Center Inc ($14k), Plainville Community Food Pantry Inc ($3k), New Britain Museum of American Art Inc ($2k).
- Does Elizabeth Harding Norton Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Elizabeth Harding Norton Trust 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 Elizabeth Harding Norton Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Greater New Britain, American Savings Foundation Inc, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Elizabeth Harding Norton Trust based?
- Elizabeth Harding Norton Trust is based in CT.
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