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Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc

Fairfield county's community foundation serves the 23 towns and cities in fairfield county, ct.

$27M
Granted FY2025still arriving
448
Grants FY2025still arriving
33
States reached
$2.0M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0182% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant clustered by its grantee’s IRS cause code (NTEE), by year — across FY2017–2025.

Education$38MHuman Services$23MPhilanthropy$14MArts & Culture$11MCommunity Improvement$10MHealth$10MHousing & Shelter$7.5MCrime & Legal$6.9MYouth Development$6.2MOther$66M
02FY2025 · 448 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 448 grants below total $25,746,170 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $26,877,828 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $1,131,658 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k44 grants · $312k
  • $10k–50k266 grants · $5.3M
  • $50k–250k122 grants · $12M
  • $250k+16 grants · $8.5M
$24,159
Median grant
33
States reached
$291M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING$2,000,000
HEART AND ARMOR FOUNDATION$1,000,000
OPTIMUS HEALTH CARE INC$663,500
AMERICAN FORESTS$620,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREENWICH$567,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF MARTIN COUNTY$500,000
NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE$470,000
SCHOLARSHIP AMERICA INC$411,081
THE FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN BRIDGEPORT PUBLIC SCHOOLS$342,000
CENTRAL CONNECTICUT COAST YMCA$341,070
OPEN DOORS$309,125
UNITED WAY OF COASTAL AND WESTERN CONNECTICUT$262,884
THE HOUSING COLLECTIVE$250,169
THE CHEYNEY FOUNDATION$250,000
JOE BURROW FOUNDATION$250,000
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, $19.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 32% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MOTION PICTURE & TELEVISION FUND: $160k → 14%USBG NATIONAL CHARITY FOUNDATION: $150k → 13%THE NEW YORK WOMEN'S FOUNDATION: $250k → 17%CONNECTICUT ASSOCIATION FOR HUMAN SERVICES: $150k → 11%CENTRAL CONNECTICUT COAST YMCA: $341k → 12%CENTRAL CONNECTICUT COAST YMCA: $300k → 12%CENTRAL CONNECTICUT COAST YMCA: $278k → 12%ASYLUM SEEKER ADVOCACY PROJECT: $250k → 17%CENTRAL CONNECTICUT COAST YMCA: $237k → 12%ASYLUM SEEKER ADVOCACY PROJECT: $200k → 17%CENTRAL CONNECTICUT COAST YMCA: $184k → 12%YMCA: $173k → 12%CENTRAL CONNECTICUT COAST YMCA: $171k → 12%CENTRAL CONNECTICUT COAST YMCA: $167k → 12%CENTRAL CONNECTICUT COAST YMCA: $304k → 12%PHLUID PHOUNDATION INC: $200k → 17%NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE: $470k → 17%CENTER FOR FAMILY JUSTICE INC: $174k → 9%SOUTHWESTERN CT AGENCY ON AGING: $172k → 9%CHILD AND FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER: $124k → 9%LIFEBRIDGE COMMUNITY SERVICES: $157k → 9%LIFEBRIDGE COMMUNITY SERVICES: $145k → 9%LIFEBRIDGE COMMUNITY SERVICES: $144k → 9%COMMUNITY MINDFULNESS PROJECT: $136k → 9%BUILDING ONE COMMUNITY: $523k → 9%BUILDING ONE COMMUNITY: $452k → 9%BUILDING ONE COMMUNITY: $400k → 9%BUILDING ONE COMMUNITY: $394k → 9%BUILDING ONE COMMUNITY: $337k → 9%BUILDING ONE COMMUNITY: $307k → 9%BUILDING ONE COMMUNITY: $289k → 9%BUILDING ONE COMMUNITY: $163k → 9%CHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTER OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT DEPT: $147k → 9%CHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTERS OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC: $123k → 9%BUILDING ONE COMMUNITY: $123k → 9%SOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS CONNECTICUT INC: $805k → 9%SOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS CONNECTICUT INC: $275k → 9%SOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS CONNECTICUT INC: $150k → 9%SOCIAL IMPACT PARTNERS INC: $143k → 9%CARVER FOUNDATION: $486k → 9%FAMILY & CHILDREN'S AGENCY: $163k → 9%CARVER FOUNDATION OF NORWALK INC: $162k → 9%FAMILY & CHILDREN'S AGENCY: $155k → 9%FAMILY & CHILDREN'S AGENCY: $145k → 9%CARVER FOUNDATION: $143k → 9%CARVER FOUNDATION OF NORWALK INC: $120k → 9%FAMILY & CHILDREN'S AGENCY: $114k → 9%FAMILY & CHILDREN'S AGENCY: $164k → 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.

Which US states your grants reach

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OK
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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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$154M · 712 repeat orgs$29M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +30% since the first grant, against +6% for the ones you funded once.

712 repeat relationships — 334 still active in FY2025, 378 since wound down; 92 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

712
473

Total granted

$154M
$24M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+6%

Still filing today

90%
82%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4.6M 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
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureHealthEnvironmentFood & NutritionOther

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

  • HC
    HOUSATONIC COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $3.1M · revenue +41% · 56% of their budget
  • BO
    BUILDING ONE COMMUNITY CORP
    9× · 2017–2025 · $3.0M · revenue +296%
  • SCHOLARSHIP AMERICA INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $2.5M · revenue +37%

Funded once

  • NC
    NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INC
    one grant, 2021 · $3.1M · revenue -19%
  • CI
    CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT ASSOC
    one grant, 2022 · $2.5M · revenue -54% · 68% of their budget
  • CC
    CHOOSE CHICAGO FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $2.5M · revenue +262% · 98% of their budget

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
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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2
Mitchell College

Mitchell college educates students through a highly individualized educational approach that brings forward each student's potential, reveals their strengths, and fosters personal growth.

Education
3
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
4
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
5
Massachusetts Higher Education Assistance Corporation

The organization's primary exempt purpose is to provide access to and conduct activities in furtherance of higher education.

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6
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
7
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
8
The Common Application Inc

The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…

Education
9
Wentworth Institute of Technology Inc

Wentworth institute of technology is a nationally recognized private coeducational and residential university of higher education with a mission to empower, inspire and innovate through experiential learning with a core purpose of career…

Education
10
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
11
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
12
Fordham University

Fordham university, the jesuit university of new york, is committed to the discovery of wisdom and the transmission of learning, through research and through education of the highest quality. for more information, see schedule o.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Norwalk Acts Inc and the most unlike its peers is Norwalk Harbor Keeper. 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 backsteadyFood Banks and PantriesMilitary Veterans SupportEnvironmental Conservation …Health Access Advocacy and …Animal Rescue and ShelterWomen & Girls Leadership De…Community Arts CentersLgbtq+ Community SupportAffordable Housing Construc…Cancer Support ServicesPolicy Research and AdvocacyYouth Development CentersPregnancy Support ServicesSchool District FoundationsAffordable Housing Developm…Ymca Youth DevelopmentFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Addiction Recovery ServicesUnited Way AffiliatesJewish Community Organizati…Youth Mentoring ProgramsDance Arts OrganizationsElementary Literacy TutoringVolunteer Fire & Ems Servic…Christian Missionary Organi…Equine Therapy ProgramsDomestic Violence ServicesOrchestra and Ensemble Perf…Independent K-12 SchoolsCommunity FoundationsChristian Youth CampsLocal Food System Organizat…Public Library OperationsSenior Support ServicesYouth Sports ProgramsDevelopmental Disabilities …Local History MuseumsImmigrant Worker SupportYouth Development ServicesCommunity FoundationsCommunity College Foundatio…Child Abuse Advocacy Servic…
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 33 years old; the field is 21. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number18%3%<5yr12%8%5–10yr18%18%10–20yr18%23%20–35yr14%21%35–55yr20%26%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value18%1%<5yr12%9%5–10yr18%15%10–20yr18%19%20–35yr14%24%35–55yr20%31%55yr+

The field is 18% startups (under 5 years old) — 3% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 2% lost their exemption, against 10% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%23/1,313
the rest of the field
10%
2,142/21,132

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

1182 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. 1182 of the 1,319 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.

64
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
260
Early backer (in before they grew)
1143/1182
Grantees still filing
766/1182
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

HOUSATONIC COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC — $3,064,108 · EducationHOUSATONIC COMMUNITY COL…SCHOLARSHIP AMERICA INC — $2,499,862 · EducationSCHOLARSHIP AMERICA INCGREENWICH SCHOLARSHIP ASSOCIATION INC — $2,089,100 · EducationGREENWICH SCHOLARSHIP AS…ADAM J LEWIS ACADEMY INC — $1,552,727 · EducationGREENWICH COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC — $1,546,000 · EducationNORWALK COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC — $1,483,019 · EducationMIAMI DADE COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC — $1,000,000 · EducationCONNECTICUT RISE NETWORK INC — $1,000,000 · Education+34 more — $15,393,784 · Education+34 moreDOMUS KIDS INC — $2,907,260 · OtherCHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT ASSOC — $2,500,000 · OtherHeart and Armor Foundation — $2,150,000 · Other+92 more — $50,225,548 · Other+92 moreBUILDING ONE COMMUNITY CORP — $2,985,227 · Human ServicesBUILDING ONE C…CENTRAL CONNECTICUT COAST YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC — $2,224,677 · Human ServicesCENTRAL CONNEC…Social Impact Partners Inc — $1,475,403 · Human ServicesSocial Impact …THE CARVER INC — $1,251,977 · Human ServicesTHE CARVER INCFAMILY & CHILDREN'S AGENCY INC — $1,023,727 · Human ServicesFAMILY & CHILD…LIFEBRIDGE COMMUNITY SERVICES INC — $871,373 · Human ServicesSOUTHWESTERN CT AGENCY ON AGING INC — $817,107 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTERS OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC — $802,419 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $800,982 · Human ServicesASYLUM SEEKER ADVOCACY PROJECT INC — $650,000 · Human Services+15 more — $4,599,870 · Human Services+15 moreTHE DENVER FOUNDATION — $3,072,576 · PhilanthropyTHE DENVE…BUSINESS EDUCATION FUND — $1,500,000 · PhilanthropyBUSINESS …PERSON TO PERSON INC — $1,110,627 · PhilanthropyPERSON TO…UNITED WAY OF COASTAL AND WESTERN CONNECTICUT INC — $862,660 · PhilanthropyUNITED WA…4-CT CORP — $750,000 · Philanthropy4-CT CORPUNITED WAY WORLDWIDE — $555,000 · PhilanthropyPACKAGES FROM HOME — $551,000 · PhilanthropyBRIDGEPORT PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND INC — $411,835 · PhilanthropyCONNECTICUT COUNCIL FOR PHILANTHROPY — $394,270 · PhilanthropyROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC — $387,267 · PhilanthropyHARTFORD FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC GIVING — $383,985 · Philanthropy+5 more — $1,332,514 · Philanthropy+5 moreNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INC — $3,087,500 · Community ImprovementCHOOSE CHICAGO FOUNDATION — $2,500,000 · Community ImprovementNORWALK ACTS INC — $905,383 · Community ImprovementFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND — $529,805 · Community ImprovementBLACK GIRL VENTURES FOUNDATION — $390,000 · Community ImprovementFUSION PARTNERSHIP INC — $295,000 · Community Improvement+2 more — $510,000 · Community ImprovementOPTIMUS HEALTH CARE INC — $2,478,317 · HealthThe Stamford Hospital — $1,124,500 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND INC — $796,683 · HealthAMERICARES FREE CLINICS INC — $568,500 · HealthBRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC — $551,491 · HealthLIBERATION PROGRAMS INC — $390,000 · HealthNorwalk Hospital Foundation — $261,399 · HealthJEWISH HOME FOR THE ELDERLY OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC — $229,128 · HealthMOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING — $2,500,000 · Crime & LegalIMMIGRANT JUSTICE CORPS INC — $1,750,509 · Crime & LegalTHE HOUSING COLLECTIVE INC — $1,025,669 · Crime & LegalCONNECTICUT LEGAL SERVICES INC — $553,497 · Crime & LegalMake the Road New York — $231,250 · Crime & LegalSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC — $224,513 · Crime & Legal
Education$29,628,600Other$57,782,808Human Services$17,502,762Philanthropy$11,311,734Community Improvement$8,217,688Health$6,400,018Crime & Legal$6,285,438

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INC — $3,087,500 over 1y, 8.1% of budgetTHE DENVER FOUNDATION — $3,072,576 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetHOUSATONIC COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC — $3,064,108 over 9y, 56% of budgetBUILDING ONE COMMUNITY CORP — $2,985,227 over 9y, 18% of budgetDOMUS KIDS INC — $2,907,260 over 9y, 14% of budgetCHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT ASSOC — $2,500,000 over 1y, 68% of budgetCHOOSE CHICAGO FOUNDATION — $2,500,000 over 1y, 98% of budgetMOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING — $2,500,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetSCHOLARSHIP AMERICA INC — $2,499,862 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetOPTIMUS HEALTH CARE INC — $2,478,317 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetCENTRAL CONNECTICUT COAST YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC — $2,224,677 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetHeart and Armor Foundation — $2,150,000 over 6y, 42% of budgetGREENWICH SCHOLARSHIP ASSOCIATION INC — $2,089,100 over 9y, 37% of budgetAmerican Forests — $1,775,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetWAKEMAN MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION INC — $1,765,750 over 9y, 20% of budgetIMMIGRANT JUSTICE CORPS INC — $1,750,509 over 9y, 2.8% of budgetTHE OPEN DOOR SHELTER INC — $1,686,649 over 9y, 7.6% of budgetNEW REACH INC — $1,595,360 over 9y, 3.3% of budgetADAM J LEWIS ACADEMY INC — $1,552,727 over 7y, 13% of budgetGREENWICH COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC — $1,546,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF — $1,504,473 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBUSINESS EDUCATION FUND — $1,500,000 over 1y, 69% of budgetNORWALK COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC — $1,483,019 over 9y, 5.7% of budgetSocial Impact Partners Inc — $1,475,403 over 5y, 45% of budgetMID-FAIRFIELD CHILD GUIDANCE CENTER INC — $1,416,000 over 9y, 6.6% of budgetDANBURY ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY — $1,330,750 over 5y, 38% of budgetTHE CARVER INC — $1,251,977 over 9y, 9.8% of budgetINSPIRICA INC — $1,125,045 over 9y, 3.8% of budgetThe Stamford Hospital — $1,124,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetPERSON TO PERSON INC — $1,110,627 over 9y, 1.4% of budgetTHE HOUSING COLLECTIVE INC — $1,025,669 over 5y, 4.3% of budgetFAMILY & CHILDREN'S AGENCY INC — $1,023,727 over 9y, 1.0% of budgetMIAMI DADE COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC — $1,000,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetCONNECTICUT RISE NETWORK INC — $1,000,000 over 5y, 8.3% of budgetGREENS FARMS ACADEMY INC — $934,675 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetNORWALK ACTS INC — $905,383 over 6y, 42% of budgetCONNECTICUT INSTITUTE FOR REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS INC — $890,680 over 9y, 3.3% of budgetTHE JOY BUS — $884,444 over 2y, 74% of budgetTHE NEW CANAAN COUNTRY SCHOOL INCORPORATED — $877,675 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetHORIZONS NATIONAL STUDENT ENRICHMENT PROGRAM INC — $877,500 over 7y, 7.0% of budgetLIFEBRIDGE COMMUNITY SERVICES INC — $871,373 over 9y, 1.5% of budgetUNITED WAY OF COASTAL AND WESTERN CONNECTICUT INC — $862,660 over 8y, 3.5% of budgetUNITED WAY OF COASTAL FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC — $849,726 over 8y, 7.9% of budgetFIVE FROGS INC — $847,000 over 5y, 60% of budgetSOUTHWESTERN CT AGENCY ON AGING INC — $817,107 over 9y, 1.0% of budgetCHILD GUIDANCE CENTER OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT INC — $814,200 over 8y, 11% of budgetCHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTERS OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC — $802,419 over 9y, 1.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $800,982 over 7y, 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 NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INC ↗
  • Who funds THE DENVER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HOUSATONIC COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BUILDING ONE COMMUNITY CORP ↗
  • Who funds DOMUS KIDS INC ↗
  • Who funds CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT ASSOC ↗
  • Who funds CHOOSE CHICAGO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING ↗
  • Who funds SCHOLARSHIP AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds OPTIMUS HEALTH CARE INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL CONNECTICUT COAST YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Heart and Armor Foundation ↗
  • Who funds GREENWICH SCHOLARSHIP ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds American Forests ↗
  • Who funds WAKEMAN MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds IMMIGRANT JUSTICE CORPS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE OPEN DOOR SHELTER INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW REACH INC ↗
  • Who funds ADAM J LEWIS ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds GREENWICH COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds DIRECT RELIEF ↗
  • Who funds BUSINESS EDUCATION FUND ↗
  • Who funds NORWALK COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Social Impact Partners Inc ↗
  • Who funds MID-FAIRFIELD CHILD GUIDANCE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds DANBURY ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds THE CARVER INC ↗
  • Who funds INSPIRICA INC ↗
  • Who funds The Stamford Hospital ↗
  • Who funds PERSON TO PERSON INC ↗
  • Who funds THE HOUSING COLLECTIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY & CHILDREN'S AGENCY INC ↗
  • Who funds MIAMI DADE COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CONNECTICUT RISE NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds GREENS FARMS ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds NORWALK ACTS INC ↗
  • Who funds CONNECTICUT INSTITUTE FOR REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE JOY BUS ↗
  • Who funds THE NEW CANAAN COUNTRY SCHOOL INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds HORIZONS NATIONAL STUDENT ENRICHMENT PROGRAM 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.

The Near and Far Asso…New Canaan Community …William Caspar Graust…The Pitney Bowes Foun…Peoples United Commun…The Inner-City Founda…Savings Bank of Danbu…Stamford Rotary Trust…The Aiello Charitable…The Scripps Family Fu…Ernest and Joan Trefz…Elizabeth Raymond Amb…
The Near and Far Association IncCT163.1× affinity90 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Near and Far Association Inc · New Canaan Community Foundation Inc · William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund · The Pitney Bowes Foundation · Peoples United Community Foundation · The Inner-City Foundation for Charity & Education Inc · Savings Bank of Danbury Foundation Inc · Stamford Rotary Trust Fund · The Aiello Charitable Foundation Inc · The Scripps Family Fund for Education and the Arts · Ernest and Joan Trefz Foundation · Elizabeth Raymond Ambler Trust

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 Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc 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 · 430%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • Alliance for Community Empowerment Inc — 100% of income from government
  • The Housing Collective Inc — 100% of income from government
  • Mill River Collaborative Inc — 100% of income from government
  • The Child and Family Guidance Center Inc — 86% of income from government
  • The Kennedy Collective Inc — 79% of income from government
  • Simplifyct Inc — 66% of income from government
  • Kids in Crisis 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
  • Family & Children's Agency Inc — 47% of income from government
  • Pacific House Inc — 46% of income from government
  • Southwestern Ct Agency On Aging Inc — 44% of income from government
  • Women's Business Development Council Inc — 39% of income from government
  • Catalyst Ct Inc — 37% of income from government
  • Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services — 37% of income from government
  • Save the Sound — 37% of income from government
  • Connecticut Institute for Refugees and Immigrants Inc — 37% of income from government
  • Children's Learning Centers of Fairfield County Inc — 36% of income from government
  • Career Resources Inc — 35% of income from government
  • Lifebridge Community Services Inc — 32% of income from government
  • Inspirica Inc — 30% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc — 30% of income from government
  • Mid-Fairfield Child Guidance Center Inc — 30% of income from government
  • Aspetuck Land Trust — 28% of income from government
  • Liberation Programs Inc — 24% of income from government
  • Connecticut Council for Philanthropy — 24% of income from government
  • Stamford Public Education Foundation Inc — 22% of income from government
  • Optimus Health Care Inc — 22% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc — 22% of income from government
  • Family Centers Inc — 20% of income from government
  • Connecticut Legal Services Inc — 18% of income from government
  • The Carver Inc — 16% of income from government
  • Central Connecticut Coast Young Men's Christian Association Inc — 14% of income from government
  • The Open Door Shelter Inc — 14% of income from government
  • Project Music Inc — 14% of income from government
  • Yale University — 12% of income from government
  • The Maryland Food Bank Inc — 11% of income from government
  • United Way of Coastal and Western Connecticut Inc — 11% of income from government
  • Planned Parenthood of Southern New England Inc — 10% of income from government
  • Domestic Violence Crisis Center — 10% of income from government
  • Southwest Community Health Center Inc — 10% of income from government
  • The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum Inc — 9% of income from government
  • Stamford Museum & Nature Center Inc — 9% of income from government
  • City Lights & Company — 9% of income from government
  • Sterling House Community Center Inc — 8% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College — 7% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Club of Greenwich — 7% of income from government
  • Domus Kids Inc — 7% of income from government
  • Norwalk Acts Inc — 6% of income from government
  • Connecticut Foodshare Inc — 5% of income from government
  • Person to Person Inc — 5% of income from government
  • Center for Childrens Advocacy Inc — 5% of income from government
  • Soundwaters Inc — 4% 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
  • Fusion Partnership Inc — 3% of income from government
  • Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Intempo Organization Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Connecticut Rise Network Inc — 2% of income from government
  • New Haven Legal Assistance Association Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Mcgivney Community Center Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Club of Martin County — 2% of income from government
  • The Trustees of the Smith College — 1% of income from government
  • Becket Athenaeum Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Sacred Heart University Incorporated — 1% of income from government
  • All Our Kin Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Stepping Stones Museum for Children Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Fairfield University — 1% of income from government
  • Connecticut Audubon Society Inc — 1% of income from government
  • The Norwalk Art Space Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Jewish Home for the Elderly of Fairfield County Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Americares Foundation Inc — 0% of income from government
  • The Stamford Hospital — 0% of income from government
  • Achievement First Inc — 0% of income from government
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43get no government money at all
32report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
6rely 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 1319 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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