· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k13 grants · $50k
- $10k–50k7 grants · $115k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| LAWRENCE & MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | $30,000 |
| HOLE IN THE WALL GANG FUND INC | $20,000 |
| THE WILLIAMS SCHOOL | $20,000 |
| WATERFORD YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES | $15,000 |
| TOWN OF WATERFORD POLICE DEPARTMENT | $10,000 |
| HIGH HOPES THERAPEUTIC RIDING INC | $10,000 |
| NEW LONDON COUNTY 4-H PROGRAM | $10,000 |
| WATERFORD AMBULANCE SERVICE | $5,000 |
| WATERFORD COUNTRY SCHOOL | $5,000 |
| ABS-AIR SAFETY FDN | $5,000 |
| WATERFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY | $5,000 |
| NIANTIC BAY SAILING ACADEMY | $5,000 |
| TERRY BRODEUR BREAST CANCER FDN | $5,000 |
| WATERFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY | $5,000 |
| NEW ENGLAND SCIENCE & SAILING FDN INC | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
None of its grants could be placed against low income need for this view.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
22 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $62k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HIHOLE IN THE WALL GANG FUND INC5× · 2021–2025 · $100k · revenue +21%
HIGH HOPES THERAPEUTIC RIDING INC5× · 2021–2025 · $44k · revenue +15%- CACHILD AND FAMILY AGENCY OF SOUTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT INC4× · 2021–2024 · $40k · revenue +24%
Funded once
- TOTOWN OF WATERFORD YOUTH AND FAMILYone grant, 2024 · $15k
- TOTOWN OF WATERFORD CHILDRENSone grant, 2023 · $10k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The purpose of the "Society" is to collect, preserve, and interpret Wethersfield's past for the education and enjoyment of present and future generations.
To provide medical care in the westerly, rhode island community and surrounding towns.
To render medical treatment to patients without regard to ability to pay for such treatment, and to promote a high quality of medical care and other services for the benefit of all persons in the communities it serves.
To operate an acute care hospital in bridgeport, connecticut for the care and treatment of persons suffering from disease or other physical or mental conditions without regard to race, color, creed, sex, age or ability to pay.
Improve the health of every person in our community through the efficient delivery of excellent, innovative and compassionate care.
The foundation was organized to support lmw healthcare inc. and to promote the charitable, educational and scientific purposes of the hospital through management of philanthropic activities and support for lmw healthcare inc.
To provide and administer a comprehensive multidisciplinary, therapeutic and public health nursing program primarily to residents of the southeastern connecticut area regardless of ability to pay.
Improve the health of every person in our community through the efficient delivery of excellent, innovative and compassionate care.
Improve the health of every person in our community through the efficient delivery of excellent, innovative and compassionate care.
Visiting Nurse Services of Connecticut, Inc., (VNS) a nonprofit health care provider, finds its mission in the provision of quality home health and hospice services to individuals, families and the communities it serves. VNS is committed…
How this is measured
13 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 13 of the 30 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds LAWRENCE MEMORIAL CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds HOLE IN THE WALL GANG FUND INC ↗
- Who funds HIGH HOPES THERAPEUTIC RIDING INC ↗
- Who funds CHILD AND FAMILY AGENCY OF SOUTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT INC ↗
- Who funds WATERFORD COUNTRY SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds LAWRENCE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds THE WATERFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY ↗
- Who funds Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds WATERFORD AMBULANCE SERVICE INC ↗
- Who funds NEW ENGLAND SCIENCE & SAILING FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Niantic Bay Sailing Academy Inc ↗
- Who funds NEW LONDON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIET ↗
- Who funds Girl Scouts of Connecticut Inc ↗
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: Chelsea Groton Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Dime Bank Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Aetna Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Gardiner Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Gardiner Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Child and Family Agency of Southeastern Connecticut Inc: 55% of income from government
- Waterford Country School Inc: 29% of income from government
- Girl Scouts of Connecticut Inc: 2% of income from government
- High Hopes Therapeutic Riding Inc: 0% of income from government
- Lawrence Memorial Hospital Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
Play a game based on Gardiner Family’s filings →