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Ridgefield Thrift Shop Inc

To support other local 501(c)(3) organizations through recycling, re-purposing, and reselling generously donated goods.

$824k
Granted FY2025still arriving
47
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$59k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$692kArts & Culture$536kHealth$488kPublic Safety & Disaster$217kFood & Nutrition$200kYouth Development$185kRecreation & Sports$152kEnvironment$146kOther$0
02FY2025 · 47 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 47 grants below total $691,120, the rows itemized in this filing. The $824,141 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $133,021 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k13 grants · $94k
  • $10k–50k33 grants · $539k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $59k
$11,400
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TOWN OF RIDGEFIELD$58,500
RIDGEFIELD VOLUNTEER NURSES ASSOC$45,000
RIDGEFIELD VETERANS MEMORIAL COMMUNITY CENTER$35,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB$25,000
FOUNDER'S HALL$25,000
CENTER FOR EMPOWERMENT$20,000
PET ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY OF CT$20,000
RIDGEFIELD PLAYHOUSE$20,000
ROCK N' RESCUE$20,000
PROSPECT OPPPORTUNITY AND ENRICHMENT INC (THE PROSPECTOR)$20,000
RIDGEFIELD VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT$17,000
REGIONAL HOSPICE OF WESTERN CT$16,000
ANNS PLACE$15,600
DOROTHY DAY HOSPITALITY HOUSE INC$15,000
RIDGEFIELD LIBRARY$15,000
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 (FY21–25, $389k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 6%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 6%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $10k → 9%ABILITY BEYOND: $10k → 9%ABILITY BEYOND: $10k → 9%OFF THE STREETS: $6k → 9%HOME FRONT: $13k → 9%BUILDING ONE COMMUNITY: $10k → 9%HOME FRONT: $10k → 9%ANNS PLACE: $26k → 9%REGIONAL HOSPICE OF WESTERN CT: $26k → 9%REGIONAL HOSPICE OF WESTERN CT: $16k → 9%ANNS PLACE: $16k → 9%FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S AID INC: $15k → 9%ASSOCIATION OF RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES INC: $15k → 9%ASSOCIATION OF RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES INC: $15k → 9%REGIONAL HOSPICE OF WESTERN CT: $12k → 9%FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S AID INC: $10k → 9%ANNS PLACE: $10k → 9%REGIONAL HOSPICE OF WESTERN CT: $10k → 9%FOUNDER'S HALL: $28k → 9%FOUNDER'S HALL: $25k → 9%PROSPECT OPPPORTUNITY AND ENRICHMENT INC (THE PROSPECTOR): $20k → 9%PROSPECT OPPORTUNITIES AND ENRICHMENT INC: $15k → 9%FOUNDER'S HALL: $13k → 9%PROSPECT OPPORTUNITIES AND ENRICHMENT INC: $10k → 9%RIDES FOR RIDGEFIELD: $10k → 9%MOLLY ANN TANGO FOUNDATION: $10k → 9%RIDES FOR RIDGEFIELD: $8k → 9%FOUNDER'S HALL: $8k → 9%RIDES FOR RIDGEFIELD: $5k → 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.
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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.9M · 76 repeat orgs$644k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.

76 repeat relationships: 31 still active in FY2025, 45 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

76
62

Total granted

$2.9M
$442k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+21%

Still filing today

39%
6%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $203k 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
Human ServicesArts & CultureAnimalsFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • TC
    The Center For Empowerment And Education Inc
    4× · 2021–2025 · $239k · revenue +33%
  • RV
    RIDGEFIELD VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT
    3× · 2022–2025 · $113k · revenue +50% · 28% of their budget
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF RIDGEFIELD
    4× · 2021–2025 · $80k · revenue +27%

Funded once

  • VO
    VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS
    one grant, 2018 · $117k
  • BA
    BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB
    one grant, 2020 · $25k
  • RH
    REGIONAL HOSPICE OF NEW YORK
    one grant, 2020 · $20k
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
Friends of Ridgefield Community Programs Inc

Support civic activities in the town of ridgefield, ct

Community Improvement
2
Richfield Community Center
—
3
Ridgefield Chamber of Commerce

The mission of ridgefield chamber of commerce is to promote the economic vitality of the town of ridgefield ct through member engagement, hospitality.

—
4
Ridgefield Fresh Air Association
—
5
Ridgefield Community Kindergarten Inc

To provide preschool education for children ages 2-5.

—
6
Ridgefield Main Street

Ridgefield Main Street is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the cultural heritage of downtown Ridgefield, while advocating advocating for its future through economic development, community events, public and private…

Unclassified
7
Ridgefield Conservatory of Dance Inc

The ridgefield conservatory of dance is dedicated to the use of a well-structured syllabus for all dance techniques. an age appropriate syllabus that takes into consideration both physical and mental development ensures the best and safest…

—
8
Wpkn Incorporated

WPKN's mission is to strengthen and enrich the community by broadcasting independent, listener-supported, and commercial-free programming.

Arts & Culture
9
Ridgeway District Volunteer Fire Department Inc

Volunteer fire fighting and rescue services for local community.

Education
10
Riverbrook Residence Inc

Riverbrook residence is composed of people dedicated to the continuation of the uniquely nurturing community of women with developmental disabilities by creating innovative and genuine opportunities for full and meaningful community…

Human Services
11
Long Ridge Fire Company Inc

To provide fire, medical and other emergency services

—
12
Wethersfield Historical Society

The purpose of the "Society" is to collect, preserve, and interpret Wethersfield's past for the education and enjoyment of present and future generations.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Catholic Charities of Fairfield County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Ridgefield Fathers Club Inc. 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

44 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. 44 of the 152 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
43/44
Grantees still filing
28/44
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

The Center For Empowerment And Education Inc: $239,000 · OtherThe Center For Empowerment And Education IncRIDGEFIELD SOCIAL SERVICES: $182,000 · OtherRIDGEFIELD SOCIAL SERVICESVARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS: $116,955 · OtherRIDGEFIELD VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT: $113,000 · OtherRIDGEFIELD VOLUNTEER NURSE ASSOC: $88,000 · Other+118 more: $1,806,225 · Other+118 moreFounders Hall Foundation Inc: $72,500 · Human ServicesFounders Hal…REGIONAL HOSPICE AND HOME CARE OF WESTERN CONNECTICUT INC: $63,500 · Human ServicesREGIONAL HOS…ANNS PLACE INC: $52,000 · Human ServicesANNS PLACE I…PROSPECTS OPPORTUNITY AND ENRICHMENT INC: $45,000 · Human ServicesPROSPECTS OP…Association of Religious Communities Inc: $30,000 · Human ServicesAssociation …FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S AID INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY AND C…HOMEFRONT INC: $22,500 · Human ServicesHOMEFRONT IN…RIDES FOR RIDGEFIELD INC: $22,500 · Human ServicesRIDES FOR RI…ABILITY BEYOND DISABILITY INC: $20,000 · Human Services+4 more: $36,000 · Human Services+4 moreTHE RIDGEFIELD PLAYHOUSE FOR MOVIES AND THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $70,000 · Arts & CultureTHE RIDGEF…ACT OF CONNECTICUT: $50,000 · Arts & CultureACT OF CON…KEELER TAVERN: $47,000 · Arts & CultureKEELER TAV…THE ALDRICH CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM INC: $45,000 · Arts & CultureTHE ALDRIC…RIDGEFIELD WORKSHOP FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $41,020 · Arts & CultureRIDGEFIELD…RIDGEFIELD HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $40,000 · Arts & CultureRIDGEFIELD…The Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra Inc: $30,500 · Arts & CultureThe Ridgef…+1 more: $6,000 · Arts & CultureDaily Bread An Ecumenical Food Pantry Inc: $52,500 · Food & NutritionMEALS ON WHEELS OF RIDGEFIELD INC: $40,000 · Food & NutritionBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF RIDGEFIELD: $80,000 · Youth DevelopmentROCK N RESCUE: $40,000 · AnimalsPET ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY OF CONNECTICUT INC: $20,000 · AnimalsRidgefield Operation for Animal Rescue Inc: $12,500 · AnimalsDOROTHY DAY HOSPITALITY HOUSE INC: $37,000 · Housing & ShelterAMOS HOUSE INC: $10,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$2,545,180Human Services$389,000Arts & Culture$329,520Food & Nutrition$92,500Youth Development$80,000Animals$72,500Housing & Shelter$47,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Center For Empowerment And Education Inc: $239,000 over 4y, 3.6% of budgetRIDGEFIELD VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT: $113,000 over 3y, 28% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF RIDGEFIELD: $80,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetFounders Hall Foundation Inc: $72,500 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetTHE RIDGEFIELD PLAYHOUSE FOR MOVIES AND THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $70,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetREGIONAL HOSPICE AND HOME CARE OF WESTERN CONNECTICUT INC: $63,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetDaily Bread An Ecumenical Food Pantry Inc: $52,500 over 3y, 5.1% of budgetKIDS IN CRISIS INC: $52,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetSPHERE INC: $52,300 over 4y, 12% of budgetANNS PLACE INC: $52,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetACT OF CONNECTICUT: $50,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetKEELER TAVERN: $47,000 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetPROSPECTS OPPORTUNITY AND ENRICHMENT INC: $45,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTHE ALDRICH CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM INC: $45,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetRidgefield Library Association Inc: $43,500 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetRIDGEFIELD WORKSHOP FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $41,020 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetRIDGEFIELD HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $40,000 over 3y, 8.1% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS OF RIDGEFIELD INC: $40,000 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetROCK N RESCUE: $40,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetDOROTHY DAY HOSPITALITY HOUSE INC: $37,000 over 3y, 5.2% of budgetRIDGEFIELD VETERANS' MEMORIAL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC: $35,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetThe Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra Inc: $30,500 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetAssociation of Religious Communities Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetA Better Chance in Ridgefield Inc: $27,500 over 2y, 5.3% of budgetRIDGEFIELD YOUTH SERVICE BUREAU INC: $26,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetFAMILY AND CHILDREN'S AID INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHOMEFRONT INC: $22,500 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetRIDES FOR RIDGEFIELD INC: $22,500 over 3y, 16% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC: $21,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetABILITY BEYOND DISABILITY INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF RIDGEFIELD PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION INC: $14,500 over 1y, 31% of budgetRidgefield Operation for Animal Rescue Inc: $12,500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetNewtown Underwater Search and Rescue: $11,800 over 2y, 8.1% of budgetTHE MOLLY ANN TANGO MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBUILDING ONE COMMUNITY CORP: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGLOBAL PEHT CORP PARTNERSHIP TO END HUMAN TRAFFICKING: $7,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLand Conservancy of Ridgefield Inc: $7,000 over 1y, 35% of budgetOFF THE STREETS INC: $6,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetRIDGEFIELD INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL: $6,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetINTERFAITH AIDS MINISTRY OF GREATER DANBURY INC: $5,100 over 1y, 4.1% 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.

  • Who funds The Center For Empowerment And Education Inc ↗
  • Who funds RIDGEFIELD VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF RIDGEFIELD ↗
  • Who funds Founders Hall Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE RIDGEFIELD PLAYHOUSE FOR MOVIES AND THE PERFORMING ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds REGIONAL HOSPICE AND HOME CARE OF WESTERN CONNECTICUT INC ↗
  • Who funds Daily Bread An Ecumenical Food Pantry Inc ↗
  • Who funds KIDS IN CRISIS INC ↗
  • Who funds SPHERE INC ↗
  • Who funds ANNS PLACE INC ↗
  • Who funds ACT OF CONNECTICUT ↗
  • Who funds KEELER TAVERN ↗
  • Who funds PROSPECTS OPPORTUNITY AND ENRICHMENT INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ALDRICH CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds Ridgefield Library Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds RIDGEFIELD WORKSHOP FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds RIDGEFIELD HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS OF RIDGEFIELD INC ↗
  • Who funds ROCK N RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds DOROTHY DAY HOSPITALITY HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds RIDGEFIELD VETERANS' MEMORIAL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds The Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra Inc ↗
  • Who funds Association of Religious Communities 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.

The Goldstone Family …Fairfield County's Co…Union Savings Bank Fo…Taylor-Zemo Foundatio…Synchrony FoundationAnna-Maria and Stephe…Savings Bank of Danbu…Patrick FoundationThe Barker Welfare Fo…The Ayco Charitable F…Pf & Rj Morganti Foun…Albert and Helen Mese…
The Goldstone Family FoundationCT38.8× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 Ridgefield Thrift Shop Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ridgefield Thrift Shop Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 210%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 17%
  • Global Peht Corp Partnership to End Human Trafficking: 52% of income from government
  • Kids in Crisis Inc: 49% of income from government
  • Rides for Ridgefield Inc: 39% of income from government
  • Family and Children's Aid Inc: 36% of income from government
  • Ridgefield Youth Service Bureau Inc: 31% of income from government
  • Ridgefield Independent Film Festival: 24% of income from government
  • Regional Hospice and Home Care of Western Connecticut Inc: 17% of income from government
  • The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Ridgefield Historical Society Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Association of Religious Communities Inc: 6% of income from government
  • The Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Act of Connecticut: 1% 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
21get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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.
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Find your warmest path to Ridgefield Thrift Shop Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 152 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 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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