· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2021.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2021
- Under $10k3 grants · $18k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $40k
- $50k–250k7 grants · $675k
- $250k+3 grants · $4.1M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UCONN WOMEN'S HEALTH | $2,100,000 |
| HARTFORD INTERVAL HOUSE | $1,688,358 |
| CRT | $300,000 |
| VETERANS INC | $100,000 |
| FOODSHARE | $100,000 |
| CONNECTICUT COMMUNITY CARE | $100,000 |
| AURORA WOMEN AND GIRLS FOUNDATION | $100,000 |
| CHARTER OAK STATE COLLEGE | $100,000 |
| CAPITAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION | $100,000 |
| UNIVERSALIST CHURCH OF WEST HARTFORD | $75,000 |
| GRACE ACADEMY | $40,000 |
| PROJECT HOPE - HAITI RELIEF | $7,700 |
| MT SINAI REHAB HOSPITAL LYMPHEDEMA DEPT | $5,000 |
| CT HISTORICAL SOCIETY | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–21) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Fundraising for scholarships, programs and capital support for ct state community college norwalk.
To support the educational efforts of ct state community college - three rivers.
Description of organization mission connecticut college values academic excellence, diversity, equality, shared governance, education of the entire person, adherence to common ethical and moral standards, community service and global…
Provide educational services to chartered financial analyst community
See schedule ouniversity of new haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts & professional education.
To support and improve the overall health and well-being of the greater hartford community through grants, projects and partnerships.
The hartford foundation for public giving, established in 1925, is the community foundation for the 29 towns in the hartford region. its mission is putting philanthropy into action to create lasting solutions that result in vibrant…
To provide medical services for the residents of the greater hartford connecticut area. to provide quality health care services to low and moderate income individuals in the greater hartford connecticut area regardless of ability to pay.
Community action agency of new haven, inc. offers pathways to prosperity to those in poverty in the greater new haven area through: service - collaboration - advocacy - knowledge generation.
To support the community college system of new hampshire and make higher education more accessible.
How this is measured
7 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 7 of the 29 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Widows Society funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Widows Society. Bigger dots raise more.
- Veterans Inc: 58% of income from government
- Connecticut Community Care Inc: 15% of income from government
- Aurora Women and Girls Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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