Connecticut · Private foundation
The Kaman Foundation 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.
- $614k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2025
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 21
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $8.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 43% of the organizations The Kaman Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 30% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $229k 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 | 19 | $614k | 16% |
| FY2024 | 21 | $758k | 43% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $652k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $798k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $714k | 22% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $679k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Park Conservancy Inc | $600,000 | 6 | 9% |
| Outpost Productions Inc | $500,000 | 6 | 15% |
| Austin Classical Guitar Society | $300,000 | 5 | 8% |
| University of Hartford | $290,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Connecticut Draft Horse Rescue Inc | $249,417 | 3 | 30% |
| Hartford Public Library | $218,150 | 6 | 0% |
| Connecticut Aeronautical Historical Association Inc | $150,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation Inc | $145,000 | 5 | 1% |
| American Youth Symphony Inc | $105,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Santa Fe Music Collective Inc | $105,000 | 4 | 84% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Park Conservancy Inc | $600,000 | 6 | 9% |
| Outpost Productions Inc | $500,000 | 6 | 15% |
| Austin Classical Guitar Society | $300,000 | 5 | 8% |
| University of Hartford | $290,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Connecticut Draft Horse Rescue Inc | $249,417 | 3 | 30% |
| Hartford Public Library | $218,150 | 6 | 0% |
| Connecticut Aeronautical Historical Association Inc | $150,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation Inc | $145,000 | 5 | 1% |
| American Youth Symphony Inc | $105,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Santa Fe Music Collective Inc | $105,000 | 4 | 84% |
| Overland Mountain Bike Association | $98,750 | 5 | 13% |
| Dripping Springs Visitors Bureau | $85,000 | 4 | 15% |
| SoLA Contemporary | $60,000 | 2 | 26% |
| Art Division | $50,000 | 2 | 3% |
| University of Saint Joseph | $30,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Grace Academy | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Fernandina Songwriters Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 17% |
| Connecticut Science Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Martin Guitar Charitable Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Boston Trinity Academy Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New England Center for Circus Arts Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Create Now Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Camp Courant Inc | $1,200 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Kaman Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 22 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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.
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How this is measured
About The Kaman Foundation Inc
- How much does The Kaman Foundation Inc give?
- The Kaman Foundation Inc reported 19 grants totaling $614,128 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 21 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Kaman Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (34%), Recreation & Sports (17%), Education (17%).
- Who are The Kaman Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Elizabeth Park Conservancy Inc ($600k), Outpost Productions Inc ($500k), Austin Classical Guitar Society ($300k).
- Does The Kaman Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Kaman Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Kaman Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The William and Alice Mortensen Foundation, Aetna Foundation Inc, Farmington Bank Community Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Kaman Foundation Inc based?
- The Kaman Foundation Inc is based in CT.
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