Connecticut · Private foundation
S Spencer Scott Fund Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $26k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 26
- Grants FY2025
- 28
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $3,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 28 to 39
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 12
- Total assets, FY2025
- $570k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations S Spencer Scott Fund Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 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
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 25 | $24k | 4% |
| FY2024 | 28 | $27k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 33 | $38k | 3% |
| FY2022 | 30 | $44k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 30 | $26k | 23% |
| FY2020 | 37 | $28k | 14% |
| FY2019 | 36 | $27k | 11% |
| FY2018 | 39 | $27k | 23% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Point O'Woods Foundation Inc | $26,885 | 2 | 2% |
| Trustees of Westminster School Inc | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Hurricane Island Foundation | $15,500 | 6 | 0% |
| The Keewaydin Foundation | $11,550 | 9 | 0% |
| Greens Ledge Light Preservation Society Inc | $11,500 | 7 | 1% |
| St George's School | $9,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Chatham Rock Island Inc | $9,300 | 4 | 1% |
| Puppies Behind Bars Inc | $7,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Springside Chestnut Hill Academy | $7,000 | 8 | 0% |
| National Pku Alliance Inc | $6,500 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 33 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 40 recipients with no EIN on record ($93k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget S Spencer Scott Fund Inc supplied at peak.
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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 Philadelphia Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · Chubb Charitable Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America
How this is measured
About S Spencer Scott Fund Inc
- How much does S Spencer Scott Fund Inc give?
- S Spencer Scott Fund Inc reported 26 grants totaling $26,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 28 and 39 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does S Spencer Scott Fund Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (31%), Arts & Culture (15%), Environment (13%).
- Who are S Spencer Scott Fund Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Point O'Woods Foundation Inc ($27k), Trustees of Westminster School Inc ($25k), The Hurricane Island Foundation ($16k).
- Does S Spencer Scott Fund Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does S Spencer Scott Fund Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as S Spencer Scott Fund Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Philadelphia Foundation, The Ayco Charitable Foundation, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
- Where is S Spencer Scott Fund Inc based?
- S Spencer Scott Fund Inc is based in CT.
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