Stamford Rotary Trust Fund
Stamford, CT · EIN 06-6068805. Reported 105 grants totalling $959,233 to 59 organizations across tax years 2020-2023, 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 Stamford Rotary Trust Fund, the IRS classifies it under community improvement rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE S80Z) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 59 distinct organizations, with 35% 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. 25% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $5,000. Half of what it reported fell between $2,500 and $10,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $333,333. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific House Inc | Stamford, CT | $338,333 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Friends of Silversource Inc | Stamford, CT | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Fairfield County Hospice House Inc | Stamford, CT | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Inspirica Inc | Stamford, CT | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| United Way of Coastal and Western Connecticut Inc | Danbury, CT | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Catholic Charities of Fairfield | Shelton, CT | $24,000 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Mill River Collaborative Inc | Stamford, CT | $24,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Exchange Club Center for the Prev of Child Abuse of Southern Ct Inc | Stamford, CT | $22,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Stamford School Readiness Foundation Inc | Stamford, CT | $22,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Jewish Family Service of Stamford Inc | Stamford, CT | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Ferguson Library | Stamford, CT | $19,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Orchestra Lumos Inc | Stamford, CT | $18,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Building One Community Corp | Stamford, CT | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Childrens Learning Centers of Fairfield County Inc | Stamford, CT | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Stamford Public Education Foundation Inc | Stamford, CT | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Bartlett Arboretum Association Inc | Stamford, CT | $16,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Housing Development Fund Inc | Stamford, CT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Womens Mentoring Network Inc | Stamford, CT | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Fraternal Order of the Umbrella Inc | Stamford, CT | $14,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Reach Out and Read Inc | Boston, MA | $13,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Food Rescue US Inc | Stamford, CT | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Future 5 Inc | Stamford, CT | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Kids Helping Kids Inc | Stamford, CT | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| At Home in Darien Inc | Darien, CT | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Sound Waters Inc | Stamford, CT | $11,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Stamford Museum and Nature Center Incorporated | Stamford, CT | $11,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Project Music Inc | Stamford, CT | $11,400 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Domestic Violence Crisis Center | Stamford, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Domus Kids Inc | Stamford, CT | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Fjc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Person to Person Inc | Darien, CT | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Roscco Stamford School Community Organization Inc | Stamford, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Starfish Connection Inc | Stamford, CT | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Liberation Programs Inc | Norwalk, CT | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Laurel House Inc | Stamford, CT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Stamford Center for the Arts Inc | Stamford, CT | $7,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Stamford Veterans Park Partnership Inc | Stamford, CT | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| The Rowan Center Inc | Stamford, CT | $7,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Intempo Organization Inc | Stamford, CT | $6,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ari of Connecticut Inc | Stamford, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Connecticut Institute for Refugees and Immigrants Inc | Bridgeport, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Clothes to Kids of Fairfield County Inc | Stamford, CT | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Stamford Peace Youth Foundation Inc | Stamford, CT | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Score Foundation | Washington, DC | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Stamford Art Association | Stamford, CT | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boy Scouts of America | Milford, CT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Homefront Inc | Stamford, CT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services Inc | New Haven, CT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Mothers for Others Inc | Greenwich, CT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New Neighborhoods Inc | Stamford, CT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Stamford Senior Center Inc | Stamford, CT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Stamford Spartans Youth Football | Stamford, CT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Parent Teacher Council of Stamford | Stamford, CT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Turn of River Fire Dept Inc | Stamford, CT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| United Jewish Federation of Stamford | Stamford, CT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Stamford Inc | Stamford, CT | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kids in Crisis Inc | Cos Cob, CT | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Prometheum Foundation Inc | Stamford, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Westport Rotary Club Foundation Inc | Westport, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
35 of 59 (59%) received money in more than one year over the 4 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 the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Pacific House Inc
SUPPORT THE PREVENTION AND END OF HOMELESSNESS; CONSTRUCTION OF MIXED-USE BUILDING WITH 39 DEEPLY AFFORDABLE APARTMENTS - Housing Development Fund Inc
FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BOTH RENTAL AND HOME OWNERSHIP - Silversource Inc
SUPPORT THE DIGNITY, INDEPENDENCE AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF OLDER ADULTS - Inspirica Inc
SUPPORT SERVICES TO THE HOMELESS - United Way of Western Ct
SUPPORT CRITICAL NEEDS OF WESTERN CT COMMUNITIES - STAMFORD CRADLE TO CAREER - Help for Kids (the Exchange Club Ctr for the Prev of Child Abuse of S Ct)
STOP THE CYCLE OF CHILD ABUSE BY PROVIDING REMEDIAL AND PREVENTIVE INTERVENTION
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 41 of 59 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- 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 | 37 | $273,500 | $7,500 |
| 2021 | 44 | $306,900 | $6,250 |
| 2022 | 12 | $360,833 | $2,500 |
| 2023 | 12 | $18,000 | $1,500 |
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
97% 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.
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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 $5,000 -- 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 Stamford Rotary Trust Fund's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 12 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 8180, Stamford, CT, 06905.
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