Connecticut · Private foundation
The Saxe 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.
- $102k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 27
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $226k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations The Saxe Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 | 13 | $92k | 31% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $29k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $71k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $39k | 28% |
| FY2021 | 24 | $33k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 27 | $25k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The New Canaan Library Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Stamford Hospital | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Canterbury School Inc | $15,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Catholic Academy of Bridgeport Inc | $4,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Convent of the Sacred Heart | $3,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Southeast Georgia Health System Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Trinity College | $2,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Future 5 Inc | $1,750 | 4 | 0% |
| Swim Across America Inc | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 25 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The New Canaan Library Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Stamford Hospital | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Canterbury School Inc | $15,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Catholic Academy of Bridgeport Inc | $4,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Convent of the Sacred Heart | $3,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Southeast Georgia Health System Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Trinity College | $2,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Future 5 Inc | $1,750 | 4 | 0% |
| Swim Across America Inc | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| New Canaan Land Conservation Trust Inc | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Friends of New Canaan Hockey | $1,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Staying Put in New Canaan Inc | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Trinity College | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| New Canaan Beautification League Inc | $600 | 3 | 0% |
| Sphinx Organization Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| St Simons Land Trust Inc | $500 | 2 | 0% |
| Voices of September 11 Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Franciscan Friars of the Atonement | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Bedford Playhouse Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| United Way of Coastal Georgia Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Hands Together Inc | $260 | 1 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Craig and Frances Lindner Center of Hope | $103 | 1 | 0% |
| City Squash Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($197k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Saxe Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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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.
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How this is measured
About The Saxe Foundation Inc
- How much does The Saxe Foundation Inc give?
- The Saxe Foundation Inc reported 14 grants totaling $101,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 27 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Saxe Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (26%), Education (21%), Arts & Culture (19%).
- Who are The Saxe Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: The New Canaan Library Inc ($25k), The Stamford Hospital ($20k), Canterbury School Inc ($15k).
- Does The Saxe Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Saxe 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 Saxe Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Ayco Charitable Foundation, Jim and Dede Bartlett Foundation, Hobbs Family Charitable Trust.
- Where is The Saxe Foundation Inc based?
- The Saxe Foundation Inc is based in CT.
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