Connecticut · Private foundation
The Edward E Hood Jr Foundation
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.
- $2.7M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2025
- 47
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 6%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,355,873
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,355,873
- Organizations funded a year
- 47 to 60
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 6% of the organizations The Edward E Hood Jr Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 | 2 | $2.7M | 100% |
| FY2024 | 47 | $108k | 6% |
| FY2023 | 50 | $110k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 60 | $110k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 60 | $90k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 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, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bezzeg Family Foundation | $1,355,873 | 1 | n/a |
| The First Congregational Church of Darien | $45,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Thermal Belt Outreach Ministry Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 1% |
| The University of Georgia Foundation | $32,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Lees-McRae College Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Wildlife Conservation Network Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $16,500 | 4 | 0% |
| The High Country Charitable Foundation | $14,500 | 4 | 1% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $14,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Foundation Fighting Blindness Inc | $13,500 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 69 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Edward E Hood Jr Foundation 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: Kitchings Family Foundation · Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · 522 Foundation Inc · The Rogers Family Foundation · The Joanne E Masin Foundation · The Meredith and Whitney George Family Foundation Inc · Alexandra Foundation · The Goodnow Fund · The Wiggins Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Parkinson Family Foundation Inc · Riley Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Edward E Hood Jr Foundation
- How much does The Edward E Hood Jr Foundation give?
- The Edward E Hood Jr Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $2,711,746 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 47 and 60 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does The Edward E Hood Jr Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (87%), Education (3%), Health (2%).
- Who are The Edward E Hood Jr Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Bezzeg Family Foundation ($1.4M), The First Congregational Church of Darien ($45k), Thermal Belt Outreach Ministry Inc ($40k).
- Does The Edward E Hood Jr Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Edward E Hood Jr 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 Edward E Hood Jr Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Kitchings Family Foundation, Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc, 522 Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Edward E Hood Jr Foundation based?
- The Edward E Hood Jr Foundation is based in CT.
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