· Private foundation
S & H 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.
Read this first · the figures below need context
57% of S & H Foundation Inc’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Community Foundation Of Middlesex County Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 7 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k9 grants · $18k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLESEX | $15,000 |
| KIVA | $3,750 |
| ESSEX AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION | $2,800 |
| COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL | $2,500 |
| ESSEX WINTER SERIES CONCERTS | $2,500 |
| ESSEX ROTARY FOUNDATION | $2,500 |
| SISTER CITIES ESSEX HAITI | $1,000 |
| ESSEX LIBRARY ASSOCATION | $1,000 |
| CONNECTICUT RIVER MUSEUM | $1,000 |
| ESSEX FOUNDATION INC | $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.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY22–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 7% of its 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
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.
Provide a center for education, preservation, and study of traditional essex shipbuilding and the community that has supported it for over 300 years. we value the skills, creativity, learning abilities, and connectedness to their…
Essex Rescue is committed to being a leader in EMS and to providing our community with excellence in pre-hospital and out of hospital care. We strive for this by maintaining the highest standards of our profession, caring for our patients,…
The mission of the Maritime Music and Tradition Society Corp is preserving and encouraging maritime and traditional music through education, research, performance and community.
The purpose of the Organization is to foster economic security for low-to-moderate income elderly, mobility impaired handicapped, and families by providing affordable housing.
Research and presserve history of Essex County VA & provide displays, presentations, publications and education to the county citizens and visitors
Our mission is to create a viable business atmosphere that will attract compatible and diverse sustainable economic development opportunities.
To maintain middlesex county's historical integrity and to educate and provide programs to the public to increase their understanding of the area's past.
The chester historical society (chs) seeks to promote an interest in the history of chester, ct as a prototypical new england small town that has survived and thrived by adapting to changing cultural, economic and demographic environments.
The mission of the eastern connecticut symphony, inc. is to inspire, educate and connect our communities through live orchestral music.
Land conservation and management
The purpose of the "Society" is to collect, preserve, and interpret Wethersfield's past for the education and enjoyment of present and future generations.
Programs include lawyer referral service, probate and family law lawyer-for-the-day program, housing court lawyer-for-the-day program, mentor program, superior court statewide conciliation program, probate and family court conciliation…
How this is measured
10 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. 10 of the 13 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 COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLESEX COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL ↗
- Who funds Essex Ambulance Association Inc ↗
- Who funds KIVA MICROFUNDS ↗
- Who funds THE COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds ESSEX WINTER SERIES INC ↗
- Who funds ESSEX LIBRARY ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE CONNECTICUT RIVER FOUNDATION AT STEAMBOAT DOCK INC ↗
- Who funds SISTER CITIES ESSEX HAITI INC ↗
- Who funds ESSEX FOUNDATION 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: Kitchings Family Foundation · The Joanne E Masin Foundation · The Karen Katen Foundation · Carlson Family Foundation · Parkinson Family Foundation Inc · Enid Storm Dwyer Foundation · The Foxboro Foundation Inc · The Edward E Hood Jr Foundation · Peach Pit Foundation · Community Foundation of Middlesex County Inc · The Bauman Family Foundation Inc · Ibm International Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization S & H Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from S & H Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Essex Winter Series Inc: 3% of income from government
- The Community Music School Inc: 1% of income from government
- Middlesex Hospital: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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