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Catic Foundation Inc

Rocky Hill, CT · EIN 06-1566677. Reported 135 grants totalling $708,125 to 54 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$3,000median grant
$708,125granted, 2021-2025
54recipients, as named on its returns
73%of grantees funded again the next year
$1,405,000assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Catic Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $3,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $7,500; the smallest was $250 and the largest $40,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
17 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
58 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
31 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
28 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
1 grant

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Suffolk University Law SchoolBoston, MA$73,000552025
Alta Good Deeds FoundationWashington, DC$57,500442025
St John's University of LawJamaica, NY$50,000442025
Mcle IncBoston, MA$45,000552025
VatcEssex Junction, VT$40,000112025
The Ct Bar Institute IncNew Britain, CT$39,000552025
Marguerite's Place Nest Egg Homeown -Ership Incentive ProgramNashua, NH$33,000442025
AmirahWoburn, MA$30,000332023
Vt Bar FoundationMontpelier, VT$29,000332025
Reginal Plan Associates for Desegregate CtStamford, CT$27,500222022
United Way of Central and NortheastHartford, CT$20,000442025
Iserve Ministries IncJefferson, GA$17,500222025
Vt Bar InstituteMontpelier, VT$16,000222022
Good Deeds FoundationWashington, DC$15,000112023
Habitat for Humanity of Rutland County VermontWest Rutland, VT$15,000222024
Ct Food ShareBloomfield, CT$14,500552025
Bay Path UniversityLongmeadow, MA$10,000552025
Bennington County Habitat for HumanityManchester, VT$10,000112023
Mind Body & Soul of Mid-FairfieldMilford, CT$10,000112024
Nutmeg Big Brother Big SistersHartford, CT$10,000112021
University of Connecticut FoundatioStorrs, CT$10,000552025
Capital Community CollegeHartford, CT$9,000222023
Axis Lending AcademyAthens, GA$7,500112024
Housing Trust of Rutland CountyRuland, VT$7,500112024
Manchester Community CollegeManchester, CT$7,500552025
Windham & Windsor Housing TrustBrattleboro, VT$7,500112024
The Children's Law CenterHartford, CT$7,000552025
5TH Annual Charitable Golf TournmanGoshen, CT$5,000112022
Alzheimer's AssociationChicago, IL$5,000112024
Big Brothers Big Sisters of CtHartford, CT$5,000112023
Homeshare VermontSouth Burlington, VT$5,000112023
New Canaan Land TrustNew Canaan, CT$5,000112022
Quinnipiac University School of LawNorth Haven, CT$5,000552025
The University of MassachusettsNewton, MA$5,000112025
Umdf FoundationPittsburgh, PA$5,000552025
Vt Main Street Flood Relief FundMontpelier, VT$5,000112023
Western Ne University School of LawSpringfield, MA$5,000552025
Boys & Girls Club of New BritainNew Britain, CT$4,500332025
Lawyers Concerned for LawyersRocky Hill, CT$4,250552025
Manchester Land Conservation TrustManchester, CT$4,000112021
The Lewisboro LibrarySouth Salem, NY$3,000112022
The Lewisboro Volunteer Ambulance ServiceCross River, NY$3,000112022
The Rhode Island Saltwater Anglers Foundation IncCoventry, RI$3,000112024
Hartford Marathon FoundationEast Hartford, CT$2,500112024
Junior League of HartfordWest Hartford, CT$2,500112025
Naugatuck Valley Community CollegeWaterbury, CT$2,500552025
Sunshine KidsNaples, FL$2,500112023
University of HartfordWest Hartford, CT$2,500552025
Cooperative Fund of the NortheastWatertown, MA$1,625112023
Yale Law SchoolNew Haven, CT$1,500332025
Tx Flood Relief FundKerrville, TX$1,000112025
William and Mary Law SchoolWilliamsburg, VA$1,000112025
St Jude Children's Research HospitalMemphis, TN$500112025
Rhhs Project Graduation 2026Rocky Hill, CT$250112025

27 of 54 (50%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 73%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 38 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.

Education
16 grants
Crime & Legal
5 grants
Community Improvement
5 grants
Youth Development
4 grants
Human Services
3 grants
Housing & Shelter
2 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
1 grant
Employment
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202121$122,750$2,000
202226$133,000$4,000
202330$169,625$4,500
202429$132,500$3,000
202529$150,250$2,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

28% of its giving went to organizations in Connecticut. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.

Connecticut
$199K
Massachusetts
$170K
Vermont
$135K
District of Columbia
$72K
New York
$56K
New Hampshire
$33K
Georgia
$25K
Pennsylvania
$5K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund12 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc11 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc9 shared recipientsHartford Foundation for Public Giving9 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program8 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust7 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $3,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Connecticut.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

Related guides

Foundations funding education in ConnecticutEvery funder in this groupFoundations funding education in MassachusettsEvery funder in this group

Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Catic Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.

Address of record on the latest return: 101 Corporate Place, Rocky Hill, CT, 06067. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 06-1566677 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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