Connecticut · Public charity
The Guilford Foundation Inc
To enrich the quality of life in our community by connecting people who care with causes that matter, now and for generations to come.
- $939k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 30
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 41%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $675k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $17,300
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $75,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 17
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $8.5M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 41% of the organizations The Guilford Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 38% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $237k 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 | 30 | $675k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $629k | 41% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $132k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $183k | 80% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $46k | 60% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $48k | 80% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $33k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women & Family Life Center Inc | $215,800 | 7 | 11% |
| Guilford Free Public Library Asso Inc | $138,071 | 4 | 15% |
| The Guilford Art Center Inc | $110,200 | 4 | 8% |
| Guilford Agricultural Society Inc Guilford Agricultural Society Inc | $80,400 | 4 | 11% |
| Ethan Miller Song Foundation Inc | $80,000 | 2 | 88% |
| The Connecticut Hospice Inc | $80,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Guilford Interfaith Ministries Inc Dba Guilford Interfaith Volunteers | $75,000 | 1 | 18% |
| Guilford Center For Children Inc | $72,380 | 4 | 2% |
| The Community Nursery School Inc | $62,000 | 3 | 17% |
| Guilford Fund for Education Inc | $55,000 | 1 | 62% |
Show all 48 grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($71k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Guilford Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 9 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 37 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: Joe & Cindy Goldberg Family Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven · Eder Family Foundation Inc · Newalliance Foundation Inc · Branford Community Foundation · Connecticut Humanities Council Inc · The Stoddard Family Foundation · MFUND Inc · Seedlings Foundation · The David W Knapp Charitable Foundation · The Echlin Foundation · United Way of Greater New Haven Inc
How this is measured
About The Guilford Foundation Inc
- How much does The Guilford Foundation Inc give?
- The Guilford Foundation Inc reported 30 itemized grants totaling $675,129, out of $938,527 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 17 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does The Guilford Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (26%), Education (25%), Human Services (21%).
- Who are The Guilford Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Women & Family Life Center Inc ($216k), Guilford Free Public Library Asso Inc ($138k), The Guilford Art Center Inc ($110k).
- Does The Guilford Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 41% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Guilford Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Joe & Cindy Goldberg Family Foundation Inc, The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, Eder Family Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Guilford Foundation Inc based?
- The Guilford Foundation Inc is based in CT.
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