Funding search · EIN 201716876 · Putnam, CT

The Putnam Area Foundation

Name: The Putnam Area 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.

78
grants reported: $233,106
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $2,100
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

youth arts cancer care research sponsorship tackle trail

Full IRS filings ↗How this is built Report an error

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.

Trustees of Roseland Park3 grants · $25,000
Town of Putnam5 grants · $23,400
Hale Ymca Youth & Family Center3 grants · $16,000
Aspinock Historical Society1 grant · $15,000
Jolly John'S Keep On Truckin Fund3 grants · $15,000
Woodstock Agricultural Society2 grants · $11,208
Community Cultural Committee Nect3 grants · $10,700
Town of Putnam Veterans Advisory2 grants · $10,300
Town of Putnam (Mural Art Project)1 grant · $10,000
Theater of Northeastern Ct1 grant · $10,000

Giving over time

$54,986

2022

$82,450

2023

$95,670

2024

Grant history

All 78 reported grants, largest first.

$15,000
Aspinock Historical Society · Putnam, CT · 2024
Donation/conservaton
$15,000
Trustees of Roseland Park · Woodstock, CT · 2023
Legacy campaign
$10,000
Theater of Northeastern Ct · Putnam, CT · 2024
Donation
$10,000
Town of Putnam (Mural Art Project) · Putnam, CT · 2024
Donation
$10,000
Woodstock Agricultural Society · Woodstock, CT · 2024
Donation
$10,000
Town of Putnam Veterans Advisory · Putnam, CT · 2023
Donation
$8,500
Teeg · N Grosvenordale, CT · 2023
Donation
$6,700
Aspinock Historical Society Putnam · Putnam, CT · 2022
Donation
$6,500
Town of Putnam · Putnam, CT · 2023
Arts, craft, & various festivals
$6,500
Town of Putnam · Putnam, CT · 2022
Arts, craft, & various festivals
$5,750
Hale Ymca Youth & Family Center · Putnam, CT · 2023
Youth activity sponsorship
$5,500
Community Cultural Committee Nect · Pomfret, CT · 2024
Donation
$5,250
Hale Ymca Youth & Family Center · Putnam, CT · 2022
Youth activity sponsorship
$5,000
Hale Ymca Youth & Family Center · Putnam, CT · 2024
Youth activity sponsorship
$5,000
Jolly John'S Keep On Truckin Fund · Columbia, CT · 2024
Donation
$5,000
Town of Putnam (Recreational Dept) · Putnam, CT · 2024
Donation
$5,000
Trustees of Roseland Park · Woodstock, CT · 2024
Donation
$5,000
Jolly John'S Keep On Truckin Fund · Columbia, CT · 2023
Donation
$5,000
Trustees of Roseland Park · Woodstock, CT · 2023
Donation
$5,000
Jolly John'S Keep On Truckin Fund · Columbia, CT · 2022
Donation
$5,000
Town of Putnam · Putnam, CT · 2022
Historic restoration
$3,875
Northeast Opportunities Wellness · Putnam, CT · 2022
Family & youth engagement
$3,600
Town of Putnam · Putnam, CT · 2022
Donation tubular instrument bell
$3,500
Northeast Opportunities Wellness · Putnam, CT · 2023
Family & youth engagement
$3,200
Daily Bread Food Pantry · Putnam, CT · 2024
Donation
$3,000
Community Cultural Committee Nect · Pomfret, CT · 2023
Donation
$3,000
The Last Green Valley · Danielson, CT · 2023
Conservation activities
$3,000
The Last Green Valley · Danielson, CT · 2022
Conservation activities
$2,500
Northeast Ct Education Foundation · Putnam, CT · 2024
Donation
$2,500
Quiet Corner Garden Club · Woodstock, CT · 2024
Donation
$2,500
Qvcc Foundation · Danielson, CT · 2024
Tackle the trail
$2,500
Community Foundation of Eastern Ct · New London, CT · 2023
Women & girls fund
$2,500
Quiet Corner Garden Club · Woodstock, CT · 2023
Donation
$2,500
Qvcc Foundation · Danielson, CT · 2023
Tackle the trail
$2,500
Woodstock Academy · Woodstock, CT · 2023
Donation
$2,500
Community Foundation of Eastern Ct · New London, CT · 2022
Women & girls fund
$2,500
Quiet Corner Garden Club · Woodstock, CT · 2022
Donation
$2,500
Qvcc Foundation · Danielson, CT · 2022
Tackle the trail
$2,200
Community Cultural Committee Nect · Pomfret, CT · 2022
Donation
$2,000
Town of Putnam (Arts Council) · Putnam, CT · 2024
Arts, crafts & festival
$1,800
Town of Putnam · Putnam, CT · 2024
Donation
$1,500
Arc Emporium · Woodstock, CT · 2024
Donation
$1,500
Putnam Rotary · Putnam, CT · 2024
Donation
$1,400
Bungay Fire Brigade · Woodstock, CT · 2023
Donation
$1,250
Day Kimball Hospital Foundation · Putnam, CT · 2024
Donation
$1,250
Day Kimball Healthcare · Putnam, CT · 2023
Donation
$1,208
Woodstock Agricultural Society · Woodstock, CT · 2022
Donation
$1,000
Northeast Ct Cancer Crusadersfund · Putnam, CT · 2024
Cancer research/care
$1,000
Teeg (Thompson Ecumenical Empowerm) · Thompson, CT · 2024
Donation
$1,000
Veterans of Foreign Wars · Putnam, CT · 2024
Donation
$1,000
Northeast Ct Cancer Crusaders · Putnam, CT · 2023
Cancer research/care
$1,000
Veterans of Foreign Wars · Putnam, CT · 2023
Donation
$1,000
American Legion Post 13 · Putnam, CT · 2022
Donation
$1,000
Daily Bread Food Pantry · Putnam, CT · 2022
Donation
$1,000
Day Kimball Healthcare · Putnam, CT · 2022
Donation
$800
American Legion Post 13 · Putnam, CT · 2024
Donation
$603
Quiet Corner Cares · Putnam, CT · 2022
Donation
$600
Ct Audubon Society · Pomfret, CT · 2024
Donation
$500
Ymca Hale Youth & Family Center · Putnam, CT · 2024
Donation
$500
American Legion Post 13 · Putnam, CT · 2023
Donation
$500
Daily Bread Food Pantry · Putnam, CT · 2023
Donation
$500
Danielson Veterans Cofee House · Danielson, CT · 2023
Donation
$500
Danielson Veterans Cofee House · Danielson, CT · 2022
Donation
$300
Killingly Business Association · Killingly, CT · 2023
Donation
$300
Town of Putnam Veterans Advisory · Putnam, CT · 2022
Donation
$250
Danielson Veterans Cofee House · Danielson, CT · 2024
Donation
$250
Putnam Lions Foundation · Putnam, CT · 2024
Donation
$250
Town of Woodstock (Recreation Dept) · Woodstock, CT · 2024
Donation
$250
Womans Board Day Kimball Hospital · Putnam, CT · 2024
Donation
$250
The Putnam Lions Foundation · Putnam, CT · 2023
Donation
$250
Town of Woodstock · Woodstock, CT · 2023
Donation
$250
Womans Board Day Kimball Hospital · Putnam, CT · 2023
Donation
$250
Northeast Ct Cancer Crusaders · Putnam, CT · 2022
Cancer research/care
$250
The Putnam Lions Foundation · Putnam, CT · 2022
Donation
$250
Worcester County Poetry Association · Worcester, MA · 2022
2023 poetry series
$200
Paws Cat Shelter · Putnam, CT · 2024
Donation
$200
Windham Area Arts Colaborative · Willimantic, CT · 2024
Donation
$120
Putnam Business Association · Putnam, CT · 2024
Donation

Grants already paid are the record; PaperOrbit reads your paper and finds the funders whose record matches it — then explains why.

Search funders like this one

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.