2022 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 2022, The Fund provided grants to the following organizations:
| Organization
|
Amount of Gift
|
Purpose
|
| Catholic Community Foundation of Eastern S. Dakota |
$10,000 |
Year 3 of 5 for education of 2 nuns at the St. Theresa Orphange, Tshumbe, Democratic Republic of Congo
|
| Catholic Community Foundation of Eastern S. Dakota |
$17,500 |
Year 1 of 6 year commitment for construction of University of Notre Dame at Tshumbe, Congo; Year 2-6 grant amount is $30,000 annually
|
| Housing Development Fund
|
$7,500
|
Educational Benefit Breakfast Sponsorship
|
| New Marlborough 5 Village News
|
$200
|
General Support
|
| Saint Luke’s Church
|
$3,300
|
Stewardship Campaign
|
| Doctors without Borders
|
$20,000
|
General Support
|
| Smile Train
|
$20,000
|
General Support
|
| USO
|
$20,000
|
General Support
|
| Admiral Nimitz Foundation
|
$15,000
|
Museum of the Pacific War
|
| Galapagos Conservanacy
|
$20,000
|
Conservation programs
|
| Truman Library Institute
|
$20,000
|
Renovation of library and museum
|
| Yosemite Conservancy
|
$10,000
|
General Support
|
| North Salem Bridle Trails Association
|
$2,000
|
General Support
|
| North Salem Open Land Foundation
|
$2,000
|
General Support
|
| Westchester Land Trust
|
$2,000
|
General Support
|
| Americares Free Clinics
|
$25,000
|
General Support
|
| Americares Free Clinics
|
$5,000
|
Eye medicine
|
| Princeton University
|
$2,000
|
Annual fund
|
| Museum of Darien
|
$1,000
|
General Support
|
| Center for Wellbeing Centro Bienestar
|
$5,000
|
Mental health services
|
| Family Centers
|
$20,000
|
General Support
|
| Family Centers
|
$30,000
|
Parents as co-educators
|
| Family Centers
|
$50,000
|
Den’s specialized support groups
|
| The Summer Camp
|
$5,000
|
General Support
|
| National Museum of American Indian
|
$10,000
|
General Support
|
| Oxfam
|
$10,000
|
Food insecurity
|
| Oxfam
|
$10,000
|
Global vaccine expansion
|
| Joseph Clinton VFW Post 399
|
$2,000
|
Water leakage electrical repairs
|
| Horizons NCC
|
$10,000
|
General Support
|
| Save the Children
|
$100,000
|
Children’s Emergency Fund
|
| National WWII Museum
|
$10,000
|
General Support
|
| Lifesavers Wild Horse Rescue
|
$5,000
|
General Support
|
| UWWCT
|
$20,000
|
SC2C Bridge to College
|
| NCC Foundation
|
$20,000
|
RN to BSN nursing scholarship
|
| NCC Foundation
|
$10,000
|
Student Emergency Fund
|
| The Fresh Air Fund
|
$25,000
|
Fresh air summer camping
|
| The Elm Project
|
$15,000
|
General Support
|
| Teach for America-CT
|
$15,000
|
Alumni coaching program in CT
|
| Darien Book Aid Plan
|
$2,000
|
General Support
|
| New Canaan Country School
|
$1,000
|
Annual fund
|
| Rhode Island School of Design
|
$2,000
|
Annual fund
|
| Miss Porter’s School
|
$2,000
|
Annual fund
|
| American Indian College Fund
|
$5,000
|
Scholarships
|
| East Norwalk Blue
|
$2,000
|
Pumpout program
|
| Person to Person
|
$15,000
|
Food assistance
|
| Person to Person
|
$15,000
|
Emergency services
|
| Hotchkiss School
|
$2,000
|
Annual fund
|
| University of Virginia
|
$5,000
|
Scholarships for access
|
| Connecticut College
|
$2,000
|
Annual fund
|
| Americares
|
$20,000
|
Ukraine emergency support
|
| United Negro College Fund
|
$10,000
|
Scholarships
|
| Gentle Giant Draft Horse Rescue
|
$10,000
|
General Support
|
| Live and Let Live Farm
|
$5,000
|
General Support
|
| Eisenhower Foundation
|
$5,000
|
IKE Education program
|
| Nuclear Threat Initiative
|
$25,000
|
General Support
|
| Farm Sanctuary
|
$10,000
|
General Support
|
| Darien EMS Post 53
|
$2,000
|
General Support
|
| At Home Darien
|
$3,000
|
General Support
|
| Family and Children’s Agency
|
$30,000
|
Senior Home care
|
| Family and Children’s Agency
|
$10,000
|
Family Programs
|
| Five Frogs
|
$5,000
|
General Support
|
| Building One Community
|
$25,000
|
Immigration legal services
|
| Mercy Learning Center
|
$15,000
|
Literacy and Life skills program
|
| Mercy Learning Center
|
$5,000
|
Early Childhood Education program
|
| Darien Library
|
$10,000
|
Electronic audio books
|
| Fairview Hospital
|
$1,000
|
Annual fund
|
| New Marlborough Library
|
$500
|
Electronic audio books
|
| New Marlborough Vol. Fire Dept.
|
$500
|
General Support
|
| New Marlborough Village Assoc.
|
$250
|
Patron membership
|
| Planned Parenthood of SNE
|
$10,000
|
General Support
|
| Connecticut Public
|
$5,000
|
General Support
|
| Flying Cloud Institute
|
$1,000
|
General Support
|
| New Marlborough Vol. Fire Dept.
|
$500
|
General Support
|
| Darien Land Trust
|
$1,000
|
Legacy Partners fund IMO Dee
|
| Friends of Selleck’s Woods
|
$500
|
General Support
|
| New Marlborough Cultural Council
|
$200
|
General Support
|
| National Parks Conservation Assoc.
|
$5,000
|
General Support
|
| National Trust for Historic Pres.
|
$5,000
|
General Support
|
| Darien Police Association
|
$300
|
General Support
|
| YMCA Darien
|
$1,000
|
General Support
|
| Darien Nature Center
|
$500
|
General Support
|
| Darien Fire Department
|
$500
|
General Support
|
| Darien Community Association
|
$2,000
|
Scholarships
|
| Darien Community Association
|
$2,000
|
Bird Sanctuary
|
| Darien Community Association
|
$2,000
|
General Support
|
| Wee Burn Scholarship Fund
|
$500
|
Scholarships
|
| Yellowstone Forever
|
$1,000
|
General Support
|
| Norfolk Library
|
$200
|
General Support
|
| Guiding Eyes for the Blind
|
$15,000
|
General Support
|
| Guiding Eyes for the Blind
|
$15,000
|
Specialized Training
|
| The Seeing Eye
|
$10,000
|
General Support
|
| Wildlife Conservation Society
|
$35,000
|
Global elephant, big cat, whale
|
| Grassroots Tennis and Education
|
$25,000
|
General Support
|
| CRIS Radio
|
$6,000
|
General Support
|
| CRIS Radio
|
$2,400
|
CRIS at Stamford Hospital
|
| Fidelco Guide Dog
|
$5,000
|
General Support
|
| CT Humane Society
|
$8,500
|
Pets in Crisis
|
| CT Humane Society
|
$4,000
|
Pop-Up Pet Food Pantries
|
| Boys and Girls Village
|
$10,000
|
General Support
|
| EyeCare4Kids
|
$5,000
|
Kenya eye care clinic
|
| PAWS
|
$5,000
|
Senior Animal Pension plan
|
| PAWS
|
$5,000
|
General Support
|
| Horse of CT
|
$3,000
|
General Support
|
| Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
|
$5,000
|
General Support
|
| Women’s Mentoring Network
|
$5,000
|
General Support
|
| Mianus River Gorge
|
$2,500
|
College interships
|
| Nuclear Threat Initiative
|
$25,000
|
General Support
|
| Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery
|
$200,000
|
Alzheimer’s research
|
| WQXR NY Public Radio
|
$300
|
General Support
|
| Stamford Public Education Found.
|
$10,000
|
Summer Start program
|
| Tiny Miracles Foundation
|
$2,000
|
Financial Assistance for families
|
| Waterside School
|
$10,000
|
General Support
|
| Waterside School
|
$5,000
|
College Success Fund
|
| Future 5
|
$5,000
|
NCC program
|
| Lets Get Ready
|
$5,000
|
General Support
|
| Carver Foundation
|
$25,250
|
Norwalk HS SAT Prep program
|
| Environmental Defense Fund
|
$25,000
|
Climate Corp Fellows program
|
| Climate Reality Project
|
$25,000
|
Climate Reality Leadership Corps
|
| HomeFront, Inc.
|
$5,000
|
General Support
|
| Wildlife in Crisis
|
$5,000
|
General Support
|
| Andrew Shaw Memorial Trust
|
$1,000
|
General Support
|
| Total Gifts | $1,372,900 | |
