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The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut Inc

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$8.2M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
223
Itemized grants FY2024
1
Organizations funded FY2023
0%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$6.8M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$15,848
Largest grant, FY2024
$397,500
Organizations funded a year
1 to 1
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
17
Total assets, FY2024
$127M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 0% of the organizations The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time
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
FY2024still arriving216$6.3M100%
FY20231$6.2M0%
FY20221$5.8M0%
FY20211$6.8M0%
FY20201$7.1M0%
FY20191$4.6M0%
FY20181$5.6M0%
FY20171$5.6Mn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Environment$1.3MHuman Services$1.1MYouth Development$1.1MArts & Culture$817kCivil Rights$605kHousing & Shelter$559kEducation$326kFood & Nutrition$225kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Safe Futures Inc$307,70018%
Access Agency Inc$225,50012%
Save the Sound$180,50012%
Fractured Atlas Inc$131,58010%
Click Inc$122,650120%
The Housing Collective Inc$117,00011%
Madonna Place Inc$112,00017%
Eugene O'Neill Memorial Theater Center Inc$108,34414%
Partnership for Strong Communities$105,76514%
Connecticut Land Conservation Council Inc$100,50013%
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All grantees of The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Safe Futures Inc$307,70018%
Access Agency Inc$225,50012%
Save the Sound$180,50012%
Fractured Atlas Inc$131,58010%
Click Inc$122,650120%
The Housing Collective Inc$117,00011%
Madonna Place Inc$112,00017%
Eugene O'Neill Memorial Theater Center Inc$108,34414%
Partnership for Strong Communities$105,76514%
Connecticut Land Conservation Council Inc$100,50013%
Worcester County Horticultural Society$100,00011%
Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation Inc$100,00013%
Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center$92,50016%
The Ciesla Foundation$90,000110%
Third Sector New England Inc$86,00010%
Southeastern Connecticut Community Land Trust Inc$85,0001n/a
Three Rivers College Foundation$83,000110%
National Audubon Society Inc$80,00010%
Romare Bearden Foundation Inc$76,500124%
Immigration Advocacy & Support Center$75,0001n/a
Leadership Education and Athletics in Partnership Inc$75,00011%
Garde Arts Center Inc$67,50012%
Connecticut News Project Inc$65,00012%
Connecticut Humane Society$60,25010%
New London Homeless Hospitality Center$56,60511%
New London Public Schools$53,0001n/a
Thompson Ecumenical Empowerment Group Inc$51,20014%
Connecticut Forest & Park Association$50,50013%
Pen American Center Inc$50,00010%
Washington University$50,00010%
Sustainable Ct Inc$50,00013%
Nxthvn Inc$50,00012%
Freedom Reads Inc$50,00011%
Connecticut Arts Council Foundation Inc$50,0001n/a
Alliance for Mystic River Watershed$50,000136%
Connecticut College$49,96510%
Connecticut Audubon Society Inc$48,07011%
Infact DBA Corporate Accountability$47,00011%
New England Science & Sailing Foundation Inc$45,00011%
Child and Family Agency of Southeastern Connecticut Inc$44,02710%
Sea Research Foundation Inc$43,20010%
United Way of Southeastern Connecticut Inc$42,40010%
Alewife Cove Conservancy$40,000147%
Town of Colchester$39,6951n/a
Norwich Public Schools$39,3351n/a
Higher Edge Inc$39,285111%
Thames River Community Service Inc$38,00012%
Operation Fuel Incorporated$37,80011%
A Better Way Foundation Abwf Inc$37,50011%
Planned Parenthood of Southern New England Inc$36,00010%
Always Home Inc$35,29915%
Riverfront Childrens Center Inc$32,50012%
STEPS Inc$31,000111%
Resist Inc$30,50010%
Connecticut Voices for Children Inc$30,00011%
Garden Club of Windham$30,0001n/a
Connecticut Council for Philanthropy$30,00012%
Local Media Foundation$30,00010%
Arts for Learning Connecticut$29,47712%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Connecticut Inc$29,03411%
Thames Valley Council for Community Action Inc$28,50010%
Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services$28,00010%
The Salvation Army$27,0001n/a
United Cerebral Palsy Association of Eastern Connecticut$26,73310%
International Rescue Committee INC$25,50010%
Avalonia Land Conservancy Inc$25,00512%
Friends of John Slade Ely House of Contemporary Art$25,000110%
Center for New Americans Inc$25,00012%
Norwich Public Schools$25,0001n/a
Miller's River Educational Cooperative Incorporated$25,00012%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$25,00010%
Kenyon College$25,00010%
Read to Grow Inc$25,00012%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Connecticut Inc$25,00012%
Mount Grace Land Conservation Trust$25,00011%
Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition Inc$25,00011%
Ct League of Conservation Voters Education Fund$25,00018%
Connecticut Court Appointed Special Advocates Inc$25,00016%
Children's Museum of Southeastern Connecticut Inc$24,20814%
Crosby Fund for Haitian Educ Inc$23,54013%
The New London Community Meal Center Inc$22,00014%
Dr Carl Weis Scholarship Fund$21,4731n/a
Ocean Community YMCA$21,00010%
Interdistrict Committee For Project Oceanology$21,00011%
The Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra Incorporated$20,66113%
Southeastern Connecticut Cultural Coalition$20,25017%
Our Companions Domestic Animal Sanctuary Inc$20,00011%
Jackie Robinson Foundation Inc$20,00010%
Connecticut Roundtable on Climate and Jobs$20,00014%
Eastern Connecticut Housing Opportunities Inc$20,00011%
The Farm School Inc$20,00011%
Connecticut Fair Housing Center Inc$20,00011%
Hispanic Alliance of Southeastern Connecticut Inc$19,86318%
East Haddam Youth & Family Services Inc$19,84813%
The Waterford Public Library$19,52419%
Connecticut Science Center Inc$18,00010%
Expressiones Cultural Center Inc$18,00019%
Habitat for Humanity of Eastern Connecticut Inc$17,93511%
Interreligious Eco-Justice Network$17,875113%
East Lyme Public Library Inc$17,78611%
Haymarket People's Fund Inc$17,50011%
St Vincent de Paul Place Norwich Inc$17,35310%
High Hopes Therapeutic Riding Inc$16,98411%
Salt Marsh Opera Company$16,50016%
New London Maritime Society Inc$16,20015%
Thames River Heritage Park Foundation Inc$16,00015%
Eastern Connecticut State University$16,0001n/a
Covenant Soup Kitchen Inc$15,84811%
Waterford High School$15,5921n/a
Waterford Country School Inc$15,50010%
Holy Family Home and Shelter Inc$15,50012%
The Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut Foundation Inc$15,469111%
Learn$15,1631n/a
Children in Placement Inc$15,00012%
New Haven International Festival of Arts and Ideas Inc$15,00010%
The Rich Earth Institute Inc$15,00012%
Ledge Light Health District$15,0001n/a
Flock Theatre$15,00019%
Regional Plan Association Inc$15,00010%
Town of East Lyme$15,0001n/a
Martin House Inc$15,00011%
Harriet U Allyn Testamentary Trust$15,00011%
50can Inc$15,00010%
Our Piece of the Pie Inc$15,00010%
Conway School of Landscape Design Inc$15,00011%
Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness Inc$14,00010%
Visiting Nurse Association of Southeastern Connecticut Inc$13,91810%
New London Education Foundation$13,2401n/a
Waim Windham Area Interfaith Ministry$12,7251n/a
Connecticut Storytelling Center Inc$12,50015%
The Stonington Free Library Inc$12,30811%
Natchaug Hospital Inc$12,00010%
Elevate to Even Plus Incorporated Aka Elevate$12,00016%
The City of New London$11,5001n/a
The Antiquarian & Landmarks Society Inc$11,32611%
Mystic Seaport Museum Inc$11,30010%
Defy Ventures Inc$11,00010%
Connecticut Foodshare Inc$10,50010%
Ct Associaton of School Librarians$10,471119%
Jewish Federation of Eastern Connecticut Inc$10,20312%
Griffis Art Center Inc$10,200111%
The Writer's Block Ink Inc$10,000114%
Groton Community Meals Inc$10,0001n/a
Connecticut Council of Family Service Agencies Inc$10,00010%
2-4-1 Care Inc$10,00011%
New London Area Food Pantry$10,00011%
Traveling Toys Inc$10,0001n/a
Hope Partnership Inc$10,00011%
Music Forward$10,00011%
Windcall Institute$10,00011%
The Population Council Inc$10,00010%
The Quebec-Labrador Foundation Inc$10,00011%
She Leads Justice Inc$10,00011%
Art and Advocacy Society$10,00010%
Franklin County Community Meals Program Inc$10,00012%
Panorama Global$10,00010%
Yellow Farmhouse Education Center Inc$10,00012%
The William W Backus Hospital$10,00010%
The Arc Eastern Connecticut Inc$10,00010%
National Young Farmers Coalition Inc$10,00010%
Foundation for Diversity in the Art$10,00017%
Discovering Amistad Inc$10,00011%
Southeastern Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence Inc$10,00010%
Spark Makerspace Co$10,00015%
Groton Animal Foundation Inc$10,0001n/a
Musical Masterworks Inc$9,72812%
Grassroots International Inc$9,50010%
St Mary Academy-Bay View-East Providence$9,4661n/a
Best Friends Animal Society$9,46610%
Resource Generation Inc$9,00010%
The Covenant Shelter of New London Inc$9,00012%
Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation Inc$8,92212%
Hartford HealthCare Medical Group Inc$8,64010%
Mystic Museum of Art Inc$8,50011%
Connecticut Early Music Society Inc$8,50018%
Florence Griswold Museum Inc$8,50010%
United Community and Family Servicesinc$8,30810%
The Public Library of New London$8,21511%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$8,12710%
Women's Business Development Council Inc$8,00010%
Waggle Foundation Inc$8,00011%
Mitchell College$8,00010%
The Campaign School Inc$7,50012%
Tfi Digital Archive$7,50012%
Lumibility Inc$7,50010%
Sunrise Northeast Inc$7,50010%
Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Inc$7,50010%
The University of Connecticut Foundation Inc$7,50010%
Eastern Connecticut Ballet Inc$7,09211%
Children's Law Center Inc$7,07510%
Justice Dance Performance Project Inc$7,00011%
Community Partners in Action Inc$7,00010%
Furniture Bank of Southeast Connecticut Inc$7,00017%
The Shoreline Soup Kitchens & Pantries Inc$6,80010%
The Denison Society Inc$6,10013%
Masonic Charity Foundation of CT$6,01710%
Ledyard Chain Inc$6,000113%
Manchester Community College Foundation Inc$6,00010%
Bseb-Birth Support Education & Beyond Inc$6,000117%
Neighbor Fund Inc$6,0001n/a
Dr Martin Luther King Scholarship Fund$6,00012%
All Paws on Deck$6,00012%
Uline$6,0001n/a
Southeastern Ct Robotics Inc$6,0001n/a
Thames Valley Music School Inc$5,93213%
Old Lyme Childrens Learning Center$5,73111%
Interfaith Human Services of Putnam$5,50012%
Nopi Inc$5,50010%
Town of Lyme Public Library$5,4691n/a
Rotary Club of Mystic Charitable Fund Inc$5,438110%
Lyme Land Conservation Trust Inc$5,41710%

Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($42M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 185 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSafe Futures Inc: $307,700 over 1y, 8.0% of budgetAccess Agency Inc: $225,500 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetSave the Sound: $180,500 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetFractured Atlas Inc: $131,580 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetClick Inc: $122,650 over 1y, 20% of budgetThe Housing Collective Inc: $117,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMadonna Place Inc: $112,000 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetEugene O'Neill Memorial Theater Center Inc: $108,344 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetPartnership for Strong Communities: $105,765 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetConnecticut Land Conservation Council Inc: $100,500 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetWorcester County Horticultural Society: $100,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFidelco Guide Dog Foundation Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetDenison Pequotsepos Nature Center: $92,500 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetThe Ciesla Foundation: $90,000 over 1y, 10.0% of budgetThird Sector New England Inc: $86,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThree Rivers College Foundation: $83,000 over 1y, 9.9% of budgetNational Audubon Society Inc: $80,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRomare Bearden Foundation Inc: $76,500 over 1y, 24% of budgetLeadership Education and Athletics in Partnership Inc: $75,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetGarde Arts Center Inc: $67,500 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetConnecticut News Project Inc: $65,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetConnecticut Humane Society: $60,250 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNew London Homeless Hospitality Center: $56,605 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetThompson Ecumenical Empowerment Group Inc: $51,200 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetConnecticut Forest & Park Association: $50,500 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetPen American Center Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWashington University: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSustainable Ct Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetNxthvn Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetFreedom Reads Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetAlliance for Mystic River Watershed: $50,000 over 1y, 36% of budgetConnecticut College: $49,965 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetConnecticut Audubon Society Inc: $48,070 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetInfact DBA Corporate Accountability: $47,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetNew England Science & Sailing Foundation Inc: $45,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetChild and Family Agency of Southeastern Connecticut Inc: $44,027 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSea Research Foundation Inc: $43,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Way of Southeastern Connecticut Inc: $42,400 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAlewife Cove Conservancy: $40,000 over 1y, 47% of budgetHigher Edge Inc: $39,285 over 1y, 11% of budgetThames River Community Service Inc: $38,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetOperation Fuel Incorporated: $37,800 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetA Better Way Foundation Abwf Inc: $37,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Southern New England Inc: $36,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAlways Home Inc: $35,299 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetRiverfront Childrens Center Inc: $32,500 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetSTEPS Inc: $31,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetResist Inc: $30,500 over 1y, 0.2% 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 185.

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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.

Chelsea Groton FoundationCT154.4× affinity80 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Chelsea Groton Foundation · Dime Bank Foundation Inc · Liberty Bank Foundation Inc · The Edward and Mary Lord Foundation · Kitchings Family Foundation · William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund · Connecticut Humanities Council Inc · Newalliance Foundation Inc · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Hartford Foundation for Public Giving · The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven · The Connecticut Community 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 Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut Inc

How much does The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut Inc give?
The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut Inc reported 223 itemized grants totaling $6,798,313, out of $8,204,690 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 1 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (3%), Human Services (2%), Youth Development (2%).
Who are The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Safe Futures Inc ($308k), Access Agency Inc ($226k), Save the Sound ($181k).
Does The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Chelsea Groton Foundation, Dime Bank Foundation Inc, Liberty Bank Foundation Inc.
Where is The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut Inc based?
The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut 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 221 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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