Connecticut · Public charity
Westport Rotary Club Foundation Inc
Donate proceeds of fundraisers to 501(c)(3) organizations
- $390k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 31
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $216k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $6,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 14
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $497k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 14% of the organizations Westport Rotary Club Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k 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 | 31 | $216k | 55% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $96k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $83k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $125k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $50k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $15k | n/a |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicaphoto Inc | $64,650 | 2 | 24% |
| Homes With Hope | $26,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Positive Directions-The Center for Prevention & Counseling Inc | $24,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Domestic Violence Crisis Center | $23,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Mid-Fairfield Child Guidance Center Inc | $22,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Staples High School Tuition Grants Committee Inc | $21,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Adam J Lewis Academy Inc | $20,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Applied Behavioral Rehabilitation Instit | $20,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Westport Book Sale Ventures Inc | $20,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Connect US Inc | $18,000 | 3 | 1% |
Show all 25 grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($207k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Westport Rotary Club 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.
Open a dossier: Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · The Near and Far Association Inc · The Inner-City Foundation for Charity & Education Inc · New Canaan Community Foundation Inc · Peoples United Community Foundation · The James & Mary Ellen Marpe Family Foundation · Newman's Own Foundation · Young Mens Christian Association of Westport/Weston Ct Inc · The John and Ethel Kashulon Foundation · Elizabeth Raymond Ambler Trust · Grace K Salmon Trust Par 9 & 10 Ow · Ritter Family Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Westport Rotary Club Foundation Inc with peer funders
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About Westport Rotary Club Foundation Inc
- How much does Westport Rotary Club Foundation Inc give?
- Westport Rotary Club Foundation Inc reported 31 itemized grants totaling $215,500, out of $389,706 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Westport Rotary Club Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (14%), Housing & Shelter (11%), Human Services (11%).
- Who are Westport Rotary Club Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Nicaphoto Inc ($65k), Homes With Hope ($26k), Positive Directions-The Center for Prevention & Counseling Inc ($25k).
- Does Westport Rotary Club Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Westport Rotary Club Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc, The Near and Far Association Inc, The Inner-City Foundation for Charity & Education Inc.
- Where is Westport Rotary Club Foundation Inc based?
- Westport Rotary Club Foundation Inc is based in CT.
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