Connecticut · Public charity
Foodshare Inc
Foodshare is leading an informed, coordinated response to hunger as part of the overall community effort to alleviate poverty in hartford and tolland counties.
- $39M
- Granted FY2021
- 6
- Itemized grants FY2021
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 80%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Itemized, FY2021
- $137k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2021
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $26,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2017 to FY2021
- Total assets, FY2021
- $23M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 80% of the organizations Foodshare Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 81% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 19% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $110k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 5 | $137k | 80% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $7k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $18k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Conference of Seventh Day Adventist | $37,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Windsor Food and Fuel Bank Inc | $31,500 | 2 | 13% |
| Human Resources Agency of New Britain Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hockanum Valley Community Council | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Enfield Food Shelf | $23,000 | 1 | n/a |
| New Britain Roots Inc | $7,800 | 1 | 9% |
| Knox Inc | $6,500 | 1 | 0% |
| 4-H Education Center at Auerfarm Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
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.
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How this is measured
About Foodshare Inc
- How much does Foodshare Inc give?
- Foodshare Inc reported 6 itemized grants totaling $136,500, out of $39,288,493 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does Foodshare Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (100%).
- Who are Foodshare Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: General Conference of Seventh Day Adventist ($37k), Windsor Food and Fuel Bank Inc ($32k), Human Resources Agency of New Britain Inc ($25k).
- Does Foodshare Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 80% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Foodshare Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Aetna Foundation Inc, Farmington Bank Community Foundation Inc, Hartford Foundation for Public Giving.
- Where is Foodshare Inc based?
- Foodshare Inc is based in CT.
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