Connecticut · Private foundation
The David and Dorothy Carpenter Charitable Trust
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $18k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 36%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 18
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $642k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 36% of the organizations The David and Dorothy Carpenter Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 63% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 37% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k 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 | 7 | $18k | 29% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $56k | 36% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $33k | 30% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $59k | 54% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $45k | 31% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $40k | 44% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $31k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $30k | 33% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westport Farmers Market Inc | $42,000 | 7 | 6% |
| Homes With Hope | $28,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Hope Ignites | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Friends of Matheny | $13,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Amherst College Trustees | $13,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Community Church of Woodhull | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United Way of Coastal Fairfield County Inc | $9,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Bridgeport Rescue Mission Inc | $7,100 | 5 | 0% |
| Northeast Organic Farming Assoc of Ny I | $6,500 | 3 | 0% |
| The Calhoun School Inc | $6,500 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westport Farmers Market Inc | $42,000 | 7 | 6% |
| Homes With Hope | $28,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Hope Ignites | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Friends of Matheny | $13,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Amherst College Trustees | $13,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Community Church of Woodhull | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United Way of Coastal Fairfield County Inc | $9,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Bridgeport Rescue Mission Inc | $7,100 | 5 | 0% |
| Northeast Organic Farming Assoc of Ny I | $6,500 | 3 | 0% |
| The Calhoun School Inc | $6,500 | 3 | 0% |
| United Way of Connecticut Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Survival Centers Inc | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Inspirica Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Horizons Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Connecticut Foodshare Inc | $2,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Pathways Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Palmerton Area Historical Society | $1,500 | 2 | 3% |
| Westport Volunteer Emergency Medical Services Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Westport Police Benevolent Association Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Friends of the High Line Inc | $750 | 1 | 0% |
| Pulteney Free Library | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| City Harvest Inc | $300 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($143k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The David and Dorothy Carpenter Charitable Trust 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.
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How this is measured
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About The David and Dorothy Carpenter Charitable Trust
- How much does The David and Dorothy Carpenter Charitable Trust give?
- The David and Dorothy Carpenter Charitable Trust reported 7 grants totaling $18,300 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The David and Dorothy Carpenter Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (15%), Animals (13%), Housing & Shelter (11%).
- Who are The David and Dorothy Carpenter Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Westport Farmers Market Inc ($42k), Homes With Hope ($28k), Hope Ignites ($25k).
- Does The David and Dorothy Carpenter Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The David and Dorothy Carpenter Charitable Trust 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 David and Dorothy Carpenter Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The James & Mary Ellen Marpe Family Foundation, William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund, Citizens Charitable Foundation.
- Where is The David and Dorothy Carpenter Charitable Trust based?
- The David and Dorothy Carpenter Charitable Trust is based in CT.
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