· Private foundation
Tw Marian W Ottley-Watertown
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k1 grant · $9k
- $10k–50k9 grants · $157k
- $50k–250k9 grants · $935k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| WATERBURY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC | $200,000 |
| RAILROAD MUSEUM OF NEW ENGLAND INC | $150,000 |
| HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC WATERTOWN | $133,000 |
| ST JOHN R C CHURCH CORP OF WATERTOWN | $100,000 |
| ST JOHNS EPISCOPAL CHURCH | $100,000 |
| CONNECTICUT JUNIOR REPUBLIC ASSOCIATION | $75,000 |
| HEALTH HORIZONS INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION | $75,000 |
| WESTOVER SCHOOL INC | $52,000 |
| SOUTHMAYD HOME INC | $50,000 |
| SEVEN ANGELS THEATRE INC | $26,000 |
| MUSICALS AT RICHTER INC | $25,000 |
| PALACE THEATER GROUP INC | $23,000 |
| DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION | $19,000 |
| BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER WATERBURY | $17,000 |
| CAROLYNS PLACE | $15,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $76k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +24% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.
30 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 19 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 48% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $574k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- FNFlanders Nature Center & Land Trust Inc4× · 2017–2024 · $425k · revenue +206%
- TTTHE TAFT SCHOOL CORPORATION5× · 2017–2024 · $425k · revenue +135%
- WLWatertown Library Association3× · 2017–2021 · $253k · revenue +8%
Funded once
- CSCANTERBURY SCHOOLone grant, 2023 · $125k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2023 · $119k
- SHSOUTHMAYD HOME INCone grant, 2023 · $100k
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.
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.
The purpose of the "Society" is to collect, preserve, and interpret Wethersfield's past for the education and enjoyment of present and future generations.
The mission of the waterford public library is to enrich, educate and connect our community through discovery and access to ideas, information, technology and entertainment.
To provide literary, historical, educational and cultural resources for the general public.
Preservation of open space in watertown, ct; maintenance of owned and conserved properties and public education of enviromental issues.
The mission of the library is to serve to the community, cultivate knowledge, promote curiosity, and inspire lifelong learning.
We provide students with a world-class liberal arts education that stimulates intellect, ignites passion, and shapes character.
The willington public library mission statement: we welcome and support all people in their enjoyment of reading and lifelong learning. we are dedicated to enriching the community by providing access to a variety of resources, services,…
Theaterworks' mission is to share intimate stories that engage all audiences. it creates exceptional contemporary theater that entertains, celebrates new voices, and invites meaningful conversations. its vision is to inspire a more…
To provide diverse programming and promote arts education thereby enriching the cultural life of the greater Norwalk community
The waterbury land bank authority ("wlb") works to enhance the quality of life for waterbury residents. we do this by repurposing vacant lots and structures into new community assets. we work closely with the city of waterbury, other…
Makersphere is dedicated to fostering creativity in our community by providing educational opportunities and workspace for all ages. we help people share their knowledge and build their creative skills in various arts and crafts including…
To stimulate and support economic and housing development within the communities of the city of waterbury.
How this is measured
36 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. 36 of the 66 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds Flanders Nature Center & Land Trust Inc ↗
- Who funds THE TAFT SCHOOL CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds Watertown Library Association ↗
- Who funds WATERTOWN FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CANTERBURY SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds WATERBURY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC ↗
- Who funds Seven Angels Theatre Inc ↗
- Who funds BRASS CITY CHARTER SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds SOUTHMAYD HOME INC ↗
- Who funds RAILROAD MUSEUM OF NEW ENGLAND INC ↗
- Who funds WATERTOWN HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds GREATER WATERBURY CAMPERSHIP FUND INC ↗
- Who funds WESTOVER SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds MATTATUCK HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds CONNECTICUT JUNIOR REPUBLIC ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds HEALTH HORIZONS INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds MUSICALS AT RICHTER INC ↗
- Who funds THE PALACE THEATER GROUP INC ↗
- Who funds FIDELCO GUIDE DOG FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds POLICE ACTIVITY LEAGUE OF WATERBURY ↗
- Who funds VASSAR COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds JOHN TRUMBULL PRIMARY SCHOOL PTO ↗
- Who funds The Waterbury Chorale Inc ↗
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: The Connecticut Community Foundation · Ion Bank Foundation Inc · Thomaston Savings Bank Foundation Inc · American Savings Foundation Inc · Connecticut Humanities Council Inc · Elisha Leavenworth Foundation Inc · Eversource Energy Foundation Inc · The Leever Foundation · Chase Collegiate School Foundation · The United Way of Greater Waterbury Inc · Savings Bank of Danbury Foundation Inc · Ibm International Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Tw Marian W Ottley-Watertown funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Tw Marian W Ottley-Watertown. Bigger dots raise more.
- Connecticut Junior Republic Association Incorporated: 71% of income from government
- Boys and Girls Club of Greater Waterbury: 18% of income from government
- The Palace Theater Group Inc: 12% of income from government
- Homefront Inc: 9% of income from government
- Gaylord Hospital Inc: 6% of income from government
- Connecticut Foodshare Inc: 5% of income from government
- Landmark Community Theatre Inc: 2% of income from government
- Shakesperience Productions Inc: 2% of income from government
- Connecticut Storytelling Center Inc: 2% of income from government
- Waterbury Symphony Orchestra Inc: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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