Open Foundations · Connecticut

William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund

Hamden, Connecticut · EIN 046037391. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $3.9M across 145 grants in 2024, a median of $8K each.

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$3.9M
paid in 2024
145
grants paid
$8K
median grant
53%
to first-time recipients
$121.2M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
GISLAINE NGOUNOU CEO WILLIAM CASPAR
Address
1 HAMDEN CENTER SUITE 2B 2319, HAMDEN, CT, 06518
Phone
2032303330
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
A BRIEF LETTER SHOULD INCLUDE A PROBLEM AND OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT, THE METHODS FOR ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM, AND ITS PROPOSED SOLUTION. ENCLOSE A CURRENT COPY OF IRS 501(C)(3) DETERMINATION LETTER. AFTER THE LETTER IS REVIEWED, AN APPLICATION FORM IS PROVIDED, WHEN APPROPRIATE, FOR COMPLETION BY THE APPLICANT.
Submission deadline
NO ESTABLISHED DEADLINE.
Restrictions on awards
THE MEMORIAL FUND WILL MAKE GRANTS TO SUPPORT THEIR MISSION TO ACHIEVE EQUITY IN EDUCATION BY WORKING WITH THOSE AFFECTED AND INSPIRING ALL TO END RACISM AND POVERTY. GRANTS ARE NOT MADE TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE NOT RECOGNIZED AS 501(C)(3), INDIVIDUALS, RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS FOR SECTARIAN PURPOSES, CAPITAL CAMPAIGNS, POLITICAL CAUSES AND ACTIVITIES, AND SCHOLARSHIPS.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202543219349102719. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

supplementalpowercommunitybuilding

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 145 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Bridgeport Generation NowCT$118,125GENERAL SUPPORT
2CercleCT$118,125CERCLE STRONG
3Racce IncCT$103,250GENERAL SUPPORT
4All Our KinCT$101,250PARTNERING WITH FAMILY CHILD CARE EDUCATORS TO ADVOCATE FOR EQUITABLE EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION SYSTEMS IN CONNECTICUT AND BEYOND
5Citywide Youth Coalition IncCT$101,250GENERAL SUPPORT
6Connecticut Students for a DreamCT$101,250GENERAL SUPPORT
7Ct Black and Brown Students UnionCT$101,250GENERAL SUPPORT
8Hearing Youth VoicesCT$101,250GENERAL SUPPORTYOUTH BUILDING POWER
9Make the Road ConnecticutCT$101,250BUILDING POWER FOR LANGUAGE JUSTICE & FULL PARTICIPATION IN LOCAL DEMOCRACY
10Re-centerCT$101,250RE-CENTER: BUILDING NETWORKS FOR RACIAL EQUITY IMPACT
11Relay Graduate School of EducationNY$101,250RELAY CONNECTICUT
12Serc FoundationCT$101,250CONFERENCE AND SUPPORTING DISTRICTS TO BUILD SOCIAL JUSTICE COMMUNITY COALITIONS
13She Leads JusticeCT$100,625GENERAL SUPPORT
14Common Counsel FoundationCA$100,000MOVEMENT FOR BLACK LIVES
15Connecticut Justice AllianceCT$87,500CONNECTICUT JUSTICE ALLIANCE, JUSTICE ADVISORS AND #INVESTINMECT

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
2020310$5.8M
2021146$4.0M
202297$4.2M
2023114$4.0M
2024145$3.9M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
Connecticut88%
Massachusetts3%
New York3%
California1%
District of Columbia1%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Anna BlandingTRUSTEE · 2024
Barbara TinneyTRUSTEE · 2024
Constance RoysterTRUSTEE · 2024
Gislaine NgounouCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER · 2024
Jessica SagerTRUSTEE · 2024
Laura a BerryTRUSTEE · 2024
Lisa GrausteinTRUSTEE · 2024
Lucas CodognollaTRUSTEE · 2024
William C GrausteinTRUSTEE · 2024

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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