Connecticut · Public charity
The Community Fund of Darien
Promote and support the efforts of various local charitable organizations and new community initiatives
- $790k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 39
- Grants FY2025
- 37
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 24%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $16,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 25 to 37
- FY2018 to FY2024
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.3M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 24% of the organizations The Community Fund of Darien funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $164k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 39 | $790k | 10% |
| FY2024 | 37 | $794k | 24% |
| FY2023 | 28 | $615k | 82% |
| FY2022 | 25 | $512k | 4% |
| FY2021 | 34 | $595k | 18% |
| FY2020 | 27 | $672k | 11% |
| FY2019 | 27 | $645k | 7% |
| FY2018 | 27 | $766k | 7% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Open Door Shelter Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Person to Person Inc | $38,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Family Centers Inc | $36,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Inspirica Inc | $33,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pacific House Inc | $31,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Building One Community Corp | $26,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Family & Children's Agency Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kids in Crisis Inc | $22,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Domestic Violence Crisis Center | $21,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Filling in the Blanks Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Open Door Shelter Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Person to Person Inc | $38,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Family Centers Inc | $36,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Inspirica Inc | $33,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pacific House Inc | $31,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Building One Community Corp | $26,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Family & Children's Agency Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kids in Crisis Inc | $22,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Domestic Violence Crisis Center | $21,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Filling in the Blanks Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Liberation Programs Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Laurel House Inc | $18,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Food Rescue US Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| All Our Kin Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Abilis Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Domus Kids Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Stamford Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Rowan Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Saint Joseph Parenting Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Intempo Organization Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 60 recipients with no EIN on record ($5.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Community Fund of Darien 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: The Near and Far Association Inc · Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · New Canaan Community Foundation Inc · Stamford Rotary Trust Fund · The Tudor Foundation Inc · The Herbert & Nell Singer Foundation Inc · The Pitney Bowes Foundation · Impact 100 Fairfield County · Elizabeth Raymond Ambler Trust · Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation Inc · William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund · Peoples United Community Foundation
How this is measured
About The Community Fund of Darien
- How much does The Community Fund of Darien give?
- The Community Fund of Darien reported 39 grants totaling $790,021 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 25 and 37 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Community Fund of Darien fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (30%), Youth Development (28%), Housing & Shelter (15%).
- Who are The Community Fund of Darien's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Open Door Shelter Inc ($40k), Person to Person Inc ($38k), Family Centers Inc ($36k).
- Does The Community Fund of Darien fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Community Fund of Darien?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Near and Far Association Inc, Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc, New Canaan Community Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Community Fund of Darien based?
- The Community Fund of Darien is based in CT.
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