Connecticut · Public charity
Sustainable Ct Inc
To inspire, support, and certify sustainability actions by connecticut towns and cities.
- $227k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 20
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 25
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 56%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $138k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $7,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $7,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 38
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.0M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 56% of the organizations Sustainable Ct Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 57% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 43% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $110k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
Arts & CultureEnvironmentCommunity ImprovementFood & NutritionEducationHousing & ShelterOther
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.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 20 | $138k | 55% |
| FY2024 | 25 | $193k | 56% |
| FY2023 | 37 | $371k | 65% |
| FY2022 | 22 | $180k | 59% |
| FY2021 | 38 | $359k | 92% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $151k | n/a |
99% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Environment$427kArts & Culture$328kFood & Nutrition$184kRecreation & Sports$67kCommunity Improvement$53kYouth Development$38kEducation$35kReligion$33kOther$0
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Riseup Group Inc | $88,469 | 3 | 27% |
| Benincasa Community Inc | $46,500 | 4 | 18% |
| Ptsa Connecticut Congress | $37,500 | 1 | n/a |
| City Lights & Company | $35,820 | 5 | 4% |
| Town of Branford | $35,330 | 3 | n/a |
| Tucker Memorial Fund | $30,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Everyone Outside | $30,000 | 4 | 6% |
| Garden Club of Windham | $30,000 | 3 | n/a |
| New Haven Ecology Project Inc | $24,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Chicks Ahoy Farm Inc | $24,000 | 3 | 32% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Riseup Group Inc | $88,469 | 3 | 27% |
| Benincasa Community Inc | $46,500 | 4 | 18% |
| Ptsa Connecticut Congress | $37,500 | 1 | n/a |
| City Lights & Company | $35,820 | 5 | 4% |
| Town of Branford | $35,330 | 3 | n/a |
| Tucker Memorial Fund | $30,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Everyone Outside | $30,000 | 4 | 6% |
| Garden Club of Windham | $30,000 | 3 | n/a |
| New Haven Ecology Project Inc | $24,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Chicks Ahoy Farm Inc | $24,000 | 3 | 32% |
| Earthplace Inc | $22,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Voice of Art Inc | $22,500 | 3 | 11% |
| East Lyme Giving Garden Inc | $22,500 | 2 | 25% |
| Levo International Inc | $22,330 | 3 | 5% |
| New Haven Coalition for Active Transportation | $22,110 | 3 | n/a |
| Times Fool Company | $21,000 | 3 | 7% |
| Youth Conservation Corps Town of Oxford | $21,000 | 3 | n/a |
| United Methodist Church | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Connecticut Community Bicycle Workshop Inc | $15,500 | 2 | 4% |
| Real Food Ct | $15,000 | 2 | 7% |
| West Hartford All Sports Council Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Avalonia Land Conservancy Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Westville Community Nursery School Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 4% |
| iQuilt Partnership Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Farmington Land Trust | $15,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Ellington Farmers Market Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Evergreen Family Theatre Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 20% |
| Bruce Museum Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Massaro Community Farm Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Center for Latino Progress Connecticut Puerto Rican Forum Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Free Center Incorporated | $15,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Rough Edges Arts Productions | $14,845 | 2 | n/a |
| Greenwich Audubon Center | $14,750 | 2 | n/a |
| First Night Hartford Inc | $14,451 | 2 | 5% |
| Middletown Board of Education | $10,313 | 1 | n/a |
| Acton Public Library | $10,230 | 1 | n/a |
| Havens Harvest Inc | $9,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Connecticut Resource Conservation & Dev Area Inc | $9,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Click Inc | $9,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Friends of North Cove | $8,924 | 1 | n/a |
| Sonia Plumb Dance Company Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Solar Youth Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Groundwork Bridgeport Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Charter Oak Temple Restoration Assoc D/B/A Charter Oak Cultural Center | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Community Renewal Team Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Pollinator Pathway Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 6% |
| Breakfast Lunch & Dinner | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Bike Stonington | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Connecticut Citizen Research Group Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Litchfield Arts Council | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Gaian Way Inc | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Rainbow Recycling Inc | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Falls Villages Community Dev | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Stamford | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Qplus Queer Youth Program of Connecticut | $7,500 | 1 | 6% |
| Sierra Club Foundation | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Lyme Old Lyme Food Share Garden Inc | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Klassy Katz Elite Dance Team Inc | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Castle Church Inc | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The West Hartford Tree Project | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Eco Evolution | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Grace Lutheran Church | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Planet New Canaan Inc | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Litchfield Land Trust Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Falls Village Housing Trust Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 27% |
| Mill Hill School PTA | $7,500 | 1 | 12% |
| Park City Compost Initiative Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 6% |
| Art Council of Greater New Haven Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Town of Vernon | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Greenwich Botanical Center Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Town of Woodbridge | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Mill River Collaborative Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Ur Community Cares Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 4% |
| Solar Youth Inc | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Bike West Hartford Inc | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of New Milford | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Two Wrasslin' Cats Accord | $7,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Artswestct | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Oxford Main Street Project Corporation | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Coalition for a Sustainable Cheshire Inc | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Bike Mansfield | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Bethel Arts Inc | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| East Lyme High School | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Wilton Go Green Inc | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of the Norwalk River Valley Trail Inc | $7,405 | 1 | 3% |
| Make the Road Connecticut | $7,125 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Essex | $7,042 | 1 | n/a |
| Bushnell Park Conservancy Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Community Solutions International Inc | $6,605 | 1 | 0% |
| New Haven - Urban Resources Initiative Inc | $6,300 | 1 | 1% |
| New London Trees Inc | $6,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Keney Park Sustainability Project | $6,200 | 1 | 4% |
| Enfield Town Of | $6,025 | 1 | n/a |
| Huneebee Project Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Eastern Ct Community Gardens Assoc | $6,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Educate to Change Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Night Fall Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Social Enterprise Trust Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mill River Watershed Association of South Central Ct Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sustainable Southbury | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Suffield | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Emerge Connecticut Inc | $5,600 | 1 | 1% |
| West Hartford Art League Inc | $5,500 | 1 | 2% |
| A Knew | $5,265 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of the Litchfield Community Greenway Inc | $5,250 | 1 | 7% |
| Town of Stonington Ct | $5,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Southside Institutions Neighborhood Alliance Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($64k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Sustainable Ct Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 57 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 57.
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.
Hartford Foundation for Public GivingCT51× affinity27 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: Hartford Foundation for Public Giving · Connecticut Humanities Council Inc · William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund · Eversource Energy Foundation Inc · In Our Backyards Inc · Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · The Betty Knox Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven · The Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation Inc · Newalliance Foundation Inc · Edward C & Ann T Roberts Foundation · Liberty Bank Foundation Inc
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.
About Sustainable Ct Inc
- How much does Sustainable Ct Inc give?
- Sustainable Ct Inc reported 20 itemized grants totaling $137,595, out of $226,998 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 38 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Sustainable Ct Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (32%), Arts & Culture (25%), Food & Nutrition (14%).
- Who are Sustainable Ct Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: The Riseup Group Inc ($88k), Benincasa Community Inc ($47k), Ptsa Connecticut Congress ($38k).
- Does Sustainable Ct Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 56% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Sustainable Ct Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, Connecticut Humanities Council Inc, William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund.
- Where is Sustainable Ct Inc based?
- Sustainable Ct Inc is based in CT.
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