Funding search · EIN 061245402 · West Harford, CT

J Walton Bissell Foundation

Name: J Walton Bissell Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

240
grants reported: $3.1M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $10,000
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

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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

Second Chance Re-Entry Initiative Program3 grants · $75,000
Connecticut Puerto Rican Forum3 grants · $70,000
Hartford Interval House3 grants · $60,000
Community Partners in Action3 grants · $60,000
Forge City Works3 grants · $50,000
Knox2 grants · $50,000
Artists Collective Incorporated2 grants · $50,000
Prudence Crandall Center3 grants · $45,000
Hartford Performs3 grants · $45,000
Malta House of Care Foundation3 grants · $45,000

Giving over time

$1.1M

2022

$972,500

2023

$1.1M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 240 grants.

$30,000
Connecticut Puerto Rican Forum · Hartford, CT · 2022
General operating support
$30,000
Hartford Seminary · Hartford, CT · 2022
Howard thurman center's healing fellowship program
$25,000
Charter Oak Amateur Boxing Academy · Hartford, CT · 2024
General operating support
$25,000
McEvir Inc Dba Makerspacect · Hartford, CT · 2024
Center tech for teens
$25,000
Second Chance Re-Entry Initiative Program · Hartford, CT · 2024
General operating support
$25,000
Underground Ne the · Bloomfield, CT · 2024
General operating support
$25,000
Artists Collective Incorporated · Hartford, CT · 2023
Ensembles; lessons; and rite of passage programming
$25,000
Hartford Public Library · Hartford, CT · 2023
General operating support
$25,000
Knox · Hartford, CT · 2023
General operating support
$25,000
Second Chance Re-Entry Initiative Program · Hartford, CT · 2023
General operating support
$25,000
Artists Collective Incorporated · Hartford, CT · 2022
Ensembles; lessons; and rite of passage programming
$25,000
Bushnell Park Foundation · Hartford, CT · 2022
Weidenmann tree society
$25,000
Knox · Hartford, CT · 2022
General operating support
$25,000
Recenter Race & Equity in Education · Hartford, CT · 2022
General operating support
$25,000
Second Chance Re-Entry Initiative Program · Hartford, CT · 2022
General operating support
$25,000
United Way Incunited Way of Cent & Ne Connecticut · Hartford, CT · 2022
General operating support
$20,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Ct · Hartford, CT · 2024
General operating support
$20,000
Bushnell Park Foundation · Hartford, CT · 2024
General operating support
$20,000
Community Partners in Action · Hartford, CT · 2024
Prison arts program
$20,000
Connecticut Puerto Rican Forum · Hartford, CT · 2024
General operating support
$20,000
Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz · Hartford, CT · 2024
The 33rd ghfj musical journey
$20,000
Harriet Beecher Stowe Center · Hartford, CT · 2024
General operating support
$20,000
Hartford Interval House · Hartford, CT · 2024
General operating support
$20,000
Light Source Center Inc the · West Hartford, CT · 2024
Illuminateu: empowering youth to shine from within
$20,000
Re- Center Race & Equity in Education · Hartford, CT · 2024
General operating support
$20,000
Real Art Ways · Hartford, CT · 2024
General operating support
$20,000
Salvation Army the · Hartford, CT · 2024
Bloom initiativce: anti-human trafficking
$20,000
Spectrum in Motion Dance Theater Ensemble · Hartford, CT · 2024
General operating support
$20,000
Theaterworks · Hartford, CT · 2024
General operating support
$20,000
Urban League of Greater Hartford the · Hartford, CT · 2024
General operating support
$20,000
Urise Ventures · Hartford, CT · 2024
General operating support
$20,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Ct · Hartford, CT · 2023
General operating support
$20,000
Camp Courant Incorporated · Hartford, CT · 2023
General operating support
$20,000
Children'S Law Center of Connecticut · Hartford, CT · 2023
General operating support
$20,000
Community Partners in Action · Hartford, CT · 2023
Prison arts program
$20,000
Connecticut News Project · Hartford, CT · 2023
General operating support
$20,000
Connecticut Puerto Rican Forum · Hartford, CT · 2023
General operating support
$20,000
Forge City Works · Hartford, CT · 2023
General operating support
$20,000
Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz · Hartford, CT · 2023
General operating support
$20,000
Hartford Interval House · Hartford, CT · 2023
General operating support
$20,000
Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services · New Haven, CT · 2023
General operating support
$20,000
The Connecticut Immigrant and Refugee Coalition · Hartford, CT · 2023
General operating support
$20,000
The Village for Families and Children · Hartford, CT · 2023
General operating support
$20,000
Camp Courant Incorporated · Hartford, CT · 2022
General operating support
$20,000
Charter Oak Temple Restoration Association · Hartford, CT · 2022
General operating support
$20,000
Children'S Law Center of Connecticut · Hartford, CT · 2022
General operating support
$20,000
Community Partners in Action · Hartford, CT · 2022
Prison arts program
$20,000
Compass Youth Collaborative · Hartford, CT · 2022
General operating support
$20,000
Connecticut News Project · Hartford, CT · 2022
General operating support
$20,000
Connectikids · Hartford, CT · 2022
General operating support
$20,000
Forge City Works · Hartford, CT · 2022
General operating support
$20,000
Hands On Hartford · Hartford, CT · 2022
General operating support
$20,000
Hartford City Mission · Hartford, CT · 2022
Hartford city mission after school programs
$20,000
Hartford Interval House · Hartford, CT · 2022
General operating support
$20,000
Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services · New Haven, CT · 2022
General operating support
$20,000
Iquilt Partnership · Hartford, CT · 2022
General operating support
$20,000
Nutmeg Big Brothers-Big Sisters · Hartford, CT · 2022
General operating support
$20,000
Our Piece of the Pie · Hartford, CT · 2022
General operating support
$20,000
Real Art Ways · Hartford, CT · 2022
General operating support
$20,000
The Salvation Army · Hartford, CT · 2022
The bloom initiative
$20,000
The Village for Families and Children · Hartford, CT · 2022
General operating support
$18,000
One Standard of Justice · New Canaan, CT · 2024
Absolute pardons and wellness program
$15,000
Connecticut Radio Information System · Windsor, CT · 2024
General operating support
$15,000
Ebony Horsewomen · Hartford, CT · 2024
General operating
$15,000
Grace Academy · Hartford, CT · 2024
General operating support
$15,000
Hartford Performs · Hartford, CT · 2024
General operating support
$15,000
Hartford Promise · Hartford, CT · 2024
General operating support
$15,000
Keney Park Sustainability Project · Windsor, CT · 2024
General operating support
$15,000
Love146 · New Haven, CT · 2024
General operating support
$15,000
Malta House of Care Foundation · Hartford, CT · 2024
General operating support
$15,000
National Braille Press · Boston, MA · 2024
General operating support
$15,000
Night Fall · Hartford, CT · 2024
General operating support
$15,000
Planned Parenthood of Connecticut · New Haven, CT · 2024
General operating support
$15,000
Prudence Crandall Center · New Britain, CT · 2024
General operating support
$15,000
Riseup Group Inc the · Hartford, CT · 2024
General operating support
$15,000
She Leads Justice · Hartford, CT · 2024
General operating support
$15,000
Trinity Academy · Hartford, CT · 2024
General operating support
$15,000
Charter Oak Temple Restoration Association · Hartford, CT · 2023
General operating support
$15,000
Connecticut Radio Information System · Windsor, CT · 2023
General operating support
$15,000
Connectikids · Hartford, CT · 2023
General operating support
$15,000
Grace Academy · Hartford, CT · 2023
General operating support
$15,000
Hartford Performs · Hartford, CT · 2023
General operating support
$15,000
Hartford Promise · Hartford, CT · 2023
General operating support
$15,000
Hartford Youth Scholars Foundation · Hartford, CT · 2023
General operating support
$15,000
Immacare · Hartford, CT · 2023
General operating support
$15,000
Iquilt Partnership · Hartford, CT · 2023
Winterfest hartford
$15,000
Justice Dance Performance Project · Hartford, CT · 2023
General operating support
$15,000
Love146 · New Haven, CT · 2023
General operating support
$15,000
Malta House of Care Foundation · Hartford, CT · 2023
General operating support
$15,000
Planned Parenthood of Connecticut · New Haven, CT · 2023
General operating support
$15,000
Playhouse Theatre Group · West Hartford, CT · 2023
General operating support
$15,000
Prudence Crandall Center · New Britain, CT · 2023
General operating support
$15,000
Riseup Group Inc the · Hartford, CT · 2023
General operating support
$15,000
Capitol Squash · Hartford, CT · 2022
General operating support
$15,000
Ebony Horsewomen · Hartford, CT · 2022
General operating support
$15,000
Hartford Performs · Hartford, CT · 2022
General operating support
$15,000
Hispanic Health Council · Hartford, CT · 2022
General operating support
$15,000
Justice Dance Performance Project · Hartford, CT · 2022
General operating support
$15,000
Keney Park Sustainability Project · Windsor, CT · 2022
General operating support
$15,000
Malta House of Care Foundation · Hartford, CT · 2022
General operating 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.