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Ernest and Joan Trefz 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.

$2.5M
Granted FY2025still arriving
104
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$400k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0194% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2025.

Education$6.9MHealth$4.5MHuman Services$2.0MYouth Development$815kPhilanthropy$526kArts & Culture$484kHousing & Shelter$319kInternational$285kOther$0
02FY2025 · 104 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k59 grants · $267k
  • $10k–50k32 grants · $587k
  • $50k–250k11 grants · $993k
  • $250k+2 grants · $650k
$7,500
Median grant
6
States reached
$8.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
University of Bridgeport$400,000
Norwalk Hospital Foundation$250,000
ST Vincent'S Medical Center Foundation$217,000
Ronald McDonald House Greater Hudson Valley$132,000
Ronald McDonald House Of New Haven CT$125,000
Bridgeport Hospital Foundation$100,000
Wakemans Boys & Girls Club$100,000
Kids And Clay Foundation$68,900
Housatonic Community College Foundation$50,000
Sared Heart University Scholarship Fund$50,000
Danbury Hospital Development Fund$50,000
Make A Wish Foundation$50,000
United Way Campaign of Coastal Fairfield County$50,000
Greater Bridgeport Symphony$40,000
Individual grant recipient$40,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–25, $803k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%Boys & Girls Village: $10k → 12%Boys & Girls Village: $10k → 12%Boys & Girls Village: $10k → 12%BOYS & GIRLS VILLAGE: $10k → 12%Boys & Girls Village: $10k → 12%Boys & Girls Village: $10k → 12%BOYS & GIRLS VILLAGE: $10k → 12%Boys & Girls Village: $10k → 12%Boys & Girls Village: $10k → 12%American Red Cross: $25k → 9%American Red Cross: $25k → 9%American Red Cross: $25k → 9%American Red Cross: $25k → 9%American Red Cross: $20k → 9%American Red Cross: $20k → 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $20k → 9%American Red Cross: $20k → 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $15k → 9%Bridgeport Rescue Mission: $15k → 9%Lifebridge Community Services: $15k → 9%Lifebridge Community Services: $15k → 9%Lifebridge Community Services: $15k → 9%Lifebridge Community Services: $15k → 9%Bridgeport Rescue Mission: $15k → 9%Bridgeport Rescue Mission: $15k → 9%Lifebridge Community Services: $15k → 9%Bridgeport Rescue Mission: $15k → 9%LIFEBRIDGE COMMUNITY SERVICES: $11k → 9%LIFEBRIDGE COMMUNITY SERVICES: $11k → 9%Lifebridge Community Services: $10k → 9%Bridgeport Rescue Mission: $10k → 9%Lifebridge Community Services: $10k → 9%Center For Family Justice: $10k → 9%Center For Family Justice: $10k → 9%Center For Family Justice: $10k → 9%Center For Family Justice: $10k → 9%Center For Family Justice: $10k → 9%CENTER FOR FAMILY JUSTICE: $8k → 9%Center For Family Justice: $8k → 9%CENTER FOR FAMILY JUSTICE: $8k → 9%STERLING HOUSE COMMUNITY CENTER: $25k → 9%Sterling House Community Center: $15k → 9%Sterling House Community Center: $10k → 9%Sterling House Community Center: $10k → 9%Sterling House Community Center: $10k → 9%Sterling House Community Center: $10k → 9%Sterling House Community Center: $10k → 9%Sterling House Community Center: $10k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$17M · 110 repeat orgs$70k to everyone else

110 repeat relationships — 96 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

110
5

Total granted

$17M
$10k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+51%

Still filing today

55%
20%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $61k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationHealthArts & CultureInternationalRecreation & SportsOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.” Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • BH
    BRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $720k · revenue +25%
  • MF
    MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF CONNECTICUT INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $606k · revenue +38%
  • RM
    RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE AT THE MARIA FARERI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $502k · revenue +218%

Funded once

  • FC
    FAIRFIELD CHRISTMAS TREE FESTIVAL
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue -100%
  • JC
    JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $2k · revenue +51%
  • SV
    School Volunteer Assoc of BPT
    one grant, 2019 · $2k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Bridgeport Hospital

To operate an acute care hospital in bridgeport, connecticut for the care and treatment of persons suffering from disease or other physical or mental conditions without regard to race, color, creed, sex, age or ability to pay.

Health
2
Bridgton Hospital

To provide exceptional healthcare services in a safe and trustfulenvironment through the expertise, commitment, and compassion ofour family of caregivers.

Health
3
Bridges Healthcare Inc

Bridges healthcare has provided a comprehensive range of mental health/substance abuse treatment (including serious mental illness, emotional disturbance, and co-occurring mental/substance use disorders) to children and adults in new haven…

Health
4
The Child and Family Guidance Center Inc

The child and family guidance center (cfgc) is a community-based center that provides therapeutic, prevention, early intervention as well as support services to children and families in fairfield county ct. since 1925, cfgc has provided…

Human Services
5
University of New Haven

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…

Education
6
Bristol Hospital Inc

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…

Health
7
The Children's Community Programs of Ct

The children's community programs of connecticut, inc., is a nonprofit, multi-service agency whose mission is to provide diverse and creative support services to children and families throughout connecticut.

Health
8
Connecticut Junior Republic Association Incorporated

See schedule oat cjr, we believe every young person should have the opportunity to thrive. our mission is to provide the necessary therapeutic treatment, education, and support for young people and their families to promote positive change…

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9
United Services Inc

United services mission is to provide an effective response to the youth, family, and adult social and behavioral health needs in the community. united services is the most comprehensive private, non-profit center in connecticut providing…

Human Services
10
Career Resources Inc

Career resources, inc. offers jobseekers throughout connecticut, the training, support and resources needed to become employed and succeed in the workforce.

Employment
11
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
12
Rumford Hospital

To provide exceptional healthcare services in a safe and trustfulenvironment through the expertise, commitment and compassion of ourfamily of caregivers.

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lifebridge Community Services Inc and the most unlike its peers is Friends of Silversource Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyHospital Networks & Healthc…Catholic Church Support Org…Supportive Housing & Servic…Family Foundations and Char…Community Health ServicesYouth & Community Performin…Children's Health & Wellnes…Disability Services & Food …Family & Mental Health Serv…Leadership Development & Re…Bridgeport Community Develo…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 40 years old; the field is 19. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number19%2%<5yr12%0%5–10yr20%12%10–20yr20%23%20–35yr12%33%35–55yr18%30%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value19%0%<5yr12%0%5–10yr20%17%10–20yr20%6%20–35yr12%45%35–55yr18%32%55yr+

The field is 19% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 11% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/75
the rest of the field
11%
677/6,378

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

72 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 72 of the 123 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
18
Early backer (in before they grew)
65/72
Grantees still filing
47/72
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

University of Bridgeport — $5,509,801 · OtherUniversity of BridgeportRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE AT THE MARIA FARERI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL INC — $502,000 · OtherRonald McDonald House Of New Haven CT — $480,000 · OtherUnited Way Campaign of Coastal Fairfield County — $382,000 · Other+81 more — $4,481,381 · Other+81 moreSt Vincent's Medical Center Foundation Inc — $852,090 · HealthSt Vincent's Medical C…Norwalk Hospital Foundation — $830,000 · HealthNorwalk Hospital Found…BRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC — $720,000 · HealthBRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL FO…MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF CONNECTICUT INC — $606,000 · HealthMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION…KIDS & CLAYS FOUNDATION — $281,300 · HealthKIDS & CLAYS FOUNDATIO…+4 more — $151,000 · HealthHOUSATONIC COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC — $310,000 · EducationFairfield University — $265,000 · EducationTHE EMILY CATHERINE FEDORKO FOUNDATION — $148,500 · EducationMERCY LEARNING CENTER OF BRIDGEPORT INC — $45,000 · EducationTHE BRIDGE ACADEMY INC — $37,500 · EducationNEW BEGINNINGS FAMILY ACADEMY INC — $30,000 · Education+4 more — $58,000 · EducationAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $195,000 · Human ServicesLIFEBRIDGE COMMUNITY SERVICES INC — $117,000 · Human ServicesSTERLING HOUSE COMMUNITY CENTER INC — $105,000 · Human ServicesBRIDGEPORT RESCUE MISSION INC — $90,000 · Human ServicesBOYS AND GIRLS VILLAGE INC — $90,000 · Human ServicesTHE CENTER FOR FAMILY JUSTICE INC — $80,000 · Human ServicesBRIDGE HOUSE INC — $36,500 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF SILVERSOURCE INC — $35,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY AND CHILDREN'S AID INC — $27,000 · Human Services+2 more — $27,500 · Human ServicesWAKEMAN BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB CORP — $500,000 · Youth Development+1 more — $8,000 · Youth DevelopmentAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC — $165,000 · InternationalJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC — $49,000 · InternationalWORLD EMERGENCY RELIEF — $42,500 · InternationalPERSON TO PERSON INC — $76,022 · PhilanthropyFAIRFIELD COUNTY'S COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $67,500 · PhilanthropyBRIDGEPORT PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND INC — $54,000 · Philanthropy
Other$11,355,182Health$3,440,390Education$894,000Human Services$803,000Youth Development$508,000International$256,500Philanthropy$197,522

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetSt Vincent's Medical Center Foundation Inc — $852,090 over 9y, 8.4% of budgetNorwalk Hospital Foundation — $830,000 over 9y, 2.3% of budgetBRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC — $720,000 over 9y, 1.3% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF CONNECTICUT INC — $606,000 over 9y, 5.9% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE AT THE MARIA FARERI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL INC — $502,000 over 9y, 3.3% of budgetWAKEMAN BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB CORP — $500,000 over 5y, 7.9% of budgetHOUSATONIC COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC — $310,000 over 9y, 4.4% of budgetKIDS & CLAYS FOUNDATION — $281,300 over 8y, 2.5% of budgetFairfield University — $265,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $195,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCARDINAL SHEHAN CENTER INC — $170,000 over 9y, 1.2% of budgetAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC — $165,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTHE EMILY CATHERINE FEDORKO FOUNDATION — $148,500 over 9y, 62% of budgetLIFEBRIDGE COMMUNITY SERVICES INC — $117,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetCAROLINE HOUSE INC — $111,000 over 9y, 4.5% of budgetSTERLING HOUSE COMMUNITY CENTER INC — $105,000 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetTHE KENNEDY COLLECTIVE INC — $91,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WORKPLACE INC — $90,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetBRIDGEPORT RESCUE MISSION INC — $90,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS VILLAGE INC — $90,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetINSPIRICA INC — $86,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetVISITING NURSE SERVICES OF CONNECTICUT INC — $80,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR FAMILY JUSTICE INC — $80,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC — $77,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetPERSON TO PERSON INC — $76,022 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S COMMUNITY SCHOOL INC — $75,000 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetTHE BARNUM MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC — $70,000 over 9y, 1.8% of budgetFAIRFIELD COUNTY'S COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $67,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetST CATHERINE CENTER FOR SPECIAL NEEDS INC — $55,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetBRIDGEPORT PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND INC — $54,000 over 9y, 2.8% of budgetLIVFREE INC — $51,000 over 4y, 4.9% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC — $49,000 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetCATALYST CT INC — $45,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetMERCY LEARNING CENTER OF BRIDGEPORT INC — $45,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetTHE DIAPER BANK OF CONNECTICUT INC — $45,000 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetCIRCLE OF CARE FOR FAMILIES OF CHILDREN WITH CANCER INC — $45,000 over 9y, 1.3% of budgetWORLD EMERGENCY RELIEF — $42,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetBURROUGHS COMMUNITY CENTER INC — $41,000 over 9y, 1.5% of budgetNEW REACH INC — $38,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetFAIRFIELD HISTORICAL SOCIETY DBA FAIRFIELD MUSEUM — $37,500 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetTHE BRIDGE ACADEMY INC — $37,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetBRIDGE HOUSE INC — $36,500 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetFRIENDS OF SILVERSOURCE INC — $35,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetTHE TINY MIRACLES FOUNDATION INC — $35,000 over 9y, 1.0% of budgetGirl Scouts of Connecticut Inc — $32,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCONTINUUM OF CARE INC — $30,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNEW BEGINNINGS FAMILY ACADEMY INC — $30,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILY AND CHILDREN'S AID INC — $27,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds St Vincent's Medical Center Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds Norwalk Hospital Foundation ↗
  • Who funds BRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF CONNECTICUT INC ↗
  • Who funds RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE AT THE MARIA FARERI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds WAKEMAN BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB CORP ↗
  • Who funds HOUSATONIC COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds KIDS & CLAYS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Fairfield University ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds CARDINAL SHEHAN CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICARES FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE EMILY CATHERINE FEDORKO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LIFEBRIDGE COMMUNITY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds CAROLINE HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds STERLING HOUSE COMMUNITY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE KENNEDY COLLECTIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE WORKPLACE INC ↗
  • Who funds BRIDGEPORT RESCUE MISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS VILLAGE INC ↗
  • Who funds INSPIRICA INC ↗
  • Who funds VISITING NURSE SERVICES OF CONNECTICUT INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CENTER FOR FAMILY JUSTICE INC ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Fairfield County's Co…The Near and Far Asso…Peoples United Commun…David and Eunice Bige…William Caspar Graust…The Inner-City Founda…The Aiello Charitable…The Pitney Bowes Foun…New Canaan Community …Newman's Own Foundati…The Bridgeport Rotary…Synchrony Foundation
Fairfield County's Community Foundation IncCT80.1× affinity40 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · The Near and Far Association Inc · Peoples United Community Foundation · David and Eunice Bigelow Foundation · William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund · The Inner-City Foundation for Charity & Education Inc · The Aiello Charitable Foundation Inc · The Pitney Bowes Foundation · New Canaan Community Foundation Inc · Newman's Own Foundation · The Bridgeport Rotary Club Foundation Inc · Synchrony Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Ernest and Joan Trefz Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 110%5%19%42%75%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Continuum of Care Inc — 100% of income from government
  • Alliance for Community Empowerment Inc — 100% of income from government
  • The Barnum Museum Foundation Inc — 100% of income from government
  • Groundwork Bridgeport Inc — 100% of income from government
  • The Workplace Inc — 100% of income from government
  • Bridge House Inc — 88% of income from government
  • The Kennedy Collective Inc — 79% of income from government
  • The Diaper Bank of Connecticut Inc — 49% of income from government
  • The Center for Family Justice Inc — 49% of income from government
  • New Reach Inc — 49% of income from government
  • Pacific House Inc — 46% of income from government
  • Catalyst Ct Inc — 37% of income from government
  • Family and Children's Aid Inc — 36% of income from government
  • Lifebridge Community Services Inc — 32% of income from government
  • Boys and Girls Village Inc — 32% of income from government
  • Inspirica Inc — 30% of income from government
  • Regional Hospice and Home Care of Western Connecticut Inc — 17% of income from government
  • The Discovery Museum Inc — 15% of income from government
  • The Open Door Shelter Inc — 14% of income from government
  • Wakeman Boys and Girls Club Corp — 11% of income from government
  • Sterling House Community Center Inc — 8% of income from government
  • Domus Kids Inc — 7% of income from government
  • Triangle Community Center Inc — 5% of income from government
  • Person to Person Inc — 5% of income from government
  • Mercy Learning Center of Bridgeport Inc — 4% of income from government
  • Cardinal Shehan Center Inc — 4% of income from government
  • Neighborhood Studios of Fairfield County Inc — 3% of income from government
  • Girl Scouts of Connecticut Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Sacred Heart University Incorporated — 1% of income from government
  • Fairfield Historical Society Dba Fairfield Museum — 1% of income from government
  • Fairfield University — 1% of income from government
  • Americares Foundation Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
11get no government money at all
16report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
7rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 123 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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