Connecticut · Private foundation
The Young Family Charitable 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.
- $912k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 23%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $125,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 13
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $13M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 23% of the organizations The Young Family Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $150k 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 | 15 | $862k | 60% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $1.9M | 23% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $1.9M | 31% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $1.9M | 38% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $1.4M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mustard Seed Communities Inc | $2,900,000 | 4 | 16% |
| The Annual Catholic Appeal | $1,000,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The New Canaan Country School Incorporated | $317,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Regis College | $315,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities of Fairfield County Inc | $208,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Malta House Inc | $144,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Fairfield University | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Repertory Theatre Co Inc | $99,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Thomas More R C Church Corp | $90,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Foundations in Education Inc | $59,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mustard Seed Communities Inc | $2,900,000 | 4 | 16% |
| The Annual Catholic Appeal | $1,000,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The New Canaan Country School Incorporated | $317,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Regis College | $315,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities of Fairfield County Inc | $208,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Malta House Inc | $144,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Fairfield University | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Repertory Theatre Co Inc | $99,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Thomas More R C Church Corp | $90,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Foundations in Education Inc | $59,000 | 3 | 0% |
| New York City Ballet Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Word on Fire Catholic Ministries | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Patricks Cathedral Landmark Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United South End Settlements | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| New Canaan Chamber Music Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Young Life | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Veritas Catholic Network Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Horizons at CT State Norwalk Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Young Family Charitable Foundation 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 Young Family Charitable Foundation
- How much does The Young Family Charitable Foundation give?
- The Young Family Charitable Foundation reported 20 grants totaling $912,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 13 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does The Young Family Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (39%), Religion (34%), Education (12%).
- Who are The Young Family Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Mustard Seed Communities Inc ($2.9M), The Annual Catholic Appeal ($1.0M), The New Canaan Country School Incorporated ($317k).
- Does The Young Family Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 23% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Young Family Charitable 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 Young Family Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Pfizer Foundation Inc, National Philanthropic Trust, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
- Where is The Young Family Charitable Foundation based?
- The Young Family Charitable Foundation is based in CT.
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