Connecticut · Public charity
The Darien Foundation Inc
The darien foundation's mission is to provide grant funding for technology and capital projects that create opportunity for darien's youth, support town safety and security services, enhance the overall quality of life in darien, and otherwise benefit the citizens of darien, connecticut. The goal is to offer a central location for…
- $586k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $60,815
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $314,185
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 8
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.5M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations The Darien Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $102k 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 | 5 | $601k | 40% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $658k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $657k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $142k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $587k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $580k | 75% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $250k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $322k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darien Athletic Foundation Inc | $445,000 | 6 | 51% |
| Mather Homestead Foundation | $236,600 | 2 | 25% |
| Andrew Shaw Memorial Trust | $200,000 | 1 | 21% |
| At Home in Darieninc | $121,380 | 2 | 31% |
| Darien Library Inc | $109,555 | 2 | 1% |
| Person to Person Inc | $103,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Tiny Miracles Foundation Inc | $102,452 | 1 | 15% |
| Darien Fire Department Inc | $100,553 | 1 | 28% |
| Darien Nature Center Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Darien Arts Center Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 14% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darien Athletic Foundation Inc | $445,000 | 6 | 51% |
| Mather Homestead Foundation | $236,600 | 2 | 25% |
| Andrew Shaw Memorial Trust | $200,000 | 1 | 21% |
| At Home in Darieninc | $121,380 | 2 | 31% |
| Darien Library Inc | $109,555 | 2 | 1% |
| Person to Person Inc | $103,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Tiny Miracles Foundation Inc | $102,452 | 1 | 15% |
| Darien Fire Department Inc | $100,553 | 1 | 28% |
| Darien Nature Center Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Darien Arts Center Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Noroton Heights Depot Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 18% |
| Darien EMS Post 53 Inc | $81,669 | 2 | 4% |
| Star Foundation Inc | $80,707 | 2 | 18% |
| Abilis Inc | $65,839 | 1 | 0% |
| Darien Historical Society | $32,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Darien Community Association Inc | $18,500 | 1 | 2% |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.8M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Darien Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 15 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 Goodnow Fund · The Meredith and Whitney George Family Foundation Inc · 522 Foundation Inc · The Rogers Family Foundation · The Sosnow Foundation Inc · The Edward E Hood Jr Foundation · Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · Schaefer-Phillips Foundation Inc · The Stuart L Higley Foundation Inc · Chuza Foundation · Alexandra Foundation · The Weatherstone Family Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About The Darien Foundation Inc
- How much does The Darien Foundation Inc give?
- The Darien Foundation Inc reported 5 grants totaling $585,653 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 8 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Darien Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (17%), Youth Development (16%), Arts & Culture (13%).
- Who are The Darien Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Darien Athletic Foundation Inc ($445k), Mather Homestead Foundation ($237k), Andrew Shaw Memorial Trust ($200k).
- Does The Darien Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Darien Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Goodnow Fund, The Meredith and Whitney George Family Foundation Inc, 522 Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Darien Foundation Inc based?
- The Darien Foundation Inc is based in CT.
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