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Mitchell D Phaiah 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.

$171k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
40
Grants FY2024
31
Organizations funded FY2023
10%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$20,000
Organizations funded a year
31 to 49
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
10
Total assets, FY2024
$3.1M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 10% of the organizations Mitchell D Phaiah Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
AnimalsFood & NutritionInternationalEnvironmentPhilanthropyHealthOther
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
FY2024still arriving38$160k39%
FY202331$175k10%
FY202232$214k19%
FY202135$203k20%
FY202049$249k57%
FY201937$166k35%
FY201833$205k39%
FY201737$189kn/a
84% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Food & Nutrition$327kAnimals$222kHuman Services$150kEducation$118kPhilanthropy$110kEnvironment$100kReligion$96kInternational$69kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
OR
IA
CT
RI
CA
MO
VA
AZ
AR
TN
NC
DC
HI
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 47 grantees
All grantees of Mitchell D Phaiah Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Qvcc Foundation Inc$99,00083%
Connecticut Humane Society$90,06080%
Quinebaug Valley Senior Citizens Center Inc$85,580813%
The Deary Memorial Foundation Inc$80,000888%
Friends of Assisi Food Pantry Inc$58,64075%
Daily Bread An Ecumenical Food Pantry Inc$52,18055%
Big Life Foundation USA$51,00050%
Interfaith Human Services of Putnam$50,20057%
Dorobo Fund for Tanzania Inc$29,80252%
Pams Foundation Inc$19,24050%
Center for Orangutan & Chimpanzee Conservation Inc$16,00070%
The University of Connecticut Foundation Inc$15,00030%
Kopelion Inc$12,97831%
Pet Pals Northeast$9,0001n/a
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$8,00050%
Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation$7,00050%
Novastar Rescue Inc$6,0001n/a
New Story Inc$6,00010%
Smile Train Inc$5,20050%
Wyndham Land Trust Inc$5,05010%
Sky Dog Sanctuary Inc$5,00011%
Joslin Diabetes Center Inc$5,00010%
Connecticut Lions Eye Research Foundation Inc$5,00012%
Earth Island Institute Inc$4,00020%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Connecticut Inc$3,00020%
Center for Central American Empowerment Inc$2,50020%
Dig Deep$2,5001n/a
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$2,20030%
SPCA of Texas$2,00010%
Paws - Gulf Coast Humane Society$2,00010%
Project Pin Incorporated$2,0001n/a
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$2,00010%
St Baldrick's Foundation Inc$1,50020%
Foundation Good Samaritan in Action Inc$1,0001n/a
American Legion$1,0001n/a
Partners in Development Incorporated$1,0001n/a
Canine Companions for Independence Inc$1,00010%
Hope for Paws$1,00010%
Midwest Food Bank Nfp$1,00010%
International Fund for Animal Welfare Inc$1,00010%
Danielson Veterans Coffeehouse Inc$1,0001n/a
Demarco Memorial Inc$6001n/a
St Luke Lutheran Church$5001n/a
Thames Valley Council for Community Action Inc$50010%
American Cancer Society Inc$25010%
American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign$10010%
American Humane Association$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 75 recipients with no EIN on record ($805k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Mitchell D Phaiah Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 37 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetQvcc Foundation Inc: $99,000 over 8y, 3.1% of budgetConnecticut Humane Society: $90,060 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetQuinebaug Valley Senior Citizens Center Inc: $85,580 over 8y, 13% of budgetThe Deary Memorial Foundation Inc: $80,000 over 8y, 88% of budgetFriends of Assisi Food Pantry Inc: $58,640 over 7y, 4.7% of budgetDaily Bread An Ecumenical Food Pantry Inc: $52,180 over 5y, 4.5% of budgetBig Life Foundation USA: $51,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetInterfaith Human Services of Putnam: $50,200 over 5y, 6.8% of budgetDorobo Fund for Tanzania Inc: $29,802 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetPams Foundation Inc: $19,240 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetCenter for Orangutan & Chimpanzee Conservation Inc: $16,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetThe University of Connecticut Foundation Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKopelion Inc: $12,978 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $8,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation: $7,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNew Story Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSmile Train Inc: $5,200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWyndham Land Trust Inc: $5,050 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSky Dog Sanctuary Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetJoslin Diabetes Center Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetConnecticut Lions Eye Research Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetEarth Island Institute Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMake-A-Wish Foundation of Connecticut Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Central American Empowerment Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $2,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSPCA of Texas: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPaws - Gulf Coast Humane Society: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Baldrick's Foundation Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCanine Companions for Independence Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHope for Paws: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMidwest Food Bank Nfp: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Fund for Animal Welfare Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThames Valley Council for Community Action Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Wild Horse Preservation Campaign: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Humane Association: $100 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 37.

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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.

Jewett City Savings Bank Foundation IncCT17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewett City Savings Bank Foundation Inc · Centreville Savings Bank Charitable Foundation · The Putnam Area Foundation · Hometown Bank Community Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Mitchell D Phaiah Foundation Inc

How much does Mitchell D Phaiah Foundation Inc give?
Mitchell D Phaiah Foundation Inc reported 40 grants totaling $170,789 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 31 and 49 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Mitchell D Phaiah Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (21%), Animals (14%), Human Services (10%).
Who are Mitchell D Phaiah Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Qvcc Foundation Inc ($99k), Connecticut Humane Society ($90k), Quinebaug Valley Senior Citizens Center Inc ($86k).
Does Mitchell D Phaiah Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Mitchell D Phaiah Foundation Inc 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 Mitchell D Phaiah Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewett City Savings Bank Foundation Inc, Centreville Savings Bank Charitable Foundation, The Putnam Area Foundation.
Where is Mitchell D Phaiah Foundation Inc based?
Mitchell D Phaiah Foundation Inc 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 124 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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