· Private foundation
The Putnam Area Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k27 grants · $51k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $45k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ASPINOCK HISTORICAL SOCIETY | $15,000 |
| THEATER OF NORTHEASTERN CT | $10,000 |
| TOWN OF PUTNAM (MURAL ART PROJECT) | $10,000 |
| WOODSTOCK AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY | $10,000 |
| COMMUNITY CULTURAL COMMITTEE NECT | $5,500 |
| TRUSTEES OF ROSELAND PARK | $5,000 |
| JOLLY JOHN'S KEEP ON TRUCKIN FUND | $5,000 |
| TOWN OF PUTNAM (RECREATIONAL DEPT) | $5,000 |
| HALE YMCA YOUTH & FAMILY CENTER | $5,000 |
| DAILY BREAD FOOD PANTRY | $3,200 |
| QUIET CORNER GARDEN CLUB | $2,500 |
| QVCC FOUNDATION INC | $2,500 |
| NORTHEAST CT EDUCATION FOUNDATION | $2,500 |
| TOWN OF PUTNAM (ARTS COUNCIL) | $2,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,800 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
None of its grants could be placed against low income need for this view.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +20% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.
45 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2025, 30 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $38k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TLTHE LAST GREEN VALLEY INC THE LAST GREEN VALLEY INC6× · 2018–2024 · $24k · revenue +28%
- QFQVCC FOUNDATION INC8× · 2017–2025 · $21k · revenue +3%
- UCUNITED COMMUNITY AND FAMILY SERVICESINC4× · 2018–2022 · $20k · revenue +19%
Funded once
- WAWOODSTOCK ACADEMY FOUNDATION INCone grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue -77%
- TTEEGone grant, 2024 · $9k
- NPNORTHEAST PLACEMENT SERVICES INCone grant, 2022 · $7k · revenue +19%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The purpose of the "Society" is to collect, preserve, and interpret Wethersfield's past for the education and enjoyment of present and future generations.
Visiting Nurse Services of Connecticut, Inc., (VNS) a nonprofit health care provider, finds its mission in the provision of quality home health and hospice services to individuals, families and the communities it serves. VNS is committed…
The Newtown Forest Association is the oldest private land trust organization in Connecticut. It has been dedicated for one hundred years to securing for the residents of Newtown and for posterity generally the benefits derived from open…
The purpose of the association is to provide for the protection and general welfare of the residents and owners of real property in the northeastern section of greenwich, connecticut, including the preservation of the residential character…
The connecticut humane society is the leading resource in the state for companion animal welfare, enriching the lives of families and communities through adoption services, medical care, education, and prevention of cruelty.
The Noah Webster House Inc. preserves, interprets, and champions Noah Websters legacy and birthplace, as well as the evolving history of West Hartford, the town that nurtured him.
The mission of VNA Home, Inc. is to provide short-term or long-term non-medical home care services to people who reside in the greater New Milford, Connecticut area.
The western connecticut area agency on aging, inc. (wcaaa) develops, manages and provides comprehensive services through person centered planning for seniors, caregivers and individuals with disabilities in order to maintain their…
To provide non-medical in home services to aging and disabled adults and to collaborate with other area providers to prevent premature institutional placement and to promote quality of life.
How this is measured
35 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 35 of the 83 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds TRUSTEES OF ROSELAND PARK ↗
- Who funds THE LAST GREEN VALLEY INC THE LAST GREEN VALLEY INC ↗
- Who funds QVCC FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds UNITED COMMUNITY AND FAMILY SERVICESINC ↗
- Who funds WOODSTOCK AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds Daily Bread An Ecumenical Food Pantry Inc ↗
- Who funds WOODSTOCK ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds ASPINOCK HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PUTNAM INC ↗
- Who funds INTERFAITH HUMAN SERVICES OF PUTNAM ↗
- Who funds NORTHEAST PLACEMENT SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds Natchaug Hospital Inc ↗
- Who funds The Arc of Quinebaug Valley Inc ↗
- Who funds WINDHAM COUNTY 4-H FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CONNECTICUT INC ↗
- Who funds Day Kimball Healthcare Inc ↗
- Who funds READ TO GROW INC ↗
- Who funds BUNGAY FIRE BRIGADE ↗
- Who funds THE NORWICH FREE ACADEMY ↗
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: Jewett City Savings Bank Foundation Inc · Centreville Savings Bank Charitable Foundation · Hometown Bank Community Foundation Inc · Chelsea Groton Foundation · The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut Inc · Newell D Hale Foundation · Dime Bank Foundation Inc · Eastern Ct Savings Bank Foundation Inc · R S Gernon Trust · Ossen Family Foundation · Liberty Bank Foundation Inc · The Scripps Family Fund for Education and the Arts
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Putnam Area Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Putnam Area Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Northeast Placement Services Inc: 99% of income from government
- United Services Inc: 74% of income from government
- The Last Green Valley Inc the Last Green Valley Inc: 72% of income from government
- Martin House Inc: 53% of income from government
- United Community and Family Servicesinc: 29% of income from government
- Thompson Ecumenical Empowerment Group Inc: 24% of income from government
- Madonna Place Inc: 20% of income from government
- Safe Futures Inc: 15% of income from government
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Connecticut Inc: 15% of income from government
- Natchaug Hospital Inc: 11% of income from government
- Woodstock Academy: 3% of income from government
- Connecticut Audubon Society Inc: 1% of income from government
- Day Kimball Healthcare Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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