Connecticut · Private foundation
Tricoastal 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.
- $476k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 15%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 20
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 9
- Total assets, FY2025
- $7.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 15% of the organizations Tricoastal Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $75k 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 | 18 | $476k | 6% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $330k | 15% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $569k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $1.1M | 20% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $555k | 7% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $530k | 14% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $550k | 29% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $470k | 9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities Inc | $810,000 | 9 | 8% |
| Save The Children Federation Inc | $650,000 | 6 | 0% |
| New York City Ballet Inc | $575,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Horse North Inc | $550,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Jackie Robinson Foundation Inc | $350,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Jazz at Lincoln Center Inc | $275,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Campaign for Free College Tuition | $220,000 | 8 | 48% |
| Ross Valley Players | $185,000 | 7 | 12% |
| Traverse City Film Festival | $175,000 | 7 | 3% |
| Parallel 45 Inc | $120,000 | 5 | 13% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities Inc | $810,000 | 9 | 8% |
| Save The Children Federation Inc | $650,000 | 6 | 0% |
| New York City Ballet Inc | $575,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Horse North Inc | $550,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Jackie Robinson Foundation Inc | $350,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Jazz at Lincoln Center Inc | $275,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Campaign for Free College Tuition | $220,000 | 8 | 48% |
| Ross Valley Players | $185,000 | 7 | 12% |
| Traverse City Film Festival | $175,000 | 7 | 3% |
| Parallel 45 Inc | $120,000 | 5 | 13% |
| Wild Rockies Field Institute Inc | $85,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Central Park Conservancy Inc | $80,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Habitat for Humanity Inc | $70,000 | 7 | 10% |
| For Love of Water | $60,000 | 5 | 2% |
| The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $60,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Marin Art and Garden Center | $55,000 | 4 | 1% |
| National Wildlife Federation | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Doe Fund Inc | $40,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Rainforest Flow | $18,000 | 1 | 12% |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($870k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Tricoastal Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 19 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Tricoastal Foundation
- How much does Tricoastal Foundation give?
- Tricoastal Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $475,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 20 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Tricoastal Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (27%), Environment (16%), International (15%).
- Who are Tricoastal Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities Inc ($810k), Save The Children Federation Inc ($650k), New York City Ballet Inc ($575k).
- Does Tricoastal Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Tricoastal 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 Tricoastal Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Network for Good, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Tricoastal Foundation based?
- Tricoastal Foundation is based in CT.
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