Connecticut · Private foundation
Nessel Family 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.
- $877k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 29
- Grants FY2025
- 30
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $7,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 25 to 35
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations Nessel Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $105k 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 | 29 | $877k | 10% |
| FY2024 | 30 | $402k | 7% |
| FY2023 | 35 | $541k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 27 | $338k | 7% |
| FY2021 | 29 | $383k | 3% |
| FY2020 | 30 | $346k | 13% |
| FY2019 | 30 | $338k | 17% |
| FY2018 | 25 | $298k | 16% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgeport Hospital Foundation Inc | $340,000 | 9 | 1% |
| The Center for Family Justice Inc | $320,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Norwalk Hospital Foundation | $295,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Grace Cottage Foundation | $285,000 | 8 | 3% |
| The Thrive Cooperative Center for Wellness Inc | $200,000 | 2 | 38% |
| Connecticut Challenge Inc DBA Mission Your Mission CT Challenge | $162,500 | 9 | 4% |
| Applied Behavioral Rehabilitation Instit | $90,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Bridgeport Rescue Mission Inc | $87,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Nourish Bridgeport Inc | $87,500 | 8 | 2% |
| Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services | $58,500 | 9 | 0% |
Show all 38 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Nessel Family Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 35 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: Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · Cannupa Foundation · Peoples United Community Foundation · Newman's Own Foundation · Kreitler Foundation Inc Dba the Hobart and Sally Kreitler Foundinc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · The Inglesea Charitable Trust · Tauck Family Foundation · Smith Richardson Foundation Inc · Ibm International Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Estate of Benjamin B Lewis
How this is measured
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About Nessel Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Nessel Family Foundation Inc give?
- Nessel Family Foundation Inc reported 29 grants totaling $877,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 25 and 35 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Nessel Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (49%), Religion (13%), Crime & Legal (8%).
- Who are Nessel Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Bridgeport Hospital Foundation Inc ($340k), The Center for Family Justice Inc ($320k), Norwalk Hospital Foundation ($295k).
- Does Nessel Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Nessel Family 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 Nessel Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc, Cannupa Foundation, Peoples United Community Foundation.
- Where is Nessel Family Foundation Inc based?
- Nessel Family Foundation Inc is based in CT.
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