Connecticut · Public charity
New England Science & Sailing Foundation Inc
To empower students with a love of learning through ocean-based experiential programs that serve schools, teachers, and families.
- $705k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $557k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $18,689
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $217,712
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 13
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.5M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 38% of the organizations New England Science & Sailing Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 40% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $263k 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 | 11 | $557k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $665k | 38% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $669k | 90% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $870k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New London Public Schools | $1,088,330 | 6 | n/a |
| Plainfield School District | $313,740 | 3 | n/a |
| Natchaug Hospital Inc | $292,608 | 5 | 0% |
| Mystic River Magnet School | $249,650 | 4 | n/a |
| Learn | $202,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Groton Board of Education | $179,264 | 5 | n/a |
| Norwich Public Schools | $83,946 | 6 | n/a |
| City of Newport | $65,480 | 2 | n/a |
| Vesta Corporation | $61,311 | 4 | n/a |
| The Center A Drop-in Community Learning & Resource Center Inc | $58,789 | 5 | 8% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| New London Public Schools | $1,088,330 | 6 | n/a |
| Plainfield School District | $313,740 | 3 | n/a |
| Natchaug Hospital Inc | $292,608 | 5 | 0% |
| Mystic River Magnet School | $249,650 | 4 | n/a |
| Learn | $202,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Groton Board of Education | $179,264 | 5 | n/a |
| Norwich Public Schools | $83,946 | 6 | n/a |
| City of Newport | $65,480 | 2 | n/a |
| Vesta Corporation | $61,311 | 4 | n/a |
| The Center A Drop-in Community Learning & Resource Center Inc | $58,789 | 5 | 8% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of America | $49,659 | 3 | 0% |
| New London Parks and Rec Dept | $26,592 | 4 | n/a |
| Catholic Elementary School Association of New York | $25,670 | 2 | n/a |
| Catherine Kolnaski Magnet School | $7,120 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Westerly | $6,285 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($51k), not named here.
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: The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut Inc · Chelsea Groton Foundation
How this is measured
Compare New England Science & Sailing Foundation Inc with peer funders
About New England Science & Sailing Foundation Inc
- How much does New England Science & Sailing Foundation Inc give?
- New England Science & Sailing Foundation Inc reported 11 itemized grants totaling $557,329, out of $705,454 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does New England Science & Sailing Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (85%), Health (12%), Youth Development (2%).
- Who are New England Science & Sailing Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: New London Public Schools ($1.1M), Plainfield School District ($314k), Natchaug Hospital Inc ($293k).
- Does New England Science & Sailing Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as New England Science & Sailing Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut Inc, Chelsea Groton Foundation.
- Where is New England Science & Sailing Foundation Inc based?
- New England Science & Sailing Foundation Inc is based in CT.
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