Connecticut · Private foundation
The Wimpfheimer Foundation Inc
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.
- $212k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 31
- Grants FY2025
- 26
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 12%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $16,200
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 32
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $622k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 12% of the organizations The Wimpfheimer Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k 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 | 31 | $212k | 23% |
| FY2024 | 26 | $188k | 12% |
| FY2023 | 22 | $121k | 9% |
| FY2022 | 32 | $261k | 34% |
| FY2021 | 24 | $200k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $83k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $58k | 20% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $58k | 14% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, 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 Stonington Free Library Inc | $175,000 | 9 | 4% |
| Pawcatuck Neighborhood Center Inc | $95,000 | 6 | 1% |
| The Eugene Atwood Fund | $60,000 | 5 | 10% |
| Clothing Our Kids Inc | $45,000 | 4 | 14% |
| Pet Cottage Inc | $44,000 | 4 | 5% |
| Stand Up for Animals | $40,000 | 4 | 5% |
| Scruffy Paws Animal Rescue | $40,000 | 4 | 4% |
| The Busch Wildlife Sanctuary Inc | $38,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund Inc | $33,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Stonington Historical Society Inc | $25,000 | 5 | 1% |
Show all 34 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($391k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Wimpfheimer Foundation Inc 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 · Fromson Foundation Inc · Dime Bank Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Batchelor Foundation Inc · Leslie L Alexander Foundation Inc · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Dxn Foundation · Nancy Spofford Yerkes Foundation Inc · The Edward and Mary Lord Foundation · Washington Trust Co Charitable Fdn
How this is measured
About The Wimpfheimer Foundation Inc
- How much does The Wimpfheimer Foundation Inc give?
- The Wimpfheimer Foundation Inc reported 31 grants totaling $212,200 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 32 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Wimpfheimer Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (20%), Animals (17%), Education (16%).
- Who are The Wimpfheimer Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Stonington Free Library Inc ($175k), Pawcatuck Neighborhood Center Inc ($95k), The Eugene Atwood Fund ($60k).
- Does The Wimpfheimer Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 12% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Wimpfheimer Foundation Inc 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 Wimpfheimer Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Chelsea Groton Foundation, Fromson Foundation Inc, Dime Bank Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Wimpfheimer Foundation Inc based?
- The Wimpfheimer Foundation Inc is based in CT.
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