Funding search · EIN 066037160 · Marion, CT
The Barnes 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.
- 58
- grants reported
- $1.0M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $15,000
- 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.
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Top recipients
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- Environmental Learning Centers of Ct3 grants · $188,037
- Bristol Public Schools3 grants · $74,000
- New England Carousel Museum2 grants · $65,000
- Main Street Community Foundation1 grant · $50,000
- Community First School2 grants · $50,000
- Neighborhood Music School3 grants · $50,000
- Read To Grow3 grants · $45,000
- Leap2 grants · $40,000
- New Haven Ecology Project2 grants · $40,000
- Horizons at Westminster School2 grants · $40,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 58 reported grants, largest first.
- $115,000
Environmental Learning Centers of Ct · Bristol, CT · 2023
To support educational programs
- $50,000
Main Street Community Foundation · Bristol, CT · 2023
To support educational programs
- $48,037
Environmental Learning Centers of Ct · Bristol, CT · 2022
To support educational programs
- $40,000
New England Carousel Museum · Bristol, CT · 2022
To support educational programs
- $30,000
Community First School · Hartford, CT · 2023
To support educational programs
- $30,000
Bristol Public Schools · Bristol, CT · 2022
To support educational programs
- $29,000
Bristol Public Schools · Bristol, CT · 2024
To support educational programs
- $25,000
Environmental Learning Centers of Ct · Bristol, CT · 2024
To support educational programs
- $25,000
New England Carousel Museum · Bristol, CT · 2023
To support educational programs
- $20,000
Connecticut Science Center · Hartford, CT · 2024
To support educational programs
- $20,000
Horizons at Westminster School · Simsbury, CT · 2024
To support educational programs
- $20,000
Neighborhood Music School · New Haven, CT · 2024
To support educational programs
- $20,000
New Haven Ecology Project · New Haven, CT · 2024
To support educational programs
- $20,000
Uconn Foundation · Storrs, CT · 2024
To support educational programs
- $20,000
Horizons at Westminster School · Simsbury, CT · 2023
To support educational programs
- $20,000
Leap · New Haven, CT · 2023
To support educational programs
- $20,000
Neighborhood Music School · New Haven, CT · 2023
To support educational programs
- $20,000
New Haven Ecology Project · New Haven, CT · 2023
To support educational programs
- $20,000
Community First School · Hartford, CT · 2022
To support educational programs
- $20,000
Leap · New Haven, CT · 2022
To support educational programs
- $17,500
Uconn Foundation · Storrs, CT · 2022
To support educational programs
- $15,000
Charter Oak Temple Restoration Association · Hartford, CT · 2024
To support educational programs
- $15,000
Connectikids · Hartford, CT · 2024
To support educational programs
- $15,000
Read To Grow · Branford, CT · 2024
To support educational programs
- $15,000
United Way · Rocky Hill, CT · 2024
To support educational programs
- $15,000
Bristol Public Schools · Bristol, CT · 2023
To support educational programs
- $15,000
Connectikids · Hartford, CT · 2023
To support educational programs
- $15,000
Read To Grow · Branford, CT · 2023
To support educational programs
- $15,000
United Way · Rocky Hill, CT · 2023
To support educational programs
- $15,000
Connecticut Science Center · Hartford, CT · 2022
To support educational programs
- $15,000
Read To Grow · Branford, CT · 2022
To support educational programs
- $13,000
Children'S Community School · Waterbury, CT · 2024
To support educational programs
- $12,000
Connecticut Story Telling Center · New London, CT · 2024
To support educational programs
- $12,000
Flanders Nature Center · Woodbury, CT · 2024
To support educational programs
- $12,000
Connecticut Story Telling Center · New London, CT · 2023
To support educational programs
- $12,000
Cortland Reuse · Cortland, NY · 2023
To support educational programs
- $11,000
Mystic Aquarium - Sea Research · Mystic, CT · 2023
To support educational programs
- $11,000
Mystic Aquarium - Sea Research · Mystic, CT · 2022
To support educational programs
- $10,000
Organized Parents Make a Difference (Opmad) · Hartford, CT · 2024
To support educational programs
- $10,000
Society of Preservation of Ne Antiquities · Boston, MA · 2024
To support educational programs
- $10,000
The Family Center · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
To support educational programs
- $10,000
Flanders Nature Center · Woodbury, CT · 2023
To support educational programs
- $10,000
Historic New England (Spnea) · Boston, MA · 2023
To support educational programs
- $10,000
Organized Parents Make a Difference (Opmad) · Hartford, CT · 2023
To support educational programs
- $10,000
Flanders Nature Center · Woodbury, CT · 2022
To support educational programs
- $10,000
Neighborhood Music School · New Haven, CT · 2022
To support educational programs
- $10,000
Organized Parents Make a Difference (Opmad) · Hartford, CT · 2022
To support educational programs
- $10,000
The Family Center · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
To support educational programs
- $9,000
New London Public Schools (Nham) · New London, CT · 2024
To support educational programs
- $9,000
Bristol Family Resource Centers · Bristol, CT · 2023
To support educational programs
- $8,000
Jackter Intermediate School · Colchester, CT · 2024
To support educational programs
- $8,000
Lillian B Haynes Elementary School · Niantic, CT · 2024
To support educational programs
- $8,000
Jackter Intermediate School · Colchester, CT · 2023
To support educational programs
- $8,000
Jackter Intermediate School · Colchester, CT · 2022
To support educational programs
- $8,000
Lillian B Haynes Elementary School · Niantic, CT · 2022
To support educational programs
- $5,000
Trinity College · Hartford, CT · 2023
To support educational programs
- $5,000
Connectikids · Hartford, CT · 2022
To support educational programs
- $5,000
Trinity Dream Camp · Hartford, CT · 2022
To support educational programs
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