· Private foundation
White Linford & Mildred Fdn
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What you funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2025.
Where the money goes
Your grants by size, and where they go.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MATTATUCK HISTORICAL SOCIETY | $5,000 |
| JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF SW NEW ENGLAND | $5,000 |
| SHAKESPERIENCE PRODUCTIONS INC | $5,000 |
| THE SALVATION ARMY | $3,500 |
| PALACE THEATER GROUP | $3,200 |
| ARTS FOR LEARNING CONNECTICUT | $3,000 |
Do your dollars go where the need is?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.
None of your grants could be placed against low income need for this view.
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.
Who you back again
Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.
3 repeat relationships — 2 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 4 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, 40% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.” Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
Backed again, and grew
- SPSHAKESPERIENCE PRODUCTIONS INC3× · 2023–2025 · $12k · revenue -22%
- WSWATERBURY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC2× · 2023–2024 · $10k · revenue -9%
- MHMATTATUCK HISTORICAL SOCIETY2× · 2024–2025 · $10k · revenue +29%
Funded once
- MHMATTATUCK HISTORICAL SOCIETYone grant, 2021 · $6k
- CFCONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INCone grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue +7%
- SVST VINCENT DEPAUL MISSION OF WATERBURYgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +43%
Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The community action agency of western connecticut is a private non-profit corporation serving western connecticut. its primary purpose is to operate a multi-purpose organization to combat poverty and promote self sufficiency among low…
Connecticut public broadcasting, inc. will inform, educate and inspire the people of connecticut, connecting and empowering the people of ct through outstanding journalism, storytelling, education and experiences, to make our state a more…
Empower a statewide network of caring, consistent volunteer court appointed special advocates to advance the best interests of children who have experienced abuse or neglect so every child can find a safe, permanent home to thrive.
Long wharf theatre is dedicated to producing boundary-breaking theatre with and for its many, kaleidoscopic communities. our vision is theatre for everyone.
The purpose of the "Society" is to collect, preserve, and interpret Wethersfield's past for the education and enjoyment of present and future generations.
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…
Foodshare is leading an informed, coordinated response to hunger as part of the overall community effort to alleviate poverty in hartford and tolland counties.
To improve the economy, vitality and quality of life in southeastern ct by supporting the arts, cultural and creative community.
Goodwill of western and northern ct (gwnc) strengthens communities by eliminating barriers to employment and maximizing the independence of all people served.
To eliminate systemic inequities and improve lifelong outcomes for youth and families, particularly who are marginalized, by facilitating cross-sector partnerships, building community capacity and power, by co-creating equitable systems…
To foster an equitable and inclusive community in greater waterbury and litchfield hills by inspiring generosity, supporting organizations, and cultivating effective leaders. the foundation works to address the community's critical issues,…
The connecticut humane society is the leading resource in the state for companion animal welfare, enriching the lives of families and communities through adoption services, medical care, education, and prevention of cruelty.
For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The United Way of Greater Waterbury Inc and the most unlike its peers is Mattatuck Historical Society. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
11 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 11 of the 32 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.
Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee
Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them
A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds SHAKESPERIENCE PRODUCTIONS INC ↗
- Who funds WATERBURY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC ↗
- Who funds MATTATUCK HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds CONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INC ↗
- Who funds ST VINCENT DEPAUL MISSION OF WATERBURY ↗
- Who funds THE UNITED WAY OF GREATER WATERBURY INC ↗
- Who funds SAFE HAVEN OF GREATER WTBY INC ↗
- Who funds OPERATION FUEL INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds THE PALACE THEATER GROUP INC ↗
- Who funds ARTS FOR LEARNING CONNECTICUT ↗
- Who funds COVENANT TO CARE FOR CHILDREN INC ↗
The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Thomaston Savings Bank Foundation Inc · The Connecticut Community Foundation · Ion Bank Foundation Inc · American Savings Foundation Inc · The Leever Foundation · Savings Bank of Danbury Foundation Inc · Webster Bank Charitable Foundation · Elisha Leavenworth Foundation Inc · Tw Marian W Ottley-Watertown · Connecticut Humanities Council Inc · Eversource Energy Foundation Inc · Aetna Foundation Inc
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.
Government reliance of your grantees
Every dot is one organization White Linford & Mildred Fdn funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.
- St Vincent Depaul Mission of Waterbury — 47% of income from government
- Operation Fuel Incorporated — 43% of income from government
- Covenant to Care for Children Inc — 41% of income from government
- Arts for Learning Connecticut — 9% of income from government
- Connecticut Foodshare Inc — 4% of income from government
- The Palace Theater Group Inc — 4% of income from government
- Shakesperience Productions Inc — 3% of income from government
- Waterbury Symphony Orchestra Inc — 1% of income from government
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.