· Private foundation
The Hunter Grubb Foundation Inc
Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2020
- Under $10k5 grants · $26k
- $10k–50k14 grants · $140k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| YELLOW FARMHOUSE EDUCATION CENTER | $10,000 |
| SUSTAINABLE MARKETS FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| HARTFORD FOOD SYSTEM | $10,000 |
| EQUITY TRUST | $10,000 |
| GATHER NEW HAVEN - PREV NEW HAVEN FARMS | $10,000 |
| CONNECTICUT FARMLAND TRUST | $10,000 |
| GLYNWOOD | $10,000 |
| CARROT PROJECT | $10,000 |
| RACHEL'S NETWORKINC | $10,000 |
| GREEN WAVE | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| PERRENNIAL FARMING INITIATIVE | $10,000 |
| CITYSEED | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| CONNECTICUT COLLEGE | $6,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–20) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 94% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
18 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2020, 3 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- GOGREENWAVE ORGANIZATION CORP4× · 2017–2020 · $40k · revenue ×16
- CSCITY SEED INC4× · 2017–2020 · $40k · revenue +349%
THIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND INC4× · 2017–2020 · $30k · revenue +44%
Funded once
- GNGATHER NEW HAVEN - PREV NEW HAVEN FARMSone grant, 2020 · $10k
- ZFZERO FOODPRINTgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +362%
- SMSUSTAINABLE MARKETS FOUNDATIONgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +104%
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.
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.
EFIs mission is to transform the produce industry and the lives of farmworkers by facilitating collaboration among workers, agricultural employers, retail buyers and consumer advocates.
Our mission is to educate, organize and advocate for food and farming systems to become economically prosperous, ecologically sound and socially equitable.
Sprout city farms collaborates with communities to pursue food justice by cultivating innovative, restorative, and educational farms. sprout city farms envisions a thriving and equitable food system supported by a network of farms and…
A Greener World empowers sustainable solutions in agriculture, promoting and supporting real-life farming models to the public and offering farmers and ranchers practical guidance, resources and support on achieving truly sustainable…
Field & fork network connects communities to innovative solutions that foster a sustainable food system. the 4 areas of focus include: food access, agriculture economic development, youth development and healthy neighborhoods.
Accelerate the transformation to a healthy, sustainable and equitable food system.
Green city market is securing the future of food by deepening support for sustainable farmers, educating our community, and expanding access to locally-grown food.
As a learning center, the organic farm school trains new farmers to develop and manage farms focused on ecological, economic and social regeneration - simultaneously offerring opportunities for our community and others to learn about their…
DC Greens advances health equity by building a just and resilient food system.
Food alliance works at the juncture of science, business and values to define and promote sustainability in agriculture and the food industry, and to ensure safe and fair working conditions, humane treatment of animals, and careful…
Oregon agricultural trust partners with farmers and ranchers to protect agricultural lands for the benefit of oregons economy, communities, and landscapes.
New Roots Institute is a nonprofit empowering the next generation with knowledge and training to end factory farming.
How this is measured
14 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 14 of the 23 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 GREENWAVE ORGANIZATION CORP ↗
- Who funds CITY SEED INC ↗
- Who funds HARTFORD FOOD SYSTEM INC ↗
- Who funds THIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND INC ↗
- Who funds CONNECTICUT COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds Connecticut Farmland Trust Inc ↗
- Who funds GLYNWOOD CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds EQUITY TRUST INC ↗
- Who funds PARTAKERS INC ↗
- Who funds YELLOW FARMHOUSE EDUCATION CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds NATUREBRIDGE ↗
- Who funds ZERO FOODPRINT ↗
- Who funds SUSTAINABLE MARKETS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY ↗
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: The Martha and Hunter Grubb Foundation Inc · The Robert Stern Family Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Hunter Grubb Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Hunter Grubb Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- City Seed Inc: 87% of income from government
- Partakers Inc: 59% of income from government
- Brandeis University: 9% of income from government
- Connecticut Farmland Trust Inc: 7% of income from government
- Yellow Farmhouse Education Center Inc: 5% of income from government
- Third Sector New England Inc: 3% of income from government
- Connecticut College: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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