Connecticut · Private foundation
The Littman Family 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.
- $27k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 42
- Grants FY2025
- 39
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $420
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $3,826
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 39
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $174k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations The Littman Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 | 41 | $26k | 24% |
| FY2024 | 39 | $23k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 32 | $17k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 31 | $17k | 29% |
| FY2021 | 32 | $27k | 38% |
| FY2020 | 28 | $16k | 39% |
| FY2019 | 21 | $13k | 43% |
| FY2018 | 18 | $15k | 39% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waterbury Symphony Orchestra Inc | $14,074 | 9 | 0% |
| Bantam Cinema & Arts Center Inc | $11,660 | 5 | 3% |
| Oliver Wolcott Library Inc | $9,900 | 9 | 0% |
| The United Way of Greater Waterbury Inc | $7,125 | 7 | 0% |
| Mattatuck Historical Society | $6,826 | 9 | 0% |
| The Taft School Corporation | $6,280 | 6 | 0% |
| Washington Montessori Association Inc | $5,826 | 2 | 0% |
| Prime Time House Inc | $4,850 | 6 | 0% |
| Gaylord Hospital INC | $3,700 | 2 | 0% |
| Bethlehem Land Trust Inc | $3,652 | 8 | 1% |
Show all 54 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 55 recipients with no EIN on record ($68k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Littman Family Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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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: The Connecticut Community Foundation · Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation Inc · Seherr-Thoss Charitable Trust · Northwest Community Bank Foundation Inc · Thomaston Savings Bank Foundation Inc · Eversource Energy Foundation Inc · McFadden Family Foundation · H & L Family Foundation Inc · The Kestrel Foundation · Ion Bank Foundation Inc · Connecticut Humanities Council Inc · Francis J and Louisa J Oneglia Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About The Littman Family Foundation Inc
- How much does The Littman Family Foundation Inc give?
- The Littman Family Foundation Inc reported 42 grants totaling $26,945 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 39 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Littman Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (28%), Philanthropy (12%), Religion (11%).
- Who are The Littman Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Waterbury Symphony Orchestra Inc ($14k), Bantam Cinema & Arts Center Inc ($12k), Oliver Wolcott Library Inc ($10k).
- Does The Littman Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Littman Family 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 Littman Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Connecticut Community Foundation, Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation Inc, Seherr-Thoss Charitable Trust.
- Where is The Littman Family Foundation Inc based?
- The Littman Family Foundation Inc is based in CT.
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