Funding search · EIN 203082522 · Branford, CT

The Sassafras Foundation

Name: The Sassafras 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.

75
grants reported: $2.9M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $25,000
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.

What they fund

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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

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Christian Community Action4 grants · $430,000
Leadership Education Athletics in Partnership4 grants · $400,000
New Haven Legal Assistance4 grants · $310,000
Dwight Hall at Yale4 grants · $270,000
Open Communities Alliance5 grants · $208,000
Connecticut Voices for Children2 grants · $150,000
International Festival of Arts and Ideas1 grant · $100,000
Center for Children'S Advocacy Inc Co U of Ct School of Law4 grants · $95,000
Fair Haven Community Health Center1 grant · $75,000
United Way of Greater New Haven2 grants · $70,000

Giving over time

$837,000

2022

$783,000

2023

$704,000

2024

$540,000

2025

Grant history

All 75 reported grants, largest first.

$125,000
Leadership Education Athletics in Partnership · New Haven, CT · 2025
General support
$125,000
Leadership Education Athletics in Partnership · New Haven, CT · 2022
General support
$115,000
Christian Community Action · New Haven, CT · 2025
General support
$115,000
Christian Community Action · New Haven, CT · 2024
General support
$100,000
International Festival of Arts and Ideas · New Haven, CT · 2024
General support
$100,000
Christian Community Action · New Haven, CT · 2023
General support
$100,000
Christian Community Action · New Haven, CT · 2022
General support
$100,000
Connecticut Voices for Children · New Haven, CT · 2022
General support
$90,000
Dwight Hall at Yale · New Haven, CT · 2023
General support
$80,000
New Haven Legal Assistance · New Haven, CT · 2025
General support
$80,000
Dwight Hall at Yale · New Haven, CT · 2024
Harbor fellows program
$80,000
New Haven Legal Assistance · New Haven, CT · 2024
General support
$80,000
Dwight Hall at Yale · New Haven, CT · 2022
General support
$75,000
Leadership Education Athletics in Partnership · New Haven, CT · 2024
General support
$75,000
Fair Haven Community Health Center · New Haven, CT · 2023
General support
$75,000
Leadership Education Athletics in Partnership · New Haven, CT · 2023
General support
$75,000
New Haven Legal Assistance · New Haven, CT · 2023
General support
$75,000
New Haven Legal Assistance · New Haven, CT · 2022
General support
$60,000
Open Communities Alliance · Hartford, CT · 2023
General support
$50,000
Connecticut Voices for Children · New Haven, CT · 2025
General support
$50,000
Climatehaven · New Haven, CT · 2024
General support
$50,000
Save the Sound · New Haven, CT · 2023
General support
$50,000
Cfe Save the Sound · New Haven, CT · 2022
General support
$50,000
The Fund for Public Schools · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$45,000
Save the Sound · New Haven, CT · 2025
General support
$40,000
Open Communities Alliance · Hartford, CT · 2025
Fellows program
$40,000
Open Communities Alliance · Hartford, CT · 2024
General support
$40,000
Open Communities Alliance · Hartford, CT · 2022
General support
$35,000
Office of Child Advocate State of Connecticut · Hartford, CT · 2023
General support
$35,000
United Way of Greater New Haven · New Haven, CT · 2023
General support
$35,000
United Way of Greater New Haven · New Haven, CT · 2022
General support
$28,000
Open Communities Alliance · Hartford, CT · 2024
Fellows program
$25,000
Center for Children'S Advocacy Inc Co U of Ct School of Law · Hartford, CT · 2025
General support
$25,000
United Way of Connecticut · Rocky Hill, CT · 2025
Redwood fellows program
$25,000
Center for Children'S Advocacy Inc Co U of Ct School of Law · Hartford, CT · 2024
General support
$25,000
Center for Children'S Advocacy Inc Co U of Ct School of Law · Hartford, CT · 2023
General support
$25,000
Integrated Refugee and Imigrant Services · New Haven, CT · 2023
General support
$25,000
Ioby (in Our Backyard) · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General support
$25,000
Integrated Refugee and Imigrant Services · New Haven, CT · 2022
General support
$20,000
Urban Resources Initiativeyale School of the Environment · New Haven, CT · 2025
General support
$20,000
Connecticut Students for a Dream · Bridgeport, CT · 2024
General support
$20,000
Dwight Hall at Yale · New Haven, CT · 2024
General support
$20,000
Yale University School of the Environment Urban Resources Initiative · New Haven, CT · 2024
General support
$20,000
Center for Children'S Advocacy Inc Co U of Ct School of Law · Hartford, CT · 2022
General support
$20,000
International Festival of Arts & Ideas · New Haven, CT · 2022
General support
$15,000
Horizons at the Foote School · New Haven, CT · 2025
General support
$15,000
Horizons at the Foote School · New Haven, CT · 2024
General support
$15,000
Brooklyn Legal Services · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General support
$15,000
Hopital Albert Schweitzer · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General support
$15,000
Planned Parenthood of Southern New England · New Haven, CT · 2023
General support
$15,000
Yale University School of the Environment Urban Resources Initiative · New Haven, CT · 2023
General support
$15,000
Brooklyn Legal Services · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General support
$15,000
Fair Housing Justice Center · Long Island City, NY · 2022
General support
$15,000
Hopital Albert Schweitzer · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General support
$12,000
Boys & Girls Club New Haven · New Haven, CT · 2024
General support
$12,000
Compagnia De'Colombari · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$12,000
Yale University School of the Environment Urban Resources Initiative · New Haven, CT · 2022
General support
$10,000
Boys & Girls Club New Haven · New Haven, CT · 2023
General support
$10,000
Horizons at the Foote School · New Haven, CT · 2023
General support
$10,000
The Campaign School at Yale · New Canaan, CT · 2023
General support
$10,000
Boys & Girls Club New Haven · New Haven, CT · 2022
General support
$10,000
Horizons at the Foote School · New Haven, CT · 2022
General support
$10,000
The Campaign School at Yale · New Canaan, CT · 2022
General support
$8,000
The Links Foundation · Hamden, CT · 2024
General support
$8,000
The Links Foundation · Hamden, CT · 2023
General support
$5,000
Environmental Defense Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$5,000
Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$5,000
Soundview Family Ymca · Branford, CT · 2023
General support
$5,000
Compagnia De Colombari · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$5,000
Environmental Defense Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$5,000
Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$5,000
Online Journalism Project Co La Vox Hispana · New Haven, CT · 2022
General support
$5,000
Soundview Family Ymca · Branford, CT · 2022
General support
$5,000
The Links Foundation · New Haven, CT · 2022
General support
$4,000
New Haven Preservation Trust · New Haven, CT · 2024
General support

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