Connecticut · Private foundation
Estate of Benjamin B Lewis
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.
- $115k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2025
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 21
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $848k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Estate of Benjamin B Lewis funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 19 | $115k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 19 | $107k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $107k | 5% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $117k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 21 | $135k | 5% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $115k | 15% |
| FY2019 | 20 | $109k | 5% |
| FY2018 | 20 | $117k | 10% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nourish Bridgeport Inc | $129,000 | 8 | 6% |
| Summerfield United Methodist Church | $79,900 | 9 | n/a |
| Burroughs Community Center Inc | $56,000 | 9 | 3% |
| Bridgeport Hospital Foundation Inc | $53,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Bridgeport Public Education Fund Inc | $50,000 | 9 | 2% |
| The Center for Family Justice Inc | $47,900 | 9 | 0% |
| Lifebridge Community Services Inc | $42,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Wakeman Boys and Girls Club Corp | $41,000 | 9 | 9% |
| Bridgeport Rescue Mission Inc | $40,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Bridgeport Ladies Charitable Society | $37,000 | 9 | 5% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nourish Bridgeport Inc | $129,000 | 8 | 6% |
| Summerfield United Methodist Church | $79,900 | 9 | n/a |
| Burroughs Community Center Inc | $56,000 | 9 | 3% |
| Bridgeport Hospital Foundation Inc | $53,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Bridgeport Public Education Fund Inc | $50,000 | 9 | 2% |
| The Center for Family Justice Inc | $47,900 | 9 | 0% |
| Lifebridge Community Services Inc | $42,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Wakeman Boys and Girls Club Corp | $41,000 | 9 | 9% |
| Bridgeport Rescue Mission Inc | $40,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Bridgeport Ladies Charitable Society | $37,000 | 9 | 5% |
| Bridgeport Hospital | $35,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Shepherds Inc | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Hall Neighborhood House Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Junior Achievement of Greater Fairfield County Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Operation Hope of Fairfield Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($451k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Estate of Benjamin B Lewis supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · Peoples United Community Foundation · Tauck Family Foundation · The Near and Far Association Inc · The Bridgeport Rotary Club Foundation Inc · The Inner-City Foundation for Charity & Education Inc · Ernest and Joan Trefz Foundation · Synchrony Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Paloian Family Foundation Inc · The Demattia Charitable Foundation Inc · Quidditch Foundation Inc Sheila J Clancy Trustee
How this is measured
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About Estate of Benjamin B Lewis
- How much does Estate of Benjamin B Lewis give?
- Estate of Benjamin B Lewis reported 19 grants totaling $115,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 21 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Estate of Benjamin B Lewis fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (27%), Philanthropy (14%), Health (14%).
- Who are Estate of Benjamin B Lewis's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Nourish Bridgeport Inc ($129k), Summerfield United Methodist Church ($80k), Burroughs Community Center Inc ($56k).
- Does Estate of Benjamin B Lewis fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Estate of Benjamin B Lewis 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 Estate of Benjamin B Lewis?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc, Peoples United Community Foundation, Tauck Family Foundation.
- Where is Estate of Benjamin B Lewis based?
- Estate of Benjamin B Lewis is based in CT.
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