Funding search · EIN 061413251 · New Canaan, CT

The Ahearn Family Foundation

Name: The Ahearn Family Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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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.

76
grants reported: $222,271
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $2,908
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

purchase community supplies center meals children equipment hartford

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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 “cookbooks” · $2,000

$2,000
McC Foundation · Manchester, CT · 2023
Funding to support the purchase of 200 self-published community cookbooks

Top recipients

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

Hands On Hartford3 grants · $13,262
Southington Community Cultural Arts3 grants · $13,100
Prudence Crandall Center3 grants · $12,653
Read To Grow2 grants · $10,000
Girl Scouts of Connecticut3 grants · $9,051
Connectikids3 grants · $9,000
Bristol Brass and Wind Ensemble2 grants · $8,862
Riverfront Recapture3 grants · $8,314
Hartford Interval House2 grants · $7,000
Knox2 grants · $6,979

Giving over time

$90,385

2022

$65,231

2023

$66,655

2024

Grant history

All 76 reported grants, largest first.

$6,600
Southington Community Cultural Arts · Southington, CT · 2022
Help to purchase equipment for their pottery program
$6,262
Hands On Hartford · Hartford, CT · 2024
Funding to purchase replacement tables and chairs for gather55/community meals dining facility.
$6,000
Southington Community Cultural Arts · Southington, CT · 2024
Funding to purchase an used bailey twin auger 80# clay mixer and pugger in support of their "project slop to recycled clay" program.
$5,362
Bristol Brass and Wind Ensemble · Bristol, CT · 2024
Funding to purchase several needed items: 2-3 laptops, music, music folders, filing boxes, recording/percussion equipment and new band shirts featuring their new logo.
$5,250
Hartford Youth Scholars · Hartford, CT · 2022
Funding to support the spring 2022 pack the sack initiative
$5,000
Connecticut Children'S Foundation · Hartford, CT · 2024
Funding to purchase supplies for their new inpatient medical-psychiatric unit: weighted blankets, safe art supplies, foam building pieces, vibrating weighted lap pads, dvd players, gel pads and play mats, blankets and s… read allFunding to purchase supplies for their new inpatient medical-psychiatric unit: weighted blankets, safe art supplies, foam building pieces, vibrating weighted lap pads, dvd players, gel pads and play mats, blankets and stuffed animals, etc. less
$5,000
Prudence Crandall Center · New Britain, CT · 2023
Funding to support the purchase of beds, mattresses and cribs for victims of domestic violence.
$5,000
Read To Grow · Branford, CT · 2023
Funding to support the books for babies nicu project
$5,000
Hartford Interval House · Hartford, CT · 2022
Support for "clean sweep: health and safety at interval house"
$5,000
Reach Out and Read · Boston, MA · 2022
Support for the purchase of books for their hartford county rx for success program
$5,000
Read To Grow · Branford, CT · 2022
Funding to create, print and distribute the first guide for expectant families
$4,925
Prudence Crandall Center · New Britain, CT · 2024
Funding to support the renovation of their rose hill waiting room: 3 side tables, 6 chairs, a bookshelf, lamps, paint and artwork for walls, new carpeting and window treatments, toys, games and books and 2 bulletin boar… read allFunding to support the renovation of their rose hill waiting room: 3 side tables, 6 chairs, a bookshelf, lamps, paint and artwork for walls, new carpeting and window treatments, toys, games and books and 2 bulletin boards. less
$4,634
AIDS Ct Advancing Ct Together · Hartford, CT · 2022
Funding to replace two laptops and docking stations used by their housing support services case managers
$4,063
American School for the Deaf · West Hartford, CT · 2024
Support to purchase 17 tripp trapp for the common spaces of the school.
$3,917
Integrated Health Services · Newington, CT · 2024
Funding to support the newington school district based health center; ipads, anatomical visual aids, medical-grade scale, an otoscope and a stethoscope.
$3,598
4-H Eduction Center at Auerfarm · Bloomfield, CT · 2022
Funding to support their growing opportunities for career & educational development
$3,500
Bristol Brass and Wind Ensemble · Bristol, CT · 2023
Support to purchase a new copy machine.
$3,500
Hands On Hartford · Hartford, CT · 2023
Funding to purchase a steam table and hostess stand for their community meals program and gather55 and food corridor software for their shared kitchen program
$3,500
Knox · Hartford, CT · 2023
Support to purchase information stands for five community gardens.
$3,500
St Vincent De Paul Mission of Bristol · Bristol, CT · 2023
Funding support to replace the existing wood fence around the property .
$3,500
Ywca New Britain · New Britain, CT · 2023
Support to purchase a canon imagerunner copier/printer for their youth development program.
$3,500
Girl Scouts of Connecticut · Hartford, CT · 2022
Support to help fund the replacement of the existing sidingon camp merrie-wood
$3,500
Greater New Britain Teen Pregnancy Prevention · New Britain, CT · 2022
Funding to upgrade their network infrastructure
$3,500
Hands On Hartford · Hartford, CT · 2022
Help to purchase equipment for their community meals day center.
$3,479
Knox · Hartford, CT · 2022
Support to help renovate knox's crew room
$3,400
South Park Inn · Hartford, CT · 2022
Support for the purchase of two automatic external defibrillators and a deluxe first aid kit for the homeless shelter
$3,250
Connecticut Association for Human Services · Hartford, CT · 2022
Funding to help support their returning citizens financial empowerment program in hartford
$3,210
Big Brothers Big Sisters Connecticut · Hartford, CT · 2023
Support to purchase supplies for their "level up" emotional learning curriculum.
$3,126
The Children'S Museum · West Hartford, CT · 2024
Funding to purchase materials for interactive discovery boards.
$3,000
American Clock & Watch Museum · Bristol, CT · 2024
Funding to support the creation of a mural by magge gagliardi outside the museum.
$3,000
Connectikids · Hartford, CT · 2024
Funding to help support youth development afterschool and summer programs: laptops, new tents, fold-out tables and weather proof storage bins
$3,000
Connectikids · Hartford, CT · 2023
Support for the purchase of new cameras, a projector, and a projector screen for the 2023-2024 school year.
$3,000
Ballet Theatre Company · West Hartford, CT · 2022
Support to purchase four ballet barres for the raising the barre community youth outreach program
$3,000
Connecticut Women'S Education and Legal Fund · Hartford, CT · 2022
Funding to facilitate moving their office
$3,000
Connectikids · Hartford, CT · 2022
Support for the purchase of new materials for their summerprogram
$3,000
Justice Dance Performance Project · Hartford, CT · 2022
Funding to purchase theme texts for their 2022-2023 moving matters! Multi-arts residencies
$3,000
Princen Sammy Eduful & Herty Foundation · New Britain, CT · 2022
Funding to provide immediate financial support, hunger relief and food security for children, families, and seniors
$2,916
Girl Scouts of Connecticut · Hartford, CT · 2023
Support to purchase a storage shed for camp merrie-wood.
$2,900
University of Saint Joseph · West Hartford, CT · 2023
Support to purchase a rodecaster pro ii for the new digital media & communication program.
$2,807
Riverfront Recapture · Hartford, CT · 2023
Support to purchase three new cox-box rowing performance amplifiers for their riverfront community rowing program.
$2,767
Riverfront Recapture · Hartford, CT · 2024
Funding to purchase a hitch rake attachment for their bobcat toolcat and inflatable personal flotation devices with extra co2 cartridges.
$2,740
Riverfront Recapture · Hartford, CT · 2022
Support to purchase one full set of replacement oars for the riverfront community rowing program
$2,728
Prudence Crandall Center · New Britain, CT · 2022
Support to help fund the purchase of furniture and dcor forthe children's room
$2,665
The Open Hearth Association · Hartford, CT · 2022
General purpose
$2,635
Girl Scouts of Connecticut · Hartford, CT · 2024
Funding to purchase supplies for a variety of programs atcamp merrie-wood
$2,602
Ywca Hartford Region · Hartford, CT · 2022
Funding to purchase two large led light tables, stem accessories, and two science habitat centers for the east hartford interactive math and science program
$2,600
Ballet Theatre Company · West Hartford, CT · 2023
Support to purchase two macbooks for expanding staff.
$2,541
Ywca Hartford Region · Hartford, CT · 2023
Funding to purchase light panels, magnetic easels, magnetic number sets, building brick sets, and sets of instructional x-rays for preschool classrooms of their early learning centers.
$2,527
The Carousel Museum · Bristol, CT · 2023
Funding to purchase two new computers for the education and member services departments
$2,500
The Bridge Family Center · Bristol, CT · 2024
Funding to help furnish their mosiac parenting center: 8' conference table, 10 chairs, 1 credenza and bookcases.
$2,479
The New England Carousel Museum · Bristol, CT · 2022
Funding to purchase a computer and digital phone line fortheir education manager position
$2,400
American Clock & Watch Museum · Bristol, CT · 2022
Support for the e. Ingraham co. Window restoration project
$2,370
The Open Hearth Association · Hartford, CT · 2023
Support to purchase three metal gear lockers with doors for resident rooms
$2,000
Hartford Interval House · Hartford, CT · 2024
Funding to help replace the stovetops in their communal kitchen.
$2,000
McC Foundation · Manchester, CT · 2023
Funding to support the purchase of 200 self-published community cookbooks
$2,000
The Children'S Museum · West Hartford, CT · 2023
Support to help fund the purchase of an original prusa i3 mk3s+ 3d printer, spare parts bundle, and initial start-up filaments.
$1,991
Healing Meals Foundation Corporation · Bloomfield, CT · 2024
Funding to purchase kitchen items in support of their healthy meals program: 4 full size speed racks, 24 full sheet trays, 2 stockpots with spigots, and a basket pushcart.
$1,980
Healing Meals Foundation Corporation · Bloomfield, CT · 2023
Funding to purchase industrial size wire shelving in support of their healthy meals program
$1,970
Healing Meals Foundation Corporation · Bloomfield, CT · 2022
Funding to purchase a commercial-grade vitamix, scales anda large produce container in support of their healthy mealsprogram
$1,750
The Family Center Dba Imagine Nation · Bristol, CT · 2023
Support to purchase art materials and supplies for expanding our imagine nation outreach program
$1,750
The Village for Families and Children · Hartford, CT · 2022
Support for learning tools for the children served in their psychiatric residency facility eagle house
$1,700
Mental Health Connecticut · Newington, CT · 2024
Funding to purchase drums and carts for their art of wellbeing studio located at the hispanic health council's family wellness center.
$1,635
South Park Inn · Hartford, CT · 2024
Funding to purchase 15 new vinyl-covered twin beds for their veterans programs.
$1,525
The Family Center Dba Imagine Nation · Bristol, CT · 2024
Funding to purchase six student guitars and art supplies for their "the arts of cambridge park" program.
$1,500
Arts for Learning Connecticut · Hartford, CT · 2024
Funding to enhance visual documentation and marketing capabilities through the purchase of professional-grade camera equipment.
$1,500
Connecticut Invention Convention · Hartford, CT · 2023
Support to purchase three makey makey kits to be used in southington public school district's invention education afterschool program.
$1,400
American School for the Deaf · West Hartford, CT · 2023
Support to purchase area rugs and furnishings for the paces literacy center-based-learning environment.
$1,300
Greater New Britiain Teen Preganancy Prevention · New Britain, CT · 2024
Funding to establish senderos bodega, a student run store, at the pathways/senderos center.
$1,000
Boys & Girls Club of Bristol · Bristol, CT · 2024
Support to purchase program supplies and prizes ofr "power hour: making minutes count!"
$1,000
Nutmeg Symphony Orchestra · Bristol, CT · 2024
Funding to purchase music for their nutmeg symphony orchestra educational children's concerts program.
$780
Connecticut Institute for the Blind · Hartford, CT · 2023
Funding support for crafts and cooking projects for camp to you program.
$500
Justice Dance Performance Project · Hartford, CT · 2023
Funding to purchase art supplies for two schools for 2023 moving matters! Production
$500
Southington Community Cultural Arts · Southington, CT · 2023
Support to purchase two additional weaving looms.
$450
The Cove Center for Grieving Children · Cheshire, CT · 2023
Funding to support their makit project and butterfly release.
$447
The Cove Center for Grieving Children · Cheshire, CT · 2024
Funding to purchase makeit plates and copies of "guiding your child through grief" to support the family program in west hartford.
$340
The Cove Center for Grieving Children · Cheshire, CT · 2022
Funding to support their makit project and butterfly release

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