Tw Marian W Ottley-Watertown
Saint Louis, MO · EIN 58-6222005. Reported 97 grants totalling $5,244,500 to 64 organizations across tax years 2020-2024. 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. Tw Marian W Ottley-Watertown 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 $36,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $15,000 and $75,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $250,000. 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. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St John R C Church Corp of Watertown | Watertown, CT | $356,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Connecticut Junior Republic | Litchfield, CT | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Flanders Nature Center & Land Trust | Woodbury, CT | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Mary Magdalen School | Oakville, CT | $230,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Canterbury School Incorporated | New Milford, CT | $225,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Historical Society Inc | Watertown, CT | $225,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Taft School Corporation | Watertown, CT | $225,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Waterbury Symphony Orchestra Inc | Waterbury, CT | $215,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| St Vincent Depaul Mission of Waterbury Inc | Waterbury, CT | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Watertown Foundation Inc | Watertown, CT | $200,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Seven Angels Theatre Inc | Waterbury, CT | $167,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Southmayd Home Inc | Waterbury, CT | $165,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Railroad Museum of New England Inc | Thomaston, CT | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Historical Society Inc Watertown | Watertown, CT | $133,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Canterbury School | New Milford, CO | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Flanders Nature Center and Land Trust | Woodbury, CT | $125,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Waterbury Young Mens Christian Association | Watertown, CT | $120,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Greater Waterbury Campership | Waterbury, CO | $119,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Southmayd Home Inc | Waterbury, CO | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Johns Episcopal Church | Florence, SC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Vincent Depaul Mission of | Waterbury, CT | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Vincent Depaul Mission of | Waterbury, CO | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Connecticut Junior Republic | Litchfield, CO | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Connecticut Junior Republic Association | Litchfield, CT | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Flanders Nature Center and Land Trust | Woodbury, CO | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Health Horizons | Boulder, CO | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Health Horizons International Foundation | Bloomfield, CT | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Musicals at Richter Inc | Danbury, CT | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Palace Theater Group | Waterbury, CT | $71,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Greater Waterbury Campership Fund Inc | Waterbury, CT | $63,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Westover School Inc | Middlebury, CT | $52,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Police Activity League of Waterbury Inc | Waterbury, CT | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Vassar College | Poughkeepsie, PA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Waterbury Young Mens | Watertown, CT | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Childrens Community School Inc | Waterbury, CT | $43,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Historical Society Inc | Watertown, CO | $36,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| John Trumbull Primary School PTO Inc | Oakville, CT | $36,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Fidelco Guide Dog Fdn Inc | Bloomfield, CO | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fidelco Guide Dog Fdn Inc | Bloomfield, CT | $27,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| National Society of the Daughters of the Am Rev | Watertown, CT | $26,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| The Waterbury Chorale Inc | Middlebury, CT | $26,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Gaylord Hospital Inc | Wallingford, CT | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mattatuck Historical Society | Waterbury, CT | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Boys and Girls Club of Greater Waterbury Inc | Waterbury, CT | $23,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Palace Theater Group | Waterbury, CO | $22,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Clockwork Productions | Oakville, TN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Daughters of the American Revolution | Watertown, CT | $19,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Trumbull-Porter | Watertown, CT | $16,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Carolyns Place | Waterbury, CT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Greater Waterbury Campership | Waterbury, CT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Landmark Community Theatre | Thomaston, CT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Seven Angels Theatre Inc | Waterbury, CO | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Watertown Area Assn for Special Citizens | Oakville, CT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Society of the | Watertown, CO | $13,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Clockwork Productions Inc | Oakville, CT | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Carolyn's Place Inc | Waterbury, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Connecticut Foodshare | Wallingford, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Homefront Inc | Lawrence Township, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Quilts That Care Inc | Watertown, CT | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Committee for a New Waterbury Inc | Waterbury, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Connecticut Storytelling Center | New London, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Watertown Library Assoc | Watertown, CT | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Healing Hooftbeats of Ct Inc | Bethlehem, CT | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jonnycake Center of Westerly | Westerly, RI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
21 of 64 (33%) 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 17%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
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.
- Fidelco Guide Dog Fdn Inc
2017 LIFE-CHANGING PRTNSHP - Childrens Community School Inc
SCIENCE CURRICULUM UPGRADE - National Society of the Daughters of the Am Rev
RESTORATION OF OLD BURIAL
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 42 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 22 | $993,000 | $49,500 |
| 2021 | 17 | $1,106,000 | $45,000 |
| 2022 | 21 | $1,045,000 | $36,000 |
| 2023 | 18 | $1,000,000 | $26,500 |
| 2024 | 19 | $1,100,500 | $26,000 |
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
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 82% of this one's giving went to organizations in Connecticut. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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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 the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $36,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Connecticut.
- 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 Tw Marian W Ottley-Watertown's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 505 Mac H0006-092, Saint Louis, MO, 63166. 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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