Connecticut · Public charity
The Hometown Foundation Inc
The hometown foundation, inc. Is a non-profit charitable organization dedicated to 5 pillars of charitable focus. Our foundation's year-round programs and initiatives are centered around animal welfare, emergency response personnel, individuals with intellectual disabilities or in need, major illness and the military.
- $3.9M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 34
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 36
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 58%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $2.1M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $665,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 36
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 13
- Total assets, FY2025
- $12M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 58% of the organizations The Hometown Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $143k 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 | 34 | $2.1M | 56% |
| FY2024 | 36 | $1.3M | 58% |
| FY2023 | 22 | $1.3M | 64% |
| FY2022 | 26 | $1.2M | 69% |
| FY2021 | 25 | $1.1M | 36% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $1.0M | 44% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $1.2M | 37% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $1.2M | 33% |
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Special Olympics Inc | $6,678,303 | 9 | 1% |
| Big Dog Ranch Rescue Inc | $1,147,923 | 7 | 2% |
| Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office | $365,608 | 3 | n/a |
| Connecticut Children's Foundation Inc | $323,000 | 7 | 0% |
| 50 Legs in 50 Days Inc | $308,653 | 3 | 14% |
| Best Buddies International Inc | $294,500 | 5 | 0% |
| The Cheshire Academy | $161,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Stetson University Inc | $110,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Audrain Automobile Museum Inc | $105,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 112 grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($73k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Hometown Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 71 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: Center for Technology and Civic Life · Hartford Foundation for Public Giving · Amplify Inc · Capital Area Substance Abuse Council Inc · Community Foundation of Greater New Britain · Ion Bank Foundation Inc · Connecticut Humanities Council Inc · Arbella Insurance Foundation · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · Aetna Foundation Inc · For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) · Chubb Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Hometown Foundation Inc
- How much does The Hometown Foundation Inc give?
- The Hometown Foundation Inc reported 34 itemized grants totaling $2,138,540, out of $3,913,861 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 36 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Hometown Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (70%), Health (8%), Animals (8%).
- Who are The Hometown Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Special Olympics Inc ($6.7M), Big Dog Ranch Rescue Inc ($1.1M), Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office ($366k).
- Does The Hometown Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 58% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Hometown Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Center for Technology and Civic Life, Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, Amplify Inc.
- Where is The Hometown Foundation Inc based?
- The Hometown Foundation Inc is based in CT.
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