Connecticut · Private foundation
Westbrook Foundation Inc
To Administer Funds Whose Income Is to Be Used For The Benefit Of Residents Of The Town Of Westbrook. Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $519k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 86
- Grants FY2024
- 85
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 53%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $3,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $73,940
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 90
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 16
- Total assets, FY2024
- $9.2M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 53% of the organizations Westbrook Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 45% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $178k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 86 | $519k | 41% |
| FY2023 | 85 | $401k | 53% |
| FY2022 | 90 | $564k | 47% |
| FY2021 | 89 | $454k | 48% |
| FY2020 | 89 | $448k | 61% |
| FY2019 | 79 | $342k | 95% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $106k | 43% |
| FY2017 | 5 | $171k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Shore YMCA Inc | $215,500 | 5 | 3% |
| Safe Harbor Inc | $85,215 | 4 | 9% |
| Westbrook Historical Society Inc | $52,320 | 4 | n/a |
| Town of Westbrook | $49,679 | 1 | n/a |
| Camp Hazen Young Men's Christian Association Inc | $43,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Bare Necessities Inc | $33,300 | 5 | 14% |
| Westbrook Youth and Family Services Inc | $33,000 | 3 | 5% |
| High Hopes Therapeutic Riding Inc | $25,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Estuary Council of Seniors Inc | $25,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Shoreline Soup Kitchens & Pantries | $16,000 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Shore YMCA Inc | $215,500 | 5 | 3% |
| Safe Harbor Inc | $85,215 | 4 | 9% |
| Westbrook Historical Society Inc | $52,320 | 4 | n/a |
| Town of Westbrook | $49,679 | 1 | n/a |
| Camp Hazen Young Men's Christian Association Inc | $43,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Bare Necessities Inc | $33,300 | 5 | 14% |
| Westbrook Youth and Family Services Inc | $33,000 | 3 | 5% |
| High Hopes Therapeutic Riding Inc | $25,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Estuary Council of Seniors Inc | $25,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Shoreline Soup Kitchens & Pantries | $16,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Lumibility Inc | $15,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Friends of Westbrook Public Library | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Old Saybrook Youth Football Activities League Inc | $12,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Westbrook Athletic Boosters | $8,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Westbrook Land Conservation Trust Inc | $6,697 | 2 | n/a |
| Westbrook Drum Corps Inc | $6,298 | 1 | n/a |
| Traveling Toys Inc | $3,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Maritime Education Network Inc | $3,500 | 1 | 8% |
| A Little Compassion | $3,000 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 283 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Westbrook Foundation Inc 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 Westbrook Foundation Inc
- How much does Westbrook Foundation Inc give?
- Westbrook Foundation Inc reported 86 grants totaling $519,084 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 90 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Westbrook Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (40%), Human Services (13%), Public Benefit (12%).
- Who are Westbrook Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Valley Shore YMCA Inc ($216k), Safe Harbor Inc ($85k), Westbrook Historical Society Inc ($52k).
- Does Westbrook Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 53% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Westbrook Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Westbrook Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Rockfall Foundation, Community Foundation of Middlesex County Inc, Kitchings Family Foundation.
- Where is Westbrook Foundation Inc based?
- Westbrook Foundation Inc is based in CT.
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