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The Fund for Greater Hartford Inc at a glance

· Private foundation

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 FY2025still arriving
21
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$160k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% 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
02FY2025 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $360k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $335k
$30,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$21M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Connecticut Network for Children$160,000
School District of New Britain$75,350
Womens Business Development Corp$50,000
CT Council for Philanthropy$50,000
YWCA New Britain$45,000
Read to Grow INC$40,000
The Village for Families and Childr$40,000
Prudence Crandall Center$35,000
Camp Courant$35,000
Odd Fellows Playhouse$35,000
Compass Youth Collaborative$30,000
Literacy Volunteers of Central CT$30,000
Middlesex Health$25,000
The Bridge Family Center$25,000
CT Voices for Children$20,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $305k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%The Village for Families and Childr: $40k → 11%Village for Families and Children: $25k → 11%Village for Families and Children: $25k → 11%Village for Families and Children: $25k → 11%Village for Families and Children: $25k → 11%Village for Families and Children: $25k → 11%HARC: $5k → 11%PRUDENCE CRANDALL CENTER: $30k → 11%PRUDENCE CRANDALL CENTER: $30k → 11%PRUDENCE CRANDALL CENTER: $30k → 11%PRUDENCE CRANDALL CENTER: $25k → 11%CONNECTICUT COUNCIL OF FAMILY SERVICE AGENCIES: $5k → 11%Network Against Domestic Abuse of N: $5k → 11%Farm to Family Inc: $5k → 11%Hands On Hartford: $5k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.0M · 45 repeat orgs$808k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.

45 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2025, 26 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

45
75

Total granted

$6.0M
$803k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+4%

Still filing today

62%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesPhilanthropyHealthYouth DevelopmentOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • CH
    COMMUNITY HEALTH RESOURCES INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $433k · revenue +59%
  • CN
    CONNECTICUT NETWORK FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH INC
    5× · 2018–2023 · $243k · revenue +996%
  • CC
    CAMP COURANT INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $243k · revenue +54%

Funded once

  • CS
    CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT OF NEW
    one grant, 2021 · $80k
  • HC
    Htfd Campaign fGrade Level Reading
    one grant, 2019 · $50k
  • KK
    KITE Key Initiatives To Education
    one grant, 2019 · $45k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Connecticut Humane Society

The connecticut humane society is the leading resource in the state for companion animal welfare, enriching the lives of families and communities through adoption services, medical care, education, and prevention of cruelty.

Animals
2
Connecticut Housing Coalition Inc

The connecticut housing coalition works to expand housing opportunity and to increase the quantity and quality of affordable housing available to people with low and moderate incomes in connecticut through advocacy, education and…

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3
Connecticut Farmland Trust Inc

Protect Connecticuts farmland for agricultural use by purchasing and accepting donations of agricultural conservation easements

Food & Nutrition
4
The Community Action Agency of Western Connecticut Inc

The community action agency of western connecticut is a private non-profit corporation serving western connecticut. its primary purpose is to operate a multi-purpose organization to combat poverty and promote self sufficiency among low…

Community Improvement
5
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
6
Connecticut Public Broadcasting Inc

Connecticut public broadcasting, inc. will inform, educate and inspire the people of connecticut, connecting and empowering the people of ct through outstanding journalism, storytelling, education and experiences, to make our state a more…

Arts & Culture
7
The Connecticut Project Inc

The connecticut project, a 501c3 organization, brings together people, ideas, and resources to build opportunity.

Community Improvement
8
Connecticut Court Appointed Special Advocates Inc

Empower a statewide network of caring, consistent volunteer court appointed special advocates to advance the best interests of children who have experienced abuse or neglect so every child can find a safe, permanent home to thrive.

Crime & Legal
9
Community Health Services Inc

To provide medical services for the residents of the greater hartford connecticut area. to provide quality health care services to low and moderate income individuals in the greater hartford connecticut area regardless of ability to pay.

Health
10
Connecticut Association for Community Action Inc

The mission of the connecticut association for community action is to strengthen the capacities of its members to empower people in need and improve the communities in which they live.

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11
The Hartford Chamber of Commerce Incorporated

To compete aggressively and successfully for jobs, talent and capital.

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12
Connecticut Citizen Action Group Inc

We encourage Connecticut residents to participate in government and their communities and we conduct public interest lobbying to advocate for consumer and environmental concerns.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way Inc United Way of Cent & Ne Connecticut; the most unlike its peers is Artfarm. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

70 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 70 of the 123 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
15
Early backer (in before they grew)
65/70
Grantees still filing
40/70
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Connecticut Network for Children: $260,000 · OtherConnecticut Network for ChildrenConnecticut Council for Philanthrop: $260,000 · OtherConnecticut Council for PhilanthropUnited Way of Central Northeast Reg: $250,000 · OtherUnited Way of Central Northeast RegCONNECTICUT NETWORK FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH INC: $243,000 · OtherCONNECTICUT NETWORK FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH INCCAMP COURANT INC: $242,569 · OtherCAMP COURANT INCYOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF NEW BRITAIN INC: $225,300 · OtherYOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF NEW BRITAIN INCSchool District of New Britain: $145,350 · OtherPRO BONO PARTNERSHIP INC: $145,000 · OtherCONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT OF NEW BRITIAN: $141,000 · OtherCons School District of New Britain: $127,000 · OtherRECenter: $125,000 · OtherCTDATA COLLABORATIVE: $125,000 · Other+67 more: $1,402,572 · Other+67 moreREAD TO GROW INC: $197,000 · EducationREAD TO GROW…JUMPSTART FOR YOUNG CHILDREN INC: $155,000 · EducationJUMPSTART FO…LITERACY VOLUNTEERS OF CENTRAL CONNECTICUT INC: $149,000 · EducationLITERACY VOL…HARTFORD PARENT UNIVERSITY: $108,000 · EducationHARTFORD PAR…Teach for America Inc: $50,000 · EducationTeach for Am…ACHIEVE HARTFORD INC: $50,000 · EducationACHIEVE HART…+9 more: $68,100 · Education+9 moreMiddlesex United Way Inc: $250,000 · PhilanthropyMiddlesex …CONNECTICUT COUNCIL FOR PHILANTHROPY: $245,000 · PhilanthropyCONNECTICU…HARTFORD FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC GIVING: $60,000 · PhilanthropyHARTFORD F…UNITED WAY INC UNITED WAY OF CENT & NE CONNECTICUT: $50,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY…+2 more: $5,500 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY HEALTH RESOURCES INC: $433,100 · HealthMIDDLESEX HOSPITAL: $82,000 · Health+2 more: $5,500 · HealthHARTFORD PERFORMS INC: $342,500 · Youth DevelopmentCOMPASS YOUTH COLLABORATIVE: $139,000 · Youth Development+2 more: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentODDFELLOWS PLAYHOUSE: $238,000 · Arts & CultureCONNECTICUT RADIO INFORMATION SYSTEM INC: $105,000 · Arts & CultureCHARTER OAK TEMPLE RESTORATION ASSOC D/B/A CHARTER OAK CULTURAL CENTER: $20,000 · Arts & Culture+5 more: $25,000 · Arts & CultureTHE VILLAGE FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN: $165,000 · Human ServicesPRUDENCE CRANDALL CENTER INC: $160,000 · Human Services+5 more: $25,000 · Human Services
Other$3,691,791Education$777,100Philanthropy$610,500Health$520,600Youth Development$491,500Arts & Culture$388,000Human Services$350,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

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 budgetHARTFORD FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC GIVING: $60,000 over 1y, 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 budget
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 COMMUNITY HEALTH RESOURCES INC ↗
  • Who funds HARTFORD PERFORMS INC ↗
  • Who funds Middlesex United Way Inc ↗
  • Who funds CONNECTICUT COUNCIL FOR PHILANTHROPY ↗
  • Who funds CONNECTICUT NETWORK FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH INC ↗
  • Who funds CAMP COURANT INC ↗
  • Who funds ODDFELLOWS PLAYHOUSE ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF NEW BRITAIN INC ↗
  • Who funds READ TO GROW INC ↗
  • Who funds THE VILLAGE FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds PRUDENCE CRANDALL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds JUMPSTART FOR YOUNG CHILDREN INC ↗
  • Who funds LITERACY VOLUNTEERS OF CENTRAL CONNECTICUT INC ↗
  • Who funds PRO BONO PARTNERSHIP INC ↗
  • Who funds COMPASS YOUTH COLLABORATIVE ↗
  • Who funds CTDATA COLLABORATIVE ↗
  • Who funds HARTFORD PARENT UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds CONNECTICUT RADIO INFORMATION SYSTEM INC ↗
  • Who funds MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL ↗
  • Who funds THE BRIDGE FAMILY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH AFFILIATES INC ↗
  • Who funds HARTFORD FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC GIVING ↗
  • Who funds Teach for America Inc ↗
  • Who funds ACHIEVE HARTFORD 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.

Hartford Foundation f…J Walton Bissell Foun…Farmington Bank Commu…United Way Inc United…William Caspar Graust…Liberty Bank Foundati…The Betty Knox Founda…The William and Alice…The Maximilian E and …Aetna Foundation IncAmerican Savings Foun…Sbm Charitable Founda…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Fund for Greater Hartford Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Fund for Greater Hartford Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 100%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 24%
  • Ascend Mentoring: 100% of income from government
  • Community Mental Health Affiliates Inc: 96% of income from government
  • Harc Inc: 92% of income from government
  • Connecticut Council of Family Service Agencies Inc: 86% of income from government
  • Community Health Resources Inc: 79% of income from government
  • The Legacy Foundation of Hartford: 77% of income from government
  • Unashamed Inc: 75% of income from government
  • Connecticut Network for Children and Youth Inc: 70% of income from government
  • The Bridge Family Center Inc: 61% of income from government
  • The Village for Families and Children: 50% of income from government
  • New Britain Roots Inc: 46% of income from government
  • Real Art Ways Inc: 38% of income from government
  • Ctdata Collaborative: 35% of income from government
  • American School at Hartford for the Deaf: 32% of income from government
  • Prudence Crandall Center Inc: 30% of income from government
  • My Sisters' Place Inc: 26% of income from government
  • Greater Hartford Arts Council Inc: 24% of income from government
  • Connecticut Council for Philanthropy: 24% of income from government
  • The Mark Twain Memorial: 22% of income from government
  • Hands On Hartford Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Lawyers for Children America Inc: 19% of income from government
  • The Amistad Center for Art & Culture Inc: 18% of income from government
  • Third Sector Capital Partners Inc: 16% of income from government
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Connecticut Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Connecticut Science Center Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Goodwin University Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Compass Youth Collaborative: 13% of income from government
  • Planned Parenthood of Southern New England Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Community First School Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Sea Research Foundation Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Ywca Hartford Region Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Hartford Performs Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Watkinson School: 2% of income from government
  • Riverfront Recapture Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Middlesex Hospital: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
10get no government money at all
14report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
9rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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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