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


Date of Gift


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


1/12/2022
 


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


1/12/2022
 
 


Housing Development Fund


$7,500


Educational Benefit Breakfast Sponsorship


1/12/2022


New Marlborough 5 Village News


$200


General Support


1/12/2022


Saint Luke’s Church


$3,300


Stewardship Campaign


1/12/2022


Doctors without Borders


$20,000


General Support


1/19/2022


Smile Train


$20,000


General Support


1/19/2022


USO


$20,000


General Support


1/19/2022


Admiral Nimitz Foundation


$15,000


Museum of the Pacific War


1/19/2022


Galapagos Conservanacy


$20,000


Conservation programs


1/19/2022


Truman Library Institute


$20,000


Renovation of library and museum


1/19/2022


Yosemite Conservancy


$10,000


General Support


1/19/2022


North Salem Bridle Trails Association


$2,000


General Support


1/20/2022


North Salem Open Land Foundation


$2,000


General Support


1/20/2022


Westchester Land Trust


$2,000


General Support


1/20/2022


Americares Free Clinics


$25,000


General Support


2/10/2022


Americares Free Clinics


$5,000


Eye medicine


2/10/2022


Princeton University


$2,000


Annual fund


2/10/2022


Museum of Darien


$1,000


General Support


2/10/2022


Center for Wellbeing Centro Bienestar


$5,000


Mental health services


2/10/2022


Family Centers


$20,000


General Support


2/16/2022


Family Centers


$30,000


Parents as co-educators


2/16/2022


Family Centers


$50,000


Den’s specialized support groups


2/16/2022


The Summer Camp


$5,000


General Support


2/16/2022


National Museum of American Indian


$10,000


General Support


2/16/2022


Oxfam


$10,000


Food insecurity


2/16/2022


Oxfam


$10,000


Global vaccine expansion


2/16/2022


Joseph Clinton VFW Post 399


$2,000


Water leakage electrical repairs


2/16/2022


Horizons NCC


$10,000


General Support


2/23/2022


Save the Children


$100,000


Children’s Emergency Fund


3/2/2022


National WWII Museum


$10,000


General Support


3/2/2022


Lifesavers Wild Horse Rescue


$5,000


General Support


3/2/2022


UWWCT


$20,000


SC2C Bridge to College


3/9/2022


NCC Foundation


$20,000


RN to BSN nursing scholarship


3/23/2022


NCC Foundation


$10,000


Student Emergency Fund


3/23/2022


The Fresh Air Fund


$25,000


Fresh air summer camping


3/23/2022


The Elm Project


$15,000


General Support


3/23/2022


Teach for America-CT


$15,000


Alumni coaching program in CT


3/23/2022


Darien Book Aid Plan


$2,000


General Support


3/23/2022


New Canaan Country School


$1,000


Annual fund


4/6/2022


Rhode Island School of Design


$2,000


Annual fund


4/6/2022


Miss Porter’s School


$2,000


Annual fund


4/6/2022


American Indian College Fund


$5,000


Scholarships


4/6/2022


East Norwalk Blue


$2,000


Pumpout program


4/6/2022


Person to Person


$15,000


Food assistance


4/6/2022


Person to Person


$15,000


Emergency services


4/6/2022


Hotchkiss School


$2,000


Annual fund


4/6/2022


University of Virginia


$5,000


Scholarships for access


4/6/2022


Connecticut College


$2,000


Annual fund


4/6/2022


Americares


$20,000


Ukraine emergency support


4/12/2022


United Negro College Fund


$10,000


Scholarships


4/13/2022


Gentle Giant Draft Horse Rescue


$10,000


General Support


4/19/2022


Live and Let Live Farm


$5,000


General Support


4/19/2022


Eisenhower Foundation


$5,000


IKE Education program


4/20/2022


Nuclear Threat Initiative


$25,000


General Support


5/4/2022


Farm Sanctuary


$10,000


General Support


5/4/2022


Darien EMS Post 53


$2,000


General Support


5/10/2022


At Home Darien


$3,000


General Support


5/10/2022


Family and Children’s Agency


$30,000


Senior Home care


5/10/2022


Family and Children’s Agency


$10,000


Family Programs


5/10/2022


Five Frogs


$5,000


General Support


5/17/2022


Building One Community


$25,000


Immigration legal services


5/18/2022


Mercy Learning Center


$15,000


Literacy and Life skills program


5/18/2022


Mercy Learning Center


$5,000


Early Childhood Education program


5/18/2022


Darien Library


$10,000


Electronic audio books


5/18/2022


Fairview Hospital


$1,000


Annual fund


5/24/2022


New Marlborough Library


$500


Electronic audio books


5/24/2022


New Marlborough Vol. Fire Dept.


$500


General Support


5/24/2022


New Marlborough Village Assoc.


$250


Patron membership


5/31/2022


Planned Parenthood of SNE


$10,000


General Support


5/31/2022


Connecticut Public


$5,000


General Support


6/1/2022


Flying Cloud Institute


$1,000


General Support


6/1/2022


New Marlborough Vol. Fire Dept.


$500


General Support


6/1/2022


Darien Land Trust


$1,000


Legacy Partners fund IMO Dee


6/8/2022


Friends of Selleck’s Woods


$500


General Support


6/8/2022


New Marlborough Cultural Council


$200


General Support


6/8/2022


National Parks Conservation Assoc.


$5,000


General Support


6/8/2022


National Trust for Historic Pres.


$5,000


General Support


6/8/2022


Darien Police Association


$300


General Support


6/8/2022


YMCA Darien


$1,000


General Support


6/8/2022


Darien Nature Center


$500


General Support


6/8/2022


Darien Fire Department


$500


General Support


6/8/2022


Darien Community Association


$2,000


Scholarships


6/8/2022


Darien Community Association


$2,000


Bird Sanctuary


6/8/2022


Darien Community Association


$2,000


General Support


6/8/2022


Wee Burn Scholarship Fund


$500


Scholarships


6/14/2022


Yellowstone Forever


$1,000


General Support


6/21/2022


Norfolk Library


$200


General Support


6/21/2022


Guiding Eyes for the Blind


$15,000


General Support


6/29/2022


Guiding Eyes for the Blind


$15,000


Specialized Training


6/29/2022


The Seeing Eye


$10,000


General Support


7/6/2022


Wildlife Conservation Society


$35,000


Global elephant, big cat, whale


7/20/2022


Grassroots Tennis and Education


$25,000


General Support


7/20/2022


CRIS Radio


$6,000


General Support


8/3/2022


CRIS Radio


$2,400


CRIS at Stamford Hospital


8/3/2022


Fidelco Guide Dog


$5,000


General Support


8/3/2022


CT Humane Society


$8,500


Pets in Crisis


8/23/2022


CT Humane Society


$4,000


Pop-Up Pet Food Pantries


8/23/2022


Boys and Girls Village


$10,000


General Support


8/23/2022


EyeCare4Kids


$5,000


Kenya eye care clinic


8/23/2022


PAWS


$5,000


Senior Animal Pension plan


8/30/2022


PAWS


$5,000


General Support


8/30/2022


Horse of CT


$3,000


General Support


8/30/2022


Colonial Williamsburg Foundation


$5,000


General Support


8/30/2022


Women’s Mentoring Network


$5,000


General Support


9/13/2022


Mianus River Gorge


$2,500


College interships


9/13/2022


Nuclear Threat Initiative


$25,000


General Support


9/13/2022


Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery


$200,000


Alzheimer’s research


9/13/2022


WQXR NY Public Radio


$300


General Support


9/13/2022


Stamford Public Education Found.


$10,000


Summer Start program


9/14/2022


Tiny Miracles Foundation


$2,000


Financial Assistance for families


9/14/2022


Waterside School


$10,000


General Support


9/20/2022


Waterside School


$5,000


College Success Fund


9/20/2022


Future 5


$5,000


NCC program


9/28/2022


Lets Get Ready


$5,000


General Support


9/28/2022


Carver Foundation


$25,250


Norwalk HS SAT Prep program


10/12/2022


Environmental Defense Fund


$25,000


Climate Corp Fellows program


11/15/2022


Climate Reality Project


$25,000


Climate Reality Leadership Corps


11/15/2022


HomeFront, Inc.


$5,000


General Support


11/15/2022


Wildlife in Crisis


$5,000


General Support


11/15/2022


Andrew Shaw Memorial Trust


$1,000


General Support


12/6/2022


Total Gifts $1,372,900    
       
       

 

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