· Private foundation
Ridgefield Fresh Air Association
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k12 grants · $36k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| RIDGEFIELD BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB | $15,000 |
| WOODCOCK NATURE CENTER | $5,000 |
| WILTON FAMILY Y | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| REDDING BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB | $5,000 |
| A BETTER CHANCE RIDGEFIELD | $3,000 |
| CARDINAL SHEEHAN CENTER | $3,000 |
| TOWN OF RIDGEFIELD SOCIAL SERVICE DEPARTMENT | $3,000 |
| ABILITY BEYOND | $2,000 |
| MISHKAN ISRAEL SUMMER DAY CAMP | $1,500 |
| FRIENDS OF LACHAT (LITTLE FARMHANDS) | $1,000 |
| DANBURY GRASS ROOTS ACADEMY | $1,000 |
| JERICHO PARTNERSHIP SUMMER CAMP | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $16k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
18 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 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
Backed again, and grew
- BGBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF RIDGEFIELD8× · 2017–2025 · $102k · revenue +118%
- WNWOODCOCK NATURE CENTER INC8× · 2017–2025 · $24k · revenue +93%
- ABA Better Chance in Ridgefield Inc8× · 2017–2025 · $17k · revenue +63%
Funded once
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.
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.
To enable all young people, especially those who need us the most, to reach their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens.
To impact the lives of young people throughout connecticut by providing educational programs that build character, instill life-enhancing values and promote healthy choices through the game of golf.
The boys & girls club of greater new bedford, inc. is dedicated to providing a stimulating and wholesome environment which promotes social, educational, character and physical development for children and young adults ages 7 - 18 years.…
we are driven to do our part to positively impact generations of healthy living through fitness, nutrition and wellness activities. we strive to build productive relationships and influence healthy culture throughout the communities we…
To inspire and enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens.
To inspire and to enable all young people to reach their full potential as productive, caring and responsible citizens
Brunswick school, inc. is a day school for boys in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. the purpose of the school is to educate the "whole boy". it does so by helping boys and young men - without regard to culture, ethnicity or religion…
To inspire and enable all young people to realize their full potential productive, responsible and caring citizens.
Our mission is to help people to help themselves by contributing to the more efficient functioning of todays labor market by providing high quality employment and training.
To enable all young people, especially those that need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, and responsible citizens.
The purpose of the organization is to build an enriching educational setting for under-served brooklyn youth, using athletics as a vehicle to inspire them to fulfill their academic, physical, and personal potential. bkysc is driven by an…
The primary mission of the boys and girls' club of pittsfield is to assure and enhance the quality of life for youth as participating members of a richly diverse urban society. with emphasis on being socially and economically inclusive,…
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 18 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF RIDGEFIELD ↗
- Who funds WOODCOCK NATURE CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds CARDINAL SHEHAN CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds FRESH AIR FUND ↗
- Who funds A Better Chance in Ridgefield Inc ↗
- Who funds ABILITY BEYOND DISABILITY INC ↗
- Who funds CONNECTICUT BURNS CARE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds HOLE IN THE WALL GANG FUND INC ↗
- Who funds DANBURY GRASSROOTS ACADEMY INC ↗
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: Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Ridgefield Fresh Air Association funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ridgefield Fresh Air Association. Bigger dots raise more.
- Cardinal Shehan Center Inc: 4% of income from government
How this is measured
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