Connecticut · Private foundation
The William and Alice Mortensen 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.
- $716k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 57
- Grants FY2025
- 53
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $60,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 53 to 86
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $9.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 11% of the organizations The William and Alice Mortensen Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k 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 | 57 | $716k | 5% |
| FY2024 | 53 | $696k | 11% |
| FY2023 | 72 | $784k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 63 | $937k | 14% |
| FY2021 | 68 | $1.0M | 18% |
| FY2020 | 73 | $1.1M | 16% |
| FY2019 | 86 | $1.3M | 35% |
| FY2018 | 70 | $1.1M | 33% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Horace Bushnell Memorial Hall | $595,763 | 7 | 1% |
| The University of Connecticut Foundation Inc | $526,034 | 9 | 0% |
| The Mark Twain Memorial | $410,000 | 9 | 3% |
| Riverfront Recapture Inc | $279,379 | 5 | 3% |
| Knox Inc | $195,391 | 9 | 4% |
| Hartford Public Library | $170,337 | 6 | 1% |
| Connecticut Aeronautical Historical Association Inc | $148,996 | 8 | 2% |
| Hartford Interval House Inc | $143,204 | 5 | 2% |
| Hill-Stead Museum | $132,878 | 4 | 3% |
| First Night Hartford Inc | $132,151 | 7 | 26% |
Show all 122 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 49 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.9M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The William and Alice Mortensen Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 110 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
Open a dossier: Hartford Foundation for Public Giving · J Walton Bissell Foundation Inc · Farmington Bank Community Foundation Inc · The Maximilian E and Marion O Hoffman Foundation Inc · Sbm Charitable Foundation Inc · Connecticut Humanities Council Inc · Aetna Foundation Inc · The Zachs Family Foundation Inc · The Betty Knox Foundation Inc · United Way Inc United Way of Cent & Ne Connecticut · Liberty Bank Foundation Inc · Edward C & Ann T Roberts Foundation
How this is measured
Compare The William and Alice Mortensen Foundation with peer funders
About The William and Alice Mortensen Foundation
- How much does The William and Alice Mortensen Foundation give?
- The William and Alice Mortensen Foundation reported 57 grants totaling $716,418 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 53 and 86 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The William and Alice Mortensen Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (39%), Education (15%), Human Services (8%).
- Who are The William and Alice Mortensen Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Horace Bushnell Memorial Hall ($596k), The University of Connecticut Foundation Inc ($526k), The Mark Twain Memorial ($410k).
- Does The William and Alice Mortensen Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The William and Alice Mortensen Foundation 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 William and Alice Mortensen Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, J Walton Bissell Foundation Inc, Farmington Bank Community Foundation Inc.
- Where is The William and Alice Mortensen Foundation based?
- The William and Alice Mortensen Foundation is based in CT.
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