Private foundation · EIN 04-6037391 · Hamden, CT · Return for the year ending 2023-12-31

Where William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund's grants went

It reported $5.32M in grants paid across 145 lines. WHOFUNDS matched 76.9% of those dollars to 57 recipient organizations.

View the 990-PF

What its filing says about applications

It did not check the 990-PF box for “only contributes to preselected organizations.”

Form of application
A BRIEF LETTER SHOULD INCLUDE A PROBLEM AND OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT, THE METHODS FOR ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM, AND ITS PROPOSED SOLUTION. ENCLOSE A CURRENT COPY OF IRS 501(C)(3) DETERMINATION LETTER. AFTER THE LETTER IS REVIEWED, AN APPLICATION FORM IS PROVIDED, WHEN APPROPRIATE, FOR COMPLETION BY THE APPLICANT.
Deadlines
NO ESTABLISHED DEADLINE.
Restrictions
THE MEMORIAL FUND WILL MAKE GRANTS TO SUPPORT THEIR MISSION TO ACHIEVE EQUITY IN EDUCATION BY WORKING WITH THOSE AFFECTED AND INSPIRING ALL TO END RACISM AND POVERTY. GRANTS ARE NOT MADE TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE NOT RECOGNIZED AS 501(C)(3), INDIVIDUALS, RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS FOR SECTARIAN PURPOSES, CAPITAL CAMPAIGNS, POLITICAL CAUSES AND ACTIVITIES, AND SCHOLARSHIPS.
Website on filing
WWW.WCGMF.ORG

Contact names and phone numbers are on the filing itself. WHOFUNDS doesn't republish them.

Grants paid 140 published lines

RecipientPaidPurpose as filedMatch
Bridgeport Generation Now
Bridgeport, CT · EIN 81-4240436
$118,125GENERAL SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Hope for New Haven
New Haven, CT · EIN 06-1614992
$118,125CERCLE STRONGSame address 1.00
Achieve Hartford
Hartford, CT · EIN 45-0499390
$103,250GENERAL SUPPORT FOR RACCEExact name 1.00
Faithacts for Education
Hamden, CT · EIN 47-2150020
$101,250GENERAL SUPPORTExact name 1.00
Make the Road States
Brooklyn, NY · EIN 84-3988830
$101,250BUILDING POWER FOR LANGUAGE JUSTICE & FULL PARTICIPATION IN LOCAL DEMOCRACYExact name 1.00
Relay Graduate School of Education
New York, NY · EIN 27-5316628
$101,250RELAY CONNECTICUTSame address 1.00
United We Dream Network
Washington, DC · EIN 46-2216565
$101,250GENERAL SUPPORT - CT STUDENTS FOR A DREAMSame city 1.00
Re-Center
Hartford, CT · no confident EIN match
$101,250RE-CENTER: BUILDING NETWORKS FOR RACIAL EQUITY IMPACTUnmatched Help match
She Leads Justice
Hartford, CT · EIN 06-0913214
$100,625GENERAL SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Common Counsel Foundation
Oakland, CA · EIN 94-3214166
$100,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT OF THE MOVEMENT FOR BLACK LIVESSame street 1.00
Common Counsel Foundation
Oakland, CA · EIN 94-3214166
$100,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT OF THE MOVEMENT FOR BLACK LIVESSame street 1.00
Faithacts for Education
Hamden, CT · EIN 47-2150020
$100,000IMPACT OPPORTUNITY GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTExact name 1.00
Hope for New Haven
New Haven, CT · EIN 06-1614992
$100,000IMPACT OPPORTUNITY GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
The Serc Foundation
Waterbury, CT · EIN 38-3978620
$100,000IMPACT OPPORTUNITY GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTExact name 1.00
A Better Way Foundation
Hartford, CT · no confident EIN match
$100,000IMPACT OPPORTUNITY GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTUnmatched Help match
A Better Way Foundation
Hartford, CT · no confident EIN match
$100,000IMPACT OPPORTUNITY GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTUnmatched Help match
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See)
Calabasas, CA · EIN 95-4116679
$87,500CONNECTICUT JUSTICE ALLIANCE, JUSTICE ADVISORS AND #INVESTINMECTSame address 1.00
Katal Center for Health Equity and Justice
Hartford, CT · no confident EIN match
$87,500#CUTSHUTINVEST CAMPAIGN AND BLOCUnmatched Help match
Center for Leadership and Justice
Hartford, CT · EIN 06-0689693
$86,250GENERAL SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Faithacts for Education
Hamden, CT · EIN 47-2150020
$67,500GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTExact name 1.00
Faithacts for Education
Hamden, CT · EIN 47-2150020
$67,500GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTExact name 1.00
Make the Road States
Brooklyn, NY · EIN 84-3988830
$67,500LANGUAGE JUSTICE IN BRIDGEPORT, HARTFORD AND CTExact name 1.00
Make the Road States
Brooklyn, NY · EIN 84-3988830
$67,500LANGUAGE JUSTICE IN BRIDGEPORT, HARTFORD AND CTExact name 1.00
Relay Graduate School of Education
New York, NY · EIN 27-5316628
$67,500RELAY CONNECTICUT BIPOC STUDENT RECRUITMENT & RETENTION INITIATIVESame address 1.00
Relay Graduate School of Education
New York, NY · EIN 27-5316628
$67,500RELAY CONNECTICUT BIPOC STUDENT RECRUITMENT & RETENTION INITIATIVESame address 1.00
The Serc Foundation
Waterbury, CT · EIN 38-3978620
$67,500BUILDING A STRONG FOUNDATION FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE COMMUNITY COALITIONSExact name 1.00
The Serc Foundation
Waterbury, CT · EIN 38-3978620
$67,500BUILDING A STRONG FOUNDATION FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE COMMUNITY COALITIONSExact name 1.00
United We Dream Network
Washington, DC · EIN 46-2216565
$67,500GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR CT STUDENTS FOR A DREAMSame city 1.00
United We Dream Network
Washington, DC · EIN 46-2216565
$67,500GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR CT STUDENTS FOR A DREAMSame city 1.00
A Better Way Foundation
Hartford, CT · no confident EIN match
$67,500GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT OF CONNECTICUT BLACK AND BROWN STUDENT UNIONUnmatched Help match
A Better Way Foundation
New London, CT · no confident EIN match
$67,500GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT OF HEARING YOUTH VOICESUnmatched Help match
New Haven Legal Assistance Association
New Haven, CT · EIN 06-0793269
$65,625BUILDING COMMUNITY POWER IN ECONOMIC JUSTICESame address 1.00
A Better Way Foundation
Hartford, CT · no confident EIN match
$65,625GENERAL SUPPORT - STEP UP NEW LONDONUnmatched Help match
Citywide Youth Coalition
New Haven, CT · EIN 06-1386638
$60,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Citywide Youth Coalition
New Haven, CT · EIN 06-1386638
$60,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Community Mediation
Hamden, CT · no confident EIN match
$60,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT - SEJUnmatched Help match
Community Mediation
Hamden, CT · no confident EIN match
$60,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT - SEJUnmatched Help match
Center for Leadership and Justice
Hartford, CT · EIN 06-0689693
$57,500GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Hope for New Haven
New Haven, CT · EIN 06-1614992
$50,000CERCLE STRONGSame address 1.00
The United Way of Greater Waterbury
Waterbury, CT · EIN 06-0646634
$50,000GENERAL SUPPORTSame street 1.00
United Way of Coastal Fairfield County
Bridgeport, CT · no confident EIN match
$50,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR PT PARTNERSUnmatched Help match
United Way of Coastal Fairfield County
Bridgeport, CT · no confident EIN match
$50,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR PT PARTNERSUnmatched Help match
Urban Concepts
Bridgeport, CT · EIN 80-0370324
$47,500GENERAL SUPPORT - UNIDAD LATINA EN ACCIONSame address 1.00
Educators for Excellence
New York, NY · EIN 27-3382030
$42,500EQUITABLE EDUCATION FOR ALL CONNECTICUT STUDENTSSame address 1.00
United Parents and Students
Los Angeles, CA · EIN 81-3413763
$42,500POWER PARENTS ORGANIZED WILL EFFECT RESULTSExact name 1.00
The United Way of Greater Waterbury
Waterbury, CT · EIN 06-0646634
$42,500GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT OF WATERBURY BRIDGE TO SUCCESS COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP (BTS)Same street 1.00
The United Way of Greater Waterbury
Waterbury, CT · EIN 06-0646634
$42,500GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT OF WATERBURY BRIDGE TO SUCCESS COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP (BTS)Same street 1.00
Re-Center
Hartford, CT · no confident EIN match
$42,500BUILDING NETWORKS FOR RACIAL EQUITY IMPACTUnmatched Help match
Re-Center
Hartford, CT · no confident EIN match
$42,500BUILDING NETWORKS FOR RACIAL EQUITY IMPACTUnmatched Help match
Bridgeport Generation Now
Bridgeport, CT · EIN 81-4240436
$40,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00

3 more lines ($-23.61K) aren't listed because the payee name as filed could identify a private person.

Foundations that fund the same organizations

  1. Amazonsmile Foundation Seattle, WA
    29 recipients in common
  2. The Pfizer Foundation New York, NY
    9 recipients in common
  3. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Charlotte, NC
    8 recipients in common
  4. The Scripps Family Fund for Education and the Arts Ft Mitchell, KY
    8 recipients in common
  5. Connecticut Health Foundation Hartford, CT
    8 recipients in common
  6. Liberty Bank Foundation Middletown, CT
    6 recipients in common
  7. Ion Bank Foundation Naugatuck, CT
    5 recipients in common
  8. The Peter and Carmen Lucia Buck Foundation New York, NY
    5 recipients in common

Where this comes from

Grant lines are from Part XV of this foundation's Form 990-PF (XML). The filing names each payee but gives no tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched payees to the IRS Business Master File. Lines it couldn't match confidently are listed as filed. Method and limits.