Organization · EIN 27-0583046 · Hartford, CT · Arts, culture & humanities

Who funds Connecticut News Project?

16 private foundations reported paying Connecticut News Project $808,905 on returns for tax year 2023.

16 funders · 8 foundations that fund peers · 6 closest peers

Funders 16

FoundationPaidPurpose as filedMatchSource
Seedlings Foundation
Branford, CT · Preselected only
$350,000 HUMANITARIAN/EDUCATIONAL/COMMUNITY Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Tow Foundation
New Canaan, CT · Preselected only
$100,000 UNRESTRICTED FUNDING Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Peter and Carmen Lucia Buck Foundation
New York, NY · Preselected only
$70,000 GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 06/2024
Gladys and Roland Harriman Foundation
New York, NY
$50,000 GENERAL SUPPORT
Filed as “THE CONNECTICUT NEWS PROJECT DBA”
Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Smart Family Foundation of New York
New Rochelle, NY · Preselected only
$50,000 SUPPORT THE CONNECTICUT MIRROR'S PODCAST, EVENT,AND INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Quercus Fund
Palm Beach, FL · Preselected only
$50,000 RESEARCH & EDUCATION Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 07/2024
The Common Sense Fund
Greenwich, CT · Preselected only
$35,000 TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION IS TO PRODUCE ORIGINAL, IN-DEPTH, NON-PARTISAN JOURNALISM THAT INFORMS CONNECTICUT RESIDENTS ABOUT TH…
Filed as “THE CONNECTICUT NEWS PROJECT INC”
Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
S & L Marx Foundation
Wilmington, DE · Preselected only
$25,000 local share of Report for America reporting interns Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Twenty-Seven Foundation
East Hartford, CT · Preselected only
$25,000 General Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Apple Pickers Foundation
Wilmington, DE · Preselected only
$25,000 new editor position fund Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
J Walton Bissell Foundation
West Harford, CT
$20,000 GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Koch Ellis Fund
New Haven, CT
$5,000 GENERAL PURPOSE Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Helen & William Mazer Foundation
Berkeley Heights, NJ · Preselected only
$2,000 CHARITABLE PURPOSES. Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 09/2024
NewCity Foundation
Wilmington, DE · Preselected only
$1,750
2 grant lines
2023 Annual Contribution to the CT Mirror +1 more Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation
Princeton, NJ
$103 EMPLOYEE GIVING PROGRAM Exact name 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Amazonsmile Foundation
Seattle, WA · Preselected only
$52 GENERAL SUPPORT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023

Amounts are as filed on each foundation's 990-PF for a tax year beginning in 2023. The match shows how the payee on the filing was linked to this EIN (what each match type means); hover or tap it for the score. Wrong? Report it.

Foundations that fund organizations like Connecticut News Project

These foundations paid at least two of the 25 organizations that share the most funders with Connecticut News Project, but don't appear on its own funder list for 2023. This is a factual overlap from filings, not a recommendation or an endorsement.

  1. Chubb Charitable Foundation Philadelphia, PA
    Paid 8 of the 25 closest peers · $238K to them
  2. Konstantin Family Foundation Wilmington, DE
    Paid 5 of the 25 closest peers · $1,400 to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  3. The Cigna Group Foundation Philadelphia, PA
    Paid 7 of the 25 closest peers · $3,942 to them
  4. American Express Foundation New York, NY
    Paid 6 of the 25 closest peers · $15.7K to them
  5. The Scripps Family Fund for Education and the Arts Ft Mitchell, KY
    Paid 5 of the 25 closest peers · $355K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  6. First Eagle Investments Foundation Wilmington, DE
    Paid 6 of the 25 closest peers · $125K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  7. Equitable Foundation New York, NY
    Paid 5 of the 25 closest peers · $1,581 to them
  8. Amica Companies Foundation Lincoln, RI
    Paid 4 of the 25 closest peers · $5,663 to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only

Organizations with the most funders in common

  1. Connecticut Public Broadcasting Hartford, CT
    6 shared funders · 60 funders in all
  2. WNET New York, NY
    5 shared funders · 174 funders in all
  3. Kids Empowered by Your Support New Canaan, CT
    3 shared funders · 16 funders in all
  4. Sacred Heart University Fairfield, CT
    4 shared funders · 68 funders in all
  5. Connecticut Foodshare Wallingford, CT
    5 shared funders · 95 funders in all
  6. The Connecticut Players Foundation Inc D/B/A Long Wharf Theatre New Haven, CT
    2 shared funders · 6 funders in all

Where this comes from

Each row is a grant line from Part XV of a private foundation's Form 990-PF. The 990-PF has no field for the recipient's tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched the payee's name and address to the IRS Business Master File. How matching works and where it fails.

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