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Hobbs Family Charitable Trust

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.

$150k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
33
Grants FY2025
27
Organizations funded FY2024
22%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$100,000
Organizations funded a year
19 to 36
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
12
Total assets, FY2025
$1.2M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 22% of the organizations Hobbs Family Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesCrime & LegalFood & NutritionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving32$149k28%
FY202427$58k22%
FY202334$50k38%
FY202219$95k16%
FY202119$48k11%
FY202023$53k13%
FY201928$133k11%
FY201836$54k14%
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$243kEducation$160kHuman Services$94kReligion$74kInternational$46kArts & Culture$38kPhilanthropy$24kFood & Nutrition$15kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
NH
MT
IL
NY
MA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
TN
NC
DC
LA
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The New Canaan Library Inc$109,90071%
Waveny Lifecare Network Inc$101,0002n/a
St Marks Episcopal Church$65,0001n/a
Americares Foundation Inc$46,00090%
Waveny Care Center Inc$39,00060%
Family Centers Inc$29,00080%
Ridgefield Workshop for the Performing Arts Inc$25,00032%
The Gateway Center Inc$16,50031%
Parkinson's Foundation Inc$13,50060%
Waveny Park Conservancy Inc$10,50032%
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All grantees of Hobbs Family Charitable Trust by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The New Canaan Library Inc$109,90071%
Waveny Lifecare Network Inc$101,0002n/a
St Marks Episcopal Church$65,0001n/a
Americares Foundation Inc$46,00090%
Waveny Care Center Inc$39,00060%
Family Centers Inc$29,00080%
Ridgefield Workshop for the Performing Arts Inc$25,00032%
The Gateway Center Inc$16,50031%
Parkinson's Foundation Inc$13,50060%
Waveny Park Conservancy Inc$10,50032%
Pear Tree Point School Foundation Inc$10,00014%
The Food Bank of Lower Fairfield County Inc$10,00010%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$9,50050%
Johns Hopkins University$7,75040%
Maryville College$6,75090%
Goucher College$5,25040%
New Canaan EMS Inc$3,35071%
New York-Presbyterian Fund Inc$3,00020%
Filling in the Blanks Inc$3,00010%
Yale New Haven Hospital$3,00070%
Future 5 Inc$2,70060%
New Canaan Cares Inc$2,10030%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$2,00020%
Staying Put in New Canaan Inc$1,55080%
American Parkinson Disease Assoc$1,50030%
Domus Kids Inc$1,50020%
The New Canaan Historical Society Inc$1,35060%
New Canaan Beautification League Inc$1,35060%
Meals-On-Wheels Inc$1,10080%
Compassion & Choices$1,00010%
National Jewish Health$1,00010%
Shelter to Soldier Inc$1,0001n/a
Atlanta Speech School Inc$1,00010%
New Canaan Land Conservation Trust Inc$1,00020%
Rainforest Alliance Inc$1,00020%
Getabout Inc$80070%
The Open Door Shelter Inc$60030%
Kent School$55030%
Connecticut Aeronautical Historical Association Inc$50010%
Friends of New Canaan Hockey$50020%
The National World War II Museum Inc$50010%
Smart Kids With Learning Disabilities Inc$50010%
Restore NYC Inc$50010%
Norwalk Hospital Foundation$5001n/a
Teach for America Inc$50020%
Ccnc Foundation$50010%
Pace Academy Inc$50020%
Operation Fuel Incorporated$40040%
The New Canaan Community Young Men's Christian Association Inc$25010%
LiveGirl Inc$2001n/a
Finca International Inc$20010%
New Canaan Nature Center Association Inc$15510%
American Museum of Natural History$15010%
Whitney Museum of American Art$12510%
New York Botanical Garden$12010%
Pacific House Inc$1001n/a
Family Reentry Inc$10010%
New Canaan Chamber Charitable Foundation Inc$1001n/a
Greenwich Hospital$10010%
Person to Person Inc$10010%
Ram Council Foundation Inc$10010%
US Lacrosse Foundation Inc$10010%
American Heart Association Inc$10010%
Museum of Modern Art$8510%
Bruce Museum Inc$6010%
National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States$1510%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 48 recipients with no EIN on record ($179k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Hobbs Family Charitable Trust supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe New Canaan Library Inc: $109,900 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetAmericares Foundation Inc: $46,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetWaveny Care Center Inc: $39,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetFamily Centers Inc: $29,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetRidgefield Workshop for the Performing Arts Inc: $25,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetThe Gateway Center Inc: $16,500 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetParkinson's Foundation Inc: $13,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWaveny Park Conservancy Inc: $10,500 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetPear Tree Point School Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetThe Food Bank of Lower Fairfield County Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $9,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJohns Hopkins University: $7,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMaryville College: $6,750 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetGoucher College: $5,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNew Canaan EMS Inc: $3,350 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetNew York-Presbyterian Fund Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFilling in the Blanks Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYale New Haven Hospital: $3,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFuture 5 Inc: $2,700 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNew Canaan Cares Inc: $2,100 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetStaying Put in New Canaan Inc: $1,550 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Parkinson Disease Assoc: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDomus Kids Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe New Canaan Historical Society Inc: $1,350 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNew Canaan Beautification League Inc: $1,350 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetMeals-On-Wheels Inc: $1,100 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCompassion & Choices: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Jewish Health: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAtlanta Speech School Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew Canaan Land Conservation Trust Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRainforest Alliance Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGetabout Inc: $800 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe Open Door Shelter Inc: $600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKent School: $550 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetConnecticut Aeronautical Historical Association Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of New Canaan Hockey: $500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetThe National World War II Museum Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSmart Kids With Learning Disabilities Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRestore NYC Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCcnc Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPace Academy Inc: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOperation Fuel Incorporated: $400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe New Canaan Community Young Men's Christian Association Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFinca International Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew Canaan Nature Center Association Inc: $155 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Museum of Natural History: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 59.

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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.

New Canaan Community Foundation IncCT34.4× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: New Canaan Community Foundation Inc · Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · Jim and Dede Bartlett Foundation · The Seelert Foundation Inc · The Morris Family Foundation · The a James Bach and Vona Hopkins Foundation Inc · Half Moon Foundation · The Richard & Barbara Whitcomb Foundatio · Hilltop Foundation Inc · Corbet Family Foundation · The Queenan Fdn Acct · MLE Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Hobbs Family Charitable Trust

How much does Hobbs Family Charitable Trust give?
Hobbs Family Charitable Trust reported 33 grants totaling $150,200 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 36 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Hobbs Family Charitable Trust fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (32%), Education (21%), Human Services (13%).
Who are Hobbs Family Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The New Canaan Library Inc ($110k), Waveny Lifecare Network Inc ($101k), St Marks Episcopal Church ($65k).
Does Hobbs Family Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Hobbs Family Charitable Trust 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 Hobbs Family Charitable Trust?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include New Canaan Community Foundation Inc, Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc, Jim and Dede Bartlett Foundation.
Where is Hobbs Family Charitable Trust based?
Hobbs Family Charitable Trust is based in CT.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 116 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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