Delaware · Private foundation
The Comfort Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $174k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $207
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $76,945
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 5
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $323k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 40% of the organizations The Comfort Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 13 | $153k | 69% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $54k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $41k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandria Country Day School Inc | $107,431 | 3 | 0% |
| Cornerstone Craftsman Inc | $76,945 | 1 | 63% |
| Communities in Schools of Nova Inc | $22,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Spitfire Club | $17,822 | 3 | 6% |
| Alexandria Symphony Orchestra | $16,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Volunteer Alexandria | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Carpenter's Shelter Inc | $1,750 | 3 | 0% |
| Emerging Scholars Program Inc | $600 | 1 | 0% |
| Symphony Orchestra League of Alexandria | $150 | 1 | n/a |
| ALIVE Inc | $81 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandria Country Day School Inc | $107,431 | 3 | 0% |
| Cornerstone Craftsman Inc | $76,945 | 1 | 63% |
| Communities in Schools of Nova Inc | $22,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Spitfire Club | $17,822 | 3 | 6% |
| Alexandria Symphony Orchestra | $16,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Volunteer Alexandria | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Carpenter's Shelter Inc | $1,750 | 3 | 0% |
| Emerging Scholars Program Inc | $600 | 1 | 0% |
| Symphony Orchestra League of Alexandria | $150 | 1 | n/a |
| ALIVE Inc | $81 | 1 | 0% |
| Space of Her Own Inc | $54 | 1 | 0% |
| Animal Welfare League of Alexandria | $54 | 1 | 0% |
| Arcadia Food Inc | $27 | 1 | 0% |
| Alexandria Police Boys Camp Inc | $27 | 1 | 0% |
| Wilderness Kids Alexandria Inc | $27 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
The Comfort Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 14 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia Inc · Act for Alexandria · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Calvert and Sally Simmons Foundation · Bruhn-Morris Family Foundation Inc · Kiwanis Foundation of Alexandria VA Inc · American Water Charitable Foundationinc · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Maple Tree Fund · Washington Forrest Foundation · Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company · Greater Washington Community Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Comfort Family Foundation
- How much does The Comfort Family Foundation give?
- The Comfort Family Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $173,648 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 5 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does The Comfort Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (48%), Philanthropy (30%), Arts & Culture (12%).
- Who are The Comfort Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: Alexandria Country Day School Inc ($107k), Cornerstone Craftsman Inc ($77k), Communities in Schools of Nova Inc ($23k).
- Does The Comfort Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Comfort Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Comfort Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia Inc, Act for Alexandria, Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation.
- Where is The Comfort Family Foundation based?
- The Comfort Family Foundation is based in DE.
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