· Private foundation
Robert C Vance Char Fdn
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, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k4 grants · $20k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $101k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $324k
- $250k+1 grant · $500k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| NEW BRITAIN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART | $500,000 |
| TRINITY ON MAIN | $199,000 |
| UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL & NORTHEASTERN CT | $125,000 |
| THE PRUDENCE CRANDALL CENTER | $48,300 |
| SALVATION ARMY OF NEW BRITAIN | $25,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $17,690 |
| NEW BRITAIN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | $10,500 |
| NEW BRITAIN INSTITUTE | $8,250 |
| PECK MEMORIAL LIBRARY OF BERLIN | $5,000 |
| CONNECTICUT CHORAL ARTISTS | $3,500 |
| THE MUSIC SERIES AT SOUTH CHURCH | $3,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
None of its grants could be placed against low income need for this view.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
13 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $265k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- NBNEW BRITAIN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART INC5× · 2021–2025 · $1.6M · revenue +6%
- NBNEW BRITAIN INSTITUTE5× · 2021–2025 · $592k · revenue +14%
- CCCONNECTICUT CHORAL ARTISTS INC6× · 2020–2025 · $20k · revenue +1%
Funded once
- NBNEW BRITAIN MUSEUM OFone grant, 2020 · $125k
- UWUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL &one grant, 2020 · $100k
- CCCENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATEone grant, 2024 · $50k
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.
Visiting Nurse Services of Connecticut, Inc., (VNS) a nonprofit health care provider, finds its mission in the provision of quality home health and hospice services to individuals, families and the communities it serves. VNS is committed…
The connecticut project, a 501c3 organization, brings together people, ideas, and resources to build opportunity.
Housing and programs for persons with intellectual disabilities.
The mission of hra is to improve the quality of life by helping people achieve economic and social potential; responding to the causes and conditions of poverty; and building stronger individuals, families and the communities we serve.
All activities conducted by the association are to enable it to:a. establish a better understanding between the members and companies in the construction and related industries.b. foster reasonable and just regulations by governments c.…
Connecticut public broadcasting, inc. will inform, educate and inspire the people of connecticut, connecting and empowering the people of ct through outstanding journalism, storytelling, education and experiences, to make our state a more…
The corporation is engaged in encouraging the cooperative efforts of neighborhood representatives, government and participating lending institutions in a combined effort to stem the decline and deterioration of the housing within the city…
A premier center for the arts in the white mountain area of new hampshire
The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…
Classical Ballet Instruction and Performance
The connecticut humane society is the leading resource in the state for companion animal welfare, enriching the lives of families and communities through adoption services, medical care, education, and prevention of cruelty.
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 25 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 NEW BRITAIN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART INC ↗
- Who funds NEW BRITAIN INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY INC UNITED WAY OF CENT & NE CONNECTICUT ↗
- Who funds Hospital For Special Care ↗
- Who funds TRINITY-ON-MAIN LTD ↗
- Who funds NEW BRITAIN SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds PRUDENCE CRANDALL CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds CCARC INC ↗
- Who funds CONNECTICUT CHORAL ARTISTS 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: Community Foundation of Greater New Britain · American Savings Foundation Inc · Aetna Foundation Inc · Marjorie Moore Charitable Fdn · The Community Chest of New Britain and Berlin Inc · The Maximilian E and Marion O Hoffman Foundation Inc · Farmington Bank Community Foundation Inc · Connecticut Humanities Council Inc · William & Ellen E Macristy Fnd · Thomaston Savings Bank Foundation Inc · Ion Bank Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Robert C Vance Char Fdn funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Robert C Vance Char Fdn. Bigger dots raise more.
- Ccarc Inc: 93% of income from government
- Prudence Crandall Center Inc: 19% of income from government
- New Britain Museum of American Art Inc: 3% of income from government
- Hospital for Special Care: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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