Connecticut · Private foundation
The Maurice Sendak 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.
- $229k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $125,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 13
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $47M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations The Maurice Sendak Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $152k 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 | 14 | $229k | 79% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $152k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $56k | 62% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $1.1M | 25% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $431k | 64% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $438k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $1k | n/a |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catherine Violet Hubbard Foundation Inc | $250,000 | 2 | 8% |
| New York Foundation for the Arts Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Columbus Museum of Art | $81,500 | 3 | 0% |
| The New 42nd Street Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Corporation of Yaddo | $44,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Land Conservancy of Ridgefield Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 71% |
| After School Arts Program Inc | $12,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Share Our Strength | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Coalition for the Homeless Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Billie Holiday Theatre Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catherine Violet Hubbard Foundation Inc | $250,000 | 2 | 8% |
| New York Foundation for the Arts Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Columbus Museum of Art | $81,500 | 3 | 0% |
| The New 42nd Street Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Corporation of Yaddo | $44,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Land Conservancy of Ridgefield Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 71% |
| After School Arts Program Inc | $12,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Share Our Strength | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Coalition for the Homeless Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Billie Holiday Theatre Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Access Books | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| An Open Book Foundation | $8,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Historic Salem Courthouse Preservation Assocation Inc | $8,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Meet the Writers Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Read to Grow Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Artists Fellowship Inc | $5,825 | 4 | 0% |
| Apnha Place to Nourish Your Health | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Earthplace Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art Inc | $3,752 | 2 | 0% |
| National Coalition Against Censorship Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Freedom Farm Animal Sanctuary | $2,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Ridgefield Historical Society Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Ridgefield Volunteer Fire Dept | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.8M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Maurice Sendak Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 23 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About The Maurice Sendak Foundation Inc
- How much does The Maurice Sendak Foundation Inc give?
- The Maurice Sendak Foundation Inc reported 14 grants totaling $229,393 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does The Maurice Sendak Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Science & Tech (62%), Arts & Culture (14%), Health (10%).
- Who are The Maurice Sendak Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Catherine Violet Hubbard Foundation Inc ($250k), New York Foundation for the Arts Inc ($100k), Columbus Museum of Art ($82k).
- Does The Maurice Sendak Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Maurice Sendak 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 Maurice Sendak Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Pfizer Foundation Inc, American Endowment Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is The Maurice Sendak Foundation Inc based?
- The Maurice Sendak Foundation Inc is based in CT.
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