Connecticut · Community foundation
Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation Inc
To enrich the quality of life for residents of northwest Connecticut by inspiring local philanthropy, convening stakeholders in community welfare, strengthening the regional nonprofits network and fostering collaborative funding partnerships.
- $5.3M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 103
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 91
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 15%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $4.6M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $19,350
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $826,112
- Organizations funded a year
- 63 to 92
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $176M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 15% of the organizations Northwest Connecticut 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; $235k 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 | 100 | $4.6M | 23% |
| FY2024 | 91 | $4.0M | 15% |
| FY2023 | 92 | $3.4M | 30% |
| FY2022 | 86 | $3.5M | 20% |
| FY2021 | 83 | $3.5M | 19% |
| FY2020 | 89 | $3.2M | 28% |
| FY2019 | 86 | $7.8M | 34% |
| FY2018 | 63 | $3.0M | 40% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwestern Ct YMCA Inc | $3,059,434 | 9 | 9% |
| Sharon Land Trust Inc | $2,379,839 | 2 | 1% |
| Little Guild of St Francis | $2,202,096 | 9 | 59% |
| The University of Connecticut Foundation Inc | $2,130,870 | 9 | 0% |
| American Lung Association of the Northeast Inc | $1,437,026 | 2 | n/a |
| Vivisection Investigation League | $1,284,360 | 9 | 55% |
| Northwestern Community College Foundation and Regional Advisory Council Inc | $1,207,120 | 9 | 96% |
| The Cancer Care Fund of The Litchfield Hills Inc | $1,147,817 | 9 | 92% |
| Beardsley & Memorial Library | $1,103,235 | 9 | 25% |
| Northwest Connecticut Association for the Arts Inc | $935,080 | 8 | 9% |
Show all 231 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 26 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 160 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: Northwest Community Bank Foundation Inc · The Connecticut Community Foundation · Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc · Torrington Savings Foundation · Northwest Ct Community Foundation Trust · Thomaston Savings Bank Foundation Inc · Foundation for Community Health Inc · Connecticut Humanities Council Inc · Union Savings Bank Foundation Inc · American Savings Foundation Inc · Seherr-Thoss Charitable Trust · The Littman Family Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation Inc
- How much does Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation Inc give?
- Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation Inc reported 103 itemized grants totaling $4,633,818, out of $5,269,834 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 63 and 92 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (21%), Human Services (15%), Health (14%).
- Who are Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Northwestern Ct YMCA Inc ($3.1M), Sharon Land Trust Inc ($2.4M), Little Guild of St Francis ($2.2M).
- Does Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Northwest Community Bank Foundation Inc, The Connecticut Community Foundation, Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc.
- Where is Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation Inc based?
- Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation Inc is based in CT.
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