The Petit Family Foundation Inc
Plainville, CT · EIN 26-0627813. Reported 218 grants totalling $3,415,047 to 103 organizations across tax years 2020-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For The Petit Family Foundation Inc, the IRS classifies it as a community foundation (NTEE T31).
- How spread out its giving is. 103 distinct organizations, with 19% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 56% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 4 year-to-year transitions. That is about the 56% median for grantmaking charities -- lower than the 67% median for private foundations. It describes the organizations it already funds, not whether it would consider a new one.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $10,000. Half of what it reported fell between $7,500 and $11,500; the smallest was $5,250 and the largest $194,769. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donations to Public Charities | $646,206 | 4 | 4 | 2024 | |
| Prudence Crandall Center Inc | New Britain, CT | $155,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| United States Space Foundation | Colorado Spgs, CO | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Connecticut Childrens Foundation Inc | Hartford, CT | $139,309 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Connecticut Science Center Inc | Hartford, CT | $121,586 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Hartford Interval House Inc | Hartford, CT | $102,190 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Quinnipiac University | Hamden, CT | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Connecticut Invention Convention Inc | Hartford, CT | $90,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hospital for Special Care Foundation Inc | New Britain, CT | $66,667 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Connecticut Zoological Society Inc | Bridgeport, CT | $58,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Jane Doe No More | Naugatuck, CT | $53,370 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| University of Connecticut Foundation Incorporated | Storrs, CT | $52,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence | Middletown, CT | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| The Center for Family Justice Inc | Bridgeport, CT | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Connecticut Inc | Hartford, CT | $47,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Network Against Domestic Abuse Inc | Enfield, CT | $43,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Leaps of Faith Water Ski Club | Sandy Hook, CT | $43,397 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Als United Connecticut Inc | Stratford, CT | $42,600 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Connecticut Alliance for Victims of Violence and Their Families | West Hartford, CT | $40,800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Club and Family Center of Bristol Inc | Bristol, CT | $40,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Jackson Laboratory | Bar Harbor, ME | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Susan B Anthony Project Inc | Torrington, CT | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Leadership Education and Athletics in Partnership Inc | New Haven, CT | $35,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Community Mental Health Affiliates Inc | New Britain, CT | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Inspirica Inc | Stamford, CT | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Girl Scouts of Connecticut Inc | North Haven, CT | $33,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mystic Seaport Museum Inc | Mystic, CT | $33,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Klingberg Family Centers Foundation Inc | New Britain, CT | $33,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Domestic Violence Crisis Center | Stamford, CT | $32,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Consolidated School District of Nb Nb Academy of Health Professionals | New Britain, CT | $31,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Greater New Britain Teen Pregnancy Prevention Inc | New Britain, CT | $30,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Rowan Center Inc | Stamford, CT | $30,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Circle of Care for Families With Cancer | Wilton, CT | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Livfree Inc | Trumbull, CT | $27,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Cove Center for Grieving Children Inc | Cheshire, CT | $25,250 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Horizons Inc | South Windham, CT | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Meriden-New Britain-Berlin Young Mens Christian Association Inc | Meriden, CT | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Survivors of Homicide Inc | Wethersfield, CT | $24,148 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Girls Inc of the Valley | Holyoke, MA | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Safe Futures Inc | New London, CT | $22,250 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Womens Mentoring Network Inc | Stamford, CT | $21,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Beat Parkinsons Today Inc | East Hartford, CT | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Family Centers Inc | Greenwich, CT | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Hartford Promise Inc | Hartford, CT | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Denise D Ascenzo Foundation Inc | Branford, CT | $18,700 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Mceivr Inc | Hartford, CT | $18,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| New Horizons Inc | Farmington, CT | $18,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Sandy Hook Promise Foundation | Newtown, CT | $18,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Sea Research Foundation Inc | Mystic, CT | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Young Mens Christian Association of Metropolitan Hartford Inc | Hartford, CT | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| YWCA Hartford Region Inc | Hartford, CT | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Jordan Porco Foundation | Wethersfield, CT | $17,495 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ccarc Inc | New Britain, CT | $17,406 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Camp Courant Incorporated | Farmington, CT | $16,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Children in Placement Connecticut Inc | New Haven, CT | $15,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| New Britain Youth Museum & Hungerford Nature Center | New Britain, CT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ccsu Foundation Inc | New Britain, CT | $14,520 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Healing Meals Foundation Corporation | Bloomfield, CT | $14,085 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Applied Behavioral Rehabilitation Institute Inc | Bridgeport, CT | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ct STEM Academy Inc | Wallingford, CT | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Plainville Community Schools | Plainville, CT | $11,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Talcott Mountain Science Center for Student Involvement Inc | Avon, CT | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cheshire Community Food Pantry Inc | Cheshire, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Childrens Museum Inc | Simsbury, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Community Foundation of Greater New Britain Inc | New Britain, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Connecticut Community Empowerment Foundation Inc | Cheshire, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Connecticut Harm Reduction Alliance Inc | Hartford, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Experiential STEM Company | Shelton, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Feeding Families Foundation Inc | North Haven, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Intercommunity Foundation Inc | East Hartford, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Malta House of Care Inc | Hartford, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Park Central Inc | Waterbury, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Reach Foundation | Farmington, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tiny Miracles Foundation | Darien, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wakeman Boys and Girls Club Corporation | Bridgeport, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Waterbury Promise Inc | Waterbury, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| YWCA Greenwich Connecticut Inc | Greenwich, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hall Neighborhood House Inc | Bridgeport, CT | $9,917 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bridgeport Hospital Foundation Inc | Bridgeport, CT | $9,285 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Young Mens Christian Assoc of Greenwich | Greenwich, CT | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Gus Robotics Team Inc | Meriden, CT | $8,961 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| First Choice Health Centers Inc | East Hartford, CT | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Girls With Impact Inc | Greenwich, CT | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Center for Empowerment and Education Inc | Danbury, CT | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Young Womens Christian Association New Britain | New Britain, CT | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Connecticut Audubon Society Incorporated | Fairfield, CT | $7,760 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Serving All Vessels Equally | Norwalk, CT | $7,750 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Area Cooperative Educational Services | North Haven, CT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bridgeport Hospital | Bridgeport, CT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Childrens Law Center Inc | Hartford, CT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Connecticut CASA Association Inc | New Haven, CT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Give Back Yoga Foundation | Boulder, CO | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Madonna Place Inc | Norwich, CT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Trinity Academy of Hartford | Hartford, CT | $7,200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Connectikids Inc | Hartford, CT | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ct Breast Health Initiative Inc | New Britain, CT | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| R Kids Inc | New Haven, CT | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Invent the Summer Inc | Farmington, CT | $6,945 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Housatonic Valley Waldorf School Association Inc | Newtown, CT | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Grace Academy | Hartford, CT | $6,250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Saturday Academy | Norwalk, CT | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Village for Families & Children Inc | Hartford, CT | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Selamta Family Project Inc | Lake Placid, FL | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
52 of 103 (50%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 77 of 103 recipients we could match to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's, not ours -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 39 | $552,491 | $10,000 |
| 2021 | 45 | $749,388 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 38 | $488,543 | $8,500 |
| 2023 | 56 | $753,004 | $9,000 |
| 2024 | 40 | $871,621 | $10,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
92% of its giving went to organizations in Connecticut. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
Down to the city
Foundations that fund only organizations they pick gave to this one
9 private foundations that told the IRS they contribute only to organizations they select themselves reported 26 grants totalling $183,625 to The Petit Family Foundation Inc. That is 39% of the 23 funders we can see giving to it. Those 9 foundations do not take unsolicited requests -- their own returns say so. The IRS classifies this organization as a community foundation.
7 of them gave in more than one tax year, which is the only durability signal the filings carry.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application here reaches that money. A grant from a closed foundation is often a designated gift or a donor-advised fund earmarked by whoever gave it, and has nothing to do with any open programme this organization runs. Neither tax return says which, so neither do we. The list below is who put money in. It is not a route to it.
| Foundation | State | Reported | Grants | Years | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Robert F Quinn Foundation | Massachusetts | $100,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Herma Moeller Procopiadi Foundation | Rhode Island | $35,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Manafort Family Foundation Inc | Connecticut | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Snider Foundation | Pennsylvania | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Zenkel Foundation | New York | $4,453 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Amazonsmile Foundation | Washington | $2,127 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Amica Companies Foundation | Rhode Island | $1,445 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Verizon Foundation | New Jersey | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Pfizer Foundation Inc | New York | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
A linked name has a page of its own. We publish one for a foundation that takes no unsolicited requests only when a real share of its giving goes to organizations that make grants themselves, and that page opens by saying it does not take requests.
Both the count and the total are floors. A foundation appears here only where its return named this organization clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows. There are more; we cannot name them.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. 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 grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $10,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Connecticut.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Petit Family Foundation Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 310, Plainville, CT, 06062.
EIN 26-0627813 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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