2025 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 2025, The Fund provided grants to the following organizations:
| Organization
|
Amount of Gift
|
Purpose
|
|
| Wildlife Conservation Society
|
$90,000
|
Graduate Scholarship Program
|
|
| CT Humane Society
|
$12,500
|
Pets in Crisis and pop up pantries
|
|
| PAWS
|
$10,000
|
Senior pets and general operating
|
|
| Wildlife in Crisis
|
$5,000
|
General operating
|
|
| Homefront
|
$15,000
|
General operating
|
|
| Planned Parenthood of SNE
|
$15,000
|
General operating
|
|
| Stamford Museum and Nature Center
|
$15,000
|
General operating
|
|
| Save the Children
|
$75,000
|
Childrens Emergency Fund- general
|
|
| Save the Children
|
$25,000
|
Childrens Emergency Fund- CA Fire
|
|
| Friends of Diocese of Tshumbe Congo
|
$10,000
|
Nurse training in orphanage
|
|
| Friends of Diocese of Tshumbe Congo
|
$30,000
|
E-learning University of Notre Dame
|
|
| N. Greenwich Congregational Church
|
$2,000
|
Sewing incubator for Afghan refugees
|
|
| Family Centers
|
$50,000
|
School based specialized support
|
|
| Family Centers
|
$30,000
|
Parents as co-educators
|
|
| Family Centers
|
$40,000
|
General operating
|
|
| Americares
|
$30,000
|
Free clinic Stamford
|
|
| Americares
|
$50,000
|
CA Wildfire relief work
|
|
| New Marlborough Historical Society
|
$2,500
|
New Marlborough village cemetery
|
|
| Laurel House
|
$15,000
|
Supported Education CT State
|
|
| Laurel House
|
$10,000
|
General operating
|
|
| Grassroots Tennis and Education
|
$25,000
|
General operating
|
|
| Carver Foundation
|
$15,000
|
STEAM enrichment Brien McMahon
|
|
| Building One Community
|
$30,000
|
Immigrant Legal Services
|
|
| Person to Person
|
$15,000
|
Food Assistance
|
|
| Person to Person
|
$15,000
|
Emergency Services
|
|
| Oxfam
|
$20,000
|
Horn, East and Central Africa Hunger
|
|
| Galapagos Conservancy
|
$20,000
|
General operating
|
|
| Horizons CT State Norwalk
|
$10,000
|
General operating
|
|
| Horizons GFA
|
$5,000
|
College scholarships
|
|
| Connecticut Public
|
$500
|
NPR
|
|
| WQXR
|
$500
|
General operating
|
|
| WNET- Thirteen
|
$5,000
|
PBS NYC
|
|
| Homes with Hope
|
$15,000
|
CT St. Norwalk students Susie’s House
|
|
| CT Rise Network
|
$10,000
|
General operating
|
|
| Filling in the Blanks
|
$10,000
|
General operating
|
|
| Prospector Theatre
|
$10,000
|
General operating
|
|
| Family Centers
|
$50,000
|
Bob Arnold fund
|
|
| Atlantic Salmon Federation
|
$50,000
|
General operating
|
|
| Eisenhower Foundation
|
$50,000
|
IKE Education
|
|
| Doctors without Borders
|
$10,000
|
General operating
|
|
| Doctors without Borders
|
$10,000
|
MSF Academy for Healthcare
|
|
| USO
|
$25,000
|
Bob Hope Legacy Reading program
|
|
| The Fresh Air Fund
|
$25,000
|
Fresh Air summer camping
|
|
| The Elm Project
|
$20,000
|
General operating
|
|
| Serious Fun Children’s Network
|
$10,000
|
9 US summer camps
|
|
| The Summer Camp
|
$10,000
|
General operating
|
|
| Children’s Learning Centers
|
$20,000
|
General operating
|
|
| Children’s Learning Centers
|
$10,000
|
Nutrition Program
|
|
| Boys and Girls Village
|
$15,000
|
General operating
|
|
| LiveGirl
|
$10,000
|
She Works program
|
|
| Kids in Crisis
|
$5,000
|
General operating
|
|
| St. Luke’s Parish
|
$5,000
|
Stewardship
|
|
| Domus
|
$10,000
|
Domus Works workforce dev.
|
|
| Open Doors
|
$10,000
|
Food Pantry
|
|
| Pacific House
|
$10,000
|
Food assistance
|
|
| Folds of Honor
|
$10,000
|
Scholarships
|
|
| Hotchkiss School
|
$5,000
|
45th reunion
|
|
| Family and Children’s Agency
|
$50,000
|
$30K seniors and $20K families
|
|
| Mercy Learning Center
|
$20,000
|
$15K life skills and $5K ECE
|
|
| Silver Source
|
$15,000
|
Individual assistance program
|
|
| Mianus River Gorge
|
$2,500
|
College internships
|
|
| North Salem Bridle Trails
|
$2,000
|
General operating
|
|
| North Salem Open Land Foundation
|
$2,000
|
General operating
|
|
| Westchester Land Trust
|
$2,000
|
General operating
|
|
| East Norwalk Blue
|
$2,000
|
CT pumpout program
|
|
| Flying Cloud Institute
|
$1,000
|
General operating
|
|
| New Marlborough 5 Village News
|
$200
|
General operating
|
|
| New Marlborough Cultural Council
|
$200
|
General operating
|
|
| New Marlborough Library
|
$250
|
Audiobooks on history and biographies
|
|
| New Marlborough Meeting House
|
$250
|
Patron membership
|
|
| Connecticut College
|
$2,000
|
Annual Fund
|
|
| Miss Porter’s School
|
$2,000
|
Annual Fund
|
|
| New Canaan Country School
|
$1,000
|
Annual Fund
|
|
| Princeton University
|
$2,000
|
Annual Fund
|
|
| Rhode Island School of Design
|
$2,000
|
Annual Fund
|
|
| University of Virginia
|
$5,000
|
Access UVA scholarship
|
|
| University of Vermont
|
$2,000
|
Food Pantry
|
|
| Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
|
$2,500
|
Education and Access programs
|
|
| Ridgebury Riders
|
$2,500
|
Therapeutic riding programs
|
|
| Nuclear Threat Initiative
|
$25,000
|
General operating
|
|
| Cure Alzheimer’s Fund
|
$20,000
|
General operating
|
|
| English Learner Support Services
|
$7,500
|
General operating
|
|
| DVCC
|
$3,500
|
General operating
|
|
| Nutmeg Spay and Neuter
|
$5,000
|
General operating
|
|
| Clothes to Kids Fairfield County
|
$2,500
|
General operating
|
|
| Darien Library
|
$10,000
|
Electronic audio books
|
|
| Tiny Miracles Foundation
|
$7,500
|
Financial Assistance Fund
|
|
| Darien Community Association
|
$4,000
|
Scholarship and General Operating
|
|
| At Home in Darien
|
$3,000
|
General operating
|
|
| Mather Homestead
|
$2,500
|
General operating
|
|
| ABC Darien
|
$2,000
|
General operating
|
|
| Darien Book Aid
|
$2,000
|
General operating
|
|
| Darien EMS Post 53
|
$2,000
|
General operating
|
|
| Darien Land Trust
|
$2,000
|
Legacy Partners: Dee/Ned Goodnow
|
|
| Darien YMCA
|
$1,000
|
General operating
|
|
| Museum of Darien
|
$500
|
General operating
|
|
| Darien Fire Department
|
$500
|
General operating
|
|
| Friends of Selleck’s Woods
|
$500
|
General operating
|
|
| Darien Nature Center
|
$500
|
General operating
|
|
| Wee Burn Caddie Scholarship
|
$500
|
General operating
|
|
| Darien Police Association
|
$300
|
General operating
|
|
| Center for Wellbeing
|
$15,000
|
General operating
|
|
| CT Council for Philanthropy
|
$10,000
|
FCFN Resilience Fund
|
|
| Fidelity DAF
|
$150,000
|
Goodnow Fund Core
|
|
| Wishes for Horses
|
$500
|
Memorial Gift
|
|
| Wildlife Conservation Society
|
$50,000
|
Ruaha-Katavi Stronghold, Tanzania
|
|
| Spirit of America
|
$30,000
|
Ukraine
|
|
| Waterside School
|
$10,000
|
General operating
|
|
| Waterside School
|
$10,000
|
College Success Fund
|
|
| Teach for America
|
$15,000
|
General operating
|
|
| NHA Scholarships
|
$10,000
|
Scholarships for NHA residents
|
|
| Connecticut Public
|
$5,000
|
NPR in CT
|
|
| Women’s Mentoring Network
|
$5,000
|
General operating
|
|
| Norwalk Art Space
|
$500
|
General operating
|
|
| Seeing Eye
|
$10,000
|
General operating
|
|
| Guiding Eyes for the Blind
|
$15,000
|
General operating
|
|
| Guiding Eyes for the Blind
|
$15,000
|
Wellness and training center
|
|
| Gentle Giant Draft Horses
|
$10,000
|
General operating
|
|
| Alzheimers Drug Discovery Found.
|
$400,000
|
Alzheimer’s research
|
|
| Planned Parenthood of SNE
|
$15,000
|
General operating
|
|
| National WW II Museum
|
$10,000
|
General operating
|
|
| Camfed USA
|
$10,000
|
General operating
|
|
| Per Scholas
|
$5,000
|
General operating
|
|
| Total Gifts | $2,129,700 |
