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The Fund for Greater Hartford Inc

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.

$720k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
21
Grants FY2025
23
Organizations funded FY2024
43%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$30,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$160,000
Organizations funded a year
22 to 29
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$21M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 43% of the organizations The Fund for Greater Hartford Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 48% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $316k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationPhilanthropyArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentPublic BenefitHealthOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving21$720k10%
FY202423$656k43%
FY202325$900k20%
FY202222$585k27%
FY202129$728k48%
FY202024$1.1M17%
FY201923$586k39%
FY201822$526k45%
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$3.0MArts & Culture$775kHealth$682kHuman Services$665kYouth Development$640kPhilanthropy$605kCrime & Legal$165kPublic Benefit$125kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of The Fund for Greater Hartford Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Community Health Resources Inc$433,10080%
Hartford Performs Inc$342,500913%
Middlesex United Way Inc$250,00037%
Connecticut Council for Philanthropy$245,00056%
Connecticut Network for Children and Youth Inc$243,00057%
Camp Courant Inc$242,56983%
Oddfellows Playhouse$238,00089%
Young Womens Christian Association of New Britain Inc$225,30061%
Read to Grow Inc$197,00093%
The Village for Families and Children$165,00050%
Prudence Crandall Center Inc$160,00061%
Jumpstart for Young Children Inc$155,00060%
Literacy Volunteers of Central Connecticut Inc$149,000610%
Pro Bono Partnership Inc$145,00034%
Compass Youth Collaborative$139,00051%
Ctdata Collaborative$125,00053%
Hartford Parent University$108,000510%
Connecticut Radio Information System Inc$105,00046%
Middlesex Hospital$82,00030%
The Bridge Family Center Inc$75,00030%
Community Mental Health Affiliates Inc$70,20040%
Teach for America Inc$50,00020%
Achieve Hartford Inc$50,00024%
United Way Inc United Way of Cent & Ne Connecticut$50,00020%
New Britain Roots Inc$35,000124%
Third Sector Capital Partners Inc$30,00010%
Sheff Movement Inc$25,0001n/a
Northwest Catholic High School$25,0001n/a
Watkinson School$20,00010%
Center for Leadership and Justice$20,0001n/a
Charter Oak Temple Restoration Assoc D/B/A Charter Oak Cultural Center$20,00040%
National Summer Learning Association Inc$15,00011%
My Sisters' Place Inc$13,00020%
Hartford Public Library$10,00020%
Free Center Incorporated$10,0001n/a
Gifts of Love Inc$5,0001n/a
Hartford Interval House Inc$5,00010%
American School at Hartford for the Deaf$5,00010%
Connecticut Science Center Inc$5,00010%
Riverfront Recapture Inc$5,00010%
Greater Hartford Arts Council Inc$5,00010%
Families in Crisis Inc$5,00010%
Kinsella Arts Inc$5,000110%
Leadership Greater Hartford Inc$5,00010%
Harc Inc$5,00010%
Hartford Food System Inc$5,00011%
The Mark Twain Memorial$5,00010%
East Catholic High School$5,0001n/a
Network Against Domestic Abuse Inc$5,00011%
Unashamed Inc$5,00011%
Sea Research Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Hands on Hartford Inc$5,0001n/a
Community First School Inc$5,00011%
Artfarm$5,0001n/a
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Connecticut Inc$5,00010%
Lawyers for Children America Inc$5,00011%
Connecticut Council of Family Service Agencies Inc$5,00010%
Ballet Theatre Company$5,00012%
Planned Parenthood of Southern New England Inc$5,00010%
Foodshare Inc$5,00010%
Real Art Ways Inc$5,00010%
Goodwin University Inc$5,0001n/a
Center for Urban Research Education and Training Inc$5,0001n/a
YWCA Hartford Region Inc$5,00010%
Hartbeat Ensemble Inc$5,00012%
Ascend Mentoring$5,00012%
Covenant Preparatory School Inc$3,00010%
The Main Street Singers Inc$2,0001n/a
House of Bread Inc$60020%
The Amistad Center for Art & Culture Inc$50010%
The Jordan Porco Foundation$50010%
The Legacy Foundation of Hartford$50010%
The Ryan Lee Memorial Foundation Inc$1001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 49 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.3M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Fund for Greater Hartford Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCommunity Health Resources Inc: $433,100 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetHartford Performs Inc: $342,500 over 9y, 13% of budgetMiddlesex United Way Inc: $250,000 over 3y, 7.2% of budgetConnecticut Council for Philanthropy: $245,000 over 5y, 6.2% of budgetConnecticut Network for Children and Youth Inc: $243,000 over 5y, 6.6% of budgetCamp Courant Inc: $242,569 over 8y, 2.9% of budgetOddfellows Playhouse: $238,000 over 8y, 8.7% of budgetYoung Womens Christian Association of New Britain Inc: $225,300 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetRead to Grow Inc: $197,000 over 9y, 3.1% of budgetThe Village for Families and Children: $165,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPrudence Crandall Center Inc: $160,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetJumpstart for Young Children Inc: $155,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetLiteracy Volunteers of Central Connecticut Inc: $149,000 over 6y, 10% of budgetPro Bono Partnership Inc: $145,000 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetCompass Youth Collaborative: $139,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetCtdata Collaborative: $125,000 over 5y, 3.2% of budgetHartford Parent University: $108,000 over 5y, 10% of budgetConnecticut Radio Information System Inc: $105,000 over 4y, 6.0% of budgetMiddlesex Hospital: $82,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Bridge Family Center Inc: $75,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCommunity Mental Health Affiliates Inc: $70,200 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAchieve Hartford Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetUnited Way Inc United Way of Cent & Ne Connecticut: $50,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNew Britain Roots Inc: $35,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetThird Sector Capital Partners Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWatkinson School: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCharter Oak Temple Restoration Assoc D/B/A Charter Oak Cultural Center: $20,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetNational Summer Learning Association Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMy Sisters' Place Inc: $13,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHartford Public Library: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHartford Interval House Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican School at Hartford for the Deaf: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetConnecticut Science Center Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRiverfront Recapture Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGreater Hartford Arts Council Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFamilies in Crisis Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetKinsella Arts Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetLeadership Greater Hartford Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHarc Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHartford Food System Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetThe Mark Twain Memorial: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNetwork Against Domestic Abuse Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetUnashamed Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetSea Research Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity First School Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Connecticut Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLawyers for Children America Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 61.

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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.

Hartford Foundation for Public GivingCT90.9× affinity47 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Hartford Foundation for Public Giving · J Walton Bissell Foundation Inc · Farmington Bank Community Foundation Inc · United Way Inc United Way of Cent & Ne Connecticut · William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund · Liberty Bank Foundation Inc · The Betty Knox Foundation Inc · The William and Alice Mortensen Foundation · The Maximilian E and Marion O Hoffman Foundation Inc · Aetna Foundation Inc · American Savings Foundation Inc · Sbm Charitable Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About The Fund for Greater Hartford Inc

How much does The Fund for Greater Hartford Inc give?
The Fund for Greater Hartford Inc reported 21 grants totaling $720,450 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 22 and 29 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Fund for Greater Hartford Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (44%), Arts & Culture (11%), Health (10%).
Who are The Fund for Greater Hartford Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Community Health Resources Inc ($433k), Hartford Performs Inc ($343k), Middlesex United Way Inc ($250k).
Does The Fund for Greater Hartford Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Fund for Greater Hartford Inc 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 Fund for Greater Hartford Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, J Walton Bissell Foundation Inc, Farmington Bank Community Foundation Inc.
Where is The Fund for Greater Hartford Inc based?
The Fund for Greater Hartford Inc is based in CT.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 123 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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