· Private foundation
The Barnes Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 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, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k3 grants · $25k
- $10k–50k17 grants · $281k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| BRISTOL PUBLIC SCHOOLS | $29,000 |
| ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING CENTERS OF CT INC | $25,000 |
| CONNECTICUT SCIENCE CENTER INC | $20,000 |
| UCONN FOUNDATION | $20,000 |
| NEIGHBORHOOD MUSIC SCHOOL | $20,000 |
| NEW HAVEN ECOLOGY PROJECT INC | $20,000 |
| HORIZONS AT WESTMINSTER SCHOOL | $20,000 |
| CHARTER OAK TEMPLE RESTORATION ASSOCIATION | $15,000 |
| UNITED WAY | $15,000 |
| CONNECTIKIDS | $15,000 |
| READ TO GROW | $15,000 |
| CHILDREN'S COMMUNITY SCHOOL | $13,000 |
| CONNECTICUT STORY TELLING CENTER | $12,000 |
| FLANDERS NATURE CENTER | $12,000 |
| THE FAMILY CENTER | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 20%, against an area that typically sits at 15%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
28 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
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 FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
NEW HAVEN ECOLOGY PROJECT INC4× · 2020–2024 · $80k · revenue +30%- NMNEIGHBORHOOD MUSIC SCHOOL INC5× · 2020–2024 · $80k · revenue +21%
- CFCOMMUNITY FIRST SCHOOL INC3× · 2021–2023 · $70k · revenue +93%
Funded once
- CRCORTLAND REUSE INCgraduatedone grant, 2023 · $12k · revenue +41%
- MAMYSTIC AQUARIUMone grant, 2021 · $10k
- CSCONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT OF NEW BRITAINone grant, 2021 · $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.
Cold spring school challenges children to become self-reliant, curious and resourceful problem solvers with the academic and social skills to engage constructively and ethically in our diverse, changing world.
An independent, nonprofit school serving the lower fairfield county area of connecticut for children ages three to eight, and providing an environment that fosters in children the joy of learning through the use of innovative materials and…
To explore the world through authentic experiences, empowering students to engage deeply and be ready for what is next.
Center city public charter schools (center city pcs) empowers our students for lifelong success by building strong character, promoting academic excellence, and generating public service throughout washington, d.c.
The stamford charter school for excellence prepares young people in stamford, connecticut to compete for admission to and succeed in top public, private and parochial high schools by cultivating their intellectual, artistic, social,…
The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…
Provide a supportive educational setting for students who have experienced difficulties in learning. center school is dedicated to designing educational programs which foster each child's maximum academic, social, and emotional development.
A pre-kindergarten through grade 8 independent school committed to academic excellence and the joy of childhood, fostering intellectual curiosity, critical thinking, and the development of the whole child.
Creative City Public Charter School's teachers, students and parents share governance and cooperate on curriculum and community decisions, building on the inquisitive nature of children to drive the project-based arts-integrated…
In partnership with families, we as an educational community, foster learning in a nurturing, supportive, child-centered environment immersed in nature. we teach, respect and celebrate diversity, individuality, and the whole child.
Our mission is to provide a safe and nurturing environment for children to develop socially, creatively, emotionally, physically and cognitavely through the various programs we offer. we operate on the premise that a child's natural…
Compass charter school is a safe and nurturing educational environment that honors the individuality of each learner. by engaging in a process of inquiry, our graduates will be equipped with the necessary skills to lead fulfilling personal…
How this is measured
19 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. 19 of the 42 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 NEW ENGLAND CAROUSEL MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds NEW HAVEN ECOLOGY PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds NEIGHBORHOOD MUSIC SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY FIRST SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds CONNECTIKIDS INC ↗
- Who funds MAIN STREET COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CONNECTICUT SCIENCE CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds READ TO GROW INC ↗
- Who funds TRUSTEES OF WESTMINSTER SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds ORGANIZED PARENTS MAKE A DIFFERENCE INC ↗
- Who funds CHARTER OAK TEMPLE RESTORATION ASSOC D/B/A CHARTER OAK CULTURAL CENTER ↗
- Who funds CONNECTICUT STORYTELLING CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds PRATT NATURE CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds THE FAMILY CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S COMMUNITY SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds CORTLAND REUSE INC ↗
- Who funds THE BRIDGE FAMILY CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds TRINITY COLLEGE ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Barnes Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Barnes Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Organized Parents Make a Difference Inc: 66% of income from government
- The Bridge Family Center Inc: 61% of income from government
- Connecticut Science Center Inc: 14% of income from government
- Community First School Inc: 9% of income from government
- New Haven Ecology Project Inc: 9% of income from government
- Neighborhood Music School Inc: 4% of income from government
- New England Carousel Museum Inc: 2% of income from government
- Connecticut Storytelling Center Inc: 2% of income from government
- Trinity College: 0% of income from government
- Pratt Nature Center Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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