Connecticut · Private foundation
Paul Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $188k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2024
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $180,074
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 10
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Paul Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 4 | $188k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $165k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $170k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $159k | 56% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $114k | 90% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $98k | 60% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $9k | 67% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $2k | 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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essex Elementary School Foundationinc | $25,000 | 2 | 16% |
| Maritime Music and Tradition Society Corp | $15,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Connecticut Audubon Society Inc | $13,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Essex Foundation Inc | $7,500 | 2 | 6% |
| Town of Essex | $5,000 | 4 | n/a |
| The Community Music School Inc | $2,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Florence Griswold Museum Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Connecticut Explored Inc | $700 | 4 | 0% |
| Pettipaug Junior Sailing Academy Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Essex Library Association Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essex Elementary School Foundationinc | $25,000 | 2 | 16% |
| Maritime Music and Tradition Society Corp | $15,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Connecticut Audubon Society Inc | $13,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Essex Foundation Inc | $7,500 | 2 | 6% |
| Town of Essex | $5,000 | 4 | n/a |
| The Community Music School Inc | $2,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Florence Griswold Museum Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Connecticut Explored Inc | $700 | 4 | 0% |
| Pettipaug Junior Sailing Academy Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Essex Library Association Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Essex Historical Society | $350 | 1 | 1% |
| Essex Community Fund Inc | $250 | 1 | 1% |
| A Little Compassion | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Ivoryton Library Association | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($830k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Paul Foundation Inc 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: Kitchings Family Foundation · The Edward E Hood Jr Foundation · Community Foundation of Middlesex County Inc · Connecticut Humanities Council Inc · Parkinson Family Foundation Inc · Enid Storm Dwyer Foundation · The Foxboro Foundation Inc · The Joanne E Masin Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Paul Foundation Inc
- How much does Paul Foundation Inc give?
- Paul Foundation Inc reported 4 grants totaling $188,074 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Paul Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (88%), Arts & Culture (6%), Education (3%).
- Who are Paul Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Essex Elementary School Foundationinc ($25k), Maritime Music and Tradition Society Corp ($15k), Connecticut Audubon Society Inc ($14k).
- Does Paul Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Paul Foundation Inc 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 Paul Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Kitchings Family Foundation, The Edward E Hood Jr Foundation, Community Foundation of Middlesex County Inc.
- Where is Paul Foundation Inc based?
- Paul Foundation Inc is based in CT.
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