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The Newcomb-Hargraves Foundation

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Lyme, Connecticut · EIN 31-6650840 · Private foundation

Grants paid (2025)$265K
Organizations funded46
Typical grant$2,200
Total assets$2.9M

Half of its grants to organizations were between $1,000 and $5,000.

From the return

How to apply

On its return for tax year 2025 the foundation checked the box saying it only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds.

What it funds

Share of grant lines on the latest return, classified from the purpose each grant states.

  • Arts & Culture20
  • Education14
  • Environment5
  • Health4

Where it gives

56% of grants went outside Connecticut.

Grants paid in tax year 2025

RecipientLocationPurposeAmount
New York Historical SocietyNew York, NYEducational purposes$55,000
7 West 43Rd Street FoundationNew York, NYHistorical purposes$50,000
Lehigh UniversityBethlehem, PAEducational purposes$25,000
American Friends of the Botanics FoundationBrooklyn, NYEnvironmental purposes$15,000
Roger Tory Peterson Estuary CenterOld Lyme, CTEnvironmental purposes$10,000
The Metropolitan OperaNew York, NYArt support$10,000
Musical Masterworks IncOld Lyme, CTArt support$6,000
American Museum of Natural HistoryNew York, NYEducational purposes$5,000
Central Park ConservancyNew York, NYEnvironmental purposes$5,000
Century Association Archives FoundationNew York, NYArt support$5,000
Citizens Union FoundationStaten Island, NYSocial purposes$5,000
Community Foundation of Eastern ConnecticutNew London, CTSocial purposes$5,000
Connecticut CollegeNew London, CTEducational purposes$5,000
Fdr Four Freedoms Park ConservancyNew York, NYEnvironmental purposes$5,000
Macdowell Colony IncNew York, NYEducational purposes$5,000
New York PhilharmonicNew York, NYArt support$5,000
Young Concert Artists IncNew York, NYArt support$5,000
Salt Marsh OperaStonington, CTArt support$4,000
Effroc - Edmee Firth Fund for Research in Ovarian Cancer theNew York, NYHealth purposes$3,000
Chamber Music SocietyNew York, NYArt support$2,500
Florence Griswold MuseumOld Lyme, CTArt support$2,500
NY Society LibraryNew York, NYEducational purposes$2,500
The English Concert in AmericaNew Canaan, CTArt support$2,500
Hillstead MuseumFarmington, CTEducational purposes$2,200
Chestnut Hill ConcertsOld Saybrook, CTArt support$2,000
Lyman Allyn MuseumNew London, CTArt support$2,000
National Institute of Social Sciences theNew York, NYSocial purposes$2,000
Nyfos - New York Festival of SongNew York, NYArt support$2,000
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American HistoryNew York, NYEducational purposes$1,500
122 East 66Th Street FoundationNew York, NYSocial purposes$1,000
American Liver FoundationWest Orange, NJHealth purposes$1,000
Connecticut HumanitiesMiddletown, CTSocial purposes$1,000
Council on Foreign RelationsNew York, NYSocial purposes$1,000
Crosby Fund for Haitian Education theOld Lyme, CTEducational purposes$1,000
High HopesOld Lyme, CTHealth purposes$1,000
Library of American Landscape HistoryAmherst, MAArt support$1,000
Maccurdy Salisbury EducationalOld Lyme, CTEducational purposes$1,000
Old Lyme Phoebe Griffin Noyes LibraryOld Lyme, CTEducational purposes$1,000
Park Avenue ArmoryNew York, NYArt support$1,000
Scenic Hudson IncPoughkeepsie, NYEnvironmental purposes$1,000
Thomas Jefferson Foundation IncCharlottesville, VAEducational purposes$1,000
Yale UniversityNew Haven, CTEducational purposes$1,000
Lyme Ambulance AssociationHadlyme, CTHealth purposes$500
Lyme Art AssociationOld Lyme, CTArt support$500
Lymes' Youth Service BureauOld Lyme, CTSocial purposes$500
Wmnr Fine Arts RadioMonroe, CTArt support$500

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidGrant lines
2025$264,70046
2024$861,25044
2023$357,75043

Sources

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