· Private foundation
Louis J Casale Jr Charitable Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 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, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k10 grants · $37k
- $10k–50k10 grants · $200k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CORPUS CHRISTI SCHOOL | $40,000 |
| CHILDRENS LEARNING CENTERS OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC | $25,000 |
| BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF STAMFORD INC | $25,000 |
| STAMFORD MUSEUM AND NATURE CENTER INCORPORATED | $25,000 |
| JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT USA - GREATER FAIRFIELD COUNTY | $25,000 |
| CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC | $20,000 |
| INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS | $10,000 |
| BARTLETT ARBORETUM ASSOCIATION INC | $10,000 |
| SAINT MARY PARISH CORPARATION OF STAMFORD | $10,000 |
| ORCHESTRA LUMOS INC | $10,000 |
| SOUND WATERS INC | $5,000 |
| STJOHNS CATHOLIC CHURCH | $5,000 |
| STARFISH CONNECTION INC | $5,000 |
| SACRED HEART CHURCH CORP OF STAMFORD | $5,000 |
| FERGUSON LIBRARY | $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.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $206k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against +24% for those funded once.
27 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- BGBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF STAMFORD INC8× · 2017–2024 · $230k · revenue +64%
- SMStamford Museum & Nature Center Inc8× · 2017–2024 · $200k · revenue +100%
- JAJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC7× · 2017–2024 · $185k · revenue +93%
Funded once
- JAJunior Achievementone grant, 2018 · $30k
- CLChildcare Learning Centerone grant, 2017 · $29k
- BWBecause Water Incone grant, 2017 · $13k
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 stamford charter school for excellence prepares young people in stamford, connecticut to compete for admission to and succeed in top public, private and parochial high schools by cultivating their intellectual, artistic, social,…
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…
Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.
The bridge academy, inc. was granted a charter to operate the bridge academy, a public school located in the city of bridgeport, ct. the school was founded in 1997 to provide college preparatory curriculum designed to overcome the…
Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.
Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.
The mission of south shore charter school is to cultivate students the tenacity, integrity, and curiosity needed to become innovative and socially responsible leaders, ready to face and solve the ever-changing challenges facing our…
Our mission is to run a world-class urban park in the heart of stamford that serves as both an oasis in city life and a vibrant, diverse, green-space that inspires sound environmental practices and learning.
Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.
An independent, nonprofit school serving the lower fairfield county area of connecticut for children ages three to eight, and providing an environment that fosters in children the joy of learning through the use of innovative materials and…
Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.
Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.
How this is measured
20 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. 20 of the 47 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 BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF STAMFORD INC ↗
- Who funds Stamford Museum & Nature Center Inc ↗
- Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTERS OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds BARTLETT ARBORETUM ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds SOUNDWATERS INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICARES FREE CLINICS INC ↗
- Who funds BUILDING ONE COMMUNITY CORP ↗
- Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds THE FERGUSON LIBRARY ↗
- Who funds ORCHESTRA LUMOS INC ↗
- Who funds STARFISH CONNECTION INC ↗
- Who funds CURTAIN CALL INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICARES FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE FOOD BANK OF LOWER FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds STAMFORD EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds ANCHOR ACADEMY INC ↗
- Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
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: Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · Stamford Rotary Trust Fund · The Herbert & Nell Singer Foundation Inc · Garden Homes Fund · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Alexander Family Foundation Inc · The Pitney Bowes Foundation · Claire L Helsing Foundation · Rich Foundation Inc · Leon N Lapine Residuary Trust · Simmons Family Foundation Inc · Odyssey Group Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Louis J Casale Jr Charitable Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Louis J Casale Jr Charitable Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Children's Learning Centers of Fairfield County Inc: 85% of income from government
- Stamford Museum & Nature Center Inc: 28% of income from government
- Boys & Girls Club of Stamford Inc: 7% of income from government
- Building One Community Corp: 5% of income from government
- Soundwaters Inc: 3% of income from government
- Orchestra Lumos Inc: 2% of income from government
- Curtain Call Inc: 0% of income from government
- Stamford Emergency Medical Services Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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