· Private foundation
The Kestrel Foundation
Its FY2024 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 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k40 grants · $83k
- $10k–50k15 grants · $219k
- $250k+1 grant · $665k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CLOUDBREAK INC | $665,000 |
| NORTHWEST CT LAND CONCERVANCY | $42,000 |
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS | $20,000 |
| UNHCR | $20,000 |
| ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND | $20,000 |
| STEEP ROCK ASSOCIATION | $15,000 |
| WASHINGTON PARK FOUNDATION | $12,000 |
| WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FUND | $10,000 |
| AFTER SCHOOL ARTS PROGRAM | $10,000 |
| LAKE WARAMAUG TASK FORCE INC | $10,000 |
| STORM KING ART CENTER | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| JERICHO PROJECT | $10,000 |
| PILOBOLUS | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $118k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 8% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +61% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.
82 repeat relationships: 47 still active in FY2024, 35 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 30% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $676k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- JPJERICHO PROJECT8× · 2017–2024 · $330k · revenue +350%
- TFTHE FREDERICK GUNN SCHOOL INC7× · 2017–2023 · $323k · revenue +72%
- WAWASHINGTON AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION INC8× · 2017–2024 · $271k · revenue +168%
Funded once
- BJBEEHOUSE JUSTICE INITIATIVE INCone grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue -80% · 100% of their budget
- SKSOUTH KENT SCHOOL CORPORATIONgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $53k · revenue +39%
- TTTHE TAFT SCHOOL CORPORATIONgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $50k · revenue +94%
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.
The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…
Dutchess land conservancy (dlc) is dedicated to preserving the scenic, agricultural and environmental resources of dutchess county, new york, and the surrounding area. dlc, as a private non-profit land conservation organization, carries…
Connecticut public broadcasting, inc. will inform, educate and inspire the people of connecticut, connecting and empowering the people of ct through outstanding journalism, storytelling, education and experiences, to make our state a more…
The wildlands trust works throughout southeastern massachusetts to conserve and permanently protect native habitats, farmland, and lands of high ecologic and scenic value that serve to keep our communities healthy and our residents…
Protect Connecticuts farmland for agricultural use by purchasing and accepting donations of agricultural conservation easements
The greenwich tree conservancy is open to all interested citizens, governed by a board and advised by an advisory board. it was created to preserve and enhance the tree and forest resources of greenwich, ct to benefit the community, its…
To educate the community as to the significance of their architectural and historic heritage through the preservation, protection, improvement, and restoration of sites and buildings in western new york that are of historic or civic…
The new england air museum's mission is to preserve and present the story of aviation and aerospace, with an emphasis on new england's role, and the genius and inspiration that made it possible. the museum also seeks to inspire young…
The mission of the new canaan land trust is to foster a connection between the new canaan community and its natural resources through the conservation and sustainable stewardship of our open space.
Conserving the land. connecting the community. greenwich land trust conserves open space, connects our community with the natural world, and inspires the next generation of conservationists. the land trust permanently protects and cares…
The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.
See schedule onylcvef's mission is to educate, engage and empower new yorkers to be effective advocates on behalf of the environment from clean energy and funding for parks, to solid waste and green buildings. first, we educate new yorkers…
How this is measured
85 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. 85 of the 133 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 UCLA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds JERICHO PROJECT ↗
- Who funds THE FREDERICK GUNN SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds WASHINGTON AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds Western Connecticut Health Network Inc ↗
- Who funds STEEP ROCK ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds STUDIO IN A SCHOOL ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds LAKE WARAMAUG TASK FORCE INC ↗
- Who funds United States Association for UNHCR ↗
- Who funds BEEHOUSE JUSTICE INITIATIVE INC ↗
- Who funds SUSAN B ANTHONY PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds PILOBOLUS INC ↗
- Who funds NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT LAND CONSERVANCY INC ↗
- Who funds WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FUND INC ↗
- Who funds BROWN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Washington Volunteer Fire Dept Inc ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds WASHINGTON MONTESSORI ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds WASHINGTON PARK FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds WASHINGTON ART ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds SOUTH KENT SCHOOL CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds AFTER SCHOOL ARTS PROGRAM INC ↗
- Who funds THE TAFT SCHOOL CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds HOUSATONIC VALLEY ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds KENT LAND TRUST INC ↗
- Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ↗
- Who funds GUNN MEMORIAL LIBRARY INC ↗
- Who funds Save The Children Federation Inc ↗
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 Connecticut Community Foundation · Murray & Susan Haber Charitable Foundation · The Wenden Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Charles & Jane Klein Family Fund · The Ellen Knowles Harcourt Foundation · H & L Family Foundation Inc · Dungannon Foundation Inc · Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation Inc · Fjc · The Stairway Fund · Rene Bloch Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Kestrel Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Kestrel Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Washington Community Housing Trust Inc: 100% of income from government
- Housatonic Valley Association Inc: 38% of income from government
- Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
- Steep Rock Association Inc: 19% of income from government
- Regional Hospice and Home Care of Western Connecticut Inc: 17% of income from government
- Planned Parenthood of Southern New England Inc: 10% of income from government
- Northwest Connecticut Land Conservancy Inc: 9% of income from government
- Connecticut Foodshare Inc: 5% of income from government
- Washington Art Association Incorporated: 2% of income from government
- After School Arts Program Inc: 1% of income from government
- Pilobolus Inc: 1% of income from government
- South Kent School Corporation: 0% of income from government
- Susan B Anthony Project Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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