Connecticut · Private foundation
The Perrin Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $3.1M
- Granted FY2023
- 22
- Grants FY2023
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of The Perrin Family Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Impactassetsinc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year The Perrin Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 13 organizations, $3M. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $45,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $556,007
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 25
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 4
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 29% of the organizations The Perrin Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $626k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 14 | $3.1M | 29% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $953k | 11% |
| FY2021 | 25 | $823k | 36% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $873k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Better Way Foundation Abwf Inc | $1,712,500 | 4 | 43% |
| Katal Center for Equity Health and Justice Inc | $587,550 | 4 | 20% |
| Connecticut Council for Philanthropy | $561,795 | 4 | 17% |
| Trinity College | $556,007 | 1 | 0% |
| United We Dream Network Inc | $380,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Bend the Arc - a Jewish Partnership for Justice | $275,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Windham Regional Community Council Inc | $182,500 | 4 | 4% |
| Citywide Youth Coalition | $162,500 | 3 | 23% |
| Save Girls on Fyer Inc | $152,500 | 3 | 17% |
| The Writer's Block Ink Inc | $144,500 | 3 | 40% |
Show all 32 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($317k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Perrin Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 29 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: William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund · Nellie Mae Education Foundation Inc · Hartford Foundation for Public Giving · Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · Liberty Bank Foundation Inc · The Leever Foundation · J Walton Bissell Foundation Inc · Haymarket People's Fund Inc · The Connecticut Community Foundation · Ion Bank Foundation Inc · The Melville Charitable Trust Inc · The Fund for Greater Hartford Inc
How this is measured
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About The Perrin Family Foundation
- How much does The Perrin Family Foundation give?
- The Perrin Family Foundation reported 22 grants totaling $3,146,447 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 25 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Perrin Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2023, its largest causes are Philanthropy (82%), Health (7%), Civil Rights (5%).
- Who are The Perrin Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2023: A Better Way Foundation Abwf Inc ($1.7M), Katal Center for Equity Health and Justice Inc ($588k), Connecticut Council for Philanthropy ($562k).
- Does The Perrin Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Perrin Family 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 Perrin Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund, Nellie Mae Education Foundation Inc, Hartford Foundation for Public Giving.
- Where is The Perrin Family Foundation based?
- The Perrin Family Foundation is based in CT.
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