Connecticut · Public charity
The Near and Far Association Inc
The near & far aid association, inc., an all-volunteer fundraising and fund granting organization, is dedicated to eliminating the causes and effects of poverty in fairfield county. It accomplishes its mission by finding and funding programs that provide life's most basic necessities, as well as those that seek to achieve lasting change.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 87
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 82
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 6%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $1.1M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 52 to 109
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.8M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 6% of the organizations The Near and Far Association Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $43k 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 | 87 | $1.1M | 37% |
| FY2024 | 82 | $964k | 6% |
| FY2023 | 81 | $908k | 5% |
| FY2022 | 76 | $859k | 8% |
| FY2021 | 108 | $1.0M | 12% |
| FY2019 | 109 | $1.1M | 30% |
| FY2018 | 81 | $1.0M | 57% |
| FY2017 | 52 | $670k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Open Door Shelter Inc | $195,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Person to Person Inc | $184,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Mercy Learning Center of Bridgeport Inc | $182,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Operation Hope of Fairfield Inc | $177,500 | 8 | 1% |
| Inspirica Inc | $175,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Center for Family Justice Inc | $172,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Caroline House Inc | $157,000 | 7 | 6% |
| Bridgeport Rescue Mission Inc | $120,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Domestic Violence Crisis Center | $119,500 | 7 | 1% |
| McGivney Community Center Inc | $105,000 | 7 | 3% |
Show all 119 grantees
Plus 72 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Near and Far Association Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 117 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.
Open a dossier: Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · Peoples United Community Foundation · The Inner-City Foundation for Charity & Education Inc · New Canaan Community Foundation Inc · The Scripps Family Fund for Education and the Arts · The Pitney Bowes Foundation · William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund · Young Mens Christian Association of Westport/Weston Ct Inc · Impact 100 Fairfield County · Ernest and Joan Trefz Foundation · The Tudor Foundation Inc · Savings Bank of Danbury Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About The Near and Far Association Inc
- How much does The Near and Far Association Inc give?
- The Near and Far Association Inc reported 87 itemized grants totaling $1,051,500, out of $1,188,500 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 52 and 109 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does The Near and Far Association Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (25%), Education (22%), Housing & Shelter (14%).
- Who are The Near and Far Association Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Open Door Shelter Inc ($195k), Person to Person Inc ($185k), Mercy Learning Center of Bridgeport Inc ($182k).
- Does The Near and Far Association Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Near and Far Association Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc, Peoples United Community Foundation, The Inner-City Foundation for Charity & Education Inc.
- Where is The Near and Far Association Inc based?
- The Near and Far Association Inc is based in CT.
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