· 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.
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.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| PLAINVILLE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS | $6,898 |
| PARC INC | $5,000 |
| THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF PLV | $2,000 |
| QUEEN ANN NZINGA CENTER INC | $2,000 |
| WHEELER REGIONAL YMCA CHILDCARE | $1,790 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
| PLV ADULT AND CONTINUING EDUCATION | $750 |
| PLV HISTORICAL SOCIETY | $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.
None of its grants could be placed against low income need for this view.
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 +206% since the first grant, against +40% for those funded once.
20 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 2 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, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- PIPARC INC8× · 2017–2025 · $24k
- QAQUEEN ANN NZINGA CENTER INC6× · 2017–2025 · $14k · revenue +206%
- IGIndividual grant recipient3× · 2021–2023 · $10k
Funded once
- PFPLAINVILLE FOOD PANTRYone grant, 2017 · $3k
- FGFOR GOODNESS SAKE - BEDDINGone grant, 2020 · $3k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2020 · $3k
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.
6 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. 6 of the 61 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.
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Elizabeth Harding Norton Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Elizabeth Harding Norton Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
- Special Olympics Connecticut Inc: 42% of income from government
- Plainville Early Learning Center Inc: 34% of income from government
- New Britain Museum of American Art Inc: 7% of income from government
- Queen Ann Nzinga Center Inc: 3% of income from government
How this is measured
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