John and Kelly Hartman Foundation
West Hartford, CT · EIN 22-3139258. Reported 159 grants totalling $2,432,085 to 76 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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. John and Kelly Hartman Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $500 and $5,000; the smallest was $100 and the largest $295,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
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.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silicon Valley Community Foundation Bulgarian Entrepreneurship Center | Mountain View, CA | $902,035 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Real Art Ways | Hartford, CT | $395,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Duke University | Durham, NC | $280,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Hartford Stage Company Inc | Hartford, CT | $152,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Theaterworks Inc | Hartford, CT | $125,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Hartford Stage | Hartford, CT | $112,700 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Boston University Trustees of | Boston, MA | $82,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| American Prairie Foundation | Bozeman, MT | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Fort Belknap Community Economic Development Corporation | Harlem, MT | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Santa Clara University | Santa Clara, CA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Riverside Theatreinc | Vero Beach, FL | $27,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Capital Classics Inc | West Hartford, CT | $25,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Interculture Foundation Inc | Oakland, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Prairie | Bozeman, MT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mark Twain House & Museum the | Hartford, CT | $11,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Positive Connectivion Initiative Inc | Bedford, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Vero Beach Museum of Art Inc | Vero Beach, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hill-Stead Museum | Farmington, CT | $8,750 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund | Atlanta, GA | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy Inc | Stamford, CT | $6,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Capitol Squash Inc | Hartford, CT | $6,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| American School for the Deaf | West Hartford, CT | $5,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Playhouse Theatre Group Inc | West Hartford, CT | $5,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Village for Families & Children Inc the | Hartford, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boy Scouts of Americaconnecticut Rivers Council | East Hartford, CT | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Florence Griswold Museum Inc | Old Lyme, CT | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Noah Webster House | West Hartford, CT | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Greater Hartford Legal Aid Foundation Inc | Hartford, CT | $3,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Midwest Food Bank New England | Manchester, CT | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Center for Children's Advocacy | Hartford, CT | $2,750 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Seniors Job Bank Inc | West Hartford, CT | $2,750 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Bridge Family Center Inc the | West Hartford, CT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Eugene O'neill Memorial Theater Center Inc | Waterford, CT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| John's Island Community Service League Inc | Vero Beach, FL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Open Hearth Association the | Hartford, CT | $2,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Our Companions Domestic Animal Sanctuary Inc | Manchester, CT | $2,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Summit Adaptive Sports Inc | New Hartford, CT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| YMCA of Metropolitan Hartford Inc | Hartford, CT | $2,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Pegasus Therapeutic Riding Inc | Brewster, NY | $2,250 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Ballet Theatre Company | West Hartford, CT | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Covenant Preparatory School Inc | Hartford, CT | $2,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation Inc | Bloomfield, CT | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| James Merrill House Foundation | Stonington, CT | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Trinity Academy of Hartford | Hartford, CT | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Aurora Women & Girls Foundation Inc | West Hartford, CT | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc(dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc) | Needham, MA | $1,250 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Connecticut | Hartford, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Greater Holyoke Inc | Holyoke, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Habitat for Humanity - Build-a-Thon | Hartford, CT | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hospital for Special Care Foundation | New Britain, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Laura Norton Fund | Deland, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Midwest Food Bank Nfp Midwest Food Bank New England | Normal, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Read to a Child Inc | Wellesley, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Baldrick's Foundation Inc | Monrovia, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Watkinson School | Hartford, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New York Road Runners Inc | New York, NY | $750 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Back on My Feet | Philadelphia, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Beth Israel Lahey Health | Burlington, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bleeding Blue for Good Fund | Trumbull, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boston College | Chestnut Hill, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| City of Hope | Duarte, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Colchester Alternative School-Age Total Learning Experience Inc (castle) | Colchester, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Foundation of Middlesex County Inc | Middletown, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Connecticut Children's Medical Center Foundation Inc | Hartford, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | Boston, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Eastern Connecticut Ballet Inc | East Lyme, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Exchange Club of New Canaan Foundation Inc | New Canaan, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Hartford Foundation for Public Giving | Hartford, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Conference for Community and Justice (nccj) | Windsor, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pmc - Jimmy Fund (dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc) | Needham, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rocky Hill Football Boosters Foundation Inc | Rocky Hill, CT | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Ron Foley Pancreatic Cancer Foundation Inc | West Hartford, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of the Inland Northwest | Spokane, WA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Westchester Golf Association Caddie Scholarship Fund Inc | Elmsford, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Special Olympics Connecticut Inc | Hamden, CT | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cheshire Baseball | Cheshire, CT | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
34 of 76 (45%) 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 62%, 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.
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation Bulgarian Entrepreneurship Center
CURRENT USE FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 106 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.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 35 | $637,500 | $1,000 |
| 2022 | 27 | $368,500 | $1,000 |
| 2023 | 30 | $466,050 | $1,000 |
| 2024 | 36 | $411,035 | $1,000 |
| 2025 | 31 | $549,000 | $1,000 |
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
40% of its giving went to organizations in California. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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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.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in California.
- 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.
- 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.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from John and Kelly Hartman Foundation'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: Cummings Lockwood 75 Isham Rd 40, West Hartford, CT, 06107. 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.
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