Connecticut · Community foundation
Northwest Ct Community Foundation Trust
To enhance quality of life for citizens in its service area by identifying and responding to community needs by providing financial assistance in the form of scholarships and grants to 501(c)(3) organizations.
- $349k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 63%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $99k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $17,850
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $6.4M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 63% of the organizations Northwest Ct Community Foundation Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 62% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 38% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k 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 | 9 | $99k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $81k | 63% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $56k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $71k | 44% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $71k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $28k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $70k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $105k | 70% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KidsPlay Childrens Museum Inc | $60,500 | 5 | 2% |
| Connecticut Council for Philanthropy | $45,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Nutmeg Conservatory for the Arts Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Friendly Hands Food Bank Inc | $29,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Greenwoods Counseling & Referrals Inc | $27,500 | 3 | 1% |
| American Mural Project Inc | $25,200 | 2 | 2% |
| Northwestern Ct YMCA Inc | $24,600 | 2 | 0% |
| Community Kitchen of Torrington Inc | $20,350 | 2 | 5% |
| Community Health & Wellness Center of Greater Torrington Inc | $20,250 | 1 | 0% |
| Edadvance | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 43 grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($6k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Northwest Ct Community Foundation Trust supplied at peak.
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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 Connecticut Community Foundation Inc · The Connecticut Community Foundation · Northwest Community Bank Foundation Inc · Torrington Savings Foundation · Union Savings Bank Foundation Inc · Thomaston Savings Bank Foundation Inc · Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc · American Savings Foundation Inc · The Mae Casali Bonvicini Charitable Foundation · Connecticut Humanities Council Inc · Francis J and Louisa J Oneglia Foundation Inc · Arbella Insurance Foundation
How this is measured
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About Northwest Ct Community Foundation Trust
- How much does Northwest Ct Community Foundation Trust give?
- Northwest Ct Community Foundation Trust reported 9 itemized grants totaling $98,800, out of $348,881 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Northwest Ct Community Foundation Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (53%), Arts & Culture (14%), Human Services (7%).
- Who are Northwest Ct Community Foundation Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: KidsPlay Childrens Museum Inc ($61k), Connecticut Council for Philanthropy ($45k), Nutmeg Conservatory for the Arts Inc ($30k).
- Does Northwest Ct Community Foundation Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 63% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Northwest Ct Community Foundation Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation Inc, The Connecticut Community Foundation, Northwest Community Bank Foundation Inc.
- Where is Northwest Ct Community Foundation Trust based?
- Northwest Ct Community Foundation Trust is based in CT.
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