Connecticut · Public charity
Essex Foundation Inc
To receive and administer funds or other property to help meet the medical, educational, social welfare and cultural needs of the citizens of essex directly and by aiding and assisting institutions organized and operated to fulfill such needs.
- $147k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $102k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,905
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 3
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.2M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Essex Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | $102k | 75% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $10k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $125k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $10k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $12k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $29k | n/a |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essex Veterans Memorial Hall Inc | $159,801 | 4 | 54% |
| Ivoryton Playhouse Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut Inc Dba Essex Garden Club Inc | $10,905 | 1 | 13% |
| Essex Elderly and Affordable Housing Inc | $10,535 | 1 | n/a |
| Essex Fire Engine Co No1 | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Parent Booster USA Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ivoryton Village Alliance LLC | $8,900 | 1 | n/a |
| Essex Ambulance Association Inc | $8,240 | 1 | 1% |
| Town of Essex | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Essex Board of Trade Inc | $6,200 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($25k), 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: The Joanne E Masin Foundation
How this is measured
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About Essex Foundation Inc
- How much does Essex Foundation Inc give?
- Essex Foundation Inc reported 8 itemized grants totaling $101,745, out of $146,717 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 3 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Essex Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (45%), Arts & Culture (21%), Education (9%).
- Who are Essex Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Essex Veterans Memorial Hall Inc ($160k), Ivoryton Playhouse Foundation Inc ($30k), Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut Inc Dba Essex Garden Club Inc ($11k).
- Does Essex Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Essex Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Joanne E Masin Foundation.
- Where is Essex Foundation Inc based?
- Essex Foundation Inc is based in CT.
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