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Wadsworth Family Foundation

Accepts applications Wallingford, Connecticut · EIN 201645236

Wadsworth Family Foundation is a private foundation in Wallingford, Connecticut. In tax year 2024 it gave $597,725 in 43 grants; the typical grant was $5,000 and the largest $100,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was up from $550,100 the year before.

97% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$550,1001$12.5 million
2024$597,72543$14.2 million

How to apply

ContactWadsworth Family Foundation
PO Box 4165, Wallingford, CT 06492
Phone or email(203) 269-9730
What to submit501c3 LETTER, MOST RECENT 990 FILING, COPY OF AUDITED FINANCIALS

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Wadsworth Family Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 7 states, the most to Florida.

StateGrantsAmount
Florida10$346,000
Connecticut28$166,225
Vermont1$48,000
Colorado1$10,000
Indiana1$10,000
New York1$10,000
Oregon1$7,500

Grants paid in 2024

The 40 largest of 43 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Habitat for Humanity
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Housing$100,000
Grace Center Foundation
Naples, FL
General charity$100,000
Habitat for Humanity of Colliard
East Naples, FL
Home const$100,000
Dr Mission Team
Wallingford, CT
Community$50,000
Habitat for Humanity
Stratford, VT
Home building$48,000
Boys & Girls Club of Greater NH
New Haven, CT
Youth$30,000
Caribbean Fellowship Ministry
Greenville, FL
Community$15,000
Masters Manna
Wallingford, CT
Public charity$10,000
Mt Zion Free Methodist Church
Kokomo, IN
Church$10,000
Wallingford Symphony Orchestra
Wallingford, CT
Arts$10,000
Jingled Elves Inc
Naples, FL
Community$10,000
LABS4RESCUE
Killingworth, CT
Medical$10,000
Big Dog Rescue Ranch
Loxahatchee Groves, FL
Medical$10,000
Equicenter
Honeoye Falls, NY
Community$10,000
Johnnys Ambassadors
Castle Rock, CO
Community$10,000
Volunteer Eye Resources
Eugene, OR
Medical research$7,500
Mission 818
Wallingford, CT
Community$7,500
Scow
Wallingford, CT
General charity$5,000
Rotary Club of Wallingford
Wallingford, CT
Kenya water project$5,000
The Sisters Project
Wallingford, CT
Golf outing sponsor$5,000
Summer Campership Fund
Wallingford, CT
Arts$5,000
Waca
Wallingford, CT
Community$5,000
Teen Challenge Fort Myers
Fort Myers, FL
Youth$3,500
Gallery 53
Meriden, CT
Arts$3,000
Literacy Volunteers
Meriden, CT
Community$3,000
Wallingford Family YMCA
Wallingford, CT
Community$3,000
The Sisters Project
Wallingford, CT
Charity$2,500
Waca
Wallingford, CT
Arts$2,500
Charity of Change
Naples, FL
General charity$2,500
Boys & Girls Club of Greater New Haven
New Haven, CT
Youth support$2,500
Wellfit Girls
Naples, FL
Youth$2,500
First Naples Church
Naples, FL
Faith based$2,500
Dog Star Rescue
Middletown, CT
Medical$2,000
Hunters Scholarship Fund
Meriden, CT
Education$1,200
The Wallingford Foundation
Wallingford, CT
Community$1,000
Midstate Chamber of Commerce
Meriden, CT
General charity$700
Wallingford Chorus
Wallingford, CT
Arts$500
The Wallingford Foundation
Wallingford, CT
Flags for heros$500
Franciscan Home & Hospice
Meriden, CT
Medical$500
The Hundred Club of CT
Glastonbury, CT
General charity$250

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Wadsworth Family Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Wadsworth Family Foundation give?

$597,725 in tax year 2024, across 43 grants, with a typical grant of $5,000.

Who runs Wadsworth Family Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists William Wadsworth (Trustee).

What does Wadsworth Family Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly housing and homelessness, faith communities and youth programs.

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