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The Bridgeport Rotary Club Foundation Inc

The mission of this organization is to provide support by contributing in community programs in need of social, financial, educational, healthcare & emergency relief

$457k
Granted FY2020
22
Itemized grants FY2020
19
Organizations funded FY2020
37%
First-time grantees FY2020
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Itemized, FY2020
$357k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2020
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2020
$60,000
Organizations funded a year
8 to 19
FY2017 to FY2020
States reached, FY2020
2
Total assets, FY2020
$3.7M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2020, 37% of the organizations The Bridgeport Rotary Club Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 32% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $104k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20
Human ServicesEducationArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementInternationalOther
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 yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY202019$322k37%
FY201918$288k61%
FY201816$174k69%
FY20178$185kn/a
94% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$287kHuman Services$186kYouth Development$178kHealth$162kFood & Nutrition$59kInternational$39kArts & Culture$33kHousing & Shelter$31kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Catalyst Ct Inc$117,56121%
Lifebridge Community Services Inc$97,50031%
Central Connecticut Coast Young Men's Christian Association Inc$74,31140%
BPT Public Library$60,0001n/a
School Volunteer Association of Bridgeport Inc$53,500222%
Council of Churches of Greater Bridgeport Inc$47,8502n/a
Bridgeport Organization for Youth Sports Inc$39,450210%
Mercy Learning Center of Bridgeport Inc$39,00040%
Bridgeport Caribe Youth Leaders Inc$33,00032%
Cardinal Shehan Center Inc$30,00031%
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All grantees of The Bridgeport Rotary Club Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Catalyst Ct Inc$117,56121%
Lifebridge Community Services Inc$97,50031%
Central Connecticut Coast Young Men's Christian Association Inc$74,31140%
BPT Public Library$60,0001n/a
School Volunteer Association of Bridgeport Inc$53,500222%
Council of Churches of Greater Bridgeport Inc$47,8502n/a
Bridgeport Organization for Youth Sports Inc$39,450210%
Mercy Learning Center of Bridgeport Inc$39,00040%
Bridgeport Caribe Youth Leaders Inc$33,00032%
Cardinal Shehan Center Inc$30,00031%
Groundwork Bridgeport Inc$26,15037%
Nourish Bridgeport Inc$25,000120%
The Bridge Academy Inc$25,00020%
New Beginnings Family Academy Inc$25,0001n/a
Bridgeport Diocesan Schools Corporation$21,1621n/a
The Circle of Hands Foundation Inc$20,0001n/a
The Child and Family Guidance Center Inc$20,00020%
The Center for Family Justice Inc$20,00020%
Junior Achievement of Greater Fairfield County Inc$17,5002n/a
Champ Community Hands in Action Mentoring Progam Inc$17,5002n/a
Urban Impact of Black Rock Incorporated$17,50024%
The Barnum Museum Foundation Inc$15,00012%
Bridgeport Public Education Fund Inc$12,00013%
Connecticut Institute for Refugees and Immigrants Inc$11,00010%
Wakeman Memorial Association Inc$11,00010%
City Lights & Company$10,0001n/a
Urban Impact on Black Rock$10,0001n/a
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwestern$10,00011%
Bridgeport Hospital$7,70010%
The Discovery Museum Inc$7,50010%
Bridgeport Rescue Mission Inc$7,50010%
Hall Neighborhood House Inc$7,50010%
Fairfield University$7,00010%
BPT Public School-Central$7,0001n/a
Village Initiative Project Inc$6,00012%
Off the Streets Inc$6,00013%
Sacred Heart University Incorporated$6,00010%

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Bridgeport Rotary Club Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCatalyst Ct Inc: $117,561 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetLifebridge Community Services Inc: $97,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetCentral Connecticut Coast Young Men's Christian Association Inc: $74,311 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSchool Volunteer Association of Bridgeport Inc: $53,500 over 2y, 22% of budgetBridgeport Organization for Youth Sports Inc: $39,450 over 2y, 10% of budgetMercy Learning Center of Bridgeport Inc: $39,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetBridgeport Caribe Youth Leaders Inc: $33,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetCardinal Shehan Center Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetGroundwork Bridgeport Inc: $26,150 over 3y, 7.4% of budgetNourish Bridgeport Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetThe Bridge Academy Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetThe Child and Family Guidance Center Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Center for Family Justice Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetUrban Impact of Black Rock Incorporated: $17,500 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetThe Barnum Museum Foundation Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetBridgeport Public Education Fund Inc: $12,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetConnecticut Institute for Refugees and Immigrants Inc: $11,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWakeman Memorial Association Inc: $11,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Southwestern: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetBridgeport Hospital: $7,700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Discovery Museum Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBridgeport Rescue Mission Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHall Neighborhood House Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFairfield University: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVillage Initiative Project Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetOff the Streets Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetSacred Heart University Incorporated: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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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 27.

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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.

Fairfield County's Co…The Near and Far Asso…The Inner-City Founda…Peoples United Commun…Young Mens Christian …Ernest and Joan Trefz…Tauck Family Foundati…The Pitney Bowes Foun…Elizabeth M Pfriem Fo…The Aiello Charitable…William Caspar Graust…Synchrony Foundation
Fairfield County's Community Foundation IncCT48.7× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · The Near and Far Association Inc · The Inner-City Foundation for Charity & Education Inc · Peoples United Community Foundation · Young Mens Christian Association of Westport/Weston Ct Inc · Ernest and Joan Trefz Foundation · Tauck Family Foundation · The Pitney Bowes Foundation · Elizabeth M Pfriem Foundation · The Aiello Charitable Foundation Inc · William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund · Synchrony Foundation

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.

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About The Bridgeport Rotary Club Foundation Inc

How much does The Bridgeport Rotary Club Foundation Inc give?
The Bridgeport Rotary Club Foundation Inc reported 22 itemized grants totaling $357,111, out of $456,502 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 19 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
What does The Bridgeport Rotary Club Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2020, its largest causes are Education (11%), Human Services (7%), Youth Development (7%).
Who are The Bridgeport Rotary Club Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2020: Catalyst Ct Inc ($118k), Lifebridge Community Services Inc ($98k), Central Connecticut Coast Young Men's Christian Association Inc ($74k).
Does The Bridgeport Rotary Club Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2020, 37% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Bridgeport Rotary Club Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc, The Near and Far Association Inc, The Inner-City Foundation for Charity & Education Inc.
Where is The Bridgeport Rotary Club Foundation Inc based?
The Bridgeport Rotary Club Foundation Inc is based in CT.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 38 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $339k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2020, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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