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Ossen Family 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.

$829k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
78
Grants FY2025
51
Organizations funded FY2024
61%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,800
Largest grant, FY2025
$100,000
Organizations funded a year
23 to 51
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
13
Total assets, FY2025
$18M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 61% of the organizations Ossen Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 27% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $177k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterArts & CultureInternationalOther
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 arriving76$818k57%
FY202451$655k61%
FY202335$596k74%
FY202223$803k100%
FY202125$1.0M48%
FY202023$987kn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Health$1.4MYouth Development$469kEducation$465kCrime & Legal$456kPhilanthropy$378kEmployment$371kFood & Nutrition$300kArts & Culture$238kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
NH
WA
NY
MA
PA
CT
CA
UT
VA
MD
AZ
TN
DC
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 103 grantees
All grantees of Ossen Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Connecticut Legal Services Inc$405,00041%
Center for Medicare Advocacy Inc$400,50043%
Eastern Connecticut Workforce Investment Board Inc$270,56022%
Horizons Inc$270,00046%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Connecticut Inc$210,50043%
Perception Programs Inc$182,49631%
Generations Family Health Center$134,20030%
The University of Connecticut Foundation Inc$83,12810%
Click Inc$80,00024%
Operation Fuel Incorporated$72,50040%
Covenant Soup Kitchen Inc$66,00023%
Higher Edge Inc$65,000314%
Thames River Community Service Inc$63,87923%
Windham Regional Community Council Inc$57,50012%
Holy Family Home and Shelter Inc$52,50034%
Waim Windham Area Interfaith Ministry$51,0001n/a
Neighbor Fund Inc$50,000116%
United Services Inc$50,00020%
Thames Valley Council for Community Action Inc$42,50030%
Arts for Learning Connecticut$42,50031%
My Sisters' Place Inc$41,00011%
Glastonbury Abc Inc$37,800418%
The Boys and Girls Clubs of Hartford$35,00020%
The Bridge Family Center Inc$33,30030%
Mercy Housing & Shelter Corporation$32,50020%
Women's Business Development Council Inc$30,00010%
The Card Home for the Aged Inc$25,00014%
Health Education Center Inc$22,65017%
Save the Music Foundation$21,70011%
Make The Road States Inc$20,60420%
St Vincent de Paul Place Norwich Inc$17,50010%
Local Initiatives Support Corporation$16,00020%
Natchaug Hospital Inc$16,00010%
Jumpstart for Young Children Inc$15,00010%
Martin House Inc$12,50011%
Windham County 4-H Foundation Inc$12,00012%
Protectors of Animals Inc$10,80030%
Watkinson School$10,00010%
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc$10,00020%
Miracle League of Northern Ct Inc$10,00012%
LISTEN Lebanon in Service to Each Neighbor$9,50030%
21st Century Tolland Fund Inc$8,00027%
Best Buddies International Inc$7,50010%
Ecsu Foundation Inc$7,50010%
Community Health Resources Inc$7,50020%
Jewish Federation of Eastern Connecticut Inc$7,50011%
Advancing Connecticut Together Inc$6,50010%
Connecticut Foodshare Inc$5,45010%
Camp Care Inc$5,00014%
Catholic Charities Diocese of Norwich Inc$5,00010%
Lebanon Opera House Improvement Corp$5,00030%
Upper Valley Haven$5,00020%
Connecticut Council for Philanthropy$5,00010%
Hopecam Inc$5,00011%
Altrusa International Foundation Inc$5,0001n/a
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces$3,65020%
Grafton County Senior Citizens Council Inc$3,50030%
Anti-Defamation League$3,00020%
Center for Biological Diversity Inc$3,0001n/a
Read to Grow Inc$2,50010%
Congregation Kol Haverim Inc$2,5001n/a
Breastcancerorg$2,25030%
Women's Reproductive Rights Assistance Project$2,03420%
Cover Home Repair Inc$2,00020%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$2,00010%
Twin Pines Housing Trust$2,00020%
The Joyce D & Andrew J Mandell Greater Hartford Jewish Community Center Inc$1,80010%
Emanuel Synagogue$1,8001n/a
Baltimore Animal Rescue and Care Shelter Barcs$1,50020%
Machne Israel Inc$1,5002n/a
Second Wind Foundation$1,50020%
Families in Transition$1,5001n/a
American Friends of Natal Inc$1,25010%
Edwin O Smith Foundation Inc$1,05011%
Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence$1,0001n/a
Chabad of South Baltimore Inc$1,0001n/a
Bluecheck Charitable Foundation Inc$1,0001n/a
Connecticut Alliance of Foster and Adoptive Families Inc$1,00010%
Veterans Base Camp Inc$1,00011%
South Park Inn Inc$1,0001n/a
Advance Transit Inc$1,00020%
St Mary's Center for Women & Children Inc$75010%
Horizons for Homeless Children$75010%
The Whale Sanctuary Project$5001n/a
Jewish Family Service of Greater Hartford Inc$50010%
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation$50010%
National Public Radio Inc$50010%
Freedom of the Press Foundation$5001n/a
Granite State Dog Recovery$50010%
Headrest Inc$50010%
Orca Network$5001n/a
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$50010%
Sacred Lands Conservancy$5001n/a
Upper Valley Humane Society Inc$50010%
Journey Home Inc$45010%
National Alliance to End Homelessness$45010%
Stop the Addiction Fatality Epidemic (Safe) Project US$40010%
Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery Inc$35010%
Habitat for Humanity North Central Connecticut$30010%
The Kidney Cancer Association$25010%
Teach for America Inc$25010%
Union for Reform Judaism$1861n/a
Jewish Teen Learning Connectioninc$501n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 55 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.7M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ossen Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetConnecticut Legal Services Inc: $405,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetCenter for Medicare Advocacy Inc: $400,500 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetEastern Connecticut Workforce Investment Board Inc: $270,560 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetHorizons Inc: $270,000 over 4y, 5.6% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Connecticut Inc: $210,500 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetPerception Programs Inc: $182,496 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetGenerations Family Health Center: $134,200 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetThe University of Connecticut Foundation Inc: $83,128 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetClick Inc: $80,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetOperation Fuel Incorporated: $72,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetCovenant Soup Kitchen Inc: $66,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetHigher Edge Inc: $65,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetThames River Community Service Inc: $63,879 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetWindham Regional Community Council Inc: $57,500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetHoly Family Home and Shelter Inc: $52,500 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetNeighbor Fund Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetUnited Services Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThames Valley Council for Community Action Inc: $42,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetArts for Learning Connecticut: $42,500 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetMy Sisters' Place Inc: $41,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetGlastonbury Abc Inc: $37,800 over 4y, 18% of budgetThe Boys and Girls Clubs of Hartford: $35,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe Bridge Family Center Inc: $33,300 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMercy Housing & Shelter Corporation: $32,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetWomen's Business Development Council Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Card Home for the Aged Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetHealth Education Center Inc: $22,650 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetSave the Music Foundation: $21,700 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMake The Road States Inc: $20,604 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSt Vincent de Paul Place Norwich Inc: $17,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLocal Initiatives Support Corporation: $16,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNatchaug Hospital Inc: $16,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJumpstart for Young Children Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMartin House Inc: $12,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetWindham County 4-H Foundation Inc: $12,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetProtectors of Animals Inc: $10,800 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetWatkinson School: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMiracle League of Northern Ct Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetLISTEN Lebanon in Service to Each Neighbor: $9,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budget21st Century Tolland Fund Inc: $8,000 over 2y, 6.6% of budgetBest Buddies International Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEcsu Foundation Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCommunity Health Resources Inc: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Federation of Eastern Connecticut Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetAdvancing Connecticut Together Inc: $6,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetConnecticut Foodshare Inc: $5,450 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCamp Care Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 3.8% 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 86.

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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.

Liberty Bank Foundation IncCT51.5× affinity23 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Liberty Bank Foundation Inc · Chelsea Groton Foundation · Hartford Foundation for Public Giving · Sbm Charitable Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut Inc · William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund · Dime Bank Foundation Inc · Newalliance Foundation Inc · United Way Inc United Way of Cent & Ne Connecticut · Peoples United Community Foundation · Farmington Bank Community Foundation Inc · Aetna Foundation Inc

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 Ossen Family Foundation

How much does Ossen Family Foundation give?
Ossen Family Foundation reported 78 grants totaling $828,847 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 51 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does Ossen Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (27%), Youth Development (9%), Education (9%).
Who are Ossen Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Connecticut Legal Services Inc ($405k), Center for Medicare Advocacy Inc ($401k), Eastern Connecticut Workforce Investment Board Inc ($271k).
Does Ossen Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 61% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Ossen Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Ossen Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Liberty Bank Foundation Inc, Chelsea Groton Foundation, Hartford Foundation for Public Giving.
Where is Ossen Family Foundation based?
Ossen Family Foundation 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 160 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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