About Caroline Previdi Foundation
The Caroline Previdi Foundation was created to honor the memory and giving spirit of Caroline Previdi by supporting children in Newtown and surrounding communities with the financial means to participate in extracurricular activities (dance, art, music, sports) through grants, scholarships, outreach, and fundraising.
Focus Areas
youth servicesarts and culture (dance, art, music)sports and recreationscholarshipsextracurricular education
Who They Fund
studentsscholarship recipientspostsecondary/college-bound learners
Funding Style
direct financial assistanceindividual-level supportrestricted support (tuition/scholarship)
About Caroline Previdi Foundation
The Caroline Previdi Foundation centers on scholarships for children to take part in extracurricular activities, especially dance, art, music, sports, and swim, with funding directed to organizations serving Newtown and surrounding communities. Its grantmaking reflects a clear access goal: helping families that lack the financial resources to pay for those activities. In the recent grants list, the largest award was $29,200 to CT Dream Basketball Club in Naugatuck for scholarships, and the foundation also made a $16,509 grant to the YMCA of Western Connecticut in Brookfield for scholarships. Those awards sit within a pattern of repeated support for local activity providers rather than broad, unrestricted giving. The foundation’s stated purpose combines grants to organizations with scholarships for children, making it a funder focused on participation support at the point where costs can keep students out of programs. The latest filings show that this approach is carried out entirely within Connecticut.
What Caroline Previdi Foundation Funds
Scholarship support is the clearest thread in the foundation’s recent giving. It awarded $15,800 to Bluefish Travel Baseball in Stratford for scholarships and $8,831 to Gymnastics Revolution in Brookfield for the same purpose, indicating steady backing for youth activities with tuition-like costs. Sports also appears throughout the grants list, including $10,200 to The Batting Cage in Bridgeport and $6,600 to Fairfield County Captains LLC in Trumbull, both for scholarships. Arts and enrichment are present in the foundation’s stated focus areas as well, with dance, art, music, and swim named in its program description. The organization also supports community-based activity providers such as Danbury Sports Dome and Beehive Children’s Center, linking its giving to local places where children participate in structured extracurricular programs.
How Caroline Previdi Foundation Gives
Grant sizes cluster in the middle of the five-figure range. The typical grant is $6,958 at the 25th percentile, $9,516 at the median, and $16,332 at the 75th percentile. The recent list shows repeat awards to the same recipients across multiple years, including CT Dream Basketball Club, Bluefish Travel Baseball, YMCA of Western Connecticut, and Danbury Sports Dome, which points to ongoing relationships rather than one-off support. The foundation is a private foundation led by Sandy Previdi. It does not fund individuals directly and does not make program-related investments. Its active programs award grants to organizations and scholarships for children, and unsolicited applications are not accepted.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$100K
Total Assets
$1.3M
Total Revenue
$156K
Total Expenses
$238K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $7K and $16K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$7K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$16K
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
Sandy Previdi
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