Connecticut · Public charity
The William W Backus Hospital
To improve the health and healing of the people and communities we serve.
- $119k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $88k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.1B
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations The William W Backus Hospital funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $46k 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 | 8 | $88k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $46k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $20k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $49k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $20k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $6k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $11k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diocese of Norwich | $49,000 | 2 | n/a |
| American Heart Association Inc | $45,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut Inc | $21,055 | 2 | 1% |
| The Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 3 | 7% |
| Three Rivers College Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| A Better Way Foundation Abwf Inc | $14,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Greater Norwich Area Chamber of Commerce | $12,100 | 2 | 2% |
| The Annual Catholic Appeal | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Anti-Defamation League | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Norwich Public Schools | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diocese of Norwich | $49,000 | 2 | n/a |
| American Heart Association Inc | $45,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut Inc | $21,055 | 2 | 1% |
| The Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 3 | 7% |
| Three Rivers College Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| A Better Way Foundation Abwf Inc | $14,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Greater Norwich Area Chamber of Commerce | $12,100 | 2 | 2% |
| The Annual Catholic Appeal | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Anti-Defamation League | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Norwich Public Schools | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Castle Church Inc | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Norwich Branch NAACP | $5,965 | 1 | n/a |
| United Way of Southeastern Connecticut Inc | $5,556 | 1 | 0% |
| Madonna Place Inc | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Goshen Agricultural Society Inc | $5,500 | 1 | 1% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The William W Backus Hospital 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.
Open a dossier: Chelsea Groton Foundation · The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut Inc · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About The William W Backus Hospital
- How much does The William W Backus Hospital give?
- The William W Backus Hospital reported 8 itemized grants totaling $88,306, out of $118,820 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does The William W Backus Hospital fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (40%), Human Services (28%), Community Improvement (11%).
- Who are The William W Backus Hospital's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Diocese of Norwich ($49k), American Heart Association Inc ($45k), Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut Inc ($21k).
- Does The William W Backus Hospital fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The William W Backus Hospital?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Chelsea Groton Foundation, The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut Inc, Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation.
- Where is The William W Backus Hospital based?
- The William W Backus Hospital is based in CT.
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