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Grant recipient EIN 87-3023665Human services

Who funds Freedom Reads?

39 private foundations gave Freedom Reads in Hamden, CT $13.7 million across 67 grants, in tax years 2021 to 2025.

Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2021 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

67 grants

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

  1. The Tow Foundation IncNew Canaan, CT 2025

    General operating support

    $50,000
  2. The IV FundFolsom, CA 2025

    General operations

    $25,000
  3. The Ervin Charitable TrustRadnor, PA 2025

    For general support

    $20,000
  4. Theodore P Chuffers FoundationWilmington, DE 2025

    General & Unrestricted

    $8,000
  5. Newalliance Foundation IncNew Haven, CT 2025

    To support opening freedom libraries at the new haven correctional center on whalley avenue

    $7,500
  6. The Soener FoundationOmaha, NE 2025

    Charitable

    $6,000
  7. Frances Lear FoundationHarrison, NY 2025

    General operating support

    $5,000
  8. Joel Dean FoundationBethesda, MD 2025

    Program support

    $5,000
  9. The Dolotta Family Charitable FoundationSanta Barbara, CA 2025

    For exempt purpose of organization

    $5,000
  10. The Margaret and Jennifer Kress Foundation IncWilmington, DE 2025

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,500
  11. Cyril F & Marie O'Neil FoundationNew York, NY 2025

    General purposes

    $500
  12. The Andrew W Mellon FoundationNew York, NY 2024

    To provide major renewed support to freedom reads as it scales its library installations and expands organizational capacity

    $5,000,000
  13. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2024

    General support

    $500,000
  14. Dune Road Foundation IncNew York, NY 2024

    General purpose

    $250,500
  15. Jampart Charitable TrustBoston, MA 2024

    Charitable

    $250,000
  16. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2024

    For the production of "shahid," a documentary film about poet and freedom reads founder reginald dwayne betts

    $75,000
  17. The Tow Foundation IncNew Canaan, CT 2024

    General operating support

    $50,000
  18. Greenbridge Family FoundationSan Francisco, CA 2024

    To support eduacting the public about immigration and criminal justice policy and reform

    $25,000
  19. John D and Catherine T MacArthur FoundationChicago, IL 2024

    To support film screenings of exhibiting forgiveness followed by a panel discussion with titus kaphar and reginald dwayne betts in two connecticut prisons

    $20,000
  20. Theodore P Chuffers FoundationWilmington, DE 2024

    General & Unrestricted

    $6,000
  21. Frances Lear FoundationHarrison, NY 2024

    General support

    $5,000
  22. Joel Dean FoundationBethesda, MD 2024

    Program support

    $5,000
  23. The Dolotta Family Charitable FoundationSanta Barbara, CA 2024

    For exempt purpose of organization

    $5,000
  24. Carl Lesnor Family FoundationMelville, NY 2024

    Provides books to prisons

    $5,000
  25. The James B Mintzer FoundationNew York, NY 2024

    General operating support

    $5,000
  26. Gaf FoundationScottsdale, AZ 2024

    General support

    $2,500
  27. Gordon Foundation IncNew Haven, CT 2024

    Human services

    $2,000
  28. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2024

    Matching gift

    $1,500
  29. Cyril F & Marie O'Neil FoundationNew York, NY 2024

    General purposes

    $1,000
  30. Mazar Family Charitable Foundation TrustBoston, MA 2024

    General

    $515
  31. William & Karen Tell FoundationWilmington, DE 2024

    General & Unrestricted

    $500
  32. The Robert Wood Johnson FoundationPrinceton, NJ 2024

    Matching gifts

    $259
  33. Brown Advisory Charitable Foundation IncBaltimore, MD 2024

    Program support

    $250
  34. The Andrew W Mellon FoundationNew York, NY 2023

    To provide major renewed support to freedom reads as it scales its library installations and expands organizational capacity

    $5,000,000
  35. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2023

    General support

    $1,000,000
  36. Dune Road Foundation IncNew York, NY 2023

    General purpose

    $250,000
  37. Jampart Charitable TrustBoston, MA 2023

    Charitable

    $150,000
  38. Public Welfare Foundation IncWashington, DC 2023

    Freedom Reads General Operating Support

    $150,000
  39. The Tow Foundation IncNew Canaan, CT 2023

    Unrestricted funding

    $50,000
  40. The Poetry FoundationChicago, IL 2023

    Poetry programs, partnerships, and innovation

    $45,000
  41. The Genevieve McMillan-Reba Stewart FoundationNorwood, MA 2023

    Charitable

    $30,000
  42. Greenbridge Family FoundationSan Francisco, CA 2023

    To support education services by opening libraries in prison cellblocks.

    $25,000
  43. Theodore P Chuffers FoundationWilmington, DE 2023

    General & Unrestricted

    $6,000
  44. The Dolotta Family Charitable FoundationSanta Barbara, CA 2023

    For exempt purpose of organization

    $5,000
  45. Carl Lesnor Family FoundationMelville, NY 2023

    Provide prisons with access to books

    $5,000
  46. The James B Mintzer FoundationNew York, NY 2023

    General operating support

    $5,000
  47. Iva & Jerome Preston Charitable Trust DBABoston, MA 2023

    General purposes

    $4,000
  48. The Salmon Foundation IncMontclair, NJ 2023

    For general operation support

    $3,000
  49. Gordon Foundation IncNew Haven, CT 2023

    Human services

    $1,650
  50. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2023

    Matching gift

    $1,500
  51. Gaf FoundationScottsdale, AZ 2023

    General support

    $1,500
  52. The Butler Family FundWashington, DC 2023

    For general operating support

    $500
  53. Gordon E and Betty I Moore FoundationPalo Alto, CA 2023

    In support of general operations.

    $208
  54. Analog Devices FoundationBoston, MA 2023

    General support

    $106
  55. The Tow Foundation IncNew Canaan, CT 2022

    The freedom library & fellows program

    $200,000
  56. Dune Road Foundation IncNew York, NY 2022

    General purpose

    $50,000
  57. The James B Mintzer FoundationNew York, NY 2022

    General operating support

    $10,000
  58. Theodore P Chuffers FoundationWilmington, DE 2022

    General & Unrestricted

    $6,000
  59. Falconwood FoundationNew York, NY 2022

    General support, unrestricted

    $5,000
  60. Dorney-Koppel Foundation IncPotomac, MD 2022

    General fund

    $5,000
  61. Iva & Jerome Preston Charitable Trust DBABoston, MA 2022

    General purposes

    $4,000
  62. Robert & Elizabeth Fergus FoundationAspen, CO 2022

    Unrestricted

    $2,000
  63. Gordon Foundation IncNew Haven, CT 2022

    Human services

    $1,000
  64. Public Welfare Foundation IncWashington, DC 2021

    General Support

    $300,000
  65. Spruce Street Foundation IncLos Angeles, CA 2021

    Operating funds

    $10,000
  66. Syko Family FoundationBerkeley, CA 2021

    Literacy

    $1,550
  67. The Burke Foundation IncPrinceton, NJ 2021

    General support

    $750

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other human services organizations in Hamden, CT and are not among Freedom Reads’s funders above.

  1. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 8 grants Preselected only $221 to similar organizations
  2. Central National Gottesman FoundationPurchase, NY 1 grant Accepts applications $100,000 to similar organizations
  3. Seedlings FoundationBranford, CT 1 grant Preselected only $50,000 to similar organizations
  4. The Joseph and Lucille Madri Family FoundationWilmington, DE 1 grant Preselected only $35,000 to similar organizations
  5. City Missionary Association of New HavenWoodbridge, CT 5 grants Preselected only $30,000 to similar organizations
  6. The Kim and David Wagman FoundationPurchase, NY 1 grant Preselected only $10,000 to similar organizations
  7. All Waste Charitable FoundationHartford, CT 2 grants Preselected only $6,000 to similar organizations
  8. The Bussmann Family FoundationGuilford, CT 1 grant Preselected only $5,000 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 87-3023665 by name and ZIP code, or by name, city and State against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.