· Private foundation
The Fairfield 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k65 grants · $318k
- $10k–50k29 grants · $370k
- $50k–250k5 grants · $300k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SALISBURY SCHOOL | $100,000 |
| WILLIAMS COLLEGE | $50,000 |
| SCOVILLE MEMORIAL LIBRARY | $50,000 |
| SCOVILLE MEMORIAL LIBRARY | $50,000 |
| SALISBURY SCHOOL | $50,000 |
| FISHERS ISLAND COMMUNITY CENTER | $30,000 |
| THE CLARK MUSEUM | $25,000 |
| VERO BEACH MUSEUM OF ART | $20,000 |
| ISLAND HEALTH PROJECT | $20,000 |
| THE LITTLE GUILD OF ST FRANCIS FOR THE WELFARE OF ANIMALS INC | $15,000 |
| HENRY L FERGUSON MUSEUM | $15,000 |
| THE FESSENDEN SCHOOL | $15,000 |
| MCKEE BOTANICAL GARDEN | $15,000 |
| THE PARK SCHOOL | $15,000 |
| FISHERS ISLAND RECREATIONAL PATH FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $277k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 25% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +32% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.
64 repeat relationships: 52 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $93k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SSSALISBURY SCHOOL INC6× · 2020–2025 · $638k · revenue +81%
- FIFISHERS ISLAND COMMUNITY CENTER INC6× · 2020–2025 · $208k · revenue +62%
- IHISLAND HEALTH PROJECT INC6× · 2020–2025 · $183k · revenue +18%
Funded once
- TLTHE LITTLE GUILD OF ST FRANCIS THE WELFARE OF ANIMALS INCone grant, 2024 · $25k
- NCNATIONAL COAST GUARD MUSEUM ASSOCIATION INCgraduatedone grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue +274%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2024 · $20k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The nantucket conservation foundation owns, protects, and stewards over 9,000 acres of land and coastal shoreline, conserves nantucket's rare and significant natural resources, and engages in impactful ecological research to inform…
To preserve and steward aquidneck island's open spaces for the lasting benefit of the community while connecting people with the land that defines the island's natural character.
The mission of Islesboro Islands Trust is to enhance the quality of residents' lives through the preservation of open space, educate all residents as to the value of the island's natural ecosystems, and act as an environmental advocate on…
The mission of the foundation is to raise funds to support island health and its commitment to community health in and around anacortes, washington.
The governors island corporation, doing business as the trust for governors island, is the 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization created by the city of new york and charged with the planning, redevelopment and ongoing operations of 150…
The florence griswold museum seeks to promote a greater understanding of connecticut's contribution to american art and history through public exhibitions and educational programs.
Saint anselm is a catholic, benedictine college providing all of its students a distinctive liberal arts education that incorporates opportunities for professional and career preparation. it does so in a learning community that encourages…
Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.
The mission of rhode island school of design, through its college and museum,is to educate its students and the public in the creation and (see schedule o)appreciation of works of art and design, to discover and transmit knowledge and to…
The foundation acts as a supporting organization for isles, inc. as described in section 509 (a)(3) of the internal revenue code. the foundation manages the investment activites of isles, inc.
The school's mission is grounded in the belief expressed by b. lord buckley that opening the eyes and awakening the mind is the essence of education. guided by that mission for almost a century, buckley has purposely focused on developing…
St. francis college is an independent, coeducational institution of higher education chartered by an act of the regents of the university of the state of new york on april 10, 1957.
How this is measured
58 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 58 of the 91 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds SALISBURY SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds FISHERS ISLAND COMMUNITY CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds ISLAND HEALTH PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds LAWRENCE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds THE JOHN'S ISLAND FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds WALSH PARK BENEVOLENT CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds Williams College ↗
- Who funds JOHN'S ISLAND COMMUNITY SERVICE LEAGUE INC ↗
- Who funds Henry L Ferguson Museum ↗
- Who funds FISHERS ISLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT ↗
- Who funds INDIAN RIVER LAND TRUST INC ↗
- Who funds FISHERS ISLAND RECREATIONAL PATH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds PARK SCHOOL CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL ↗
- Who funds FISHERS ISLAND CONSERVANCY INC ↗
- Who funds MCKEE BOTANICAL GARDEN INC ↗
- Who funds BEACON HILL NURSERY SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds THE FESSENDEN SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds VERO BEACH MUSEUM OF ART INC ↗
- Who funds ST GEORGE'S SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds VETERANS COUNCIL OF INDIAN RIVER CO ↗
- Who funds Children's Hospital Corporation ↗
- Who funds SKIDMORE COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds FOCUSED ULTRASOUND FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE LIGHTHOUSE WORKS INC ↗
- Who funds ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds THE TRIANGLE FUND ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL COAST GUARD MUSEUM ASSOCIATION INC ↗
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 Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation Inc · The Willinphila Foundation · The Sooner Foundation · The McCance Foundation · Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc · Anne and Rollin Bates Foundation Inc · The Frederic C Hamilton Family Foundation · The Spofford Foundation Inc · Fleetwood Foundation · The William C and Cindy L Scott Foundation · The Long Stems Foundation Inc · W L Lyons Brown Jr Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Fairfield Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Fairfield Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Salisbury Association Inc: 54% of income from government
- Salisbury Housing Trust: 25% of income from government
- The Equus Effect Inc: 16% of income from government
- Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
- New England Baptist Hospital: 1% of income from government
- National Coast Guard Museum Association Inc: 1% of income from government
- Indian River Land Trust Inc: 0% of income from government
- Lawrence Memorial Hospital Inc: 0% of income from government
- The Fessenden School: 0% of income from government
- The Learning Alliance Inc: 0% of income from government
- Williams College: 0% of income from government
- Choate Rosemary Hall Foundation Incorporated: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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