Connecticut · Private foundation
The Griffis Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $6k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,200
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $4,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 23
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.7M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations The Griffis Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 76% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 3 | $6k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $12k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $441k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 23 | $111k | 52% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $89k | 53% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $66k | 54% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $45k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 20 | $34k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Guatemalan-Maya Center Inc | $50,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Angelman Syndrome Foundation Inc | $37,810 | 6 | 1% |
| International Society of Human Unity | $30,000 | 2 | 11% |
| Institute of Nautical Archaeology | $25,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Soteria Innovative Solutions | $20,560 | 2 | 5% |
| Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation Inc | $18,250 | 6 | 2% |
| Hygienic Art Inc | $16,000 | 3 | 3% |
| American Foundation for Suicide Prevention | $12,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The New London Community Meal Center Inc | $11,075 | 2 | 2% |
| Lyman Allyn Art Museum Inc | $10,300 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 40 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($461k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Griffis Foundation Inc 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: Chelsea Groton Foundation · The Edward and Mary Lord Foundation · Dime Bank Foundation Inc · Kitchings Family Foundation · The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut Inc · Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties Inc · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good
How this is measured
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About The Griffis Foundation Inc
- How much does The Griffis Foundation Inc give?
- The Griffis Foundation Inc reported 3 grants totaling $5,950 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 23 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Griffis Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Civil Rights (53%), Health (9%), Arts & Culture (8%).
- Who are The Griffis Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Guatemalan-Maya Center Inc ($50k), Angelman Syndrome Foundation Inc ($38k), International Society of Human Unity ($30k).
- Does The Griffis Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Griffis Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Griffis Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Chelsea Groton Foundation, The Edward and Mary Lord Foundation, Dime Bank Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Griffis Foundation Inc based?
- The Griffis Foundation Inc is based in CT.
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