Funding search · EIN 900859272 · Essex, CT

Carlson Family Foundation

Name: Carlson Family Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
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.

37
grants reported: $261,704
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. 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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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.

Grant history

All 37 reported grants, largest first.

$30,000
Mitchell College · New London, CT · 2025
Education
$25,000
Mitchell College · New London, CT · 2022
Endowment scholarship
$20,000
Mitchell College · New London, CT · 2024
Endowment scholarship
$20,000
Mitchell College · New London, CT · 2023
Endowment scholarship
$11,000
Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN · 2025
Education
$10,000
Community Foundation of Middlesex · Middletown, CT · 2025
General operations
$10,000
Community Foundation of Middlesex · Middletown, CT · 2024
General operations
$10,000
Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN · 2024
Education
$10,000
Community Foundation of Middlesex · Middletown, CT · 2023
General operations
$10,000
Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN · 2023
Education
$10,000
Community Foundation of Middlesex · Middletown, CT · 2022
General operations
$7,500
The Connecticut Audubon Society · Fairfield, CT · 2024
Program support - summer camp
$6,000
The Connecticut Audubon Society · Fairfield, CT · 2023
Program support - summer camp
$6,000
Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN · 2022
Education
$5,000
Community Music School · Centerbrook, CT · 2025
General operations
$5,000
Connecticut Audubon Society · Fairfield, CT · 2025
Program support
$5,000
Essex Historical Society · Essex, CT · 2024
Program support - holiday house tour
$5,000
Community Foundation of Middlesex · Middletown, CT · 2023
River valley fund for families
$5,000
Community Foundation of Middlesex · Middletown, CT · 2022
River valley fund for families
$5,000
The Connecticut Audubon Society · Fairfield, CT · 2022
Program support - summer camp
$4,000
Outside Perspectives · New Hartford, CT · 2024
Program support - yep
$4,000
Essex Land Trust · Essex, CT · 2022
General operations
$3,950
Community Foundation of Middlesex · Middletown, CT · 2022
General operations
$3,000
Essex Land Trust · Essex, CT · 2025
General operations
$3,000
The Conn Fdn for Dental Outreach · Southington, CT · 2025
Program support
$3,000
Essex Land Trust · Essex, CT · 2024
General operations
$3,000
The Conn Fdn for Dental Outreach · Southington, CT · 2024
Program support - ctmom clinics
$3,000
Essex Land Trust · Essex, CT · 2023
General operations
$2,500
Community Music School · Centerbrook, CT · 2024
General operations
$2,500
Middlesex Habitat for Humanity · Cromwell, CT · 2023
Program support - build
$2,500
Sister Cities Essex Haiti · Essex, CT · 2023
Program support
$2,500
Middlesex Habitat for Humanity · Cromwell, CT · 2022
Program support - build
$2,500
Sister Cities Essex Haiti · Essex, CT · 2022
Program support - big decisions
$2,000
Children in Placement · New Haven, CT · 2023
Program support
$2,000
Junior Achievement · Hartford, CT · 2023
Program support
$2,000
The Conn Fdn for Dental Outreach · Southington, CT · 2023
General operations
$754
Ivoryton Playhouse · Ivoryton, CT · 2025
Program 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.