Sassafras Foundation Inc
Private foundation · Branford, CT · EIN 20-3082522 · reported 2023–2025 · files as The Sassafras Foundation
50grants reported
$25Kmedian award
$15Klower quartile
$4,000smallest grant
$2.0Mtotal paid
4states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 3 of its 50 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $330K 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
PO Box 3004
Branford, CT 06405-1604
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Leadership Education Athletics in Partnership | New Haven, CT | $125,000 |
| Christian Community Action | New Haven, CT | $115,000 |
| Christian Community Action | New Haven, CT | $115,000 |
| Christian Community Action | New Haven, CT | $100,000 |
| International Festival of Arts and Ideas | New Haven, CT | $100,000 |
| Dwight Hall at Yale | New Haven, CT | $90,000 |
| New Haven Legal Assistance Inc | New Haven, CT | $80,000 |
| New Haven Legal Assistance Inc | New Haven, CT | $80,000 |
| Dwight Hall at Yale HARBOR FELLOWS PROGRAM | New Haven, CT | $80,000 |
| Leadership Education Athletics in Partnership | New Haven, CT | $75,000 |
| New Haven Legal Assistance Inc | New Haven, CT | $75,000 |
| Fair Haven Community Health Center | New Haven, CT | $75,000 |
| Leadership Education Athletics in Partnership | New Haven, CT | $75,000 |
| Open Communities Alliance Inc | Hartford, CT | $60,000 |
| Connecticut Voices for Children | New Haven, CT | $50,000 |
| Save the Sound Inc | New Haven, CT | $50,000 |
| Climatehaven Inc | New Haven, CT | $50,000 |
| Save the Sound | New Haven, CT | $45,000 |
| Open Communities Alliance Inc FELLOWS PROGRAM | Hartford, CT | $40,000 |
| Open Communities Alliance Inc | Hartford, CT | $40,000 |
| United Way of Greater New Haven | New Haven, CT | $35,000 |
| Office of Child Advocate State of Connecticut | Hartford, CT | $35,000 |
| Open Communities Alliance Inc FELLOWS PROGRAM | Hartford, CT | $28,000 |
| Center for Children's Advocacy Inc Co U of CT School of Law | Hartford, CT | $25,000 |
| United Way of Connecticut REDWOOD FELLOWS PROGRAM | Rocky Hill, CT | $25,000 |
| Center for Children's Advocacy Inc Co U of CT School of Law | Hartford, CT | $25,000 |
| Integrated Refugee and Imigrant Services | New Haven, CT | $25,000 |
| Ioby (in Our Backyard) | Brooklyn, NY | $25,000 |
| Center for Children's Advocacy Inc Co U of CT School of Law | Hartford, CT | $25,000 |
| Urban Resources Initiativeyale School of the Environment | New Haven, CT | $20,000 |
| Dwight Hall at Yale | New Haven, CT | $20,000 |
| Yale University School of the Environment Urban Resources Initiative | New Haven, CT | $20,000 |
| Connecticut Students for A Dream | Bridgeport, CT | $20,000 |
| Horizons at the Foote School | New Haven, CT | $15,000 |
| Brooklyn Legal Services | Brooklyn, NY | $15,000 |
| Hopital Albert Schweitzer | Pittsburgh, PA | $15,000 |
| Yale University School of the Environment Urban Resources Initiative | New Haven, CT | $15,000 |
| Planned Parenthood of Southern New England | New Haven, CT | $15,000 |
| Horizons at the Foote School | New Haven, CT | $15,000 |
| Boys & Girls Club New Haven | New Haven, CT | $12,000 |
| Compagnia De'colombari | New York, NY | $12,000 |
| Boys & Girls Club New Haven | New Haven, CT | $10,000 |
| Horizons at the Foote School | New Haven, CT | $10,000 |
| The Campaign School at Yale | New Canaan, CT | $10,000 |
| The Links Foundation | Hamden, CT | $8,000 |
| The Links Foundation | Hamden, CT | $8,000 |
| Environmental Defense Fund | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 |
| Natural Resources Defense Council | New York, NY | $5,000 |
| Soundview Family YMCA | Branford, CT | $5,000 |
| New Haven Preservation Trust | New Haven, CT | $4,000 |
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