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Foundation Lookup

Grant recipient EIN 46-4591657Education

Who funds Open Communities Alliance?

9 private foundations gave Open Communities Alliance in Hartford, CT $1.5 million across 43 grants, in tax years 2018 to 2025.

See which foundations fund work like yours Matching by cause, place and grant size

Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2018 to 2025, read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

Grants received by year

Grants from private foundations by the funder’s tax year. The latest year is in blue; it is not complete until all its returns reach the IRS.

Every foundation grant, by year

43 grants

Each line as the funder listed it on its return, newest year first, then largest.

  1. Garden Homes FundStamford, CT 2025

    Donation

    $100,000
  2. The Sassafras FoundationBranford, CT 2025

    Fellows program

    $40,000
  3. Garden Homes FundStamford, CT 2024

    Donation

    $100,000
  4. Travelers FoundationSt Paul, MN 2024

    Operating Support for the education outreach and organizing efforts in the Hartford CT region

    $50,000
  5. The Sassafras FoundationBranford, CT 2024

    General support

    $40,000
  6. William Caspar Graustein Memorial FundHamden, CT 2024

    Building skills for change

    $32,500
  7. William Caspar Graustein Memorial FundHamden, CT 2024

    General support

    $32,500
  8. The Sassafras FoundationBranford, CT 2024

    Fellows program

    $28,000
  9. William Caspar Graustein Memorial FundHamden, CT 2024

    Supplemental grant

    $7,500
  10. The Koch Ellis FundNew Haven, CT 2024

    General purpose

    $1,000
  11. Garden Homes FundStamford, CT 2023

    Donation

    $100,000
  12. The Sassafras FoundationBranford, CT 2023

    General support

    $60,000
  13. William Caspar Graustein Memorial FundHamden, CT 2023

    Building skills for change

    $32,500
  14. William Caspar Graustein Memorial FundHamden, CT 2023

    Building skills for change

    $32,500
  15. William Caspar Graustein Memorial FundHamden, CT 2023

    Just action discussion series

    $5,000
  16. The Robert Wood Johnson FoundationPrinceton, NJ 2023

    Matching gift

    $375
  17. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2023

    General support

    $45
  18. Garden Homes FundStamford, CT 2022

    Donation

    $100,000
  19. William Caspar Graustein Memorial FundHamden, CT 2022

    Greenlining connecticut: promoting inclusive zoning, revilitzation, housing voucher, and housing investment policies

    $83,000
  20. Travelers FoundationSt Paul, MN 2022

    Operating Support for OCA to continue education outreach and organizing efforts in Hartford

    $50,000
  21. The Sassafras FoundationBranford, CT 2022

    General support

    $40,000
  22. William Caspar Graustein Memorial FundHamden, CT 2022

    Building skills for change

    $32,500
  23. The Auerbach Schiro FoundationWest Hartford, CT 2022

    General support

    $250
  24. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2022

    General support

    $57
  25. William Caspar Graustein Memorial FundHamden, CT 2021

    Community collaborations for systemic transformations

    $75,000
  26. The Sassafras FoundationBranford, CT 2021

    General support

    $50,000
  27. Garden Homes FundStamford, CT 2021

    Donation

    $25,000
  28. William Caspar Graustein Memorial FundHamden, CT 2021

    Oca staff and board race equity training

    $10,000
  29. William Caspar Graustein Memorial FundHamden, CT 2021

    Advocating for an equitable connecticut

    $5,000
  30. William Caspar Graustein Memorial FundHamden, CT 2021

    De-designing segregation

    $1,000
  31. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2021

    General support

    $89
  32. William Caspar Graustein Memorial FundHamden, CT 2020

    Community collaborations for systemic transformations: hartford, new haven, and fairfield county

    $75,000
  33. The Sassafras FoundationBranford, CT 2020

    General support

    $45,000
  34. Garden Homes FundStamford, CT 2020

    Donation

    $25,000
  35. William Caspar Graustein Memorial FundHamden, CT 2020

    Unrestricted covid-19 support grant

    $20,000
  36. The Melville Charitable Trust IncNew Haven, CT 2020

    General operating grant (CT homelessness)

    $10,000
  37. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2020

    General support

    $21
  38. William Caspar Graustein Memorial FundHamden, CT 2019

    Empowering choices for educational equity continuation grant

    $75,000
  39. The Sassafras FoundationBranford, CT 2019

    General support

    $45,000
  40. Garden Homes FundStamford, CT 2019

    Donation

    $20,000
  41. The Sassafras FoundationBranford, CT 2018

    General support

    $45,000
  42. William Caspar Graustein Memorial FundHamden, CT 2018

    Equity ecosystem grant

    $25,000
  43. Garden Homes FundStamford, CT 2018

    Donation

    $20,000

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other education organizations in Hartford, CT and are not among Open Communities Alliance’s funders above.

  1. Aetna Foundation IncHartford, CT 22 grants Accepts applications $320,658 to similar organizations
  2. J Walton Bissell Foundation IncWest Harford, CT 33 grants Accepts applications $523,000 to similar organizations
  3. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncCharlotte, NC 52 grants Accepts applications $482,488 to similar organizations
  4. The Betty Knox Foundation IncHartford, CT 17 grants Accepts applications $28,519 to similar organizations
  5. The Robert & Margaret Patricelli Family FoundationSimsbury, CT 19 grants Accepts applications $724,092 to similar organizations
  6. Rockville Bank Community Foundation IncVernon, CT 11 grants Accepts applications $50,875 to similar organizations
  7. The William and Alice Mortensen FoundationWest Hartford, CT 28 grants Preselected only $307,204 to similar organizations
  8. Liberty Bank Foundation IncMiddletown, CT 15 grants Preselected only $172,500 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 46-4591657 by name and ZIP code against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.