Connecticut · Private foundation
The Barnes Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $306k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2024
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $29,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 23
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $9.9M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations The Barnes Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $53k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 20 | $306k | 10% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $397k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $283k | 29% |
| FY2021 | 23 | $307k | 57% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $419k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| New England Carousel Museum Inc | $144,600 | 4 | 9% |
| New Haven Ecology Project Inc | $80,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Neighborhood Music School Inc | $80,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Leap | $70,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Community First School Inc | $70,000 | 3 | 8% |
| Connectikids Inc | $60,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Connecticut Science Center Inc | $47,500 | 3 | 0% |
| The University of Connecticut Foundation Inc | $47,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Read to Grow Inc | $45,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Trustees of Westminster School Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| New England Carousel Museum Inc | $144,600 | 4 | 9% |
| New Haven Ecology Project Inc | $80,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Neighborhood Music School Inc | $80,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Leap | $70,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Community First School Inc | $70,000 | 3 | 8% |
| Connectikids Inc | $60,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Connecticut Science Center Inc | $47,500 | 3 | 0% |
| The University of Connecticut Foundation Inc | $47,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Read to Grow Inc | $45,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Trustees of Westminster School Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Organized Parents Make a Difference Inc | $39,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Charter Oak Temple Restoration Assoc D/B/A Charter Oak Cultural Center | $25,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Connecticut Storytelling Center Inc | $24,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Pratt Nature Center Inc | $24,000 | 2 | 2% |
| The Family Center Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Children's Community School Inc | $17,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Cortland Reuse Inc | $12,000 | 1 | 8% |
| The Bridge Family Center Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Consolidated School District of New Britain | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Trinity College | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($836k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Barnes Foundation 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: Farmington Bank Community Foundation Inc · Liberty Bank Foundation Inc · Newalliance Foundation Inc · Hartford Foundation for Public Giving · J Walton Bissell Foundation Inc · The Stocker Foundation · Connecticut Humanities Council Inc · The Ahearn Family Foundation · The Fund for Greater Hartford Inc · The Maximilian E and Marion O Hoffman Foundation Inc · American Savings Foundation Inc · The Betty Knox Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About The Barnes Foundation Inc
- How much does The Barnes Foundation Inc give?
- The Barnes Foundation Inc reported 20 grants totaling $306,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 23 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Barnes Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (32%), Education (30%), Arts & Culture (18%).
- Who are The Barnes Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: New England Carousel Museum Inc ($145k), New Haven Ecology Project Inc ($80k), Neighborhood Music School Inc ($80k).
- Does The Barnes Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Barnes Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Barnes Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Farmington Bank Community Foundation Inc, Liberty Bank Foundation Inc, Newalliance Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Barnes Foundation Inc based?
- The Barnes Foundation Inc is based in CT.
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