Marie G Dennett Foundation Inc
Private foundation · Fairfield, CT · EIN 06-1060970 · reported 2023–2025
196grants reported
$4,750median award
$2,500lower quartile
$250smallest grant
$1.3Mtotal paid
18states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 14 of its 196 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $66K in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
405 N Cedar RD
Fairfield, CT 06824-2852
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan Opera Association | New York, NY | $50,000 |
| Ouimet Scholarship Fund | Norton, MA | $47,500 |
| Ouimet Scholarship Fund | Norton, MA | $40,000 |
| Metropolitan Opera Association | New York, NY | $35,000 |
| Kent Denver Fund | Englewood, CO | $25,000 |
| The Fessenden School | West Newton, MA | $25,000 |
| Ouimet Scholarship Fund | Norton, MA | $25,000 |
| Stratford Hall | Stratford, VA | $25,000 |
| University of Denver | Denver, CO | $24,000 |
| The Fessenden School | Newton, MA | $24,000 |
| The Fessenden School | Newton, MA | $21,500 |
| Sweetbriar College | Sweet Briar, VA | $20,000 |
| Uva Alumni Association | Charlottesville, VA | $20,000 |
| University of Denver | Denver, CO | $19,000 |
| Collegiate Schools | Richmond, VA | $16,000 |
| Woodberry Forest School | Woodberry Forest, VA | $16,000 |
| Metropolitan Opera Association | New York, NY | $15,000 |
| Stratford Hall | Stratford, VA | $15,000 |
| Collegiate School | Richmond, VA | $15,000 |
| Kids Join the Fight | New Orleans, LA | $15,000 |
| Virginia Museum of Fine Arts | Richmond, VA | $15,000 |
| Collegiate School | Richmond, VA | $15,000 |
| Backline Care | Portland, OR | $12,500 |
| Woodberry Forest School | Woodberry Forest, VA | $12,500 |
| Woodberry Forest School | Woodberry Forest, VA | $12,000 |
| Pomfret School | Pomfret, CT | $10,000 |
| St Bernard's School | New York, NY | $10,000 |
| The Forsyth Institute | Cambridge, MA | $10,000 |
| The Kennedy Center | Washington, DC | $10,000 |
| Golf Fights Cancer | Norton, MA | $10,000 |
| Stratford Hall | Stratford, VA | $10,000 |
| Sweetbriar College | Sweet Briar, VA | $10,000 |
| Backline Care | Portland, OR | $10,000 |
| Kent Denver Fund | Englewood, CO | $10,000 |
| Sacred Heart School Inc | Kingston, MA | $10,000 |
| The Forsyth Institute | Cambridge, MA | $10,000 |
| The Kennedy Center | Washington, DC | $10,000 |
| St Mark Episcopal Church New Canaan | New Canaan, CT | $8,500 |
| New Canaan Library | New Canaan, CT | $8,000 |
| St Mary's Episcopal Church | Richmond, VA | $7,500 |
| St Mary's Episcopal Church | Richmond, VA | $7,500 |
| The Forsyth Institute | Cambridge, MA | $7,500 |
| St Mary's Episcopal Church | Richmond, VA | $7,500 |
| St Mark Episcopal Church - New Canaan | New Canaan, CT | $7,000 |
| St Mark's School | Southborough, MA | $7,000 |
| New Canaan Library | New Canaan, CT | $6,500 |
| Waveny Care Center | New Canaan, CT | $6,500 |
| St Bernard's School | New York, NY | $6,500 |
| Nightingale Bamford School | New York, NY | $6,000 |
| St Mark Episcopal Church - New Canaan | New Canaan, CT | $6,000 |
| Nightingale-Bamford School | New York, NY | $5,500 |
| Carnegie Hall | New York, NY | $5,000 |
| Colgate University | Canajoharie, NY | $5,000 |
| Divided Sky Foundation | Ludlow, VT | $5,000 |
| Fairfield County Community Foundation | Fairfield, CT | $5,000 |
| Jacob's Ladder | Urbanna, VA | $5,000 |
| Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens | Richmond, VA | $5,000 |
| Michael J Fox Foumdation for Parkinson's Research | New York, NY | $5,000 |
| New Canaan Fire Company NO1 | New Canaan, CT | $5,000 |
| Nodens Outdoors | Woodbridge, VA | $5,000 |
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