The Everett S Bulkley Charitable Foundation concentrates giving to local social-service and education organizations—frequently providing general operating support to community colleges, shelters, family-service agencies and skills-training nonprofits. Grants show a clear emphasis on meeting basic needs (homelessness, family support) and expanding economic opportunity through education and workforce-readiness programs, often in the Norwalk/Bridgeport area. The foundation makes recurring gifts to a small set of core grantees alongside several sizable one-off awards.
Everett S Bulkley Charitable Foundation’s recent giving shows a split between basic-needs services and postsecondary student support. At the top of the record are repeated general grants of $35,000 to Norwalk Community College Foundation and Open Door Shelter, alongside scholarship awards that go directly to individual students at colleges including Dartmouth, the University of Maryland, the University of Connecticut, Columbia, and the University of Michigan. That mix points to a funder that supports both institutions serving local residents and named learners receiving tuition help. The foundation’s grants also cluster around emergency shelter, family services, workforce development, and community-college support. Family and Childrens Agency, Girls With Impact Inc, Mercy Learning Center of Bridgeport Inc, and Filling in the Blanks Inc all appear in the recent-grants list, each with awards aimed at social services, training, or educational access. The pattern suggests a foundation that uses both organizational grants and direct scholarship funding to address immediate needs while also backing longer-term educational pathways. Several recipients recur across multiple years, indicating continuity rather than one-time support. Open Door Shelter and Norwalk Community College Foundation appear in 2023, 2024, and 2025; scholarship recipients also reappear year after year with similar award amounts. The foundation is national in scope, but the grant record is heavily weighted toward Connecticut organizations and students connected to the state.
Emergency shelter is a clear focus area. The foundation gave $35,000 in 2024 and $33,415 in 2025 to Open Door Shelter, and it also supported Homefront Inc with a $30,000 grant in 2024. Those awards sit alongside housing and stability-related work such as the $25,000 grant to Americares Homefront Inc in 2023. Education and workforce access form another thread. Norwalk Community College Foundation received $35,000 in both 2024 and 2025, while Girls With Impact Inc received $20,000 in 2025 and Mercy Learning Center of Bridgeport Inc received $20,000 in 2023. The foundation also backed Filling in the Blanks Inc with $20,000 in 2025 and $17,500 in 2024, pointing to continued support for educational or development-oriented programming. Family and senior services also appear in the grant record. Family and Childrens Agency received $25,000 in 2025 and $25,000 in 2023, and Norwalk Senior Center Inc received $22,500 in 2024. Womens Business Development Council Inc received $15,000 in 2023, adding another nonprofit focused on economic opportunity.
$172K
$3.1M
$236K
$236K
Most grants fall between $6K and $25K, with a median of $15K.
25th Percentile
$6K
Median
$15K
75th Percentile
$25K
About 0% of grants go to recipients in CT.
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Concentrated giving with several mid-to-large gifts and repeat funding to a small group of core, primarily local grantees; most awards are unrestricted/general operating support aimed at sustaining service delivery rather than many small, new initiatives.
Notable grantees: Norwalk Community College Foundation, Open Door Shelter, Family and Children's Agency, Mercy Learning Center of Bridgeport, Homefront Inc
Typical grants cluster around a $15,000 median, with a lower quartile of $5,831 and an upper quartile of $25,000. The distribution includes both operating-style awards of $35,000 and scholarship checks near $6,023, showing two clear grant types in the same portfolio. Recurrence is a feature of the pattern: several organizations and scholarship recipients appear across 2023, 2024, and 2025 with repeated awards. The foundation also makes direct-to-individual scholarships, consistent with its stated ability to fund individuals. No application process is visible in the grant record.
Grants are national in scope but concentrated in Connecticut, which is the top state by grant count. Norwalk appears repeatedly, including Norwalk Community College Foundation, Open Door Shelter, Family and Childrens Agency, Filling in the Blanks Inc, and Norwalk Senior Center Inc. Bridgeport, Greenwich, and Stamford also show up in Connecticut awards. Outside the state, recent grants reached Buffalo, Hanover, Ann Arbor, and Philadelphia, while the country distribution shows all recent grants went to U.S. recipients.
The grant record centers on emergency shelter, family and children’s services, community college support, adult workforce development, and local senior services. Recent recipients include organizations in Norwalk, Bridgeport, Greenwich, Stamford, and other U.S. cities, plus direct scholarship awards to individual students.
Yes. The recent grants list includes scholarship awards to named students such as Joseph Cruz, Vandan Patel, Tom Mccarthy, Marcello Maturi, Abigael Liu, Julia Sferlazza, and Serena Jankovic. These awards are separate from the organization grants in the record.
The grant-size distribution shows a p25 of $5,831, a median of $15,000, and a p75 of $25,000. Recent grants also include larger general-support awards of $35,000 and scholarship awards around $5,681 to $6,023.
Connecticut is the top state by grant count. Norwalk is especially prominent, with repeated awards to Norwalk Community College Foundation, Open Door Shelter, Family and Childrens Agency, Filling in the Blanks Inc, and Norwalk Senior Center Inc.
Several recipients appear across multiple years, showing a recurring pattern. Open Door Shelter and Norwalk Community College Foundation each received grants in 2023, 2024, and 2025, and scholarship recipients such as Joseph Cruz, Vandan Patel, Tom Mccarthy, Abigael Liu, and others also reappear in more than one year.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NORWALK COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION | NORWALK, CT | $35,000 | 2026 | GENERAL |
| OPEN DOOR SHELTER | NORWALK, CT | $30,000 | 2026 | GENERAL |
| FILLING IN THE BLANKS INC | NORWALK, CT | $25,000 | 2026 | GENERAL |
| FAMILY AND CHILDRENS AGENCY | NORWALK, CT | $25,000 | 2026 | GENERAL |
| HOMEFRONT INC | BUFFALO, NY | $22,000 | 2026 | GENERAL |
| OPERATION FUEL INC | HARTFORD, CT | $10,000 | 2026 | GENERAL |
| MARCELLO MATURI COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY | BRONX, NY | $6,184 | 2026 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| JOSEPH CRUZ DARTMOUTH COLLEGE | HANOVER, NH | $6,184 | 2026 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| ISAAC ZAPATA C/O LEHIGH UNIVERSITY | BETHLEHEM, PA | $6,184 | 2026 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| VANDAN PATEL UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND | MARYLAND, MD | $6,184 | 2026 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| NORWALK COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION | NORWALK, CT | $35,000 | 2025 | GENERAL |
| OPEN DOOR SHELTER | NORWALK, CT | $33,415 | 2025 | GENERAL |
| FAMILY AND CHILDRENS AGENCY | NORWALK, CT | $25,000 | 2025 | GENERAL |
| GIRLS WITH IMPACT INC | GREENWICH, CT | $20,000 | 2025 | GENERAL |
| FILLING IN THE BLANKS INC | NORWALK, CT | $20,000 | 2025 | GENERAL |
| MARCELLO MATURI COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY | BRONX, NY | $6,023 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| VANDAN PATEL UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND | MARYLAND, MD | $6,023 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| TOM MCCARTHY UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT | STORRS, CT | $6,023 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| JOSEPH CRUZ DARTMOUTH COLLEGE | HANOVER, NH | $6,023 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| ABIGAEL LIU UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN | ANN ARBOR, MI | $5,831 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| OPEN DOOR SHELTER | NORWALK, CT | $35,000 | 2024 | GENERAL |
| NORWALK COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION | NORWALK, CT | $35,000 | 2024 | GENERAL |
| HOMEFRONT INC | BUFFALO, NY | $30,000 | 2024 | GENERAL |
| NORWALK SENIOR CENTER INC | NORWALK, CT | $22,500 | 2024 | GENERAL |
| FILLING IN THE BLANKS INC | NORWALK, CT | $17,500 | 2024 | GENERAL |
| VANDAN PATEL UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND | MARYLAND, MD | $5,831 | 2024 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| JOSEPH CRUZ DARTMOUTH COLLEGE | HANOVER, NH | $5,831 | 2024 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| TOM MCCARTHY UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT | STORRS, CT | $5,831 | 2024 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| ABIGAEL LIU UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN | ANN ARBOR, MI | $5,831 | 2024 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| OPEN DOOR SHELTER | NORWALK, CT | $35,000 | 2023 | GENERAL |
| NORWALK COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION | NORWALK, CT | $35,000 | 2023 | GENERAL |
| AMERICARES HOMEFRONT INC | STAMFORD, CT | $25,000 | 2023 | GENERAL |
| FAMILY AND CHILDRENS AGENCY | NORWALK, CT | $25,000 | 2023 | GENERAL |
| MERCY LEARNING CENTER OF BRIDGEPORT INC | BRIDGEPORT, CT | $20,000 | 2023 | GENERAL |
| WOMENS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL INC | STAMFORD, CT | $15,000 | 2023 | GENERAL |
| VANDAN PATEL UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND | MARYLAND, MD | $5,681 | 2023 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| ABIGAEL LIU UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN | ANN ARBOR, MI | $5,681 | 2023 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| TOM MCCARTHY UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT | STORRS, CT | $5,681 | 2023 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| JULIA SFERLAZZA ASSUMPTION COLLEGE | WORCESTER, MA | $2,840 | 2023 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| SERENA JANKOVIC UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $2,840 | 2023 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| DAVID CHUBA BOSTON COLLEGE | CHESTNUT HILL, MA | $2,840 | 2023 | SCHOLARSHIP |
NORWALK COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION
$35,000GENERAL
HOMEFRONT INC
$22,000GENERAL
OPERATION FUEL INC
$10,000GENERAL
MARCELLO MATURI COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
$6,184SCHOLARSHIP
JOSEPH CRUZ DARTMOUTH COLLEGE
$6,184SCHOLARSHIP
ISAAC ZAPATA C/O LEHIGH UNIVERSITY
$6,184SCHOLARSHIP
VANDAN PATEL UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
$6,184SCHOLARSHIP
NORWALK COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION
$35,000GENERAL
GIRLS WITH IMPACT INC
$20,000GENERAL
MARCELLO MATURI COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
$6,023SCHOLARSHIP
VANDAN PATEL UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
$6,023SCHOLARSHIP
TOM MCCARTHY UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT
$6,023SCHOLARSHIP
JOSEPH CRUZ DARTMOUTH COLLEGE
$6,023SCHOLARSHIP
ABIGAEL LIU UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
$5,831SCHOLARSHIP
NORWALK COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION
$35,000GENERAL
HOMEFRONT INC
$30,000GENERAL
NORWALK SENIOR CENTER INC
$22,500GENERAL
VANDAN PATEL UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
$5,831SCHOLARSHIP
JOSEPH CRUZ DARTMOUTH COLLEGE
$5,831SCHOLARSHIP
TOM MCCARTHY UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT
$5,831SCHOLARSHIP
ABIGAEL LIU UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
$5,831SCHOLARSHIP
NORWALK COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION
$35,000GENERAL
AMERICARES HOMEFRONT INC
$25,000GENERAL
WOMENS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL INC
$15,000GENERAL
VANDAN PATEL UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
$5,681SCHOLARSHIP
ABIGAEL LIU UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
$5,681SCHOLARSHIP
TOM MCCARTHY UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT
$5,681SCHOLARSHIP
JULIA SFERLAZZA ASSUMPTION COLLEGE
$2,840SCHOLARSHIP
DAVID CHUBA BOSTON COLLEGE
$2,840SCHOLARSHIP