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The Littman Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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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 FY2025still arriving
42
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$4k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0182% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$42kPhilanthropy$18kReligion$17kEducation$16kHealth$10kEnvironment$6kHuman Services$6kEmployment$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 42 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$420
Median grant
7
States reached
$174k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WASHINGTON MONTESSORI SCHOOL$3,826
OLIVER WOLCOTT LIBRARY$2,035
Individual grant recipient$2,000
THE TAFT SCHOOL$1,890
B'NAI ISRAEL$1,775
WATERBURY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$1,538
NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO$1,250
CONNECTICUT COLLEGE$1,000
OSWIT LAND TRUST$1,000
UNITED WAY OF GREATER WATERBURY$1,000
CONNECTICUT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$1,000
LITCHFIELD HISTORIC SOCIETY$910
LITCHFIELD COMMUNITY CENTER$750
WIKIMEDIA$750
PRIME TIME HOUSE$701
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 2% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%THE CHILDREN'S MUSIC FUND: $100 → 14%SUSAN B ANTHONY PROJECT: $350 → 9%SUSAN B ANTHONY PROJECT: $150 → 9%SUSAN B ANTHONY PROJECT: $100 → 9%SUSAN B ANTHONY PROJECT: $100 → 9%SUSAN B ANTHONY PROJECT: $100 → 9%CARING FOR BETHLEHEM: $1k → 9%CARING FOR BETHLEHEM: $1k → 9%CARING FOR BETHLEHEM: $850 → 9%CARING FOR BETHLEHEM: $500 → 9%CARING FOR BETHLEHEM: $250 → 9%LITCHFIELD COMMUNITY CENTER: $750 → 9%NWCT ADULT DAY CENTER: $500 → 9%NWCT ADULT DAY CENTER: $355 → 9%LITCHFIELD COMMUNITY CENTER: $250 → 9%LITCHFIELD COMMUNITY CENTER: $85 → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
MA
CT
CA
KS
DC
AL
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$152k · 54 repeat orgs$19k to everyone else

54 repeat relationships: 31 still active in FY2025, 23 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

54
45

Total granted

$152k
$15k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+66%

Still filing today

46%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesHealthCrime & LegalEnvironmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • WS
    WATERBURY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $14k · revenue +3%
  • BC
    BANTAM CINEMA & ARTS CENTER INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $12k · revenue +10%
  • OW
    OLIVER WOLCOTT LIBRARY INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $10k · revenue +49%

Funded once

  • KP
    KENT PRESENTS INC
    one grant, 2018 · $3k
  • SP
    SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC
    one grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue +10%
  • SANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $1k · revenue +20%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
University of New Haven

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…

Education
2
Connecticut Association of Realtors Inc

Provide education and legal information, conferences and special activities; public relations, legislative efforts and lobbying for members.

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3
Connecticut Public Broadcasting Inc

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…

Arts & Culture
4
Connecticut Aeronautical Historical Association Inc

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…

Arts & Culture
5
Saint Anselm College

Saint anselm is a catholic, benedictine college providing all of its students a distinctive liberal arts education that incorporates opportunities for professional and career preparation. it does so in a learning community that encourages…

Education
6
Florence Griswold Museum Inc

The florence griswold museum seeks to promote a greater understanding of connecticut's contribution to american art and history through public exhibitions and educational programs.

Arts & Culture
7
The Landmark Society of Western New York Inc

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…

Arts & Culture
8
Wheaton College

Wheaton college provides a transformative liberal arts education, combining theory and practice, for intellectually curious students within a collaborative and vibrant extended community and network that values and strives to create an…

Education
9
Wamc

Wamc is chartered by the new york state board of regents to "furnish, prepare and present non-profit and non-commercial educational, instructional and cultural radio programs and also non-profit and non-commercial programs (wamc's mission…

Arts & Culture
10
Mitchell College

Mitchell college educates students through a highly individualized educational approach that brings forward each student's potential, reveals their strengths, and fosters personal growth.

Education
11
Connecticut Brain Tumor Alliance Inc

This entity is dedicated to providing hope and support for brain tumor patients and caregivers, while advancing public awareness of brain tumors, quality of care, and brain tumor research.

Health
12
Wilton Land Conservation Trust

Protecting, enhancing and conserving open spaces encompassing meadows, woodlands, wetlands, and waterways in the town of wilton ct.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Oliver Wolcott Library Inc; the most unlike its peers is Ripley Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

53 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. 53 of the 111 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
52/53
Grantees still filing
43/53
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

B'NAI ISRAEL: $17,105 · OtherB'NAI ISRAELIndividual grant recipient: $12,436 · OtherIndividual grant recipientBANTAM CINEMA & ARTS CENTER INC: $11,660 · OtherBANTAM CINEMA & ARTS CENTER INCTHE UNITED WAY OF GREATER WATERBURY INC: $7,125 · OtherTHE UNITED WAY OF GREATER WATERBURY INCGAYLORD SPECIALTY HEALTHCARE: $4,175 · OtherJEWISH FEDERATION OF WESTERN CONNECTICUT: $4,000 · OtherBETHLEHEM LAND TRUST INC: $3,652 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $3,450 · Other+72 more: $37,539 · Other+72 moreWATERBURY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $14,074 · Arts & CultureWATERBURY SYMPHONY…MATTATUCK HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $6,826 · Arts & CultureMATTATUCK HISTORIC…FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: $3,500 · Arts & CultureFIELD MUSEUM OF NA…NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC: $1,250 · Arts & CultureWASHINGTON ART ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED: $1,125 · Arts & CultureLITCHFIELD PERFORMING ARTS INC: $1,097 · Arts & Culture+5 more: $1,066 · Arts & CultureOLIVER WOLCOTT LIBRARY INC: $9,900 · EducationOLIVER WOLCOTT …THE TAFT SCHOOL CORPORATION: $6,280 · EducationTHE TAFT SCHOOL…WASHINGTON MONTESSORI ASSOCIATION INC: $5,826 · EducationWASHINGTON MONT…CONNECTICUT COLLEGE: $1,800 · EducationCONNECTICUT COL…+3 more: $948 · EducationCARING FOR BETHLEHEM INC: $3,600 · Human ServicesLITCHFIELD COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $1,085 · Human ServicesNWCT ADULT DAY CENTER INC: $855 · Human ServicesSUSAN B ANTHONY PROJECT INC: $800 · Human Services+1 more: $100 · Human ServicesPRIME TIME HOUSE INC: $4,850 · EmploymentUPWARDLY GLOBAL: $900 · EmploymentTHE CONNECTICUT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5,380 · Philanthropy+1 more: $125 · PhilanthropyGaylord Hospital INC: $3,700 · HealthMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $300 · Health+2 more: $150 · Health
Other$101,142Arts & Culture$28,938Education$24,754Human Services$6,440Employment$5,750Philanthropy$5,505Health$4,150

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWATERBURY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $14,074 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetBANTAM CINEMA & ARTS CENTER INC: $11,660 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetOLIVER WOLCOTT LIBRARY INC: $9,900 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetTHE UNITED WAY OF GREATER WATERBURY INC: $7,125 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMATTATUCK HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $6,826 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TAFT SCHOOL CORPORATION: $6,280 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON MONTESSORI ASSOCIATION INC: $5,826 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CONNECTICUT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5,380 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetPRIME TIME HOUSE INC: $4,850 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetGaylord Hospital INC: $3,700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBETHLEHEM LAND TRUST INC: $3,652 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetCARING FOR BETHLEHEM INC: $3,600 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetFIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: $3,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetKENT PRESENTS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCONNECTICUT COLLEGE: $1,800 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSAVE OSWIT CANYON INC: $1,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRIPLEY INC: $1,125 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON ART ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED: $1,125 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetLITCHFIELD PERFORMING ARTS INC: $1,097 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLITCHFIELD COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $1,085 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUPWARDLY GLOBAL: $900 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNWCT ADULT DAY CENTER INC: $855 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSUSAN B ANTHONY PROJECT INC: $800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetYale University: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON FRIENDS OF MUSIC INC: $280 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCONNECTICUT JUNIOR REPUBLIC ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOUSATONIC VALLEY ASSOCIATION INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONVERSATIONS ON THE GREENINC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LEGAL AID SOCIETY: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJANE DOE NO MORE INCORPORATED: $242 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $220 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL YIDDISH BOOK CENTER INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERS FOR SUSTAINABLE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES INC: $198 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSTAMFORD CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $177 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLITCHFIELD LAND TRUST INC: $175 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHASE COLLEGIATE SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $125 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ANTIQUARIAN & LANDMARKS SOCIETY INC: $109 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDRENS MUSIC FUND: $100 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLA FIESTA DE LAS SEIS BANDERAS INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHBURY AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLITCHFIELD HEALTH AND WELLNESS RESOURCES INC: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Frick Collection: $75 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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 WATERBURY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC ↗
  • Who funds BANTAM CINEMA & ARTS CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds OLIVER WOLCOTT LIBRARY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE UNITED WAY OF GREATER WATERBURY INC ↗
  • Who funds MATTATUCK HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds THE TAFT SCHOOL CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON MONTESSORI ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CONNECTICUT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PRIME TIME HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds Gaylord Hospital INC ↗
  • Who funds BETHLEHEM LAND TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds CARING FOR BETHLEHEM INC ↗
  • Who funds FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY ↗
  • Who funds KENT PRESENTS INC ↗
  • Who funds CONNECTICUT COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds SAVE OSWIT CANYON INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds RIPLEY INC ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON ART ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds LITCHFIELD PERFORMING ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds LITCHFIELD COMMUNITY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds SANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UPWARDLY GLOBAL ↗
  • Who funds NWCT ADULT DAY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds SUSAN B ANTHONY PROJECT 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.

The Connecticut Commu…Northwest Connecticut…Seherr-Thoss Charitab…Northwest Community B…Thomaston Savings Ban…Eversource Energy Fou…McFadden Family Found…H & L Family Foundati…The Kestrel FoundationIon Bank Foundation I…Connecticut Humanitie…Francis J and Louisa …
The Connecticut Community FoundationCT54.7× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Littman Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Littman Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 140%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Partners for Sustainable Healthy Communities Inc: 68% of income from government
  • Prime Time House Inc: 50% of income from government
  • Housatonic Valley Association Inc: 38% of income from government
  • Stamford Center for the Arts Inc: 18% of income from government
  • Yale University: 12% of income from government
  • The United Way of Greater Waterbury Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Gaylord Hospital Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Litchfield Performing Arts Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Washington Friends of Music Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Washington Art Association Incorporated: 2% of income from government
  • National Yiddish Book Center Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Waterbury Symphony Orchestra Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Bantam Cinema & Arts Center Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Sandy Hook Promise Foundation: 0% of income from government
  • Connecticut College: 0% of income from government
  • Susan B Anthony Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
14get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 111 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home