· Private foundation
The Silverbird 29 Fund
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k5 grants · $20k
- $10k–50k10 grants · $170k
- $50k–250k11 grants · $978k
- $250k+1 grant · $300k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ALL OUR KIN | $300,000 |
| ASHOKA FELLOW PROGRAMS | $200,000 |
| ARBOR BROTHERS INC | $150,000 |
| FAITHFACTS FOR EDUCATION | $100,000 |
| ROOM TO READ | $100,000 |
| STUDENT DIPLOMACY CORPS | $100,000 |
| CHILDREN'S LITERACY FOUNDATION | $78,333 |
| Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc | $50,000 |
| YOUTH BUSINESS INITIATIVE INC | $50,000 |
| KITES NEST | $50,000 |
| BRIDGEPORT YOUTH LACROSSE | $50,000 |
| INTEMPO ORGANIZATION INC | $50,000 |
| UPDAYA ORHANIZATION FOR KARUNA TRAINING | $30,000 |
| RYASAP | $25,000 |
| WHOLESCHOOL MINDFULNESS | $25,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $30k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 33% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
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.
With love and respect, we partner with opportunity youth to build the skillsets and mindsets that lead to lifelong learning, livelihood, and leadership. youthbuild strives to create a world where all young people are seen for their…
To ensure that every student can become a confident, independent, and lifelong reader by partnering with schools and communities to provide personalized, evidence-based literacy support and individualized instruction. the organization…
City year helps students and schools succeed, while preparing the next generation of civically engaged leaders who can work across lines of difference. partnering with teachers, teams of city year americorps members cultivate learning…
Readyct works to advance academic excellence and career-connected learning for all public school students in connecticut through collaboration with business, civic, and education leaders.
Youth communication elevates teen voices to create real change. through the power of true stories, written by youth who have been systemically marginalized, we create more supportive and successful learning communities. youth…
Springboard collaborative combines targeted student instruction with parent training in an incentivized system that closes the literacy gap, by transferring the summer from a barrier into a springboard for financially disadvantaged…
Our mission is to facilitate culturally responsive, multidisciplinary art programs for students, teaching artists, and communities to develop and amplify their voices and creative skills.
To promote innovative solutions to education challenges and inspire action that creates positive, sustainable futures for children and youth worldwide
To provide a holistic, multidisciplinary education to learners of all abilities
Social Impact Partners ("SIP") is an innovative nonprofit organization dedicated to closing the opportunity divide in Connecticut by expanding pathways to living wage jobs and economic mobility for all, working with partners across the…
Empower people with special needs to achieve their full potential through innovative, inclusive programs and community partnerships.
Alternatives, inc.'s mission is to facilitate personal development,strengthen family relationships and enhance the community's well being. serving over 3,000 youth and families annually, the organization offers a range of counseling and…
How this is measured
21 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 21 of the 48 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 ALL OUR KIN INC ↗
- Who funds ARBOR BROTHERS INC DBA ARBOR RISING ↗
- Who funds STUDENT DIPLOMACY CORPS INC ↗
- Who funds FAITHACTS FOR EDUCATION INC ↗
- Who funds ROOM TO READ ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S LITERACY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ↗
- Who funds BRIDGEPORT YOUTH LACROSSE INC ↗
- Who funds KITE'S NEST INC ↗
- Who funds INTEMPO ORGANIZATION INC ↗
- Who funds YOUTH BUSINESS INITIATIVE ↗
- Who funds WholeSchool Mindfulness Inc ↗
- Who funds CATALYST CT INC ↗
- Who funds WELLBEING ACTION FOR YOUTH INC ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY MINDFULNESS PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds SHRED FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY ACCESS TO THE ARTS INC ↗
- Who funds VILLAGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
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: Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund · Tauck Family Foundation · New Canaan Community Foundation Inc · Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc · Hartford Foundation for Public Giving · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Silverbird 29 Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Silverbird 29 Fund. Bigger dots raise more.
- Child Care of the Berkshires Inc: 59% of income from government
- Catalyst Ct Inc: 37% of income from government
- Youth Business Initiative: 36% of income from government
- Bridgeport Youth Lacrosse Inc: 5% of income from government
- Community Access to the Arts Inc: 2% of income from government
- Intempo Organization Inc: 2% of income from government
- All Our Kin Inc: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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