The Hometown Foundation Inc
Cheshire, CT · EIN 20-0847683. Reported 150 grants totalling $5,377,066 to 107 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 The Hometown Foundation Inc, the IRS classifies it as a named trust (NTEE T90).
- How spread out its giving is. 107 distinct organizations, with 56% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is concentrated. Most of the money has a settled destination, and the remainder is what is realistically in play.
- How much its list changes. 29% 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 $7,858. Half of what it reported fell between $5,000 and $15,900; the smallest was $5,000 and the largest $889,750. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
39 of those grants were non-cash -- goods, property or services worth $373,028 in total. In-kind giving is real support but it is not a cheque.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Special Olympics Inc | Washington, DC | $2,998,611 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Big Dog Ranch Rescue Inc | Lxhtchee Grvs, FL | $445,923 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| 50 Legs in 50 Days Inc | Lithia, FL | $170,056 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Connecticut Childrens Foundation Inc | Hartford, CT | $133,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cheshire Academy | Cheshire, CT | $101,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Sopakco Inc | Mullins, SC | $86,519 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Michael Fux Foundation Inc | W Long Branch, NJ | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Hartford Healthcare Medical Group Inc | Wethersfield, CT | $71,366 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Audrain Automobile Museum Inc | Newport, RI | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Connecticut State Police Academy Alumni Association Museum | Meriden, CT | $57,188 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | Staten Island, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Dog Star Rescue Inc | Canton, CT | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Rio Rancho Police Department | Rio Rancho, NM | $33,150 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Guiding Eyes for the Blind Inc | Yorktown Heights, NY | $27,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Samantha Tavino | West Hartford, CT | $26,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sandoval Country Sheriff's Office | Bernalillo, NM | $25,100 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Main Street Community Foundation | Bristol, CT | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nicole Cartier Memorial Fund Inc | South Windsor, CT | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rhode Island State Police | Providence, RI | $24,650 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hamden Police Department | Hamden, CT | $24,098 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office | West Palm Beach, FL | $24,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| New Haven Police Department | New Haven, CT | $22,900 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Cure Rare Disease Inc | Woodbridge, CT | $22,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Amys Angels Corporation | Simsbury, CT | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Best Buddies International Inc | Miami, FL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Connecticut Childrens Medical Center | Hartford, CT | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Codie Tavino | West Hartford, CT | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Joe and Kay Calvanese Foundation Incorporated | Plantsville, CT | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Nicklaus Childrens Health Care Foundation Inc | Juno Beach, FL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Save a Suit Inc | Bethel, CT | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Stetson University Inc | Deland, FL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Thomas Tavino | West Hartford, CT | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Connecticut State Police Department | Middletown, CT | $16,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Avon Volunteer Fire Department Incorporatedj | Avon, CT | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Casco Bay Bluefin Bonanza | Pownal, ME | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Kid Sanctuary Campus Inc | West Palm Beach, FL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Vets Veterans Exploring Treatment Solutions Inc | Southlake, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Moorestown Nj Police Department | Moorestown, NJ | $14,150 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Coosa County Sheriff's Office | Rockford, AL | $13,858 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Connecticut Chiefs of Police Associ Tion Incorporated | Wethersfield, CT | $12,800 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Seymour Police Department K-9 Unit | Seymour, CT | $12,160 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Northampton Township Pa Police Department | Richboro, PA | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| West Staford Fire Department | West Hartford, CT | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Fairfield Police K-9 Unit | Fairfield, CT | $11,250 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Firemens Benevolent Association of New Haven | New Haven, CT | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Berlin Police Department | Berlin, NJ | $10,945 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Farmington Police Department | Unionville, CT | $10,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Rw Hine Hardware Store | Cheshire, CT | $10,199 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Believe With Me Inc | N Palm Beach, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Caplin Family Charities Inc | Pipersville, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Fetching Hearts Rescue Corp | Enfield, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Fleet Auto Supply LLC | West Haven, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hospital for Special Care Foundation Inc | New Britain, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Make-a-Wish Foundation of Ct Inc | Trumbull, CT | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Place of Hope Inc | West Palm Bch, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Summit County Sheriff's Department | Park City, UT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Heart Foundation | Westlake Vlg, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Southington-Cheshire Community Ymcas Inc | Southington, CT | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Town of Southington | Southington, CT | $9,584 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Alabama Canine Law Enforcement | Northport, AL | $9,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Clinton Police Department | Clinton, CT | $9,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $9,450 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Orchard Knoll K-9 | Angier, NC | $8,900 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Deland Fl Police Departmentcity of Deland Florida | Deland, FL | $7,970 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Lower Makefield Pd | Yardley, PA | $7,910 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bucks County Sheriff's Office | Doylestown, PA | $7,858 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Adams Police Department | Adams, MA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Burton & Phyllis Hoffman Foundation Inc | East Hartford, CT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Greater Glastonbury Ftc Inc | Glastonbury, CT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Self Help Africa Inc | New York, NY | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Uspca Foundation Inc | Willow River, MN | $7,150 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Town of Deep River | Deep River, CT | $7,128 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Coventry Ri Police Department | North Scituate, RI | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Joshua Chaffee | Enfield, CT | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New Britian Police Department | New Britian, CT | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tavino Strong Inc | West Hartford, CT | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Csp Litchfield Police Cadets Post 074 Inc | Litchfield, CT | $6,897 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Montauk Historical Society | Montauk, NY | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Bartonville Police Department | Bartonville, IL | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Cornerstone Church Assemblies of God | Cheshire, CT | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mashauntucket Pequot Tribal Police | Mashantucket, CT | $5,929 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Plainfield Police Department | Plainfield, CT | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Town of Canton | Collinsville, CT | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ray Allen Manufacturing | Colorado Springs, CO | $5,367 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Adopt a Pig | Glenmoore, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Armenian Sisters Academy | Radnor, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Avon Police Department | Avon, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Because of the Brave | Cheshire, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Beyond the Horizon Inc | N Branford, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Carousel Marinas Gulf of Maine Tuna Challenge | Boothbay Harbor, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Charity Navigator | Union City, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | Boston, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Enfield Police Department | Enfield, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Farmington Fire Department Inc | Farmington, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Foundation Fighting Blindness Retinal Degeneration Fund | Columbia, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Hookin Veterans | Stanfield, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hope for Ukraine Inc | Roseland, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kyle Pease Foundation Inc | Atlanta, GA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lions Clubs International Ftdn | Oak Brook, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lovelock Foundation Inc | Port Saint Lucie, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Mike Panttera Memorial Fund | North Barnford, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Northeast Bluefin Showdown | Newburyport, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Simione Scillia Larrow & Dowling Charitable Foundation Inc | New Haven, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Town of Easton | Easton, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Town of Oakboro | Oakboro, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Town of Princeton | Princeton, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| University of Connecticut Foundation Incorporated | Storrs, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
30 of 107 (28%) 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.
- Special Olympics Inc
To assist in the chartiable purpose of the organization. - Connecticut Children's Medical Center Foundation
To assist in the charitable purpose of the organization. - Rio Rancho Police Department
To assist in the charitable purposes of the organization. - Northampton Township Pa Police Department
To assist in the charitable purpose of the organzation.
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 54 of 107 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 | 35 | $1,210,570 | $8,800 |
| 2021 | 41 | $1,347,899 | $7,000 |
| 2022 | 34 | $1,456,126 | $9,750 |
| 2023 | 40 | $1,362,471 | $8,200 |
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
56% of its giving went to organizations in District of Columbia. 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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Funders that support the same organizations
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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 $7,858 -- 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 District of Columbia.
- 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 Hometown Foundation Inc'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.
Address of record on the latest return: Co Bert Condren 275 Schoolhouse R, Cheshire, CT, 06410.
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