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New Canaan Community Foundation Inc

New canaan community foundation addresses our community's needs by providing leadership on local issues, making impactful grants, and facilitating new canaan's effective charitable giving.

$2.6M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
106
Itemized grants FY2025
90
Organizations funded FY2024
22%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$2.3M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$14,500
Largest grant, FY2025
$198,077
Organizations funded a year
81 to 175
FY2017 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
12
Total assets, FY2025
$32M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 22% of the organizations New Canaan Community Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $229k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyOther
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
FY2025still arriving104$2.3M19%
FY202490$3.6M22%
FY202381$1.4M17%
FY202289$2.3M16%
FY2021100$1.8M15%
FY2020103$1.6M14%
FY2019101$1.3M33%
FY2017175$3.2Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$3.3MHuman Services$2.8MPublic Benefit$2.3MHealth$2.1MPhilanthropy$1.2MFood & Nutrition$998kEnvironment$890kArts & Culture$853kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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NY
MA
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CT
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CA
UT
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 263 grantees
All grantees of New Canaan Community Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Town of New Canaan$3,400,4208n/a
Staying Put in New Canaan Inc$1,124,06894%
The New Canaan Library Inc$769,62592%
New Canaan Land Conservation Trust Inc$516,338818%
Waveny Care Center Inc$399,05081%
Person to Person Inc$391,35091%
Norwalk Community College Foundation Inc$357,40094%
Waveny Park Conservancy Inc$315,303923%
The Carver Inc$231,80091%
The New Canaan Community Young Men's Christian Association Inc$220,60891%
Mount Saint Joseph High School Inc$220,0005n/a
Building One Community Corp$182,65091%
Kids in Crisis Inc$176,25090%
Domestic Violence Crisis Center$166,50071%
Star Inc - Lighting the Way$165,11490%
Summer Theatre of New Canaan Inc$164,00094%
Child Guidance Center of Southern Connecticut Inc$163,00084%
United States Catholic Conference$151,9166n/a
The Open Door Shelter Inc$147,05091%
Getabout Inc$142,14679%
Tourette Association of America Inc$140,50071%
Silver Hill Hospital Inc$137,38050%
New Canaan Nature Center Association Inc$136,21591%
Abc Inc of New Canaan$134,800911%
Mid-Fairfield Child Guidance Center Inc$130,00091%
Future 5 Inc$125,10093%
Sacred Heart University Incorporated$123,25080%
The New Canaan Historical Society Inc$122,70042%
Laurel House Inc$121,70091%
Pacific House Inc$119,75090%
New Canaan Cares Inc$116,550911%
LiveGirl Inc$109,20895%
The Tommy Fund Inc$109,150123%
New Canaan Athletic Foundation Inc$107,569312%
Harvard Business School Club of Connecticut Community Partners$99,5327n/a
Food Rescue US Inc$97,95080%
The Exchange Club Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse of Southern Ct Inc$97,20093%
Mercy Learning Center of Bridgeport Inc$95,50091%
Americares Free Clinics Inc$95,25090%
Connecticut Institute for Refugees and Immigrants Inc$92,50071%
Filling in the Blanks Inc$91,80891%
The University of Connecticut Foundation Inc$91,52570%
Saint Joseph Parenting Center Inc$85,00082%
Voices of September 11 Inc$82,10092%
Visiting Nurse & Hospice of Fairfield County Inc$80,70050%
Malta House Inc$79,45041%
Inspirica Inc$78,60060%
Family & Children's Agency Inc$78,50080%
Bucknell University$74,00070%
The Rowan Center Inc$72,50091%
Catholic Charities of Fairfield County Inc$72,50030%
Earthplace Inc$72,00090%
Town Players of New Canaan Inc$71,800322%
New Canaan High School Scholarship Foundation Inc$71,800622%
Norwalkstamford Grassroots Tennis & Education Inc$71,00091%
Liberation Programs Inc$67,65060%
The Congregational Church of New Canaan$66,7002n/a
Technoserve Inc$66,50050%
Connecticut Rise Network Inc$65,00030%
Children's Learning Centers of Fairfield County Inc$65,00080%
Waveny Lifecare Network Inc$62,7001n/a
Norwalk Housing Foundation Inc$62,25064%
St Marks Episcopal Church$60,9007n/a
Family Centers Inc$60,50050%
Norwalk Hospital Foundation$60,00030%
Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc$60,00030%
New England Science & Sailing Foundation Inc$60,00060%
Norwalk Sister City Project Inc$58,400513%
Planet New Canaan Inc$55,6001n/a
Vinceremos Riding Center Inc$55,00031%
Elderhouse Inc$53,75071%
Human Services Council Inc$53,50081%
Silvermine Guild of Artists Inc$52,94571%
Domus Kids Inc$52,15070%
New Canaan Mounted Troop Inc$51,75071%
Meals-On-Wheels of New Canaan Inc$51,62746%
Positive Directions-The Center for Prevention & Counseling Inc$51,51033%
Quinnipiac University$48,75080%
New Canaan Society for the Arts Inc$42,90076%
St Michael's Lutheran Church$42,0002n/a
Norwalk Community Health Center$42,00050%
New Canaan Public Access Inc$40,374230%
Urban Hope Inc$40,00055%
Horizons Inc$39,75880%
Women's Mentoring Network Inc$39,75054%
St Aloysius Church Corp$39,2003n/a
Arts for Healing Inc$37,41955%
Intempo Organization Inc$37,00062%
United Methodist Church of New Canaan$35,0002n/a
The Norwalk Hospital Association$35,00030%
We Stand With Christ Inc$35,00021%
Spruce Peak Arts Center Foundation Inc$34,25051%
Pro Bono Partnership Inc$31,00060%
Child Advocates of Connecticut Inc$31,00053%
Schoolhouse Apartments Inc$30,91841%
Finding Home Institute Inc Dba Sunodia Prayer Counseling$30,000330%
New Canaan Youth Football Inc$30,000217%
United States Equestrian Team Foundation Inc$30,00010%
Bride Ministries Inc$30,0001n/a
Prospects Opportunity and Enrichment Inc$30,00030%
All Our Kin Inc$29,50040%
Franklin & Marshall College$27,50030%
New Canaan Chamber Charitable Foundation Inc$27,4861n/a
Christian Healing Ministries Inc$25,00012%
Grand Teton National Park Foundation$25,00010%
Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes$25,00010%
Northwestern University$25,00010%
Cfvests Worldwide$25,0001n/a
Abilis Inc$24,24940%
Fordham University$23,25040%
University of Connecticut$23,0002n/a
Stepping Stones Museum for Children Inc$22,50050%
Horizons National Student Enrichment Program Inc$22,40030%
Connecticut Council for Philanthropy$22,39051%
Rise Richmond Inc$22,00040%
The New School$21,50030%
The Stamford Hospital$21,33020%
Circle of Care for Families of Children With Cancer Inc$21,00043%
Thrown Stone Theatre Company$20,500330%
Shepherds Inc$20,00032%
Community Health Center Inc$20,00010%
Yale New Haven Hospital$20,00010%
International Rescue Committee INC$20,00020%
Fairfield County Hospice House Inc D/B/A Fairfield County House$19,60041%
Thomas Jefferson University$18,00020%
Treetops Chamber Music Society Inc$17,800323%
New Canaan Chamber Music Inc$17,68625%
Drexel University$17,25040%
New Canaan EMS Inc$17,25027%
Bentley University$16,50020%
The Howard University$16,45030%
Bridgewater State University Foundation$16,00040%
Greens Ledge Light Preservation Society Inc$16,00031%
Pace University$16,00020%
Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia$15,8002n/a
Hope for Haiti Inc$15,50010%
Georgetown University$15,26530%
Community Mindfulness Project Inc$15,25022%
Social Impact Partners Inc$15,00020%
Greenwich Hospital$15,00010%
Regents of the University of Michigan$15,0002n/a
Children's Museum of Manhattan$14,50010%
Nc Rams All-Sports Booster Club Inc$14,30012%
Greenwich Alliance for Education Inc$13,34911%
Wildlife in Crisis Inc$13,0003n/a
University of Wisconsin Madison$13,0002n/a
West School Parent Teacher Council$12,69324%
National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States$12,50010%
The Tiny Miracles Foundation Inc$12,00032%
Loyola University Maryland Inc$11,25030%
Coastal Educational Foundation$11,00020%
Wake Forest University$10,87530%
University of Georgia$10,5002n/a
Samaritan's Purse$10,0001n/a
Undies Project Inc$10,00016%
Metropolitan Bridgeport Inc$10,00020%
The Inner-City Foundation for Charity & Education Inc$10,00031%
Ct Community Nonprofit Alliance Inc$10,00010%
Artists in Christian Testimony Inc$10,00010%
St Joseph's Nursing Home Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate$10,00010%
Wheel It Forward Inc$10,0001n/a
Friends of Silversource Inc$10,00011%
Stamford Public Education Foundation Inc$10,00011%
Silversource Inc$10,0001n/a
Indian River Hospital Foundation Inc$10,0001n/a
Connecticut Zoological Societyinc$10,00010%
Women's Business Development Council Inc$10,00010%
Ncrink Inc$10,0001n/a
Children in Placement Inc$9,75012%
Bridgeport Roman Catholic Diocesan Corporation$9,5001n/a
Roger Williams University$9,25030%
Center for Childrens Advocacy Inc$9,00010%
Ice Skating for Everyone Inc$8,8431n/a
Cornell University$8,30030%
Jills House Inc$8,0002n/a
F E Wood Natural Energy LLC$7,5001n/a
Inclusive Together Co$7,5001n/a
Community Resources for Justice Inc$7,50010%
United Way of Coastal and Western Connecticut Inc$7,50020%
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the US Dept of Ct 653 VFW$7,500130%
Gettysburg College$7,50010%
Community Resources for Justice$7,2501n/a
Boy Scouts of America$7,00030%
British Schools & Universities Foundation Inc$7,00010%
Wesleyan University$6,83130%
Nichols College$6,62530%
Trustees of Boston University$6,25020%
Texas State University$6,0001n/a
Reach Out and Read Inc$6,00020%
Community Soup Kitchen Incorporated$6,00011%
The Hap Foundation Inc (F/K/A Journeycare Foundation)$6,00010%
University of Michigan$6,00012%
Clark Atlanta University Inc$6,00010%
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute$6,00020%
Reach Prep Inc$6,0002n/a
Orchestra Lumos Inc$6,00020%
Center for Contemporary Printmaking$6,00012%
I E C a Foundation Inc$6,00034%
Children's Center of the Stanford Community$5,75020%
Brigham Young University$5,6501n/a
University of Hartford$5,50010%
Norwalk Lacrosse Association$5,50015%
Washington and Lee University$5,50010%
Odyssey Family Executive Center of South Norwalk$5,28811%
Trustees of Boston College$5,25020%
Northeastern University$5,25020%
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc$5,00020%
Simmons University$5,00010%
Knights of Columbus Charities Inc$5,00010%
Computers4kids$5,00021%
Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education$5,00020%
Connecticut Foodshare Inc$5,00010%
General Board of Global Ministries of the Umc$5,0001n/a
Family Reentry Inc$5,00020%
Danbury Hospital & New Milford Hospital Foundation Inc$5,0002n/a
Indiana University School of Medicine$4,0001n/a
Planned Parenthood of Southern New England Inc$4,00020%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$4,00020%
Susquehanna University$4,00020%
Trustees of Purdue University$4,0002n/a
Assumption University$4,00020%
Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County Inc$4,00022%
University of Pittsburgh$3,50020%
Alliance University$3,50020%
Florida Gulf Coast University Foundation Inc$3,50020%
Iona University$3,25010%
Duke University$3,25010%
Texas Christian University$3,25010%
DePauw University$3,00020%
The Norwalk Symphony Society Inc$3,00021%
Norwich University$3,00010%
Fairfield University$3,00020%
Skidmore College$3,00020%
Johnson & Wales University$3,00010%
Roanoke College$3,00010%
Marist University$3,00020%
Shakespeare on the Sound Inc$3,00021%
Career Resources Inc$3,00010%
Franklin Street Gallery Inc$2,50011%
New Beginnings Family Academy Inc$2,0001n/a
The Trustees of Princeton University$2,00020%
American University$2,00020%
University of New Haven$2,00010%
Lafayette College$2,00020%
The Sisters of Saint Ann Inc$1,62510%
Institute for Study Abroad Inc$1,62510%
Chapman University$1,50020%
The Workplace Inc$1,50010%
Lasell University$1,50020%
New York University$1,00020%
Dolphin Research Center Inc$1,00020%
Esalen Institute$75010%
The Taft School Corporation$75010%
University of California Berkeley Foundation$75010%
St Lawrence University$75020%
Mill Reef Fund$75010%
New Canaan Beautification League Inc$50011%
The Day Care Center of New Canaan Inc$38010%
Soundwaters Inc$30020%
The Hotchkiss School$12510%
Commission on Voluntary Service & Action$1001n/a
Jerusalem Peacebuilders Inc$10020%
Association of Community Employment$10010%

Plus 42 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

New Canaan Community Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetStaying Put in New Canaan Inc: $1,124,068 over 9y, 4.4% of budgetThe New Canaan Library Inc: $769,625 over 9y, 2.3% of budgetNew Canaan Land Conservation Trust Inc: $516,338 over 8y, 18% of budgetWaveny Care Center Inc: $399,050 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetPerson to Person Inc: $391,350 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetNorwalk Community College Foundation Inc: $357,400 over 9y, 3.5% of budgetWaveny Park Conservancy Inc: $315,303 over 9y, 23% of budgetThe Carver Inc: $231,800 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetThe New Canaan Community Young Men's Christian Association Inc: $220,608 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetBuilding One Community Corp: $182,650 over 9y, 1.3% of budgetKids in Crisis Inc: $176,250 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetDomestic Violence Crisis Center: $166,500 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetStar Inc - Lighting the Way: $165,114 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetSummer Theatre of New Canaan Inc: $164,000 over 9y, 3.7% of budgetChild Guidance Center of Southern Connecticut Inc: $163,000 over 8y, 4.3% of budgetThe Open Door Shelter Inc: $147,050 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetGetabout Inc: $142,146 over 7y, 8.7% of budgetTourette Association of America Inc: $140,500 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetSilver Hill Hospital Inc: $137,380 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNew Canaan Nature Center Association Inc: $136,215 over 9y, 1.3% of budgetAbc Inc of New Canaan: $134,800 over 9y, 11% of budgetMid-Fairfield Child Guidance Center Inc: $130,000 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetFuture 5 Inc: $125,100 over 9y, 3.3% of budgetSacred Heart University Incorporated: $123,250 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe New Canaan Historical Society Inc: $122,700 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetLaurel House Inc: $121,700 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetPacific House Inc: $119,750 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetNew Canaan Cares Inc: $116,550 over 9y, 11% of budgetLiveGirl Inc: $109,208 over 9y, 5.2% of budgetThe Tommy Fund Inc: $109,150 over 1y, 23% of budgetNew Canaan Athletic Foundation Inc: $107,569 over 3y, 12% of budgetFood Rescue US Inc: $97,950 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetThe Exchange Club Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse of Southern Ct Inc: $97,200 over 9y, 3.0% of budgetMercy Learning Center of Bridgeport Inc: $95,500 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetAmericares Free Clinics Inc: $95,250 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetConnecticut Institute for Refugees and Immigrants Inc: $92,500 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetFilling in the Blanks Inc: $91,808 over 9y, 1.2% of budgetThe University of Connecticut Foundation Inc: $91,525 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSaint Joseph Parenting Center Inc: $85,000 over 8y, 2.5% of budgetVoices of September 11 Inc: $82,100 over 9y, 1.9% of budgetVisiting Nurse & Hospice of Fairfield County Inc: $80,700 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetMalta House Inc: $79,450 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetInspirica Inc: $78,600 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetFamily & Children's Agency Inc: $78,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetBucknell University: $74,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe Rowan Center Inc: $72,500 over 9y, 1.2% of budgetCatholic Charities of Fairfield County Inc: $72,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetEarthplace Inc: $72,000 over 9y, 0.4% 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 200.

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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.

Fairfield County's Community Foundation IncCT126× affinity78 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · The Near and Far Association Inc · The Pitney Bowes Foundation · Stamford Rotary Trust Fund · Peoples United Community Foundation · William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund · The Tudor Foundation Inc · Elizabeth Raymond Ambler Trust · The Herbert & Nell Singer Foundation Inc · The Scripps Family Fund for Education and the Arts · The Inner-City Foundation for Charity & Education Inc · The John and Ethel Kashulon Foundation

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 New Canaan Community Foundation Inc

How much does New Canaan Community Foundation Inc give?
New Canaan Community Foundation Inc reported 106 itemized grants totaling $2,305,520, out of $2,571,413 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 81 and 175 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
What does New Canaan Community Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (18%), Human Services (16%), Public Benefit (13%).
Who are New Canaan Community Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Town of New Canaan ($3.4M), Staying Put in New Canaan Inc ($1.1M), The New Canaan Library Inc ($770k).
Does New Canaan Community Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as New Canaan Community Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc, The Near and Far Association Inc, The Pitney Bowes Foundation.
Where is New Canaan Community Foundation Inc based?
New Canaan Community 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 315 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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