· Private foundation
The Trailviews 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.
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 $10k1 grant · $500
- $10k–50k7 grants · $105k
- $250k+1 grant · $250k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| LEGACY THEATRE | $250,000 |
| REPRESENT US EDUCATION FUND | $25,000 |
| BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY | $25,000 |
| JORDAN PORCO FOUNDATION | $15,000 |
| HAMDEN HALL SCHOOL INC | $10,000 |
| BRANFORD COMPASSION CLUB | $10,000 |
| DIRECT RELIEF | $10,000 |
| LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| AMERICAS TOOTHFAIRY NATIONAL CHILDRENS ORAL HEALTH | $500 |
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, $100k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 24% of The Trailviews Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.
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 +35% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.
16 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 5 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, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $71k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TLTHE LEGACY THEATRE INC4× · 2017–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +69%
- GOGOODSPEED OPERA HOUSE FOUNDATION INC3× · 2019–2021 · $128k · revenue +27%
- TSTHE SATO PROJECT3× · 2021–2024 · $75k · revenue +14%
Funded once
- TOTOWN OF BRANFORDone grant, 2020 · $150k
- TCTHE CONNECTICUT HOSPICE INCone grant, 2024 · $100k · revenue +0%
- TUTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTERone grant, 2023 · $100k
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.
To prevent cruelty to animals, we promote enacting and enforcing good public policies. enacting good laws depends upon electing good lawmakers, and we remind voters which candidates care about and support animal issues.
The aspca's mission, as stated by founder henry bergh in 1866, is "to provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout the united states." the aspca was founded on the belief that animals are entitled to kind and…
Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)
World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…
Every farmer and rancher participating in the Certified Humane program had to modify their operations to meet the Animal Care Standards and be certified. Schedule O
To pass animal protection laws, educate the public, and support humane candidates for office.
Humane World for Animals, Inc., formerly known as the Humane Society of the United States (The Organization), seeks to tackle the root causes of animal cruelty and suffering. CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O
Inspiring communities to save wildlife for future generations.
The wildlife conservation society (wcs) saves wildlife and wild places worldwide through science, conservation action, education, and inspiring people to value nature.
Wildlife alliance is the leader in direct protection of forests and wildlife in tropical asia. our mission is to combat deforestation, biodiversity loss, climate change, and poverty by partnering with local communities and governments.…
Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.
How this is measured
34 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. 34 of the 40 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 THE LEGACY THEATRE INC ↗
- Who funds University of Notre Dame du Lac ↗
- Who funds GOODSPEED OPERA HOUSE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE CONNECTICUT HOSPICE INC ↗
- Who funds THE SATO PROJECT ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC ↗
- Who funds Humane World for Animals International ↗
- Who funds THE WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY ↗
- Who funds THE JORDAN PORCO FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Ulbrich Boys and Girls Club Inc 2021 990 ↗
- Who funds ALBERTUS MAGNUS COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds BRANFORD COMPASSION CLUB INC ↗
- Who funds PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC ↗
- Who funds RepresentUs Education Fund ↗
- Who funds BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds PROJECT HOPE - THE PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER NEW HAVEN INC ↗
- Who funds LEADERSHIP EDUCATION AND ATHLETICS IN PARTNERSHIP INC ↗
- Who funds Defenders of Wildlife ↗
- Who funds HAMDEN HALL SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND INC ↗
- Who funds DIRECT RELIEF ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds ALLIANCE FOR INT'L REFORESTATION ↗
- Who funds SAVE THE SOUND ↗
- Who funds SUNRISE CAFE NEW HAVEN INC ↗
- Who funds COALITION FOR A BETTER WALLINGFORD ↗
- Who funds AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF ST JOSEPH COUNTY ↗
- Who funds Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue Inc ↗
- Who funds SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds A PLACE CALLED HOPE INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICA'S TOOTHFAIRY NATIONAL CHILDREN'S ORAL HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
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: The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven · Newalliance Foundation Inc · Joe & Cindy Goldberg Family Foundation Inc · Seedlings Foundation · Ion Bank Foundation Inc · Ibm International Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Aetna Foundation Inc · Verizon Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Trailviews Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Trailviews Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Coalition for a Better Wallingford: 79% of income from government
- Save the Sound: 37% of income from government
- Leadership Education and Athletics in Partnership Inc: 17% of income from government
- Albertus Magnus College: 6% of income from government
- The Legacy Theatre Inc: 1% of income from government
- Goodspeed Opera House Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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