Connecticut · Nonprofit
NORFOLK FOUNDATION INC
NORFOLK FOUNDATION INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,366,045 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM AND MARY GREVE FOUNDATION INC ($1,342,625). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $642k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $1.4M
- Net assets
- $6.3M
What Norfolk Foundation Inc does
Programs
Activities to better coordinate the diverse energies of the town's burgeoning non-governmental organization community by providing a managed central co-working space: the establishment of the norfolk hub brings a greater shared awareness of the town's many volunteer organizations, is used for community workspace/events/presentations, and offers work, meeting space and professional support to its member organizations.
$137,279 spentActivities to contribute to the vitality of norfolk's rich cultural heritage: annual literary festival, now in its seventh year, in support of establishing norfolk as a major center for arts and culture in the region, bringing to norfolk award winning authors and writers into conversation on a wide range of topics to celebrate ideas and discourse. Continuing partnership with yale norfolk school of art by supporting annual thematic lecture series.
$38,016 spentContributing to a thriving downtown including the ownership and maintenance/improvement of three prominent buildings in the downtown area. 2 station place - as a collaborative co-working work space with additional space rented to a hair salon; 6 station place as a convenience market/deli; 3 station place (purchased in nov 2021 and sold in sept 2025) has both commerical and residential tenants (partnership with foundation for norfolk living as master tenant for the residential units). These activities are an important part of the organization's mission but are not deemed direct charitable activities.
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-PF.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $2.7M to $5.2M (+98%).
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $500 → $101k.
1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of NORFOLK FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
NORFOLK FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 98% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 99% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
99% of NORFOLK FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Connecticut funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $15k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
NORFOLK FOUNDATION INC's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 2 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,505 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like NORFOLK FOUNDATION INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NORFOLK FOUNDATION INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NORFOLK FOUNDATION INC?
- NORFOLK FOUNDATION INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,366,045 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM AND MARY GREVE FOUNDATION INC ($1,342,625). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NORFOLK FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $1,366,045 in grants to NORFOLK FOUNDATION INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NORFOLK FOUNDATION INC?
- THE WILLIAM AND MARY GREVE FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,342,625 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NORFOLK FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 5 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing