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Meriden Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.2M
Granted FY2024still arriving
156
Grants FY2024still arriving
16
States reached
$43k
Largest
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$3.6MHealth$1.6MYouth Development$923kReligion$807kHuman Services$670kRecreation & Sports$280kPhilanthropy$272kFood & Nutrition$222kOther$0
02FY2024 · 156 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k112 grants · $440k
  • $10k–50k44 grants · $796k
$5,000
Median grant
16
States reached
$20M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MIDSTATE MEDICAL CENTER$43,000
NEW OPPORTUNITES OF GREATER MERIDEN$32,000
MERIDEN PUBLIC LIBRARY$32,000
OUR LADY QUEEN OF ANGELS PARISH$28,750
TRINITY COLLEGE$28,750
YALE LAW SCHOOL ANNUAL FUND$28,750
GIRLS INC$28,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF MERIDEN$27,000
MIDSTATE MEDICAL CENTER$25,000
WOMEN & FAMILIES CENTER$25,000
BEAT THE STREET COMMUNITY CENTER$25,000
IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH$24,000
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH$23,000
FRIEND OF THE MERIDEN PUBLIC LIBRARY$20,000
UNITED WAY OF MDN & WLFD INC$15,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $456k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 96% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%WOMEN AND FAMILIES CENTER: $12k → 7%WOMEN AND FAMILIES CENTER: $5k → 7%MERIDEN-WALLINGFORD CHRYSALIS INC: $22k → 12%MERIDEN YMCA: $15k → 12%MERIDEN YMCA: $15k → 12%MERIDEN YMCA: $15k → 12%MERIDEN YMCA: $15k → 12%MERIDEN YMCA: $15k → 12%MERIDEN YMCA: $15k → 12%MERIDEN YMCA: $15k → 12%MERIDEN YMCA: $15k → 12%MERIDEN-WALLINGFORD CHRYSALIS INC: $10k → 12%MERIDEN YMCA: $7k → 12%MERIDEN YMCA: $6k → 12%MERIDEN YMCA: $6k → 12%MERIDEN YMCA: $6k → 12%MERIDEN YMCA: $6k → 12%MERIDEN YMCA: $6k → 12%MERIDEN YMCA: $6k → 12%MERIDEN YMCA: $6k → 12%WOMEN & FAMILIES CENTER: $25k → 12%WOMEN & FAMILIES CENTER: $25k → 12%WOMEN & FAMILIES CENTER: $20k → 12%MERIDEN YMCA: $13k → 12%MERIDEN-WALLINGFORD CHRYSALIS: $12k → 12%MERIDEN YMCA: $5k → 12%MERIDEN YMCA: $5k → 12%MERIDEN YMCA: $3k → 12%MERIDEN YMCA: $3k → 12%MERIDEN YMCA: $3k → 12%MERIDEN YMCA: $3k → 12%THE COVE FOR GRIEVING CHILDREN: $3k → 12%MERIDEN YMCA: $3k → 12%MERIDEN YMCA: $3k → 12%MERIDEN YMCA: $3k → 12%MERIDEN YMCA: $3k → 12%THE COVE FOR GRIEVING CHILDREN: $2k → 12%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $14k → 12%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $13k → 12%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $13k → 12%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $13k → 12%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $13k → 12%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $13k → 12%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $13k → 12%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $13k → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
VT
NH
MN
IL
NY
MA
NV
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
VA
DC
OK
GA
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$8.5M · 247 repeat orgs$590k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

247 repeat relationships: 114 still active in FY2024, 133 since wound down; 25 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

247
109

Total granted

$8.5M
$424k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+18%

Still filing today

21%
7%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $166k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationAnimalsHealthHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentRecreation & SportsOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • MM
    Midstate Medical Center
    8× · 2017–2024 · $692k · revenue +106%
  • MB
    MERIDEN-NEW BRITAIN-BERLIN YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $219k · revenue +76%
  • TRINITY COLLEGE
    8× · 2017–2024 · $204k · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • CO
    CITY OF MERIDEN YOUTH SERVICES
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • MC
    MIDSTATE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue -14%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Yale University

To improve the world through research, scholarship, education, preservation, and practice.

Education
2
Mitchell College

Mitchell college educates students through a highly individualized educational approach that brings forward each student's potential, reveals their strengths, and fosters personal growth.

Education
3
Connecticut College

Connecticut college educates students to put the liberal arts into action as citizens of a global society. for additional information, see schedule o.

Education
4
Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education
5
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
6
Meredith College

Meredith college, grounded in the liberal arts and committed to professional preparation, educates and inspires students to live with integrity and provide leadership for the needs, opportunities and challenges of society.

Education
7
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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8
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
9
Fordham University

Fordham university, the jesuit university of new york, is committed to the discovery of wisdom and the transmission of learning, through research and through education of the highest quality. for more information, see schedule o.

Education
10
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
11
University of Saint Joseph

The university provides a rigorous liberal arts and professional education for a diverse student population. (see schedule o for the organization's mission.)

Education
12
Saint Anselm College

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…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Midstate Arc Inc; the most unlike its peers is Center Preschool Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

63 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. 63 of the 382 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
62/63
Grantees still filing
56/63
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MERIDEN PUBLIC LIBRARY: $277,600 · OtherFIRST BAPTIST CHURCH: $217,600 · OtherUNITED WAY OF MDN & WLFD: $216,875 · OtherMERIDEN BOYS & GIRLS CLUB: $215,500 · OtherOUR LADY QUEEN OF ANGLES PARISH CORPORATION: $204,750 · OtherYALE LAW SCHOOL ANNUAL FUND: $197,500 · OtherIMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH: $192,000 · Other+159 more: $4,211,587 · Other+159 moreMidstate Medical Center: $691,890 · HealthMidstate Medi…Gaylord Hospital INC: $101,875 · HealthGaylord Hospi…American Heart Association Inc: $101,875 · HealthAmerican Hear…PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND INC: $93,500 · HealthPLANNED PAREN…+2 more: $34,000 · HealthTRINITY COLLEGE: $203,750 · EducationVILLANOVA UNIVERSITY: $60,000 · EducationBENTLEY UNIVERSITY: $40,000 · EducationFairfield University: $40,000 · EducationQUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY: $23,000 · EducationSPRINGFIELD COLLEGE: $22,000 · EducationUniversity of New Haven: $20,000 · EducationRensselaer Polytechnic Institute: $20,000 · Education+4 more: $45,000 · EducationMERIDEN-NEW BRITAIN-BERLIN YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $218,840 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $101,875 · Human ServicesWOMEN AND FAMILIES CENTER: $87,000 · Human ServicesMERIDEN-WALLINGFORD CHRYSALIS INC: $43,574 · Human ServicesBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF MERIDEN INC: $188,375 · Youth DevelopmentSOCIAL SABBY SPONSORSHIPS INC: $51,000 · Youth DevelopmentBall Headz Inc: $43,000 · Youth DevelopmentBEAT THE STREET COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $177,000 · Recreation & SportsSkills Camp Inc: $67,000 · Recreation & SportsMERIDEN HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $41,600 · AnimalsINTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC: $12,800 · AnimalsASSOCIATED HUMANE SOCIETIES INC: $12,800 · AnimalsFARM SANCTUARY INC: $12,800 · AnimalsPEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC: $12,800 · AnimalsDedication and Everlasting Love to Animals: $12,800 · AnimalsHUMANE FARMING ASSOCIATION: $12,800 · Animals
Other$5,733,412Health$1,023,140Education$473,750Human Services$451,289Youth Development$282,375Recreation & Sports$244,000Animals$118,400

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMidstate Medical Center: $691,890 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMERIDEN-NEW BRITAIN-BERLIN YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $218,840 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetTRINITY COLLEGE: $203,750 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF MERIDEN INC: $188,375 over 8y, 2.8% of budgetBEAT THE STREET COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $177,000 over 8y, 14% of budgetNEW OPPORTUNITIES INC: $152,730 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetMERIDEN SOUP KITCHEN INC: $120,000 over 8y, 17% of budgetGaylord Hospital INC: $101,875 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $101,875 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $101,875 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE MERIDEN PUBLIC LIBRARY INC: $98,200 over 6y, 24% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND INC: $93,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN AND FAMILIES CENTER: $87,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetMERIDEN FARMERS MARKET INC: $71,500 over 8y, 20% of budgetChange The Play Inc: $68,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetSkills Camp Inc: $67,000 over 6y, 100% of budgetVILLANOVA UNIVERSITY: $60,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSOCIAL SABBY SPONSORSHIPS INC: $51,000 over 5y, 9.3% of budgetMERIDEN-WALLINGFORD CHRYSALIS INC: $43,574 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetBall Headz Inc: $43,000 over 4y, 86% of budgetMERIDEN HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $41,600 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetBENTLEY UNIVERSITY: $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFairfield University: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCONNECTICUT LEGAL SERVICES INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MERIDEN-WALLINGFORD COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetMasonic Charity Foundation of CT: $24,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetQUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY: $23,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSPRINGFIELD COLLEGE: $22,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of New Haven: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRensselaer Polytechnic Institute: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INC: $18,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMIDDLESEX COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $15,517 over 3y, 4.9% of budgetMIDSTATE ARC INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLIBERTY UNIVERSITY INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $12,800 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC: $12,800 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Gorilla Foundation: $12,800 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetASSOCIATED HUMANE SOCIETIES INC: $12,800 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFARM SANCTUARY INC: $12,800 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC: $12,800 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetDedication and Everlasting Love to Animals: $12,800 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE FARMING ASSOCIATION: $12,800 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS CONNECTICUT INC: $12,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTRUSTEES OF CLARK UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSALVE REGINA UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVISION TO LEARN: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALBERTUS MAGNUS COLLEGE: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budget
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 Midstate Medical Center ↗
  • Who funds MERIDEN-NEW BRITAIN-BERLIN YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds TRINITY COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF MERIDEN INC ↗
  • Who funds BEAT THE STREET COMMUNITY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW OPPORTUNITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds MERIDEN SOUP KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds Gaylord Hospital INC ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE MERIDEN PUBLIC LIBRARY INC ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN AND FAMILIES CENTER ↗
  • Who funds MERIDEN FARMERS MARKET INC ↗
  • Who funds Change The Play Inc ↗
  • Who funds Skills Camp Inc ↗
  • Who funds VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds SOCIAL SABBY SPONSORSHIPS INC ↗
  • Who funds MERIDEN-WALLINGFORD CHRYSALIS 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.

Ion Bank Foundation IncCT41.8× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ion Bank Foundation Inc · The James H Napier Foundation · Liberty Bank Foundation Inc · United Way of Meriden & Wallingford Inc · American Savings Foundation Inc · The John G Martin Foundation · The Petit Family Foundation Inc · Newalliance Foundation Inc · Aetna Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven · Mary V Ricci Trust · Friends Fiduciary Corporation

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Meriden Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Meriden Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Midstate Arc Inc: 94% of income from government
  • Kuhn Employment Opportunities Inc: 91% of income from government
  • Workforce Alliance Inc: 77% of income from government
  • New Opportunities Inc: 70% of income from government
  • Children in Placement Inc: 47% of income from government
  • Children's Law Center Inc: 46% of income from government
  • Special Olympics Connecticut Inc: 42% of income from government
  • Beat the Street Community Center Inc: 24% of income from government
  • Meriden Farmers Market Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Ball Headz Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Women and Families Center: 18% of income from government
  • Connecticut Legal Services Inc: 18% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Club of Meriden Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Planned Parenthood of Southern New England Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Reach Out and Read Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Worcester Polytechnic Institute: 8% of income from government
  • Meriden-New Britain-Berlin Young Men's Christian Association Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Albertus Magnus College: 6% of income from government
  • Center Preschool Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Gaylord Hospital Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Connecticut Foodshare Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Trustees of Clark University: 2% of income from government
  • University of New Haven: 2% of income from government
  • University of Hartford: 1% of income from government
  • Springfield College: 1% of income from government
  • Merrimack College: 1% of income from government
  • Meriden-Wallingford Chrysalis Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Fairfield University: 1% of income from government
  • Bentley University: 1% of income from government
  • Quinnipiac University: 0% of income from government
  • Social Sabby Sponsorships Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Trinity College: 0% of income from government
  • Midstate Medical Center: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
9get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
4rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Meriden Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Meriden Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 382 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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