Massachusetts · Private foundation
The William F Connell Charitable Trust
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.
- $1.4M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 25
- Grants FY2025
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $7,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $403,912
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 23
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $31M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 43% of the organizations The William F Connell Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 89% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 11% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.1M 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 | 25 | $1.4M | 48% |
| FY2024 | 23 | $1.2M | 43% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $95k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $100k | 6% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $110k | 19% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $98k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bps Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Saints Faith Hope & Charity School | $85,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Proctor Academy | $49,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Trustees of Deerfield Academy | $32,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Trustees of Boston College | $31,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Fund for Catholic Schools Inc | $25,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston Inc | $14,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Mount Auburn Community Fund Empowering Patient Care Inc | $13,440 | 1 | n/a |
| The Ibma Foundation Inc | $12,500 | 5 | 2% |
| St Matthias School | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bps Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Saints Faith Hope & Charity School | $85,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Proctor Academy | $49,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Trustees of Deerfield Academy | $32,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Trustees of Boston College | $31,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Fund for Catholic Schools Inc | $25,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston Inc | $14,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Mount Auburn Community Fund Empowering Patient Care Inc | $13,440 | 1 | n/a |
| The Ibma Foundation Inc | $12,500 | 5 | 2% |
| St Matthias School | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Holderness School | $8,100 | 6 | 0% |
| Vanderbilt University | $7,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Equestrian Connection NFP | $3,600 | 1 | 0% |
| Trinity College | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Alex Livingston Scholarship Fund | $1,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Island Autism Group Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bridge Over Troubled Waters Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The William F Connell Charitable Trust 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
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About The William F Connell Charitable Trust
- How much does The William F Connell Charitable Trust give?
- The William F Connell Charitable Trust reported 25 grants totaling $1,379,020 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 23 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The William F Connell Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (45%), Health (28%), Recreation & Sports (12%).
- Who are The William F Connell Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Bps Foundation ($100k), Saints Faith Hope & Charity School ($85k), Proctor Academy ($49k).
- Does The William F Connell Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The William F Connell Charitable Trust 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 F Connell Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Endowment Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is The William F Connell Charitable Trust based?
- The William F Connell Charitable Trust is based in MA.
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