Virginia · Private foundation
The Forster-Connolly 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.
- $2.3M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2025
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $75,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $400,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 25
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $16M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations The Forster-Connolly Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $105k 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 | 18 | $2.3M | 22% |
| FY2024 | 23 | $2.2M | 13% |
| FY2023 | 25 | $2.1M | 24% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $2.5M | 22% |
| FY2021 | 23 | $2.3M | 70% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $1.7M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Renewal International Inc | $1,325,000 | 5 | 14% |
| Austin College | $1,000,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Archbishop Carroll High School | $950,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Elizabeth Seton High School | $843,438 | 4 | n/a |
| Nurturing Minds Inc | $750,000 | 5 | 9% |
| Washington Jesuit Academy | $675,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Grand Teton National Park Foundation | $605,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Trustees of Boston College | $500,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Samaritan Inns Inc | $400,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Appletree Institute for Education Innovation | $375,000 | 4 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Renewal International Inc | $1,325,000 | 5 | 14% |
| Austin College | $1,000,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Archbishop Carroll High School | $950,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Elizabeth Seton High School | $843,438 | 4 | n/a |
| Nurturing Minds Inc | $750,000 | 5 | 9% |
| Washington Jesuit Academy | $675,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Grand Teton National Park Foundation | $605,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Trustees of Boston College | $500,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Samaritan Inns Inc | $400,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Appletree Institute for Education Innovation | $375,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Catholic Church Extension Society of US of Amer | $250,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Evergreen Christian School | $220,000 | 3 | 7% |
| Concord Academy | $200,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Presbyterian Church of Jackson Hole | $200,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Meadowbrook School of Weston Incorporated | $150,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Cycle Connect Inc | $150,000 | 3 | 38% |
| Vienna Presbyterian Church | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fellowship Foundation Inc | $120,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Some Inc | $100,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Artists in Middleburg | $60,000 | 2 | 19% |
| Boston Ballet Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Metropolitan Club Preservation Foundation | $50,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Roman Catholic Archbishop of Washington | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| San Miguel School Inc | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Holy Cross Health Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| National Gallery of Art | $49,100 | 4 | 0% |
| Reading Partners | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Fauquier Community Food Bank & Thrift Store | $30,000 | 1 | 4% |
| City Kids Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Precision Museum Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Jesuit Refugee Service USA | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Healthnetwork Foundation Fka Health Net Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Father McKenna Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Forster-Connolly Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 24 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 Forster Family Foundation · Clark Charitable Foundation Inc Dba a James & Alice B Clark Foundation · Greater Washington Community Foundation · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · William S Abell Foundation Inc · United Way of the National Capital Area · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
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About The Forster-Connolly Foundation
- How much does The Forster-Connolly Foundation give?
- The Forster-Connolly Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $2,319,232 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 25 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Forster-Connolly Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (44%), Community Improvement (14%), Religion (11%).
- Who are The Forster-Connolly Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Community Renewal International Inc ($1.3M), Austin College ($1.0M), Archbishop Carroll High School ($950k).
- Does The Forster-Connolly Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Forster-Connolly 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 Forster-Connolly Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Forster Family Foundation, Clark Charitable Foundation Inc Dba a James & Alice B Clark Foundation, Greater Washington Community Foundation.
- Where is The Forster-Connolly Foundation based?
- The Forster-Connolly Foundation is based in VA.
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