Connecticut · Private foundation
McFadden Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $5k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2024
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 21%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $100
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $2,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 23
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $51k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 21% of the organizations McFadden Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $300 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 17 | $5k | 12% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $4k | 21% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $4k | 14% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $5k | 18% |
| FY2020 | 23 | $13k | 22% |
| FY2019 | 20 | $5k | 20% |
| FY2018 | 19 | $5k | 32% |
| FY2017 | 16 | $4k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Litchfield Land Trust Inc | $25,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Oliver Wolcott Library Inc | $3,250 | 8 | 0% |
| Litchfield Community Center Inc | $3,200 | 8 | 0% |
| Susan B Anthony Project Inc | $950 | 7 | 0% |
| Litchfield Historical Society | $800 | 8 | 0% |
| Connecticut Foodshare Inc | $800 | 7 | 0% |
| East Litchfield Volunteer Fire Co Inc | $800 | 8 | 0% |
| Litchfield Hills Chore Service | $600 | 6 | 0% |
| Litchfield Housing Trust Inc | $500 | 5 | 0% |
| Simply Smiles Inc | $500 | 4 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Litchfield Land Trust Inc | $25,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Oliver Wolcott Library Inc | $3,250 | 8 | 0% |
| Litchfield Community Center Inc | $3,200 | 8 | 0% |
| Susan B Anthony Project Inc | $950 | 7 | 0% |
| Litchfield Historical Society | $800 | 8 | 0% |
| Connecticut Foodshare Inc | $800 | 7 | 0% |
| East Litchfield Volunteer Fire Co Inc | $800 | 8 | 0% |
| Litchfield Hills Chore Service | $600 | 6 | 0% |
| Litchfield Housing Trust Inc | $500 | 5 | 0% |
| Simply Smiles Inc | $500 | 4 | 0% |
| Litchfield Health and Wellness Resources Inc | $400 | 4 | 0% |
| Connecticut Land Conservation Council Inc | $300 | 3 | 0% |
| Prime Time House Inc | $300 | 3 | 0% |
| Litchfield Performing Arts Inc | $300 | 2 | 0% |
| Greater Litchfield Preservation Trust Inc | $200 | 2 | 0% |
| The Charlotte Hungerford Hospital | $200 | 2 | 0% |
| Our Piece of the Pie Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($6k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget McFadden Family Foundation 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.
Open a dossier: Seherr-Thoss Charitable Trust · The Connecticut Community Foundation · Francis J and Louisa J Oneglia Foundation Inc · The Littman Family Foundation Inc · Northwest Community Bank Foundation Inc · Seherr-Thoss Foundation · Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation Inc · The Mae Casali Bonvicini Charitable Foundation · Union Savings Bank Foundation Inc · Thomaston Savings Bank Foundation Inc · Eversource Energy Foundation Inc · Aetna Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About McFadden Family Foundation
- How much does McFadden Family Foundation give?
- McFadden Family Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $4,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 23 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does McFadden Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (57%), Human Services (13%), Education (7%).
- Who are McFadden Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Litchfield Land Trust Inc ($25k), Oliver Wolcott Library Inc ($3k), Litchfield Community Center Inc ($3k).
- Does McFadden Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does McFadden Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as McFadden Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seherr-Thoss Charitable Trust, The Connecticut Community Foundation, Francis J and Louisa J Oneglia Foundation Inc.
- Where is McFadden Family Foundation based?
- McFadden Family Foundation is based in CT.
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