2021 Projects
The Goodnow Fund provides grants for operating support and special projects to many types of organizations. For more information on The Fund, please see Our Process. In 2021, The Fund provided grants to the following organizations:
| Organization
|
Amount of Gift
|
Purpose
|
| United Way of Western CT
|
$30,000
|
Bridge to College Pilot Program
|
| USO
|
$10,000
|
General Support
|
| Smile Train
|
$15,000
|
General Support
|
| Galapagos Conservancy
|
$5,000
|
Conservancy Programs
|
| Truman Library Institute
|
$5,000
|
Renovation of Truman Library and Museum
|
| Admiral Nimitz Foundation
|
$10,000
|
National Museum of Pacific War
|
| North Salem Bridge Trails Assoc
|
$1,000
|
General Support
|
| North Salem Open Land Foundation
|
$1,000
|
General Support
|
| Westchester Land Trust
|
$1,000
|
General Support
|
| Doctors without Borders
|
$20,000
|
General Support
|
| Catholic Community Foundation of Eastern S. Dakota
|
$10,000
|
St. Theresa Orphanage, Tshumbe, Republic of Congo
|
| Yosemite Conservancy
|
$5,000
|
General Support
|
| James Clinton VFW Post 399
|
$20,000
|
Dredging Boat Slip Project
|
| Teach for America-Connecticut
|
$15,000
|
Alumni Coaching Program
|
| Family Centers
|
$30,000
|
General Support
|
| Family Centers
|
$15,000
|
BOOST
|
| Family Centers
|
$30,000
|
Parents as Co-Educators
|
| National Museum of the Native American
|
$5,000
|
General Support
|
| OXFAM
|
$10,000
|
General Support
|
| Fort Ticonderoga Association
|
$1,000
|
General Support
|
| Museum of Darien
|
$1,000
|
General Support
|
| Tuskegee Airmen National Historical Museum
|
$2,000
|
General Support
|
| The Summer Camp
|
$3,000
|
General Support
|
| East Norwalk Blue
|
$2,000
|
General Support
|
| Lifesavers Wild Horse Rescue
|
$2,000
|
General Support
|
| Building One Community
|
$2,500
|
Spring Benefit Sponsorship
|
| NCC Foundation
|
$20,000
|
Scholarship Fund
|
| NCC Foundation
|
$10,000
|
Summer English Program
|
| UWWCT
|
$50,000
|
Healthy Savings Food Security
|
| CT Humane Society
|
$12,500
|
Vet Care at Pet Food Pantry Pilot
|
| National WW II Museum
|
$10,000
|
General Support
|
| Little Longears Miniature Donkey Rescue
|
$2,000
|
General Support
|
| Yellowstone Forever
|
$1,000
|
General Support
|
| American Indian College Fund
|
$1,000
|
General Support
|
| The Fresh Air Fund
|
$25,000
|
General Support
|
| Family and Children’s Agency
|
$30,000
|
Social Work Services for Home Care Program
|
| CRIS Radio
|
$8,400
|
General Operating
|
| At Home in Darien
|
$3,000
|
General Operating
|
| The Elm Project
|
$15,000
|
Camp for Low-income children with chronic illness
|
| The Climate Reality Project
|
$25,000
|
Leadership Corp training
|
| Darien Book Aid Plan
|
$1,000
|
General Support
|
| Tiny Miracles
|
$2,000
|
General Support
|
| Saint Luke’s Parish
|
$3,000
|
Stewardship Program
|
| Darien Land Trust
|
$1,000
|
Legacy Partners
|
| Darien Library
|
$10,000
|
Audio books: history & biography
|
| Flying Cloud
|
$1,000
|
General Operating
|
| Friends of Sellecks Woods
|
$500
|
General Operating
|
| Mercy Learning
|
$10,000
|
General Operating
|
| New Marlborough Vol Fire Dept
|
$500
|
General Operating
|
| New Marlborough Vill Associ
|
$250
|
General Operating
|
| All Our Kin
|
$10,000
|
General Operating
|
| National Parks Associ
|
$10,000
|
General Support
|
| New Beginnings Church
|
$36,000
|
Operating Support
|
| Future 5
|
$10,000
|
NCC Program for Stamford grads
|
| Galapagos Conservancy
|
$5,000
|
Conservation Programs
|
| Fairview Hospital
|
$1,000
|
Fairview Fund
|
| Darien Emergency Medical Services-Post 53
|
$1,000
|
General Support
|
| Darien Fire Department
|
$500
|
General Support
|
| Guiding Eyes for the Blind
|
$15,000
|
General Support
|
| Guiding Eyes for the Blind
|
$10,000
|
Specialized Training for Deaf and Blind Recipients
|
| Hotchkiss School
|
$2,000
|
Annual Fund
|
| New Marlborough 5 Village News
|
$200
|
General Support
|
| New Marlborough Library
|
$500
|
General Support
|
| Norfolk Library
|
$200
|
General Support
|
| PAWS
|
$5,000
|
Senior Pet Program
|
| PAWS
|
$5,000
|
General Operating
|
| Princeton University
|
$2,000
|
Annual Fund
|
| Rhode Island School of Design
|
$2,000
|
Annual Fund
|
| Childrens Learning Center of Fairfield County
|
$10,000
|
General Support
|
| Farm Sanctuary
|
$10,000
|
General Support
|
| HomeFront, Inc.
|
$2,000
|
General Support
|
| HORSE of Connecticut
|
$5,000
|
General Support
|
| Norwalk Land Trust
|
$10,000
|
Remediation of Hoyt Island
|
| Seeing Eye, The
|
$10,000
|
General Support
|
| THIRTEEN
|
$5,000
|
General Support
|
| Darien Police Association
|
$300
|
General Support
|
| Miss Porter’s School
|
$2,000
|
Annual Fund
|
| Save the Children
|
$100,000
|
Murphy Halaby Fund
|
| Waterside School
|
$10,000
|
General Support
|
| Waterside School
|
$5,000
|
Scholarship
|
| New Canaan Country School
|
$1,000
|
General Support
|
| Stamford Museum and Nature Center
|
$5,000
|
General Support
|
| YMCA of Darien
|
$1,000
|
General Support
|
| Gentle Giants Draft Horse Rescue
|
$5,000
|
General Support
|
| Nuclear Threat Initiative
|
$50,000
|
General Support
|
| Live and Let Live Farm, New Hampshire
|
$5,000
|
Horse and animal rescue
|
| Wildlife in Crisis
|
$5,000
|
General Support
|
| One West 54th Street Foundaton
|
$3,000
|
University Club Renovation
|
| Stanford University
|
$20,000
|
Clayman Institute for Gender Research
|
| Andrew Shaw Memorial Trust
|
$1,000
|
General Support
|
| NPR
|
$5,000
|
General support
|
| University of Virginia
|
$5,000
|
Access UVA Scholarship Fund
|
| Eisenhower Foundation
|
$1,000
|
General Support
|
| Stamford Hospital Foundation
|
$1,000
|
General Support
|
| National Trust for Historic Preservation
|
$5,000
|
General Support
|
| The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
|
$5,000
|
General Support
|
| The Darien Community Association
|
$1,000
|
General Support
|
| Darien Nature Center
|
$500
|
General Support
|
| Wildlife Conservation Society
|
$15,000
|
Elephant Projection Program
|
| Wildlife Conservation Society
|
$10,000
|
Operating Support
|
| Housing Development Fund
|
$50,000
|
Homeownership Equity Fund
|
| Environmental Defense Fund
|
$50,000
|
Climate Corps Fellows
|
| Carver Foundation
|
$25,250
|
SAT Prep for students at the 2 Norwalk high schools
|
| Mianus River Gorge
|
$2,500
|
College Internship Program
|
| Women’s Mentoring Network
|
$5,000
|
General support
|
| Grassroots Tennis and Education
|
$25,000
|
Director of Education Programs
|
| Building One Community
|
$20,000
|
Workforce Development
|
| Stepping Stones Foundation-Bill Wilson House
|
$10,000
|
Generator
|
| St. Luke’s Parish
|
$100
|
Music Program
|
| Rocky Mountain Institute
|
$25,000
|
RMI Climate Summer Internship Program
|
| RYASAP
|
$25,000
|
Bridgeport Public School SEL Program
|
| Boys and Girls Village
|
$10,000
|
Planning Costs for Lower School Renovation
|
| Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation
|
$200,000
|
Support for Research Program
|
| Wee Burn Caddy Scholarship Fund
|
$350
|
Scholarships for Caddies and Dependents
|
| United Negro College Fund
|
$5,000
|
Scholarship Fund
|
| Planned Parenthood of SNE
|
$10,000
|
STARS Program
|
| Total Gifts | $1,386,050 |  |
