Funding search · EIN 046037391 · Hamden, CT

William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund

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 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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5 grants matching “relay · $408,750

  • $101,250

    Relay Graduate School of Education · New York, NY · 2024

    Relay connecticut

  • $101,250

    Relay Graduate School of Education · New York, NY · 2023

    Relay connecticut

  • $67,500

    Relay Graduate School of Education · New York, NY · 2023

    Relay connecticut bipoc student recruitment & retention initiative

  • $100,000

    Relay Graduate School of Education · New York, NY · 2022

    Bipoc student retention initiative

  • $38,750

    Relay Graduate School of Education · New York, NY · 2022

    Liberated: an anti-racist approach to social and emotional learning

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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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.