· Private foundation
Garm Foundation
Its FY2026 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, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2026
- Under $10k16 grants · $71k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $24k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| GRACE PLACE FOR CHILDREN | $13,000 |
| THE SALVATION ARMY OF | $11,000 |
| THE SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN | $8,000 |
| BATES COLLEGE | $7,000 |
| CATHOLIC CHARITIES | $6,000 |
| KREMPLES CENTER | $5,000 |
| CONNECTICUT COLLEGE | $5,000 |
| BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF COLLIER COUNTY | $5,000 |
| PINE STREET INN | $5,000 |
| ROSIE'S PLACE | $5,000 |
| VALERIE'S HOUSE | $5,000 |
| CHINESE FAMILY CAMP | $5,000 |
| COMMON MAN FOR UKRAINE | $4,000 |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHWEST | $3,000 |
| GUADALUPE CENTER INC | $3,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–26, $26k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 19% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
15 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2026, 0 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2026, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CCCONNECTICUT COLLEGE6× · 2021–2026 · $35k · revenue +9%
PRESIDENT AND TRUSTEES OF BATES COLLEGE6× · 2021–2026 · $34k · revenue +25%- BGBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF COLLIER COUNTY FLOR7× · 2020–2026 · $30k · revenue +82%
Funded once
- SMST MATTHEWS HOUSE INCgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $7k · revenue +205%
- MAMAKE A WISH FOUNDATIONNHone grant, 2020 · $5k
- NHNEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CLINIC INCgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $4k · revenue +214%
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 University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…
Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
Saint anselm is a catholic, benedictine college providing all of its students a distinctive liberal arts education that incorporates opportunities for professional and career preparation. it does so in a learning community that encourages…
Centre college is a small, independent, and selective educational community dedicated to study in the liberal arts as a means to develop the intellectual, personal, and moral potential of its students. centre nurtures in its students the…
The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.
Emmanuel college is a coed, residential catholic liberal arts and sciences college with 2,112 undergraduate and graduate students.
Dean college is a private, residential new england college grounded in a culture and tradition that all students deserve the opportunity to discover and exceed their greatest aspirations. a personal and transformative community since 1865,…
Pitzer College produces engaged socially responsible citizens of the world through an academically rigorous, interdisciplinary liberal arts education emphasizing social justice, intercultural understanding and environmental sensitivity.…
to provide a rigorous and transformative liberal arts education that prepares students to become thoughtful, engaged citizens.
Hilbert college is an independent institution of higher learning that embraces its catholic franciscan heritage and values. students from diverse backgrounds are educated in liberal arts and professional programs to become informed…
Nichols college strives to develop tomorrow's leaders through a dynamic, career-focused business education. the college transforms students into successful graduates who respond to challenges, are eager for responsibility, and assume…
How this is measured
11 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 11 of the 22 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 CONNECTICUT COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds PRESIDENT AND TRUSTEES OF BATES COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF COLLIER COUNTY FLOR ↗
- Who funds Guadalupe Center Inc ↗
- Who funds VALERIE'S HOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds KREMPELS BRAIN INJURY CENTER ↗
- Who funds Chinese Family Camp Inc ↗
- Who funds ST MATTHEWS HOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds ROSIE'S PLACE INC ↗
- Who funds PINE STREET INN INC ↗
- Who funds NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CLINIC 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: National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Garm Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Garm Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Connecticut College: 0% of income from government
- Valerie's House Inc: 0% of income from government
- Guadalupe Center Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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