Funding search · EIN 046037391 · Hamden, CT

William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund

Name: William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

365
grants reported: $12.5M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $17,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

supplemental building justice community connecticut power equity education

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

1 grant matching “oral health” · $10,000

$10,000
Connecticut Association of School Based Health Centers · North Haven, CT · 2024
School-based health centers are closing the gap in oral health disparities

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

A Better Way Foundation11 grants · $541,875
Serc Foundation5 grants · $495,000
Faithacts for Education7 grants · $489,500
A Better Way Foundation Abwf9 grants · $488,000
Center for Leadership and Justice6 grants · $457,000
Relay Graduate School of Education5 grants · $408,750
Common Counsel Foundation3 grants · $400,000
Citywide Youth Coalition5 grants · $311,750
Bridgeport Generation Now4 grants · $283,750
Save Girls On Fyer7 grants · $282,500

Giving over time

$4.3M

2022

$4.2M

2023

$4.1M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 365 grants.

$200,000
Common Counsel Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2022
Movement for black lives (m4bl)
$162,000
Center for Leadership and Justice · Hartford, CT · 2022
General operating support
$150,000
Recenter Race & Equity in Education · Hartford, CT · 2022
Operationalizing racial equity across systems
$133,000
Citywide Youth Coalition · New Haven, CT · 2022
General operating support
$125,000
Serc Foundation · Middletown, CT · 2022
Courageous leadership-coherence & sustainability
$118,125
Bridgeport Generation Now · Bridgeport, CT · 2024
General support
$118,125
Cercle · New Haven, CT · 2024
Cercle strong
$118,125
Bridgeport Generation Now · Bridgeport, CT · 2023
General support
$118,125
Hope for New Haven · New Haven, CT · 2023
Cercle strong
$112,000
Faithacts for Education · Fairfield, CT · 2022
General operating support
$112,000
Make the Road States · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General operating support for make the road ct
$112,000
United We Dream Network · Washington, DC · 2022
General operating support for ct students for a dream
$105,000
Arts Council of Greater New Haven · New Haven, CT · 2022
General operating support for black infinity collective
$103,250
Racce · Waterbury, CT · 2024
General support
$103,250
Achieve Hartford · Waterbury, CT · 2023
General support for racce
$101,250
All Our Kin · New Haven, CT · 2024
Partnering with family child care educators to advocate for equitable early care and education systems in connecticut and beyond
$101,250
Citywide Youth Coalition · New Haven, CT · 2024
General support
$101,250
Connecticut Students for a Dream · Bridgeport, CT · 2024
General support
$101,250
Ct Black and Brown Students Union · Hartford, CT · 2024
General support
$101,250
Hearing Youth Voices · New London, CT · 2024
General supportyouth building power
$101,250
Make the Road Connecticut · Hartford, CT · 2024
Building power for language justice & full participation in local democracy
$101,250
Re-Center · Hartford, CT · 2024
Re-center: building networks for racial equity impact
$101,250
Relay Graduate School of Education · New York, NY · 2024
Relay connecticut
$101,250
Serc Foundation · Middletown, CT · 2024
Conference and supporting districts to build social justice community coalitions
$101,250
Serc Foundation · Middletown, CT · 2024
Dismantling systemic racism and supporting districts to build social justice community coalitions
$101,250
All Our Kin · New Haven, CT · 2023
Partnering with family child care educators to advocate for equitable early care and education systems in ct and beyond
$101,250
Faithacts for Education · Bridgeport, CT · 2023
General support
$101,250
Make the Road States · Hartford, CT · 2023
Building power for language justice & full participation in local democracy
$101,250
Re-Center · Hartford, CT · 2023
Re-center: building networks for racial equity impact
$101,250
Relay Graduate School of Education · New York, NY · 2023
Relay connecticut
$101,250
United We Dream Network · Washington, DC · 2023
General support - ct students for a dream
$100,625
She Leads Justice · Hartford, CT · 2024
General support
$100,625
She Leads Justice · Hartford, CT · 2023
General support
$100,000
Common Counsel Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2024
Movement for black lives
$100,000
A Better Way Foundation · Hartford, CT · 2023
Impact opportunity general operating support
$100,000
Common Counsel Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2023
General operating support of the movement for black lives
$100,000
Faithacts for Education · Bridgeport, CT · 2023
Impact opportunity general operating support
$100,000
Hope for New Haven · New Haven, CT · 2023
Impact opportunity general operating support
$100,000
Serc Foundation · Middletown, CT · 2023
Impact opportunity general operating support
$100,000
A Better Way Foundation Abwf · Hartford, CT · 2022
General operating support of hearing youth voices
$100,000
Building One Community · Stamford, CT · 2022
Power (parents organized will effect results)
$100,000
Community Mediation · Hamden, CT · 2022
General operating support for students for educational justice
$100,000
Congregations Organized for a New Connecticut · Hamden, CT · 2022
General operating support
$100,000
Middlesex United Way · Middletown, CT · 2022
General operating support for middletown racial justice coalition
$100,000
Relay Graduate School of Education · New York, NY · 2022
Bipoc student retention initiative
$100,000
Save Girls On Fyer · Waterbury, CT · 2022
Liberation at the center
$100,000
The United Way of Greater Waterbury · Waterbury, CT · 2022
Waterbury bridge to success: building community capacity and shifting power
$87,500
Connecticut Justice Alliance · Bridgeport, CT · 2024
Connecticut justice alliance, justice advisors and #investinmect
$87,500
Katal Center for Health Equity and Justice · Hartford, CT · 2024
#cutshutinvest campaign and bloc
$87,500
Katal Center for Health Equity and Justice · Hartford, CT · 2023
#cutshutinvest campaign and bloc
$87,500
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs · Calabasas, CA · 2023
Connecticut justice alliance, justice advisors and #investinmect
$87,000
A Better Way Foundation Abwf · Hartford, CT · 2022
General operating support of ct black and brown student union
$86,250
A Better Way Foundation · Hartford, CT · 2024
General support
$86,250
Center for Leadership and Justice · Hartford, CT · 2024
General support
$86,250
Pt Partners · Bridgeport, CT · 2024
General support
$86,250
Pt Partners · Bridgeport, CT · 2024
General support - pt partners
$86,250
Center for Leadership and Justice · Hartford, CT · 2023
General support
$83,000
Community Bonds · New Haven, CT · 2022
General operating support for ct bail fund
$83,000
Open Communities Alliance · Hartford, CT · 2022
Greenlining connecticut: promoting inclusive zoning, revilitzation, housing voucher, and housing investment policies
$83,000
Urban Concepts · Bridgeport, CT · 2022
Unidad latina en accion (ula): building migrant power for racial and economic justice
$75,000
Hartford Parent University · Hartford, CT · 2022
Hpu's bottom up program
$75,000
United Way of Coastal Fairfield County · Bridgeport, CT · 2022
Pt partner's capacity expansion project
$67,500
Faithacts for Education · Bridgeport, CT · 2024
General support
$67,500
Waterbury Bridge To Success Community Partnership · Waterbury, CT · 2024
Waterbury bridge to success cradle to career/p-20 cans general operating
$67,500
A Better Way Foundation · Hartford, CT · 2023
General operating support of connecticut black and brown student union
$67,500
A Better Way Foundation · New London, CT · 2023
General operating support of hearing youth voices
$67,500
Faithacts for Education · Bridgeport, CT · 2023
General operating support
$67,500
Make the Road States · Hartford, CT · 2023
Language justice in bridgeport, hartford and ct
$67,500
Relay Graduate School of Education · New York, NY · 2023
Relay connecticut bipoc student recruitment & retention initiative
$67,500
Serc Foundation · Middletown, CT · 2023
Building a strong foundation for social justice community coalitions
$67,500
United We Dream Network · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating support for ct students for a dream
$67,500
A Better Way Foundation Abwf · Hartford, CT · 2022
General operating support of connecticut black and brown student union
$67,500
A Better Way Foundation Abwf · Hartford, CT · 2022
General operating support of hearing youth voices
$65,625
New Haven Legal Assistance Association · New Haven, CT · 2024
Building community power in economic justice
$65,625
Step Up New London · New London, CT · 2024
General support
$65,625
A Better Way Foundation · Hartford, CT · 2023
General support - step up new london
$65,625
New Haven Legal Assistance Association · New Haven, CT · 2023
Building community power in economic justice
$62,000
All Our Kin · New Haven, CT · 2022
Centering equity at all our kin, in our family child care networks, and our country
$60,000
A Better Way Foundation · Hartford, CT · 2024
End of year surplus grant
$60,000
Students for Educational Justice · Hamden, CT · 2024
General support
$60,000
The People'S Place · Waterbury, CT · 2024
General support
$60,000
Citywide Youth Coalition · New Haven, CT · 2023
General operating support
$60,000
Community Mediation · Hamden, CT · 2023
General operating support - sej
$60,000
Hartford Food System · Hartford, CT · 2022
Grow hartford youth program
$57,500
Health Equity Solutions · Hartford, CT · 2024
Community power
$57,500
Center for Leadership and Justice · Hartford, CT · 2023
General operating support
$57,500
Center for Leadership and Justice · Hartford, CT · 2022
General operating support
$55,000
The Prosperity Foundation · New Haven, CT · 2022
Black community grant give
$54,600
University of Connecticut Foundation · Farmington, CT · 2022
Scholars program
$54,000
Hope for New Haven · New Haven, CT · 2022
Cercle provider network and teacher apprentice program
$50,000
Congregations Organized for a New Connecticut · Hamden, CT · 2024
General support
$50,000
Connecticut Council for Philanthropy · Hartford, CT · 2024
Immigration pooled fund
$50,000
Power · Stamford, CT · 2024
Power - parents organized will effect results
$50,000
Waterbury Bridge To Success Community Partnership · Waterbury, CT · 2024
General support
$50,000
Hope for New Haven · New Haven, CT · 2023
Cercle strong
$50,000
United Way of Coastal Fairfield County · Bridgeport, CT · 2023
General operating support for pt partners
$50,000
United Way of Greater Waterbury · Waterbury, CT · 2023
General support
$50,000
A Better Way Foundation Abwf · Hartford, CT · 2022
General operating support
$50,000
Amistad United Church of Christ · Hartford, CT · 2022
General operating support of moral monday ct
$50,000
Community Mediation · Hamden, CT · 2022
Students for educational justice's project the anti-racist teaching and learning collective (artlc)

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