Funding search · EIN 061245402 · West Harford, CT

J Walton Bissell Foundation

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

240
grants reported
$3.1M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$10,000
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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Funding pattern

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56 grants matching “hartford · $675,500

  • $20,000

    Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz · Hartford, CT · 2024

    The 33rd ghfj musical journey

  • $20,000

    Hartford Interval House · Hartford, CT · 2024

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    Urban League of Greater Hartford the · Hartford, CT · 2024

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    Hartford Performs · Hartford, CT · 2024

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    Hartford Promise · Hartford, CT · 2024

    General operating support

  • $10,000

    Hartford Artisans Weaving Center · Hartford, CT · 2024

    General operating support

  • $10,000

    Hartford Health Initiative · Hartford, CT · 2024

    General operating support

  • $10,000

    A Better Way Foundation · New Haven, CT · 2024

    Ct black & brown student union: hartford

  • $10,000

    Hartford Parent University · Hartford, CT · 2024

    General operating support

  • $10,000

    Hartford Symphony Orchestra · Hartford, CT · 2024

    General operating support

  • $10,000

    International Hartford Ltd · Hartford, CT · 2024

    General operating support

  • $10,000

    Hartford'S Proud Drill Drum and Dance Corp · Hartford, CT · 2024

    General operating support

  • $10,000

    Read To Grow · Branford, CT · 2024

    Ecl in hartford through bookmobile & storytime

  • $10,000

    Arts for Learning Connecticut · Hamden, CT · 2024

    Work in hartford region

  • $10,000

    Greystone Foundation · Avon, CT · 2024

    Hartford basic needs initiative

  • $10,000

    Hands On Hartford · Hartford, CT · 2024

    General operating support

  • $7,500

    Hartford Jazz Society · Hartford, CT · 2024

    General operating support

  • $7,500

    Connecticut Veterans Legal Center the · West Haven, CT · 2024

    Legal aid to hartford-based veterans

  • $7,500

    Womens Composers Festival of Hartford · Hartford, CT · 2024

    General operating support

  • $5,000

    First Night Hartford · Hartford, CT · 2024

    General operating support

  • $25,000

    Hartford Public Library · Hartford, CT · 2023

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    Hartford Interval House · Hartford, CT · 2023

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz · Hartford, CT · 2023

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    Hartford Performs · Hartford, CT · 2023

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    Hartford Promise · Hartford, CT · 2023

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    Hartford Youth Scholars Foundation · Hartford, CT · 2023

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    Iquilt Partnership · Hartford, CT · 2023

    Winterfest hartford

  • $12,500

    Hartford Stage Company · Hartford, CT · 2023

    General operating support

  • $10,000

    Hartford Parent University · Hartford, CT · 2023

    General operating support

  • $10,000

    Hartford Health Initiative · Hartford, CT · 2023

    General operating support

  • $10,000

    Hartford Symphony Orchestra · Hartford, CT · 2023

    Education

  • $10,000

    International Hartford Ltd · Hartford, CT · 2023

    General operating support

  • $10,000

    Tourette Association of America · Bayside, NY · 2023

    Hartford delivery

  • $10,000

    Hartford Artisans Weaving Center · Hartford, CT · 2023

    General operating support

  • $10,000

    Connecticut Veterans Legal Center · West Haven, CT · 2023

    Serving hartford veterans

  • $8,000

    Achieve Hartford · Hartford, CT · 2023

    General operating support

  • $7,500

    One Standard of Justice · New Canaan, CT · 2023

    Pardon classes/coaching for hartford residents

  • $7,500

    Local Initiatives Support Corporation · Hartford, CT · 2023

    Hartford neighborhood development support collaborative

  • $7,500

    Hartford Jazz Society · Hartford, CT · 2023

    General operating support

  • $5,000

    Arts for Learning Connecticut · Hamden, CT · 2023

    Work in hartford region

  • $5,000

    Greystone Foundation · Avon, CT · 2023

    Basic needs initiative in hartford

  • $30,000

    Hartford Seminary · Hartford, CT · 2022

    Howard thurman center's healing fellowship program

  • $20,000

    Hands On Hartford · Hartford, CT · 2022

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    Hartford Interval House · Hartford, CT · 2022

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    Hartford City Mission · Hartford, CT · 2022

    Hartford city mission after school programs

  • $15,000

    Hartford Performs · Hartford, CT · 2022

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    Operation Fuel · Hartford, CT · 2022

    Energy assistance for hartford

  • $12,500

    Hartford Stage Company · Hartford, CT · 2022

    General operating support

  • $10,000

    Hartford Parent University · Hartford, CT · 2022

    General operating support

  • $10,000

    Hartford Public Library · Hartford, CT · 2022

    Celebrating our indigenous heritage

  • $10,000

    Hartford Artisans Weaving Center · Hartford, CT · 2022

    General operating support

  • $10,000

    Hartford Equity in Academics Team · Hartford, CT · 2022

    General operating support

  • $10,000

    International Hartford Ltd · Hartford, CT · 2022

    Bank equity program

  • $7,500

    Hartford Jazz Society · Bloomfield, CT · 2022

    General operating support

  • $5,000

    Ballet Theatre Company · West Hartford, CT · 2022

    Raising the barre at boys & girls clubs hartford pilot

  • $5,000

    First Night Hartford · Hartford, CT · 2022

    First night hartford 2023

Top recipients

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

  • Second Chance Re-Entry Initiative Program3 grants · $75,000
  • Connecticut Puerto Rican Forum3 grants · $70,000
  • Hartford Interval House3 grants · $60,000
  • Community Partners in Action3 grants · $60,000
  • Forge City Works3 grants · $50,000
  • Knox2 grants · $50,000
  • Artists Collective Incorporated2 grants · $50,000
  • Prudence Crandall Center3 grants · $45,000
  • Hartford Performs3 grants · $45,000
  • Malta House of Care Foundation3 grants · $45,000

Giving over time

$1.1M
2022
$972,500
2023
$1.1M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 240 grants.

  • $30,000

    Connecticut Puerto Rican Forum · Hartford, CT · 2022

    General operating support

  • $30,000

    Hartford Seminary · Hartford, CT · 2022

    Howard thurman center's healing fellowship program

  • $25,000

    Charter Oak Amateur Boxing Academy · Hartford, CT · 2024

    General operating support

  • $25,000

    McEvir Inc Dba Makerspacect · Hartford, CT · 2024

    Center tech for teens

  • $25,000

    Second Chance Re-Entry Initiative Program · Hartford, CT · 2024

    General operating support

  • $25,000

    Underground Ne the · Bloomfield, CT · 2024

    General operating support

  • $25,000

    Artists Collective Incorporated · Hartford, CT · 2023

    Ensembles; lessons; and rite of passage programming

  • $25,000

    Hartford Public Library · Hartford, CT · 2023

    General operating support

  • $25,000

    Knox · Hartford, CT · 2023

    General operating support

  • $25,000

    Second Chance Re-Entry Initiative Program · Hartford, CT · 2023

    General operating support

  • $25,000

    Artists Collective Incorporated · Hartford, CT · 2022

    Ensembles; lessons; and rite of passage programming

  • $25,000

    Bushnell Park Foundation · Hartford, CT · 2022

    Weidenmann tree society

  • $25,000

    Knox · Hartford, CT · 2022

    General operating support

  • $25,000

    Recenter Race & Equity in Education · Hartford, CT · 2022

    General operating support

  • $25,000

    Second Chance Re-Entry Initiative Program · Hartford, CT · 2022

    General operating support

  • $25,000

    United Way Incunited Way of Cent & Ne Connecticut · Hartford, CT · 2022

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    Big Brothers Big Sisters of Ct · Hartford, CT · 2024

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    Bushnell Park Foundation · Hartford, CT · 2024

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    Community Partners in Action · Hartford, CT · 2024

    Prison arts program

  • $20,000

    Connecticut Puerto Rican Forum · Hartford, CT · 2024

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz · Hartford, CT · 2024

    The 33rd ghfj musical journey

  • $20,000

    Harriet Beecher Stowe Center · Hartford, CT · 2024

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    Hartford Interval House · Hartford, CT · 2024

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    Light Source Center Inc the · West Hartford, CT · 2024

    Illuminateu: empowering youth to shine from within

  • $20,000

    Re- Center Race & Equity in Education · Hartford, CT · 2024

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    Real Art Ways · Hartford, CT · 2024

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    Salvation Army the · Hartford, CT · 2024

    Bloom initiativce: anti-human trafficking

  • $20,000

    Spectrum in Motion Dance Theater Ensemble · Hartford, CT · 2024

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    Theaterworks · Hartford, CT · 2024

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    Urban League of Greater Hartford the · Hartford, CT · 2024

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    Urise Ventures · Hartford, CT · 2024

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    Big Brothers Big Sisters of Ct · Hartford, CT · 2023

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    Camp Courant Incorporated · Hartford, CT · 2023

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    Children'S Law Center of Connecticut · Hartford, CT · 2023

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    Community Partners in Action · Hartford, CT · 2023

    Prison arts program

  • $20,000

    Connecticut News Project · Hartford, CT · 2023

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    Connecticut Puerto Rican Forum · Hartford, CT · 2023

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    Forge City Works · Hartford, CT · 2023

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz · Hartford, CT · 2023

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    Hartford Interval House · Hartford, CT · 2023

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services · New Haven, CT · 2023

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    The Connecticut Immigrant and Refugee Coalition · Hartford, CT · 2023

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    The Village for Families and Children · Hartford, CT · 2023

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    Camp Courant Incorporated · Hartford, CT · 2022

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    Charter Oak Temple Restoration Association · Hartford, CT · 2022

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    Children'S Law Center of Connecticut · Hartford, CT · 2022

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    Community Partners in Action · Hartford, CT · 2022

    Prison arts program

  • $20,000

    Compass Youth Collaborative · Hartford, CT · 2022

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    Connecticut News Project · Hartford, CT · 2022

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    Connectikids · Hartford, CT · 2022

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    Forge City Works · Hartford, CT · 2022

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    Hands On Hartford · Hartford, CT · 2022

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    Hartford City Mission · Hartford, CT · 2022

    Hartford city mission after school programs

  • $20,000

    Hartford Interval House · Hartford, CT · 2022

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services · New Haven, CT · 2022

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    Iquilt Partnership · Hartford, CT · 2022

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    Nutmeg Big Brothers-Big Sisters · Hartford, CT · 2022

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    Our Piece of the Pie · Hartford, CT · 2022

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    Real Art Ways · Hartford, CT · 2022

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    The Salvation Army · Hartford, CT · 2022

    The bloom initiative

  • $20,000

    The Village for Families and Children · Hartford, CT · 2022

    General operating support

  • $18,000

    One Standard of Justice · New Canaan, CT · 2024

    Absolute pardons and wellness program

  • $15,000

    Connecticut Radio Information System · Windsor, CT · 2024

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    Ebony Horsewomen · Hartford, CT · 2024

    General operating

  • $15,000

    Grace Academy · Hartford, CT · 2024

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    Hartford Performs · Hartford, CT · 2024

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    Hartford Promise · Hartford, CT · 2024

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    Keney Park Sustainability Project · Windsor, CT · 2024

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    Love146 · New Haven, CT · 2024

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    Malta House of Care Foundation · Hartford, CT · 2024

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    National Braille Press · Boston, MA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    Night Fall · Hartford, CT · 2024

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    Planned Parenthood of Connecticut · New Haven, CT · 2024

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    Prudence Crandall Center · New Britain, CT · 2024

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    Riseup Group Inc the · Hartford, CT · 2024

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    She Leads Justice · Hartford, CT · 2024

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    Trinity Academy · Hartford, CT · 2024

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    Charter Oak Temple Restoration Association · Hartford, CT · 2023

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    Connecticut Radio Information System · Windsor, CT · 2023

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    Connectikids · Hartford, CT · 2023

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    Grace Academy · Hartford, CT · 2023

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    Hartford Performs · Hartford, CT · 2023

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    Hartford Promise · Hartford, CT · 2023

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    Hartford Youth Scholars Foundation · Hartford, CT · 2023

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    Immacare · Hartford, CT · 2023

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    Iquilt Partnership · Hartford, CT · 2023

    Winterfest hartford

  • $15,000

    Justice Dance Performance Project · Hartford, CT · 2023

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    Love146 · New Haven, CT · 2023

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    Malta House of Care Foundation · Hartford, CT · 2023

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    Planned Parenthood of Connecticut · New Haven, CT · 2023

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    Playhouse Theatre Group · West Hartford, CT · 2023

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    Prudence Crandall Center · New Britain, CT · 2023

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    Riseup Group Inc the · Hartford, CT · 2023

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    Capitol Squash · Hartford, CT · 2022

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    Ebony Horsewomen · Hartford, CT · 2022

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    Hartford Performs · Hartford, CT · 2022

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    Hispanic Health Council · Hartford, CT · 2022

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    Justice Dance Performance Project · Hartford, CT · 2022

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    Keney Park Sustainability Project · Windsor, CT · 2022

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    Malta House of Care Foundation · Hartford, CT · 2022

    General operating support

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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.