Texas · Private foundation
Gardiner Family Foundation Inc
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.
- $165k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2025
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 21
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 10% of the organizations Gardiner Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 | 20 | $165k | 30% |
| FY2024 | 21 | $198k | 10% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $208k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $179k | 14% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $149k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Memorial Corporation | $120,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Hole in the Wall Gang Fund Inc | $100,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Town of Waterford | $60,000 | 2 | n/a |
| High Hopes Therapeutic Riding Inc | $44,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Child and Family Agency of Southeastern Connecticut Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Waterford Country School Inc | $35,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Lawrence Memorial Hospital Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Waterford Public Library | $15,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Waterford Historical Society Inc | $15,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Memorial Corporation | $120,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Hole in the Wall Gang Fund Inc | $100,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Town of Waterford | $60,000 | 2 | n/a |
| High Hopes Therapeutic Riding Inc | $44,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Child and Family Agency of Southeastern Connecticut Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Waterford Country School Inc | $35,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Lawrence Memorial Hospital Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Waterford Public Library | $15,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Waterford Historical Society Inc | $15,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Waterford Ambulance Service Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| New England Science & Sailing Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Niantic Bay Sailing Academy Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 5% |
| New London County Historical Societ | $3,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Girl Scouts of Connecticut Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($400k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Gardiner Family Foundation Inc 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.
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How this is measured
About Gardiner Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Gardiner Family Foundation Inc give?
- Gardiner Family Foundation Inc reported 20 grants totaling $165,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 21 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Gardiner Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (27%), Education (18%), Recreation & Sports (18%).
- Who are Gardiner Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Lawrence Memorial Corporation ($120k), Hole in the Wall Gang Fund Inc ($100k), Town of Waterford ($60k).
- Does Gardiner Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Gardiner Family Foundation Inc 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 Gardiner Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Chelsea Groton Foundation, Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation, Dime Bank Foundation Inc.
- Where is Gardiner Family Foundation Inc based?
- Gardiner Family Foundation Inc is based in TX.
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