Connecticut · Private foundation
MLE Foundation Inc
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.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 82
- Grants FY2025
- 82
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $60,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 61 to 96
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 14
- Total assets, FY2025
- $22M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 11% of the organizations MLE Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 82 | $1.2M | 4% |
| FY2024 | 82 | $1.1M | 11% |
| FY2023 | 96 | $1.6M | 29% |
| FY2022 | 64 | $952k | 3% |
| FY2021 | 62 | $907k | 2% |
| FY2020 | 66 | $984k | 8% |
| FY2019 | 63 | $920k | 11% |
| FY2018 | 61 | $665k | 18% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Wisconsin Cultural Center Inc | $420,000 | 7 | 17% |
| New Canaan Land Conservation Trust Inc | $413,000 | 7 | 84% |
| Save the Sound | $390,000 | 9 | 1% |
| American Bird Conservancy | $320,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Waveny Lifecare Network Inc | $268,000 | 7 | n/a |
| The New Canaan Library Inc | $226,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Chautauqua Foundation Inc | $222,750 | 7 | 1% |
| International Order of the King's Daughters & Sons | $213,000 | 7 | 10% |
| South Wood County Historical Corporation | $195,000 | 9 | 16% |
| International Crane Foundation Inc | $174,000 | 9 | 0% |
Show all 87 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 37 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.5M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
MLE Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 80 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: New Canaan Community Foundation Inc · The Seelert Foundation Inc · Jeniam Foundation · Ibm International Foundation · Half Moon Foundation · Jim and Dede Bartlett Foundation · Hobbs Family Charitable Trust · The Morris Family Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Connecticut Humanities Council Inc · Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · Alexander Family Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About MLE Foundation Inc
- How much does MLE Foundation Inc give?
- MLE Foundation Inc reported 82 grants totaling $1,178,400 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 61 and 96 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does MLE Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (23%), Education (15%), Animals (15%).
- Who are MLE Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Central Wisconsin Cultural Center Inc ($420k), New Canaan Land Conservation Trust Inc ($413k), Save the Sound ($390k).
- Does MLE Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does MLE 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 MLE Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include New Canaan Community Foundation Inc, The Seelert Foundation Inc, Jeniam Foundation.
- Where is MLE Foundation Inc based?
- MLE Foundation Inc is based in CT.
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