Connecticut · Public charity
Ridgefield Thrift Shop Inc
To support other local 501(c)(3) organizations through recycling, re-purposing, and reselling generously donated goods. Proceeds from sales in excess of operating expenses and additions to reserve funds are distributed to local charitable organizations for operating suppor
- $824k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 47
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 37
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 30%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $691k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $11,400
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $58,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 93
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.4M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 30% of the organizations Ridgefield Thrift Shop Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $144k 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 | 45 | $691k | 31% |
| FY2024 | 37 | $848k | 30% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $22k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 23 | $320k | 39% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $151k | 88% |
| FY2020 | 93 | $766k | 58% |
| FY2019 | 44 | $445k | 77% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $256k | 93% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Center For Empowerment And Education Inc | $239,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Ridgefield Volunteer Fire Dept | $113,000 | 3 | 28% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Ridgefield | $80,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Founders Hall Foundation Inc | $72,500 | 4 | 2% |
| The Ridgefield Playhouse for Movies and the Performing Arts Inc | $70,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Regional Hospice and Home Care of Western Connecticut Inc | $63,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Daily Bread An Ecumenical Food Pantry Inc | $52,500 | 3 | 5% |
| Kids in Crisis Inc | $52,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Sphere Inc | $52,300 | 4 | 12% |
| Anns Place Inc | $52,000 | 3 | 2% |
Show all 45 grantees
Plus 107 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.9M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Ridgefield Thrift Shop Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 41 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: The Goldstone Family Foundation · Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · Union Savings Bank Foundation Inc · Taylor-Zemo Foundation Inc · Synchrony Foundation · Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation Inc C/O Joel E Sammet & Co LLP · Savings Bank of Danbury Foundation Inc · Patrick Foundation · The Barker Welfare Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Pf & Rj Morganti Foundation · Albert and Helen Meserve Mem Fund
How this is measured
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About Ridgefield Thrift Shop Inc
- How much does Ridgefield Thrift Shop Inc give?
- Ridgefield Thrift Shop Inc reported 47 itemized grants totaling $691,120, out of $824,141 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 93 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Ridgefield Thrift Shop Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (19%), Arts & Culture (15%), Health (14%).
- Who are Ridgefield Thrift Shop Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Center For Empowerment And Education Inc ($239k), Ridgefield Volunteer Fire Dept ($113k), Boys & Girls Club of Ridgefield ($80k).
- Does Ridgefield Thrift Shop Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Ridgefield Thrift Shop Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Goldstone Family Foundation, Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc, Union Savings Bank Foundation Inc.
- Where is Ridgefield Thrift Shop Inc based?
- Ridgefield Thrift Shop Inc is based in CT.
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