Connecticut · Private foundation
Wayne Eisenbaum Charitable Foundati
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.
- $300k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 15
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $121k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations Wayne Eisenbaum Charitable Foundati funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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 | 16 | $285k | 6% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $250k | 7% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $245k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $245k | 7% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $245k | 7% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $255k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $255k | 8% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $290k | 20% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operation Fuel Incorporated | $180,000 | 9 | 1% |
| House of Bread Inc | $180,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Haitian Health Foundation | $180,000 | 9 | 0% |
| The Independence Fund Inc | $160,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Prime Time House Inc | $140,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Foodshare Inc | $100,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Susan B Anthony Project Inc | $85,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Gifts of Love Inc | $50,000 | 9 | 1% |
| The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $50,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Arc of Litchfield County Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operation Fuel Incorporated | $180,000 | 9 | 1% |
| House of Bread Inc | $180,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Haitian Health Foundation | $180,000 | 9 | 0% |
| The Independence Fund Inc | $160,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Prime Time House Inc | $140,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Foodshare Inc | $100,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Susan B Anthony Project Inc | $85,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Gifts of Love Inc | $50,000 | 9 | 1% |
| The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $50,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Arc of Litchfield County Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Maria Seymour Brooker Memorial | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wounded Warriors Family Support Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Wayne Eisenbaum Charitable Foundati 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 Wayne Eisenbaum Charitable Foundati
- How much does Wayne Eisenbaum Charitable Foundati give?
- Wayne Eisenbaum Charitable Foundati reported 18 grants totaling $300,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Wayne Eisenbaum Charitable Foundati fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (29%), Housing & Shelter (15%), Human Services (12%).
- Who are Wayne Eisenbaum Charitable Foundati's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Operation Fuel Incorporated ($180k), House of Bread Inc ($180k), Haitian Health Foundation ($180k).
- Does Wayne Eisenbaum Charitable Foundati fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Wayne Eisenbaum Charitable Foundati 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 Wayne Eisenbaum Charitable Foundati?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Aetna Foundation Inc, Union Savings Bank Foundation Inc, Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation Inc.
- Where is Wayne Eisenbaum Charitable Foundati based?
- Wayne Eisenbaum Charitable Foundati is based in CT.
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