Open Foundations · Connecticut

Goodnow Fund

Darien, Connecticut · EIN 066395384. 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 $1.6M across 108 grants in 2024, a median of $5K each.

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$1.6M
paid in 2024
108
grants paid
$5K
median grant
3%
to first-time recipients
$21.1M
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
CARLETON T GOODNOW
Address
9 OLD KINGS HIGHWAY SOUTH, DARIEN, CT, 06820
Phone
2036428088
Form the request should take
NO SPECIFIC FORMAT
Submission deadline
NO SPECIFIC DEADLINE
Restrictions on awards
ORGANIZATION MUST BE LISTED UNDER SEC. 170(C)

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202542969349101169. 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.

scholarships

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 108 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Alzheimer's Drug Discovery FoundationNY$500,000SUPPORT FOR FOUNDATION'S RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
2Save the ChildrenCT$100,000CHILDREN'S EMERGENCY FUND- HAITI
3Family CentersCT$50,000SPECIALIZED SUPPORT GROUPS AT SPS
4AmericaresCT$45,000UKRAINE, HELENE AND MILTON EMERGENCY RELIEF
5Wildlife Conservation SocietyNY$35,000GLOBAL ELEPHANT, BIG CAT AND WHALE CONSERVATION
6Americares Free ClinicsCT$30,000OPERATING EXPENSES
7Catholic Community Foundation of Southern East DakotaSD$30,000E-LEARNING PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
8Family and Children's AgencyCT$30,000SENIOR HOME CARE PROGRAM
9Family CentersCT$30,000PARENTS AS CO-EDUCATORS PROGRAM
10Guiding Eyes for the BlindNY$30,000$15K WELLNESS AND TRAINING CENTER; $15K GENERAL SUPPORT
11Spirit of AmericaVA$30,000GENERAL SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE
12Building One CommunityCT$25,000IMMIGRATION LEGAL SERVICES
13Eisenhower FoundationKS$25,000IKE EDUCATION BUILDING
14Environmental Defense FundNY$25,000GENERAL SUPPORT
15Nuclear Threat InitiativeDC$25,000GENERAL SUPPORT

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
20201$1.0M
2021114$1.4M
2022113$1.3M
2023117$1.3M
2024108$1.6M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
Connecticut56%
New York14%
Massachusetts8%
District of Columbia4%
California3%

Who decides

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

Ann P RogersEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/TRUSTEE · 2024
Carleton T GoodnowTRUSTEE · 2024
David TuttleTRUSTEE · 2024
Olivia T GoodnowTRUSTEE · 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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