Funding search · EIN 061064150 · West Hartford, CT

The William and Alice Mortensen

Name: The William and Alice Mortensen 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.

245
grants reported: $3.1M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $10,000
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.

Top recipients

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

Horace Bushnell Memorial Hall3 grants · $248,423
Mark Twain House4 grants · $160,000
Charter Oak Cultural Center2 grants · $100,000
Uconn Foundation2 grants · $100,000
University of Connecticut Foundation2 grants · $95,000
Hill-Stead Museum3 grants · $89,375
Ct Museum of Culture & History3 grants · $85,000
Knox Parks Foundation4 grants · $76,123
Ct Historical Society2 grants · $75,000
First Night Hartford4 grants · $72,000

Giving over time

$937,280

2022

$783,507

2023

$696,076

2024

$716,418

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 245 grants.

$100,000
Horace Bushnell Memorial Hall · Hartford, CT · 2023
Program assistance
$100,000
Horace Bushnell Memorial Hall · Hartford, CT · 2022
Program assistance
$60,000
Real Art Ways · Hartford, CT · 2025
Program assistance
$60,000
University of Connecticut Foundation · Storrs, CT · 2022
Program assistance
$56,400
Knox Parks Foundation · Hartford, CT · 2022
Program assistance
$52,975
Hill-Stead Museum · Farmington, CT · 2022
Program assistance
$50,000
Charter Oak Cultural Center · Hartford, CT · 2025
Program assistance
$50,000
Uconn Foundation · Storrs, CT · 2025
Program assistance
$50,000
Charter Oak Cultural Center · Hartford, CT · 2024
Program assistance
$50,000
Ct Museum of Culture & History · Hartford, CT · 2024
Program assistance
$50,000
Mark Twain House · Hartford, CT · 2024
Program assistance
$50,000
Uconn Foundation · Storrs, CT · 2024
Program assistance
$50,000
Mark Twain House · Hartford, CT · 2023
Program assistance
$50,000
Ct Historical Society · Hartford, CT · 2022
Program assistance
$50,000
Mark Twain House · Hartford, CT · 2022
Program assistance
$48,423
Horace Bushnell Memorial Hall · Hartford, CT · 2024
Program assistance
$35,000
University of Connecticut Foundation · Storrs, CT · 2023
Program assistance
$35,000
University of Connecticut School of Law · Hartford, CT · 2023
Program assistance
$30,100
Connecticut Public Broadcasting Network · Hartford, CT · 2022
Program assistance
$30,000
First Night Hartford · West Hartford, CT · 2025
Program assistance
$27,835
Harriet Beecher Stowe Center · Hartford, CT · 2023
Program assistance
$27,482
Boys & Girls Clubs of Hartford · Hartford, CT · 2024
Program assistance
$27,000
Interval House · Hartford, CT · 2024
Program assistance
$26,020
Hartford Public Library · Hartford, CT · 2025
Program assistance
$25,000
Ct Historical Society · Hartford, CT · 2023
Program assistance
$25,000
Ct Museum of Culture & History · Hartford, CT · 2023
Program assistance
$24,300
Hill-Stead Museum · Farmington, CT · 2024
Program assistance
$22,585
Connecticut Veterans Legal Center · West Haven, CT · 2022
Program assistance
$20,000
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art · Hartford, CT · 2025
Program assistance
$20,000
American Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2022
Program assistance
$20,000
Billings Forge Community Works · Hartford, CT · 2022
Program assistance
$20,000
Foodshare · Wallingford, CT · 2022
Program assistance
$20,000
Harc · Hartford, CT · 2022
Program assistance
$20,000
Hartford Promise · Hartford, CT · 2022
Program assistance
$19,862
Church of St Peter Claver · West Hartford, CT · 2023
Program assistance
$18,000
Salvation Army · West Hartford, CT · 2023
Program assistance
$18,000
Salvation Army · West Hartford, CT · 2022
Program assistance
$17,500
New England Air Museum · Windsor Locks, CT · 2025
Program assistance
$15,587
New Britain Museum of Art · New Britain, CT · 2025
Program assistance
$15,466
Connecticut Science Center · Hartford, CT · 2025
Program assistance
$15,000
Connecticut Public Broadcasting Network · Hartford, CT · 2025
Program assistance
$15,000
Elizabeth Park Conservancy · West Hartford, CT · 2025
Program assistance
$15,000
New Horizons · Unionville, CT · 2025
Program assistance
$15,000
South Park Inn · Hartford, CT · 2025
Program assistance
$15,000
Elizabeth Park Conservancy · West Hartford, CT · 2024
Program assistance
$15,000
First Night Hartford · West Hartford, CT · 2024
Program assistance
$15,000
New England Air Museum · Windsor Locks, CT · 2022
Program assistance
$14,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Connecticut · Hartford, CT · 2024
Program assistance
$13,740
Boys & Girls Clubs of Hartford · Hartford, CT · 2025
Program assistance
$13,700
Elizabeth Park Conservancy · West Hartford, CT · 2022
Program assistance
$13,500
First Night Hartford · West Hartford, CT · 2023
Program assistance
$13,500
First Night Hartford · West Hartford, CT · 2022
Program assistance
$13,200
Iquilt Partnership · Hartford, CT · 2023
Program assistance
$13,000
New Horizons · Unionville, CT · 2023
Program assistance
$13,000
Hartford Public Library · Hartford, CT · 2022
Program assistance
$12,624
Cornelia De Lange Syndrome Foundation · Avon, CT · 2022
Program assistance
$12,500
Fresh Start Pallet · Hartford, CT · 2025
Program assistance
$12,500
Nutmeg Big Brothersbig Sisters · Hartford, CT · 2022
Program assistance
$12,100
Hill-Stead Museum · Farmington, CT · 2023
Program assistance
$12,075
Elizabeth Park Conservancy · West Hartford, CT · 2023
Program assistance
$12,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Connecticut · Hartford, CT · 2025
Program assistance
$12,000
New England Air Museum · Windsor Locks, CT · 2024
Program assistance
$12,000
Connectikids · Hartford, CT · 2023
Program assistance
$11,800
Northwest Catholic High School · West Hartford, CT · 2022
Program assistance
$11,380
Church of St Peter Claver · West Hartford, CT · 2025
Program assistance
$11,000
Fresh Start Pallet · Hartford, CT · 2024
Program assistance
$10,609
Connecticut Science Center · Hartford, CT · 2022
Program assistance
$10,150
Connecticut Science Center · Hartford, CT · 2024
Program assistance
$10,000
4-H Education Center Auer Farm · Bloomfield, CT · 2025
Program assistance
$10,000
American Red Cross Ct Chapter · Farmington, CT · 2025
Program assistance
$10,000
Aurora Women and Girls Foundation · West Hartford, CT · 2025
Program assistance
$10,000
Bridge Family Center · West Hartford, CT · 2025
Program assistance
$10,000
Connecticut Humane Society · Newington, CT · 2025
Program assistance
$10,000
Connectikids · Hartford, CT · 2025
Program assistance
$10,000
Cris Radio · Windsor, CT · 2025
Program assistance
$10,000
Ct Museum of Culture & History · Hartford, CT · 2025
Program assistance
$10,000
Forge City Works · Hartford, CT · 2025
Program assistance
$10,000
Hartford Promise · Hartford, CT · 2025
Program assistance
$10,000
Hartford Stage · Hartford, CT · 2025
Program assistance
$10,000
Healing Meals Foundation Corporation · Simsbury, CT · 2025
Program assistance
$10,000
Holy Family Retreat Center · West Hartford, CT · 2025
Program assistance
$10,000
Klingberg Family Services · Hartford, CT · 2025
Program assistance
$10,000
Mark Twain House · Hartford, CT · 2025
Program assistance
$10,000
Noah Webster House Museum · West Hartford, CT · 2025
Program assistance
$10,000
Oak Hill · Hartford, CT · 2025
Program assistance
$10,000
Operation Fuel · Hartford, CT · 2025
Program assistance
$10,000
The Village for Children and Families · Storrs, CT · 2025
Program assistance
$10,000
Web-Deane-Sevens Museum · Wethersfield, CT · 2025
Program assistance
$10,000
American Red Cross Ct Chapter · Farmington, CT · 2024
Program assistance
$10,000
American School for the Deaf · West Hartford, CT · 2024
Program assistance
$10,000
Connecticut Veterans Legal Center · West Haven, CT · 2024
Program assistance
$10,000
Connectikids · Hartford, CT · 2024
Program assistance
$10,000
Foodshare · Wallingford, CT · 2024
Program assistance
$10,000
Forge City Works · Hartford, CT · 2024
Program assistance
$10,000
Harriet Beecher Stowe Center · Hartford, CT · 2024
Program assistance
$10,000
Hartford Performs · Hartford, CT · 2024
Program assistance
$10,000
Hartford Promise · Hartford, CT · 2024
Program assistance
$10,000
Hartford Stage · Hartford, CT · 2024
Program assistance
$10,000
Hartford Symphony Orchestra · Hartford, CT · 2024
Program assistance
$10,000
Healing Meals Foundation Corporation · Simsbury, CT · 2024
Program assistance

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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.