Funding search · EIN 066395384 · Darien, CT

The Goodnow 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.

351
grants reported
$4.4M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$5,000
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

scholarshipsemergencyeducationfoodservicestrainingaudiobiographies

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Top recipients

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  • Alzheimer'S Drug Discovery Foundation3 grants · $917,811
  • Family Centers9 grants · $302,500
  • Save the Children3 grants · $300,000
  • Family and Children'S Agency6 grants · $130,000
  • Catholic Community Foundation of Southern East Dakota6 grants · $107,500
  • Wildlife Conservation Society3 grants · $105,000
  • Nuclear Threat Initiative3 grants · $100,000
  • Person To Person6 grants · $90,000
  • Americares Free Clinics4 grants · $85,000
  • Environmental Defense Fund3 grants · $75,000

Giving over time

$1.4M
2022
$1.4M
2023
$1.6M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 351 grants.

  • $500,000

    Alzheimer'S Drug Discovery Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    Support for foundation's research activities

  • $217,811

    Alzheimer'S Drug Discovery Foundation · New York, NY · 2023

    Support for foundation's research activities

  • $200,000

    Alzheimer'S Drug Discovery Foundation · New York, NY · 2022

    Support for foundation's research activities

  • $100,000

    Save the Children · Fairfield, CT · 2024

    Children's emergency fund- haiti

  • $100,000

    Save the Children · Fairfield, CT · 2023

    Children's emergency fund

  • $100,000

    Save the Children · Fairfield, CT · 2022

    Children's emergency fund

  • $50,000

    Family Centers · Greenwich, CT · 2024

    Specialized support groups at sps

  • $50,000

    Family Centers · Greenwich, CT · 2023

    Specialized support groups at sps

  • $50,000

    Family Centers · Greenwich, CT · 2022

    Den specialized support groups

  • $50,000

    Nuclear Threat Initiative · Washington, DC · 2022

    General support

  • $45,000

    Americares · Stamford, CT · 2024

    Ukraine, helene and milton emergency relief

  • $40,000

    Family Centers · Greenwich, CT · 2023

    General support

  • $35,000

    Wildlife Conservation Society · Bronx, NY · 2024

    Global elephant, big cat and whale conservation

  • $35,000

    Wildlife Conservation Society · Bronx, NY · 2023

    Global elephant, big cat and whale conservation

  • $35,000

    Wildlife Conservation Society · Bronx, NY · 2022

    Global elephant, big cat and whale conservation

  • $30,000

    Americares Free Clinics · Stamford, CT · 2024

    Operating expenses

  • $30,000

    Catholic Community Foundation of Southern East Dakota · Sioux Falls, SD · 2024

    E-learning program at the university of notre dame in democratic republic of congo

  • $30,000

    Family and Children'S Agency · Norwalk, CT · 2024

    Senior home care program

  • $30,000

    Family Centers · Greenwich, CT · 2024

    Parents as co-educators program

  • $30,000

    Guiding Eyes for the Blind · Yorktown Heights, NY · 2024

    $15k wellness and training center; $15k general support

  • $30,000

    Spirit of America · Arlington, VA · 2024

    General support for ukraine

  • $30,000

    Catholic Community Foundation of Southern East Dakota · Sioux Falls, SD · 2023

    Construction of university of notre dame in democratic republic of congo

  • $30,000

    Family and Children'S Agency · Norwalk, CT · 2023

    Senior home care program

  • $30,000

    Family Centers · Greenwich, CT · 2023

    Parents as co-educators program

  • $30,000

    Family and Children'S Agency · Norwalk, CT · 2022

    Senior home care program

  • $30,000

    Family Centers · Greenwich, CT · 2022

    Parents as co-educators program

  • $25,250

    Carver Foundation · Norwalk, CT · 2022

    Sat prep for 2 norwalk high schools

  • $25,000

    Building One Community · Stamford, CT · 2024

    Immigration legal services

  • $25,000

    Eisenhower Foundation · Abilene, KS · 2024

    Ike education building

  • $25,000

    Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $25,000

    Nuclear Threat Initiative · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $25,000

    The Fresh Air Fund · New York, NY · 2024

    Fresh air summer camping

  • $25,000

    Americares Free Clinics · Stamford, CT · 2023

    Operating expenses

  • $25,000

    Building One Community · Stamford, CT · 2023

    Immigration legal services

  • $25,000

    Eisenhower Foundation · Abilene, KS · 2023

    Ike education building

  • $25,000

    Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $25,000

    Nuclear Threat Initiative · Washington, DC · 2023

    General support

  • $25,000

    The Fresh Air Fund · New York, NY · 2023

    Fresh air summer camping

  • $25,000

    Americares Free Clinics · Stamford, CT · 2022

    Operating expenses

  • $25,000

    Building One Community · Stamford, CT · 2022

    Immigration legal services

  • $25,000

    Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2022

    Climate corps fellows program

  • $25,000

    Grassroots Tennis and Education · Norwalk, CT · 2022

    General support

  • $25,000

    The Climate Reality Project · Washington, DC · 2022

    Leadership corps training program

  • $25,000

    The Fresh Air Fund · New York, NY · 2022

    Fresh air summer camping

  • $20,000

    Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2024

    $10k general operating and $10k msf academy for healthcare

  • $20,000

    Family and Children'S Agency · Norwalk, CT · 2024

    Family programs

  • $20,000

    Galapogos Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $20,000

    Oxfam America · Boston, MA · 2024

    Food insecurity: $15k east africa, $5k west africa

  • $20,000

    Uso · Arlington, VA · 2024

    Bob hope legacy reading program

  • $20,000

    Atlantic Salmon Federation · Calais, ME · 2023

    General support

  • $20,000

    Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2023

    $10k general operating and $10k earthquake in turkey/syria

  • $20,000

    Galapogos Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2023

    General support

  • $20,000

    Ncc Foundation · Norwalk, CT · 2023

    Rn-bsn nursing scholarship

  • $20,000

    Oxfam America · Boston, MA · 2023

    $10k food insecurity and $10k earthquake in turkey/syria

  • $20,000

    Spirit of America · Arlington, VA · 2023

    General support

  • $20,000

    Uso · Arlington, VA · 2023

    Bob hope legacy reading program

  • $20,000

    Americares · Stamford, CT · 2022

    Ukraine emergency support

  • $20,000

    Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $20,000

    Family Centers · Greenwich, CT · 2022

    General support

  • $20,000

    Galapogos Conservancy · Fairfax, VA · 2022

    Conservancy's programs

  • $20,000

    Harry S Truman Library Institute · Merrifield, VA · 2022

    Renovation fund

  • $20,000

    Ncc Foundation · Norwalk, CT · 2022

    Rn-bsn nursing scholarship

  • $20,000

    Oxfam America · Boston, MA · 2022

    General support

  • $20,000

    Smile Train · New York, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $20,000

    United Way of Western Ct · Stamford, CT · 2022

    Bridge to college program

  • $20,000

    Uso · Arlington, VA · 2022

    General support

  • $17,500

    Catholic Community Foundation of Southern East Dakota · Sioux Falls, SD · 2022

    Construction of university of notre dame in democratic republic of congo

  • $15,000

    Boys and Girls Village · Milford, CT · 2024

    General support

  • $15,000

    Children'S Learning Center · Stamford, CT · 2024

    General support

  • $15,000

    Mercy Learning Center · Bridgeport, CT · 2024

    Literacy and life skills program

  • $15,000

    Person To Person · Darien, CT · 2024

    Emergency services

  • $15,000

    Person To Person · Darien, CT · 2024

    Food assistance

  • $15,000

    Teach for America-Connecticut · Boston, MA · 2024

    Ct general operations

  • $15,000

    The Elm Project · Stamford, CT · 2024

    General support

  • $15,000

    Children'S Learning Center · Stamford, CT · 2023

    General support

  • $15,000

    Guiding Eyes for the Blind · Yorktown Heights, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $15,000

    Person To Person · Darien, CT · 2023

    Food assistance

  • $15,000

    Person To Person · Darien, CT · 2023

    Emergency services

  • $15,000

    Teach for America-Connecticut · Boston, MA · 2023

    Ct recruitment pipeline program

  • $15,000

    The Elm Project · Stamford, CT · 2023

    General support

  • $15,000

    Admiral Nimitz Foundation · Fredericksburg, TX · 2022

    Museum of the pacific war

  • $15,000

    Guiding Eyes for the Blind · Yorktown Heights, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $15,000

    Guiding Eyes for the Blind · Yorktown Heights, NY · 2022

    Special training

  • $15,000

    Mercy Learning Center · Bridgeport, CT · 2022

    Literacy and life skills program

  • $15,000

    Person To Person · Darien, CT · 2022

    Food assistance

  • $15,000

    Person To Person · Darien, CT · 2022

    Emergency services

  • $15,000

    Teach for America-Connecticut · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Alumni coaching program

  • $15,000

    The Elm Project · Stamford, CT · 2022

    General support

  • $14,000

    Horizons Ct State Norwalk · Norwalk, CT · 2024

    $10k general support and $4k rowing elective

  • $13,000

    Carver Foundation · Norwalk, CT · 2023

    Math sat prep for 2 norwalk high schools

  • $10,000

    Catholic Community Foundation of Southern East Dakota · Sioux Falls, SD · 2024

    Training of nurses for st. Theresa orphanage in democratic republic of congo

  • $10,000

    Child Advocates of Sw Connecticut · Westport, CT · 2024

    General support

  • $10,000

    Cure Alzheimer'S Fund · Wellesley, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $10,000

    Darien Library · Darien, CT · 2024

    Electronic audio books on biographies and history

  • $10,000

    Future 5 · Stamford, CT · 2024

    Ct state norwalk program

  • $10,000

    Gentle Giants Draft Horse Rescue · Mt Airy, MD · 2024

    General support

  • $10,000

    Let'S Get Ready · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $10,000

    National Wwii Museum · New Orleans, LA · 2024

    General support

  • $10,000

    Ncc Foundation · Norwalk, CT · 2024

    Student emergency fund

  • $10,000

    Norwalk Housing Authority Foundation Scholarship Program · Norwalk, CT · 2024

    Scholarships for nha residents

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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.