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Norwitt Family Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Norwitt Family Charitable Foundation

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.

$1.8M
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$1.3M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$2.2MHealth$700kHuman Services$403kArts & Culture$381kCrime & Legal$335kEmployment$200kInternational$103kCivil Rights$6kOther$0
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $50k–250k2 grants · $185k
  • $250k+2 grants · $1.6M
$335,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$9.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY$1,250,000
CENTER FOR EMPOWERMENT AND EDUCATION INC$335,000
WHITE HOUSE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION$135,000
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO$50,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–21, $28k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 9% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%PUPPIES BEHIND BARS: $3k → 17%SOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS CONNECTICUT: $25k → 9%ANNS PLACE INC: $300 → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
IL
MI
NY
CT
CA
VA
AR
DC
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.7M · 11 repeat orgs$595k to everyone else

11 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
23

Total granted

$3.7M
$595k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+49%

Still filing today

100%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureInternationalEnvironmentOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
    3× · 2017–2025 · $1.4M · revenue +47%
  • TC
    The Center For Empowerment And Education Inc
    2× · 2021–2025 · $585k · revenue +33%
  • WH
    WHITE HOUSE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
    4× · 2021–2025 · $335k · revenue +97%

Funded once

  • 4C
    4-CT CORP
    one grant, 2021 · $250k
  • WC
    WOMEN'S CENTER
    one grant, 2017 · $125k
  • TI
    THE INSEAD MANAGEMENT EDUCATION FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $100k · revenue 0%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
2
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
3
University of Hartford

Dedicated to learning, personal growth, knowledge creation, and the betterment of society. the university engages students in aquiring the knowledge, skills, and values necessary to thrive in and contribute to a pluralistic, complex world.

Education
4
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
5
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Wpi transforms lives, turns knowledge into action to confront global challenges, and revolutionizes stem through distinctive and inclusive education, projects and research. (http://www.wpi.edu/about/mission.html)

—
6
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

—
7
University Associates in Obstetrics and Gynecology University Faculty Pract ice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
8
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
9
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
10
Wentworth Institute of Technology Inc

Wentworth institute of technology is a nationally recognized private coeducational and residential university of higher education with a mission to empower, inspire and innovate through experiential learning with a core purpose of career…

Education
11
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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12
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Robin Hood Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Phillips Exeter Academy. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

26 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 26 of the 36 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
21/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $1,360,000 · EducationGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITYHOPKINS SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $470,000 · EducationHOPKINS SCHOOL INCORPORATEDUniversity of Chicago: $250,000 · EducationUniversity of Chicago+3 more: $39,000 · EducationThe Center For Empowerment And Education Inc: $585,000 · OtherThe Center For Empowerment And …4-CT CORP: $250,000 · Other4-CT CORPUniversity of Michigan: $150,000 · OtherUniversity of MichiganWOMEN'S CENTER: $125,000 · OtherWOMEN'S CENTERUNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT: $50,000 · Other+15 more: $30,825 · OtherWHITE HOUSE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION: $335,000 · Arts & CultureWHITE HOU…THE RIDGEFIELD PLAYHOUSE FOR MOVIES AND THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $45,000 · Arts & CultureTHE RIDGE…Danbury Hospital & New Milford Hospital Foundation Inc: $240,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $55,000 · HealthADVANCECT FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 · Community ImprovementTHE INSEAD MANAGEMENT EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $100,000 · International+1 more: $2,000 · InternationalSocial Impact Partners Inc: $25,000 · Human ServicesPUPPIES BEHIND BARS INC: $2,500 · Human Services+1 more: $300 · Human Services
Education$2,119,000Other$1,190,825Arts & Culture$380,000Health$295,000Community Improvement$200,000International$102,000Human Services$27,800

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $1,360,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Center For Empowerment And Education Inc: $585,000 over 2y, 9.3% of budgetHOPKINS SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $470,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetWHITE HOUSE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION: $335,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $250,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDanbury Hospital & New Milford Hospital Foundation Inc: $240,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetADVANCECT FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 over 4y, 100% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $150,000 over 2y, 38% of budgetTHE INSEAD MANAGEMENT EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $55,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE RIDGEFIELD PLAYHOUSE FOR MOVIES AND THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $45,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetRIDGEFIELD ACADEMY INC: $28,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSocial Impact Partners Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetPHILLIPS EXETER ACADEMY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFREE AND FAIR LITIGATION GROUP INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRVNAHEALTH INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPUPPIES BEHIND BARS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREENPEACE FUND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS OF RIDGEFIELD INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWOODCOCK NATURE CENTER INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetANNS PLACE INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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 Co…Union Savings Bank Fo…Synchrony FoundationGe Aerospace Foundati…Pf & Rj Morganti Foun…Gordon F & Jocelyn B …Patrick FoundationAnna-Maria and Stephe…Jean Widmark and Rich…Taylor-Zemo Foundatio…Ridgefield Thrift Sho…Elizabeth Raymond Amb…
Fairfield County's Community Foundation IncCT19.5× affinity7 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 · Union Savings Bank Foundation Inc · Synchrony Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Pf & Rj Morganti Foundation · Gordon F & Jocelyn B Linke Foundation · Patrick Foundation · Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation Inc C/O Joel E Sammet & Co LLP · Jean Widmark and Richard Widmark Foundation Inc · Taylor-Zemo Foundation Inc · Ridgefield Thrift Shop Inc · Elizabeth Raymond Ambler Trust

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Norwitt Family Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Norwitt Family Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Rvnahealth Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The Ridgefield Playhouse for Movies and the Performing Arts Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
9get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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 36 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-PF 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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