· Private foundation
Southport Area Fund
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, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k3 grants · $9k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $148k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SOUTHPORT SCHOOL | $39,000 |
| TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH | $35,000 |
| WAKEMAN BOYS AND GIRLS | $30,000 |
| SOUTHPORT CONG CHURCH | $27,000 |
| PEQUOT LIBRARY | $16,900 |
| SASQUENARY ASSOCIATION | $7,100 |
| SOUTHPORT CONSERVANCY INC | $1,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $468 |
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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +65% since the first grant, against -39% for those funded once.
18 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down.
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, 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
Backed again, and grew
- TSTHE SOUTHPORT SCHOOL INC8× · 2018–2025 · $240k · revenue +65%
- PLPEQUOT LIBRARY ASSOCIATION8× · 2017–2025 · $130k · revenue +42%
- WBWAKEMAN BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB CORP3× · 2017–2019 · $40k · revenue ×23
Funded once
- FMFAIRFIELD MUSEUMone grant, 2023 · $20k
- EHEAGLE HILL SCHOOLone grant, 2017 · $17k
- SFSCNETI FUNDone grant, 2024 · $10k
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.
To receive, acquire, hold and administer real and personal property for improving and beautifying the village of southport, ct.
The primary exempt purpose is the preservation of natural resources in southbury, connecticut including associated water, woodlands, open spaces, and animal and planet life therein
To preserve and protect westport massachusetts natural resources for people and nature, and to educate the public about the wise use of natural resources.
The Farmington Land Trust Inc protects open space in the town of Farmington CT through the acquisition of open space, stewardship of acquired land, education of the public about the importance of open space and advocacy that ensures…
To conserve lands with significant ecological or cultural resources and manage them in a sustainable way for public benefit.
The purpose of the "Society" is to collect, preserve, and interpret Wethersfield's past for the education and enjoyment of present and future generations.
Museum
To protect and restore the ecological health of forest park and marquam nature park, maintain and enhance their extensive trails networks, promote equitable access, and inspire diverse community appreciation and stewardship of these iconic…
Land conservation and management
How this is measured
8 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. 8 of the 28 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 THE SOUTHPORT SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds PEQUOT LIBRARY ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds WAKEMAN BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB CORP ↗
- Who funds SOUTHPORT VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT ↗
- Who funds FAIRFIELD HISTORICAL SOCIETY DBA FAIRFIELD MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF SOUTHPORT PARK INC ↗
- Who funds ASPETUCK LAND TRUST ↗
- Who funds THE SOUTHPORT CONSERVANCY 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: Cannupa Foundation · The Inglesea Charitable Trust · Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · Joyce Hergenhan Private Foundation · The Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation Inc · Grace Jones Richardson Testamentary Trust C/O Piedmont Trust Co · Ge Aerospace Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Southport Area Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Southport Area Fund. Bigger dots raise more.
- Wakeman Boys and Girls Club Corp: 34% of income from government
- Aspetuck Land Trust: 18% of income from government
- Pequot Library Association: 1% of income from government
- Fairfield Historical Society Dba Fairfield Museum: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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