Connecticut · Private foundation
The October Hill Foundation
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.
- $248k
- Granted FY2022
- 14
- Grants FY2022
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2022
Read this first · the figures below need context
52% of The October Hill Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Charities Aid Foundation America, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2022, the last year The October Hill Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 11 organizations, $248k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2022
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $67,659
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 19
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 8
- Total assets, FY2022
- $8k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 38% of the organizations The October Hill Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 44% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $80k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 13 | $180k | 38% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $167k | 36% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $224k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $255k | 36% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $218k | 33% |
| FY2017 | 19 | $425k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Galapagos Conservancy Inc | $140,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Woonasquatucket Valley Community Build Inc | $130,000 | 4 | 2% |
| World Wildlife Fund Inc | $116,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Regional Young Men's Christian Association of Western Connecticut Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Green Team International Inc | $98,000 | 4 | n/a |
| National Wildlife Federation | $60,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Danbury Animal Welfare Society | $60,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Monarch Butterfly Fund | $48,000 | 6 | 9% |
| The Charlton School | $44,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Oikonos - Ecosystem Knowledge | $40,000 | 2 | 3% |
Show all 33 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($430k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The October Hill Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 27 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Jeniam Foundation · Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The October Hill Foundation
- How much does The October Hill Foundation give?
- The October Hill Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $247,659 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 19 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does The October Hill Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (36%), Environment (31%), Arts & Culture (7%).
- Who are The October Hill Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Galapagos Conservancy Inc ($140k), Woonasquatucket Valley Community Build Inc ($130k), World Wildlife Fund Inc ($116k).
- Does The October Hill Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The October Hill Foundation 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 October Hill Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jeniam Foundation, Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc, Ge Aerospace Foundation.
- Where is The October Hill Foundation based?
- The October Hill Foundation is based in CT.
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