Connecticut · Private foundation
Widows Society
Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $4.8M
- Granted FY2021
- 14
- Grants FY2021
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 93%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Median grant, FY2021
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $2,100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 16
- FY2020 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 3
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 93% of the organizations Widows Society funded were first-time grantees, receiving 65% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 14 | $4.8M | 93% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $103k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2021.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hartford Interval House Inc | $1,713,099 | 2 | 34% |
| Aurora Women and Girls Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 21% |
| Capital Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 30% |
| Veterans Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Connecticut Community Care Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Foodshare Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Grace Academy | $40,000 | 1 | 2% |
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.7M), not named here.
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: Liberty Bank Foundation Inc · Hartford Foundation for Public Giving · Farmington Bank Community Foundation Inc · United Way Inc United Way of Cent & Ne Connecticut · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Widows Society
- How much does Widows Society give?
- Widows Society reported 14 grants totaling $4,821,058 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 16 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2021.
- What does Widows Society fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2021, its largest causes are Health (45%), Human Services (36%), Education (5%).
- Who are Widows Society's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2021: Hartford Interval House Inc ($1.7M), Aurora Women and Girls Foundation Inc ($100k), Capital Foundation Inc ($100k).
- Does Widows Society fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 93% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Widows Society 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 Widows Society?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Liberty Bank Foundation Inc, Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, Farmington Bank Community Foundation Inc.
- Where is Widows Society based?
- Widows Society is based in CT.
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