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The Kaman Foundation

Name: The Kaman Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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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.

67
grants reported: $2.8M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $29,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. 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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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.

Top recipients

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

The Stone Age Institute3 grants · $400,000
Elizabeth Park Conservancy4 grants · $400,000
Outpost Productions4 grants · $335,000
Connecticut Draft Horse Rescue2 grants · $205,017
University of Hartford2 grants · $190,000
Hartford Public Library4 grants · $158,150
La Artcore4 grants · $120,000
Austin Classical Guitar2 grants · $110,000
Austin Classical Guitar Society1 grant · $90,000
Overland Mountain Bike Association4 grants · $88,750

Giving over time

$798,450

2021

$652,089

2022

$758,250

2023

$614,128

2024

Grant history

All 67 reported grants, largest first.

$150,000
The Stone Age Institute · Bloomington, IN · 2022
General support
$150,000
The Stone Age Institute · Bloomington, IN · 2021
General support
$115,000
University of Hartford · West Hartford, CT · 2021
General support
$105,017
Connecticut Draft Horse Rescue · East Hampton, CT · 2022
General support
$100,000
Elizabeth Park Conservancy · West Hartford, CT · 2024
General support
$100,000
Elizabeth Park Conservancy · West Hartford, CT · 2023
General support
$100,000
The Stone Age Institute · Bloomington, IN · 2023
General support
$100,000
Elizabeth Park Conservancy · West Hartford, CT · 2022
General support
$100,000
Connecticut Draft Horse Rescue · East Hampton, CT · 2021
General support
$100,000
Elizabeth Park Conservancy · West Hartford, CT · 2021
General support
$95,000
Outpost Productions · Albuquerque, NM · 2024
General support
$90,000
Outpost Productions · Albuquerque, NM · 2023
General support
$90,000
Outpost Productions · Albuquerque, NM · 2022
General support
$90,000
Austin Classical Guitar Society · Austin, TX · 2021
General support
$75,000
University of Hartford · West Hartford, CT · 2022
General support
$60,000
Austin Classical Guitar · Austin, TX · 2024
General support
$60,000
Outpost Productions · Albuquerque, NM · 2021
General support
$50,000
Austin Classical Guitar · Austin, TX · 2023
General support
$50,000
Van Stephenson Mem Cancer Re · Nashville, TN · 2023
General support
$44,778
Hartford Public Library · Hartford, CT · 2024
General support
$43,050
Hartford Public Library · Hartford, CT · 2023
General support
$41,322
Hartford Public Library · Hartford, CT · 2022
General support
$35,000
Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation · Bloomfield, CT · 2024
General support
$35,000
American Youth Symphony · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
General support
$30,000
La Artcore · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General support
$30,000
The Jazz Bakery · Beverly Hills, CA · 2024
General support
$30,000
Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation · Bloomfield, CT · 2023
General support
$30,000
La Artcore · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General support
$30,000
La Artcore · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General support
$30,000
Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation · Bloomfield, CT · 2021
General support
$30,000
La Artcore · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
General support
$29,350
Overland Mountain Bike Association · Fort Collins, CO · 2024
General support
$29,200
Overland Mountain Bike Association · Fort Collins, CO · 2023
General support
$29,000
Hartford Public Library · Hartford, CT · 2021
General support
$25,000
Art Division · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General support
$25,000
Santa Fe Music Collective · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
General support
$25,000
University of Hartford - Charles Kaman Scholarship Fund · West Hartford, CT · 2024
General support
$25,000
University of Hartford - Helen Kaman Scholarship Fund · West Hartford, CT · 2024
General support
$25,000
University of Hartford - Laurel Kaman Scholarship Fund · West Hartford, CT · 2024
General support
$25,000
Art Division · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General support
$25,000
Dripping Springs Visitors Bureau · Dripping Springs, TX · 2023
General support
$25,000
The Jazz Bakery · Beverly Hills, CA · 2023
General support
$25,000
University of Hartford - Charles Kaman Scholarship Fund · West Hartford, CT · 2023
General support
$25,000
University of Hartford - Helen Kaman Scholarship Fund · West Hartford, CT · 2023
General support
$25,000
University of Hartford - Laurel Kaman Scholarship Fund · West Hartford, CT · 2023
General support
$25,000
Dripping Springs Visitors Bureau · Dripping Springs, TX · 2022
General support
$25,000
Dripping Springs Visitors Bureau · Dripping Springs, TX · 2021
General support
$22,000
Santa Fe Music Collective · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
General support
$20,000
Steve Sutton Memorial Charity · Canton, NC · 2024
General support
$20,000
Texas Women Songwriters Festival · Lockhart, TX · 2024
General support
$20,000
Steve Sutton Memorial Charity · Canton, NC · 2023
General support
$19,000
Fort Collins Music Association · Fort Collins, CO · 2023
General support
$15,750
Overland Mountain Bike Association · Fort Collins, CO · 2022
General support
$15,000
Fernandina Songwriters Foundation · Fernandina Beach, FL · 2023
General support
$14,450
Overland Mountain Bike Association · Fort Collins, CO · 2021
General support
$10,000
Dripping Springs Visitors Bureau · Dripping Springs, TX · 2024
General support
$10,000
Steve Sutton Memorital Charity · Canton, NC · 2022
General support
$10,000
Martin Guitar Charitable Foundation · Nazareth, PA · 2021
General support
$5,000
Boston Trinity Academy · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
$5,000
Grace Academy · Hartford, CT · 2024
General support
$5,000
New England Center for Circus Arts · Brattleboro, VT · 2024
General support
$5,000
Grace Academy · Hartford, CT · 2023
General support
$5,000
University of St Joseph · West Hartford, CT · 2023
General support
$5,000
Avery Heights Village Fund · Hartford, CT · 2022
General support
$5,000
Grace Academy · Hartford, CT · 2022
General support
$5,000
Create Now · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
General support
$5,000
University of St Joseph · West Hartford, CT · 2021
General 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.