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The Nutmeg 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.

$676k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
21
Grants FY2025
9
Organizations funded FY2024
11%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$125,000
Organizations funded a year
9 to 18
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
2
Total assets, FY2025
$2.2M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 11% of the organizations The Nutmeg Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesCommunity ImprovementFood & NutritionEducationHousing & ShelterPhilanthropyOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving17$676k24%
FY20249$219k11%
FY202311$139k27%
FY202211$209k18%
FY202112$180k25%
FY202016$201k31%
FY201916$149k44%
FY201818$156k72%
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$504kEmployment$355kEducation$279kCommunity Improvement$245kPhilanthropy$150kHousing & Shelter$120kReligion$88kArts & Culture$74kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 36 grantees
All grantees of The Nutmeg Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Hartford Interval House Inc$203,00052%
Hartford Public Library$184,52840%
Chrysalis Center Inc$172,50041%
Local Initiatives Support Corporation$110,00030%
Capital Workforce Partners Inc$100,00040%
Journey Home Inc$70,00021%
The Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center Inc$61,00091%
Goodwin University Inc$54,85030%
Hands on Hartford Inc$39,50020%
Pro Bono Partnership Inc$36,0001n/a
Community Partners in Action Inc$35,00030%
Asylum Hill Congregational Church$32,5009n/a
The Open Hearth Association$30,00011%
Connecticut Council for Philanthropy$25,00013%
Compass Youth Collaborative$25,00011%
Forge City Works Inc$20,00021%
Malta House of Care Foundation Inc$17,90411%
Keney Park Sustainability Project$15,0001n/a
iQuilt Partnership Inc$15,00012%
The Bridge Family Center Inc$10,00010%
Career Resources Inc$10,00010%
Community Solutions Inc$10,00010%
Connecticut Foodshare Inc$10,00010%
Knox Inc$10,00011%
Center for Urban Research Education and Training Inc$10,0001n/a
Healing Meals Foundation Corporation$10,00011%
Hartford Artisans Weaving Center Inc$10,00014%
The Arc of the Farmington Valley Inc$10,00010%
Center for Latino Progress Connecticut Puerto Rican Forum Inc$10,0001n/a
Hartford Promise Inc$10,00011%
Fresh Start Worx Inc$10,00015%
Urban League of Greater Hartford Inc$10,00011%
Our Piece of the Pie Inc$10,00010%
The Shoreline Soup Kitchens & Pantries Inc$7,00080%
Andover Hebron Marlborough Youth and Family Services Inc$6,50080%
Playhouse Theatre Group Inc$2,50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($689k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Nutmeg Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHartford Interval House Inc: $203,000 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetHartford Public Library: $184,528 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetChrysalis Center Inc: $172,500 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetLocal Initiatives Support Corporation: $110,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCapital Workforce Partners Inc: $100,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetJourney Home Inc: $70,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetThe Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center Inc: $61,000 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetGoodwin University Inc: $54,850 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHands on Hartford Inc: $39,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCommunity Partners in Action Inc: $35,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Open Hearth Association: $30,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetConnecticut Council for Philanthropy: $25,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetCompass Youth Collaborative: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetForge City Works Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetMalta House of Care Foundation Inc: $17,904 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetiQuilt Partnership Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetThe Bridge Family Center Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCareer Resources Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCommunity Solutions Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetConnecticut Foodshare Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKnox Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetHealing Meals Foundation Corporation: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetHartford Artisans Weaving Center Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetThe Arc of the Farmington Valley Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHartford Promise Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFresh Start Worx Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetUrban League of Greater Hartford Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetOur Piece of the Pie Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Shoreline Soup Kitchens & Pantries Inc: $7,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAndover Hebron Marlborough Youth and Family Services Inc: $6,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetPlayhouse Theatre Group Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 31.

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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.

Hartford Foundation for Public GivingCT62× affinity29 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Hartford Foundation for Public Giving · J Walton Bissell Foundation Inc · Farmington Bank Community Foundation Inc · Liberty Bank Foundation Inc · The William and Alice Mortensen Foundation · United Way Inc United Way of Cent & Ne Connecticut · Aetna Foundation Inc · Eversource Energy Foundation Inc · Sbm Charitable Foundation Inc · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · Webster Bank Charitable Foundation · Capital Workforce Partners 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.

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Find your warmest path to The Nutmeg Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About The Nutmeg Foundation Inc

How much does The Nutmeg Foundation Inc give?
The Nutmeg Foundation Inc reported 21 grants totaling $676,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Nutmeg Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (24%), Employment (17%), Education (13%).
Who are The Nutmeg Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Hartford Interval House Inc ($203k), Hartford Public Library ($185k), Chrysalis Center Inc ($173k).
Does The Nutmeg Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Nutmeg 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 Nutmeg Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, J Walton Bissell Foundation Inc, Farmington Bank Community Foundation Inc.
Where is The Nutmeg Foundation Inc based?
The Nutmeg Foundation Inc is based in CT.

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 54 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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