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 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
scholarshipsemergencyeducationfoodservicestrainingaudiobiographies
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Funding pattern
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40 grants matching “darien” · $90,900
- $10,000
Darien Library · Darien, CT · 2024
Electronic audio books on biographies and history
- $3,000
At Home in Darien · Darien, CT · 2024
General support
- $2,000
Darien Book Aid Plan · Darien, CT · 2024
General support
- $2,000
Darien Ems-Post 53 · Darien, CT · 2024
General support
- $2,000
A Better Chance Darien · Darien, CT · 2024
General support
- $2,000
Darien Community Association · Darien, CT · 2024
General support
- $2,000
Darien Community Association · Darien, CT · 2024
Scholarships
- $1,000
Darien Land Trust · Darien, CT · 2024
Legacy partners
- $1,000
Ymca of Darien · Darien, CT · 2024
General support
- $500
Museum of Darien · Darien, CT · 2024
General support
- $500
Darien Fire Department · Darien, CT · 2024
General support
- $500
Darien Nature Center · Darien, CT · 2024
General support
- $300
Darien Police Association · Darien, CT · 2024
General support
- $10,000
Darien Library · Darien, CT · 2023
Electronic audio books on biographies and history
- $10,000
Community Fund of Darien · Darien, CT · 2023
Touch a life fund
- $3,000
At Home in Darien · Darien, CT · 2023
General support
- $2,000
Darien Book Aid Plan · Darien, CT · 2023
General support
- $2,000
Darien Community Association · Darien, CT · 2023
Scholarships
- $2,000
Darien Community Association · Darien, CT · 2023
General support
- $2,000
A Better Chance Darien · Darien, CT · 2023
General support
- $2,000
Darien Ems-Post 53 · Darien, CT · 2023
General support
- $1,000
Darien Land Trust · Darien, CT · 2023
Legacy partners
- $1,000
Ymca of Darien · Darien, CT · 2023
General support
- $500
Darien Fire Department · Darien, CT · 2023
General support
- $500
Darien Nature Center · Darien, CT · 2023
General support
- $500
Museum of Darien · Darien, CT · 2023
General support
- $300
Darien Police Association · Darien, CT · 2023
General support
- $10,000
Darien Library · Darien, CT · 2022
Electronic audio books on biographies and history
- $3,000
At Home in Darien · Darien, CT · 2022
General support
- $2,000
Darien Community Association · Darien, CT · 2022
Scholarships
- $2,000
Darien Community Association · Darien, CT · 2022
Bird sanctuary
- $2,000
Darien Community Association · Darien, CT · 2022
General support
- $2,000
Darien Ems-Post 53 · Darien, CT · 2022
General support
- $2,000
Darien Book Aid Plan · Darien, CT · 2022
General support
- $1,000
Ymca of Darien · Darien, CT · 2022
General support
- $1,000
Darien Land Trust · Darien, CT · 2022
Legacy partners
- $1,000
Museum of Darien · Darien, CT · 2022
General support
- $500
Darien Fire Department · Darien, CT · 2022
General support
- $500
Darien Nature Center · Darien, CT · 2022
General support
- $300
Darien Police Association · Darien, CT · 2022
General support
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- 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
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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