Illinois · Private foundation
Walter and Phyllis Ann Borten 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.
- $128k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2025
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $37,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 20
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Walter and Phyllis Ann Borten Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 20 | $128k | 5% |
| FY2024 | 20 | $115k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $112k | 5% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $130k | 11% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $118k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $115k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sharon Fire Department Inc | $183,000 | 6 | 7% |
| Sharon Day Care Center Inc | $88,000 | 6 | 5% |
| Housatonic Youth Service Bureau Inc | $57,500 | 5 | 5% |
| Brooklyn Botanic Garden Corporation | $37,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Equus Effect Inc | $37,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Chore Service Inc | $33,000 | 6 | 2% |
| New York Botanical Garden | $29,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Hotchkiss Library of Sharon Inc | $27,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Governors Island Alliance | $25,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations | $19,000 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sharon Fire Department Inc | $183,000 | 6 | 7% |
| Sharon Day Care Center Inc | $88,000 | 6 | 5% |
| Housatonic Youth Service Bureau Inc | $57,500 | 5 | 5% |
| Brooklyn Botanic Garden Corporation | $37,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Equus Effect Inc | $37,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Chore Service Inc | $33,000 | 6 | 2% |
| New York Botanical Garden | $29,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Hotchkiss Library of Sharon Inc | $27,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Governors Island Alliance | $25,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations | $19,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Sharon Historical Society Inc | $16,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Cornell University | $15,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | $15,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Sharon Land Trust Inc | $14,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Planned Parenthood of Greater New York Inc | $13,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Connecticut Forest & Park Association | $10,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Wild Bird Fund Inc | $7,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Project Sage Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Northwest Connecticut Arts Council Inc | $3,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Salisbury Forum | $3,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Bloomagainbklyn Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 2% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($78k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Walter and Phyllis Ann Borten 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.
Open a dossier: Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation Inc · Peter and Helen Haje Foundation · The Rhoades-Robinson Fund · The Mortimer & Barbara Klaus Family Foundation · The Hallingby Family Foundation Inc · Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc · MJPM Foundation · The Robert L and Jean Clarke Family Foundation · Low Road Foundation · Foundation for Community Health Inc · The Jm Kaplan Fund Inc · Steven Aresty Foundation
How this is measured
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About Walter and Phyllis Ann Borten Foundation
- How much does Walter and Phyllis Ann Borten Foundation give?
- Walter and Phyllis Ann Borten Foundation reported 20 grants totaling $128,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 20 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Walter and Phyllis Ann Borten Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Public Safety & Disaster (25%), Human Services (18%), Environment (11%).
- Who are Walter and Phyllis Ann Borten Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Sharon Fire Department Inc ($183k), Sharon Day Care Center Inc ($88k), Housatonic Youth Service Bureau Inc ($58k).
- Does Walter and Phyllis Ann Borten Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Walter and Phyllis Ann Borten 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 Walter and Phyllis Ann Borten Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation Inc, Peter and Helen Haje Foundation, The Rhoades-Robinson Fund.
- Where is Walter and Phyllis Ann Borten Foundation based?
- Walter and Phyllis Ann Borten Foundation is based in IL.
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