Private foundation · EIN 06-1245402 · West Harford, CT · Return for the year ending 2023-12-31

Where J Walton Bissell Foundation's grants went

It reported $972,500 in grants paid across 84 lines. WHOFUNDS matched 89.7% of those dollars to 74 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
THE FOUNDATION DOES NOT ACCEPT PAPER GRANT APPLICATIONS. ALL INFORMATION REGARDING TO WHOM APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE DIRECTED, THE FORMAT OF THE APPLICATIONS, AND ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REQUIRED AS WELL AS SUBMISSION DEADLINES CAN BE FOUND AT THE FOUNDATIONS WEBSITE: WWW.BISSELLFOUNDATION.ORG
Deadlines
BY MIDNIGHT OF THE DATES PUBLISHED ON THE WEBSITE. WWW.BISSELLFOUNDATION.ORG
Restrictions
RECIPIENTS MUST BE ORGANIZATIONS UNDER 501(C)(3) (OTHER THAN PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS) USING FUNDS EXCLUSIVELY WITHIN THE UNITED STATES.
Website on filing
WWW.BISSELLFOUNDATION.ORG

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

Grants paid 84 published lines

RecipientPaidPurpose as filedMatch
The Artists Collective
Hartford, CT · EIN 06-0889475
$25,000ENSEMBLES; LESSONS; AND RITE OF PASSAGE PROGRAMMINGSame address 1.00
Hartford Public Library
Hartford, CT · EIN 06-6026029
$25,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Knox
Hartford, CT · EIN 06-0985421
$25,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Second Chance Re-Entry Initiative Program
Hartford, CT · EIN 84-2846352
$25,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame ZIP 1.00
Camp Courant
Farmington, CT · EIN 06-1018155
$20,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTExact name 1.00
Children's Law Center
Hartford, CT · EIN 06-1381700
$20,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 0.82
Community Partners in Action
Hartford, CT · EIN 06-0646592
$20,000PRISON ARTS PROGRAMSame address 1.00
Connecticut News Project
Hartford, CT · EIN 27-0583046
$20,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Center for Latino Progress Connecticut Puerto Rican Forum
Hartford, CT · EIN 06-1385027
$20,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 0.76
Forge City Works
Hartford, CT · EIN 26-1412551
$20,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame street 1.00
Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz
Hartford, CT · EIN 06-1358376
$20,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Hartford Interval House
Hartford, CT · EIN 06-0960005
$20,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services
New Haven, CT · EIN 06-0653044
$20,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame city 1.00
Connecticut Immigrant & Refugee Coalition
West Hartford, CT · EIN 06-1623555
$20,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTExact name 1.00
The Village for Families and Children
Hartford, CT · EIN 06-0668594
$20,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Ct
Hartford, CT · no confident EIN match
$20,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTUnmatched Help match
Charter Oak Temple Restoration Assoc D/B/A Charter Oak Cultural Center
Hartford, CT · EIN 06-1026597
$15,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Connecticut Radio Information System
Windsor, CT · EIN 06-0987696
$15,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Connectikids
Hartford, CT · EIN 06-1035985
$15,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Grace Academy
Hartford, CT · EIN 27-1673012
$15,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Hartford Performs
Hartford, CT · EIN 46-1484114
$15,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame city 1.00
Hartford Promise
Hartford, CT · EIN 81-0924703
$15,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame city 1.00
Hartford Youth Scholars
Hartford, CT · EIN 20-3495171
$15,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Immacare
Hartford, CT · EIN 22-3121606
$15,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Iquilt Partnership
Hartford, CT · EIN 45-1744906
$15,000WINTERFEST HARTFORDSame ZIP 1.00
Justice Dance Performance Project
Hartford, CT · EIN 22-3064328
$15,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
LOVE146
Charlotte, NC · EIN 20-1168284
$15,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTExact name 1.00
Planned Parenthood of Southern New England
New Haven, CT · EIN 06-0263565
$15,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 0.62
Playhouse Theatre Group
West Hartford, CT · EIN 26-4840125
$15,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Prudence Crandall Center
New Britain, CT · EIN 06-0968557
$15,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame city 1.00
The Riseup Group
Hartford, CT · EIN 45-5512480
$15,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Malta House of CARE Foundation
Hartford, CT · no confident EIN match
$15,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTUnmatched Help match
Hartford Stage Company
Hartford, CT · EIN 06-0790484
$12,500GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Connecticut Womens Educational and Legal Fund
Hartford, CT · no confident EIN match
$12,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTUnmatched Help match
Community FIRST School
Hartford, CT · EIN 81-5385904
$10,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame city 1.00
Connecticut Veterans Legal Center
West Haven, CT · EIN 27-0963659
$10,000SERVING HARTFORD VETERANSSame address 1.00
Cuatro Puntos
Glastonbury, CT · EIN 47-4862489
$10,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTExact name 1.00
Harc
Hartford, CT · EIN 06-0710289
$10,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Hartford Artisans Weaving Center
Hartford, CT · EIN 26-3608136
$10,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Hartford Health Initiative
Hartford, CT · EIN 81-2306351
$10,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame city 1.00
Hartford Parent University
Hartford, CT · EIN 45-1859686
$10,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Hartford Symphony Orchestra
Hartford, CT · EIN 06-0637319
$10,000EDUCATIONSame address 1.00
House of Bread
Hartford, CT · EIN 06-1073478
$10,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
International Hartford
Hartford, CT · EIN 46-2323260
$10,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Lawyers for Children America
Hartford, CT · EIN 06-1412355
$10,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTExact name 1.00
Make the Road States
Brooklyn, NY · EIN 84-3988830
$10,000MAKE THE ROAD CTSame address 1.00
Network Against Domestic Abuse
Enfield, CT · EIN 22-2670688
$10,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame street 0.77
Northside Institutions Neighborhood Alliance
Hartford, CT · EIN 22-3887275
$10,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
The Open Hearth Association
Hartford, CT · EIN 06-0646773
$10,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Ballet Theatre Company
West Hartford, CT · no confident EIN match
$10,000SENSORY-FRIENDLY BALLETUnmatched Help match

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    53 recipients in common
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    20 recipients in common
  3. Lincoln Financial Foundation Radnor, PA
    17 recipients in common
  4. Farmington Bank Community Foundation New Britain, CT
    16 recipients in common
  5. Travelers Foundation St Paul, MN
    12 recipients in common
  6. The William and Alice Mortensen Foundation West Hartford, CT
    12 recipients in common
  7. Sbm Charitable Foundation Manchester, CT
    12 recipients in common
  8. Liberty Bank Foundation Middletown, CT
    11 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.