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The Valley Community Foundation Inc

To inspire philanthropic growth, provide and foster leadership, engage donors, and strengthen the valley community both now and for future generations.

$1.8M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
45
Itemized grants FY2024
43
Organizations funded FY2023
98%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$1.1M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$15,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$142,500
Organizations funded a year
1 to 43
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
1
Total assets, FY2024
$40M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 98% of the organizations The Valley Community Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.3M went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesPhilanthropyEducationHousing & ShelterOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving45$1.1M29%
FY202343$1.3M98%
FY202243$1.6M100%
FY20211$2.0M0%
FY20201$2.0M0%
FY20191$1.7M0%
FY20181$1.8M0%
FY20171$1.4Mn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$8.9MYouth Development$733kHuman Services$621kHealth$557kEducation$449kArts & Culture$434kMembership Benefit$432kPublic Safety & Disaster$197kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
BHcare Inc$272,00020%
Oak Cliff Cemetery$222,6161n/a
Team Inc$210,00021%
Boys & Girls Club of the Lower Naugatuck Valley$124,85623%
The Echo Hose Hook and Ladder Ambulance Corps Inc$80,00021%
Derby Public Library$70,0002n/a
Boy Scouts of America 69 Housatonic Council$66,11429%
Griffin Hospital$65,13620%
Area Congregations Together Inc$65,00024%
Christ Episcopal Church$65,0002n/a
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All grantees of The Valley Community Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
BHcare Inc$272,00020%
Oak Cliff Cemetery$222,6161n/a
Team Inc$210,00021%
Boys & Girls Club of the Lower Naugatuck Valley$124,85623%
The Echo Hose Hook and Ladder Ambulance Corps Inc$80,00021%
Derby Public Library$70,0002n/a
Boy Scouts of America 69 Housatonic Council$66,11429%
Griffin Hospital$65,13620%
Area Congregations Together Inc$65,00024%
Christ Episcopal Church$65,0002n/a
Storm Engine Company Ambulance Corp$60,00023%
Junior Achievement of Greater Fairfield County Inc$55,00022%
St Vincent Depaul of the Valley Inc$52,80027%
Central Connecticut Coast Young Men's Christian Association Inc$50,15720%
Julia Day Nursery of Ansonia Inc$50,00023%
The Salvation Army$50,0002n/a
Life Health and Wellness Center Inc$49,50027%
Shelton High School Ptso Inc$47,2222n/a
Center Stage Theatre Inc$45,00025%
Valley Shakespeare Festival$40,000228%
Valley Emergency Medical Services Inc$40,00012%
Shelton Historical Society Inc$37,950220%
The Adam Wysota Foundation Inc$32,000210%
Shelton Economic Development Corporation$30,00024%
University of New Haven$28,99320%
Online Journalism Project Incorporated$25,00012%
Derby Historical Society$25,000124%
Valley United Way Inc$25,00013%
Cartie Corp$24,750211%
Shelburne Farms$20,00010%
Operation Fuel Incorporated$20,00020%
New Haven Symphony Orchestra Inc$20,00020%
Best Buddies International Inc$20,00020%
Havens Harvest Inc$19,00023%
Susannah Wesley Nursery School$16,7501n/a
Massaro Community Farm Inc$16,50021%
Traveler on a Mission$16,5002n/a
A More Balanced World Inc$15,00016%
Holy Trinity Catholic Academy Inc$15,0001n/a
Yale New Haven Hospital$12,35620%
Seymour Ambulance Association Inc$12,00011%
Moving With Health Oriented Physical Education Inc$10,00014%
Huntington United Methodist Church$10,0001n/a
Hope Counseling and Behavioral Health Center$10,00011%
Agency on Aging of South Central Connecticut$10,00010%
Literacy Volunteers of Greater New Haven$10,00012%
Cornell Scott-Hill Health Corporation$10,00010%
Seymour Public Schools$9,9371n/a
University of Connecticut$9,2001n/a
The Hometown Foundation Inc$6,60010%
Shelton Robotics Inc Richard Vogl$6,36018%
Naugatuck Valley Health District$6,3001n/a
Global Peht Corp Partnership to End Human Trafficking$6,00010%
Rape Crisis Center of Milford Inc$6,00011%
Read to Grow Inc$5,10010%

Plus 44 recipients with no EIN on record ($11M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Valley Community Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 43 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBHcare Inc: $272,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTeam Inc: $210,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of the Lower Naugatuck Valley: $124,856 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetThe Echo Hose Hook and Ladder Ambulance Corps Inc: $80,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetBoy Scouts of America 69 Housatonic Council: $66,114 over 2y, 9.0% of budgetGriffin Hospital: $65,136 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetArea Congregations Together Inc: $65,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetStorm Engine Company Ambulance Corp: $60,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetJunior Achievement of Greater Fairfield County Inc: $55,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetSt Vincent Depaul of the Valley Inc: $52,800 over 2y, 6.7% of budgetCentral Connecticut Coast Young Men's Christian Association Inc: $50,157 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJulia Day Nursery of Ansonia Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetLife Health and Wellness Center Inc: $49,500 over 2y, 6.8% of budgetCenter Stage Theatre Inc: $45,000 over 2y, 4.6% of budgetValley Shakespeare Festival: $40,000 over 2y, 28% of budgetValley Emergency Medical Services Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetShelton Historical Society Inc: $37,950 over 2y, 20% of budgetThe Adam Wysota Foundation Inc: $32,000 over 2y, 9.7% of budgetShelton Economic Development Corporation: $30,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetUniversity of New Haven: $28,993 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOnline Journalism Project Incorporated: $25,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetDerby Historical Society: $25,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetValley United Way Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetCartie Corp: $24,750 over 2y, 11% of budgetShelburne Farms: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOperation Fuel Incorporated: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNew Haven Symphony Orchestra Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetBest Buddies International Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHavens Harvest Inc: $19,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetMassaro Community Farm Inc: $16,500 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetA More Balanced World Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetYale New Haven Hospital: $12,356 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSeymour Ambulance Association Inc: $12,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMoving With Health Oriented Physical Education Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetHope Counseling and Behavioral Health Center: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetAgency on Aging of South Central Connecticut: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLiteracy Volunteers of Greater New Haven: $10,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetCornell Scott-Hill Health Corporation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Hometown Foundation Inc: $6,600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetShelton Robotics Inc Richard Vogl: $6,360 over 1y, 8.1% of budgetGlobal Peht Corp Partnership to End Human Trafficking: $6,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRape Crisis Center of Milford Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetRead to Grow Inc: $5,100 over 1y, 0.3% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 43.

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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.

The Community Foundat…Ion Bank Foundation I…Katharine Matthies Fo…The Pitney Bowes Foun…Valley United Way IncNewalliance Foundatio…Eversource Energy Fou…Yale UniversityFairfield County's Co…Liberty Bank Foundati…William Caspar Graust…Peoples United Commun…
The Community Foundation for Greater New HavenCT48.9× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven · Ion Bank Foundation Inc · Katharine Matthies Foundation · The Pitney Bowes Foundation · Valley United Way Inc · Newalliance Foundation Inc · Eversource Energy Foundation Inc · Yale University · Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · Liberty Bank Foundation Inc · William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund · Peoples United Community Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About The Valley Community Foundation Inc

How much does The Valley Community Foundation Inc give?
The Valley Community Foundation Inc reported 45 itemized grants totaling $1,050,147, out of $1,827,649 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 43 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Valley Community Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (69%), Youth Development (6%), Human Services (5%).
Who are The Valley Community Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: BHcare Inc ($272k), Oak Cliff Cemetery ($223k), Team Inc ($210k).
Does The Valley Community Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 98% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Valley Community Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, Ion Bank Foundation Inc, Katharine Matthies Foundation.
Where is The Valley Community Foundation Inc based?
The Valley Community Foundation Inc is based in CT.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 99 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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