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Town Fair Tire Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$2.0M
Granted FY2020
53
Grants FY2020
7
States reached
$252k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$1.2MHealth$1.0MHousing & Shelter$481kRecreation & Sports$276kPhilanthropy$271kHuman Services$95kFood & Nutrition$79kCivil Rights$51kOther$0
02FY2020 · 53 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 53 grants below total $1,253,590, the rows itemized in this filing. The $2,013,595 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $760,005 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2020

  • Under $10k32 grants · $114k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $226k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $662k
  • $250k+1 grant · $252k
$5,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$46M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MARTIN DE PORRES ACADEMY$252,000
HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN$202,000
TISCH MS RESEARCH CENTER OF NEW YORK$100,000
UCONN FOUNDATION$100,000
CONNECTICUT FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC GIVING$60,000
HARTFORD HOSPITAL$50,000
CATALYST COALITION INC$50,000
OPTIMUS HEALTH CARE INC$50,000
YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL$50,000
NEW ENGLAND INNOCENCE PROJECT$25,000
VERMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$25,000
RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$25,000
NEW HAMPSHIRE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION$25,000
RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION$20,000
VERMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$20,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–19, $264k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 77% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%LIFEPATH INC: $250 → 14%CAPE ABILITIES INC: $500 → 8%LIFEBRIDGE COMMUNITY SERVICES: $2k → 9%NASHUA CENTER: $1k → 7%CROSSROADS OF RHODE ISLAND: $500 → 14%HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN: $200k → 16%CENTER FOR FAMILY JUSTICE: $500 → 9%LIFEBRIDGE COMMUNITY SERVICES: $500 → 9%STOP TRAFFICKING US: $1k → 7%BRIDGEPORT RESCUE MISSION: $500 → 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $1k → 11%BRIDGEPORT RESCUE MISSION: $500 → 9%MAINE RECOVERY FUND: $1k → 7%GREATER PORTLAND FAMILY PROMISE: $1k → 7%LIFEBRIDGE COMMUNITY SERVICES: $500 → 9%PREBLE STREET: $500 → 7%ABILITY BEYOND: $50k → 9%FAMILY AND CHILDRENS AGENCY: $1k → 9%CONNECTICUT HOSPICE INC: $1k → 12%CONNECTICUT HOSPICE INC: $500 → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
VT
NH
IL
NY
MA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

52%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.0M · 59 repeat orgs$1.8M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +44% since the first grant, against +40% for those funded once.

59 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2020, 47 since wound down; 29 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

59
113

Total granted

$2.0M
$953k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+40%

Still filing today

73%
49%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 21% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $875k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20
Human ServicesHealthEducationHousing & ShelterFood & NutritionPhilanthropyOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • SM
    ST MARTIN DE PORRES ACADEMY INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $601k · revenue +114%
  • TM
    TISCH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS RESEARCH CENTER OF NEW YORK INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $585k · revenue +24%
  • AI
    Achilles International Inc
    4× · 2017–2020 · $230k · revenue +128%

Funded once

  • QU
    QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITYgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $300k · revenue +25%
  • HF
    HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDRENgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $200k · revenue +41%
  • H
    HORIZONS
    one grant, 2018 · $200k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Mental Health Connecticut Inc

Mhc partners with individuals, their families, and surrounding communities to create environments that support long-term health and wellness.

Health
2
Community Health Services Inc

To provide medical services for the residents of the greater hartford connecticut area. to provide quality health care services to low and moderate income individuals in the greater hartford connecticut area regardless of ability to pay.

Health
3
Community Residences Inc

Housing and programs for persons with intellectual disabilities.

Human Services
4
Bridgton Hospital

To provide exceptional healthcare services in a safe and trustfulenvironment through the expertise, commitment, and compassion ofour family of caregivers.

Health
5
Connecticut Association of Health Care Facilities Inc

The association is the leader in providing services to and advocating for, the state's providers of long-term, subacute, rehabilitative, and assisted living care. additionally, the association serves as a clearing house for information…

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6
Connecticut Humane Society

The connecticut humane society is the leading resource in the state for companion animal welfare, enriching the lives of families and communities through adoption services, medical care, education, and prevention of cruelty.

Animals
7
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
8
Rumford Hospital

To provide exceptional healthcare services in a safe and trustfulenvironment through the expertise, commitment and compassion of ourfamily of caregivers.

Health
9
United Services Inc

United services mission is to provide an effective response to the youth, family, and adult social and behavioral health needs in the community. united services is the most comprehensive private, non-profit center in connecticut providing…

Human Services
10
Brighton Marine Inc

Brighton marine, inc. provides military and veteran families with comprehensive campus-based quality health care, as well as affordable and supportive housing for at-risk veterans and their families.

Health
11
Connecticut Community Care Inc

Connecticut community care, inc provides person-centered care coordination and transition services for elders and individuals with disabilities to help ensure they can live safely in the place they choose to live. people served experience…

Health
12
Central Maine Healthcare Corporation

To provide exceptional healthcare services in a safe and trustful environment through the expertise, committment, and compassion of our family of caregivers.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lifebridge Community Services Inc; the most unlike its peers is Greater Joy Mission Church. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

114 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 114 of the 204 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
39
Early backer (in before they grew)
109/114
Grantees still filing
87/114
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MARTIN DE PORRES ACADEMY: $252,000 · OtherMARTIN DE PORRES ACADEMYAchilles International Inc: $230,200 · OtherAchilles International IncHORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN: $202,000 · OtherHORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDRENHORIZONS: $200,000 · OtherHORIZONSTISCH MS RESEARCH CENTER OF NEW YORK: $100,000 · OtherTISCH MS RESEARCH CENTER OF NEW YORKCONNECTICUT FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC GIVING: $60,000 · OtherCLOTHING CHILDREN IN NEED: $60,000 · Other+128 more: $586,138 · Other+128 moreST MARTIN DE PORRES ACADEMY INC: $600,611 · EducationST MARTIN DE PORRES ACADEM…QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY: $300,000 · EducationQUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY+9 more: $19,150 · EducationTISCH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS RESEARCH CENTER OF NEW YORK INC: $585,000 · HealthTISCH MULTIPLE SCLER…St Vincent's Medical Center Foundation Inc: $101,500 · HealthSt Vincent's Medical…+12 more: $45,722 · Health+12 moreHORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN: $200,000 · Human ServicesABILITY BEYOND DISABILITY INC: $50,000 · Human Services+17 more: $29,500 · Human ServicesNew Hampshire Charitable Foundation: $50,000 · PhilanthropyHARTFORD FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC GIVING: $50,000 · PhilanthropyTHE VERMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $45,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF GREATER NEW HAVEN INC: $44,500 · PhilanthropyCONNECTICUT COUNCIL FOR PHILANTHROPY: $14,990 · PhilanthropyCABRINI MISSION FOUNDATION: $10,500 · Philanthropy+2 more: $8,000 · PhilanthropyNEW REACH INC: $37,500 · Housing & ShelterWESTERLY AREA REST MEALS (WARM) INC: $8,500 · Housing & ShelterCOLUMBUS HOUSE INC: $7,500 · Housing & ShelterABBY KELLEY FOSTER HOUSE INC: $3,000 · Housing & ShelterCross Roads House Inc: $3,000 · Housing & Shelter+2 more: $1,000 · Housing & ShelterCOVENANT SOUP KITCHEN INC: $42,500 · Food & NutritionAUGUSTA FOOD BANK: $3,500 · Food & NutritionFARMINGTON FOOD PANTRY INC: $3,000 · Food & NutritionFEED BRANFORD KIDS INC: $1,775 · Food & Nutrition+2 more: $1,500 · Food & Nutrition
Other$1,690,338Education$919,761Health$732,222Human Services$279,500Philanthropy$222,990Housing & Shelter$60,500Food & Nutrition$52,275

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetST MARTIN DE PORRES ACADEMY INC: $600,611 over 3y, 15% of budgetTISCH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS RESEARCH CENTER OF NEW YORK INC: $585,000 over 4y, 4.0% of budgetQUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY: $300,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAchilles International Inc: $230,200 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetHORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN: $200,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetSt Vincent's Medical Center Foundation Inc: $101,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetNew Hampshire Charitable Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHARTFORD FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC GIVING: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetABILITY BEYOND DISABILITY INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE VERMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $45,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER NEW HAVEN INC: $44,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCOVENANT SOUP KITCHEN INC: $42,500 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetNEW REACH INC: $37,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetNEW ENGLAND INNOCENCE PROJECT: $36,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetCONNECTICUT CANCER FOUNDATION INC: $27,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetGoodwill Industries of Northern NE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAFTER THE FINISH LINE: $24,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $15,627 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEW HAVEN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCONNECTICUT COUNCIL FOR PHILANTHROPY: $14,990 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER NEW HAVEN INC: $12,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetCABRINI MISSION FOUNDATION: $10,500 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetYALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPTIMUS HEALTH CARE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW HAVEN INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ARTS AND IDEAS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGATEWAY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetWESTERLY AREA REST MEALS (WARM) INC: $8,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetEMERGENCY SHELTER MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC: $7,500 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetCOLUMBUS HOUSE INC: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCAPE ABILITIES INC: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALMADA LODGE TIMES FARM CAMP CORPORATION: $6,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE MYELIN PROJECT: $6,000 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetDesign Museum Foundation Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetTHE TENNIS FOUNDATION OF CONNECTICUT INC: $5,800 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY NEW YORK: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSARAH FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetAUTISM SERVICES & RESOURCES CONNECTICUT: $4,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetAUBURN YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES INC: $4,500 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF WESTPORT PARKS AND RECREATION INC: $4,500 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetMERCY LEARNING CENTER OF BRIDGEPORT INC: $3,600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAUGUSTA FOOD BANK: $3,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCONNECTICUT INSTITUTE FOR REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS INC: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCONCEPTS FOR ADAPTIVE LEARNING: $3,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetABBY KELLEY FOSTER HOUSE INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFARMINGTON FOOD PANTRY INC: $3,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetDEMOS A NETWORK FOR IDEAS AND ACTION LTD: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCross Roads House Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE JORDAN PORCO FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

The Community Foundat…Liberty Bank Foundati…Newalliance Foundatio…Eversource Energy Fou…Peoples United Commun…William Caspar Graust…Yale UniversityFairfield County's Co…Ethel & Abe Lapides F…Eder Family Foundatio…Ion Bank Foundation I…United Way of Greater…
The Community Foundation for Greater New HavenCT45.6× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven · Liberty Bank Foundation Inc · Newalliance Foundation Inc · Eversource Energy Foundation Inc · Peoples United Community Foundation · William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund · Yale University · Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · Ethel & Abe Lapides Foundation Inc · Eder Family Foundation Inc · Ion Bank Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater New Haven Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Town Fair Tire Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Town Fair Tire Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 190%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 22%
  • Continuum of Care Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Columbus House Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Lifepath Inc: 85% of income from government
  • Cape Abilities Inc: 81% of income from government
  • Keystone House Inc: 66% of income from government
  • Friends of Children Inc: 54% of income from government
  • Hispanic Coalition of Greater Waterbury: 53% of income from government
  • The Center for Family Justice Inc: 49% of income from government
  • New Reach Inc: 49% of income from government
  • Family & Children's Agency Inc: 47% of income from government
  • United Way of Greater New Haven Inc: 42% of income from government
  • Upper Valley Haven: 38% of income from government
  • Save the Sound: 37% of income from government
  • Connecticut Institute for Refugees and Immigrants Inc: 37% of income from government
  • Benhaven Inc: 33% of income from government
  • Louis D Brown Peace Institute Corp: 32% of income from government
  • Lifebridge Community Services Inc: 32% of income from government
  • Danbury Youth Services: 29% of income from government
  • Connecticut Council for Philanthropy: 24% of income from government
  • Optimus Health Care Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Horizons for Homeless Children: 21% of income from government
  • The Boys and Girls Clubs of Hartford: 20% of income from government
  • Solar Youth Inc: 19% of income from government
  • The Open Door Shelter Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Marrakech Inc: 14% of income from government
  • New Haven Reads Community Book Bank Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Design Museum Foundation Inc: 12% of income from government
  • New England Innocence Project: 12% of income from government
  • Gaylord Hospital Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Connecticut Foodshare Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Bridgeport Youth Lacrosse Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Mercy Learning Center of Bridgeport Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Greater Bridgeport Symphony Society Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Worcester State Foundation Inc: 3% of income from government
  • New Haven Symphony Orchestra Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Boys and Girls Club of Worcester Inc: 2% of income from government
  • New Haven International Festival of Arts and Ideas Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Sacred Heart University Incorporated: 1% of income from government
  • Yale New Haven Hospital: 0% of income from government
  • Quinnipiac University: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
19get no government money at all
15report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
7rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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How do I get to Town Fair Tire Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Town Fair Tire Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 204 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $12M of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2020, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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