About Perrin Family Foundation C/O Andersen Tax
The Perrin Family Foundation appears to operate primarily as a donor-advised or philanthropic funding vehicle rather than a direct-service grantmaker. Its two very large gifts were directed to charitable-advising and impact-investing vehicles, suggesting the foundation channels resources into intermediaries that enable donor-directed giving and mission-aligned investing rather than funding specific programmatic nonprofits. This indicates a focus on enabling philanthropy and impact-capital deployment rather than running or repeatedly supporting frontline programs.
Focus Areas
Donor-advised and charitable gift fundsImpact investing platforms / mission-aligned capital (via ImpactAssets)Philanthropic infrastructure and grantmaking vehicles
Who They Fund
youth and student groups (including high-school and college organizers)Black and Brown students and communitiesimmigrant communities and advocacy organizationsConnecticut-based grassroots organizations (e.g., Windham, Waterbury)Community-led social justice organizers and hubs
About Perrin Family Foundation C/O Andersen Tax
The Perrin Family Foundation C/o Andersen Tax LLC directs most of its recent giving through philanthropic intermediaries and donor-advised vehicles, with two very large 2024 grants standing out: $15,817,417 to Impactassets Inc. and $7,318,185 to Bank of America Charitable Gift Fund, both for general purpose support. That pattern points to a foundation that uses institutional platforms to move capital rather than mainly building a long list of conventional operating grants. Within the nonprofit portfolio, the foundation also backs Connecticut-based youth and student organizing through multiple grants to A Better Way Foundation, including support for Hearing Youth Voices and the Connecticut Black and Brown Student Union. Other grants connect to immigrant-rights work, justice organizing, and local community infrastructure, showing a mix of intermediary funding and targeted support for groups working on education, race, immigration, and youth leadership. The grant record includes repeated support for several organizations across 2023 and 2024, which suggests ongoing relationships rather than isolated awards. The foundation’s activity is heavily concentrated in Connecticut, but the recent list also includes organizations in Hartford, New Haven, Waterbury, Windham, New London, New Britain, Norwalk, Bloomfield, Hamden, Bethesda, Boston, New York, Washington, DC, and Willimantic.
What Perrin Family Foundation C/O Andersen Tax Funds
Youth organizing is a clear theme in the recent record. In 2024, the foundation gave $120,000 to Bend the Arc a Jewish Partnership for Justice for the Funders Collaborative on Youth Organizing, and in 2023 it followed with $60,000 for the same effort. Connecticut student advocacy also appears through $375,000 to United We Dream for Connecticut Students for a Dream and a separate $50,000 grant to United We Dream Network for the same Connecticut campaign. Black and Brown student advocacy shows up in the $385,000 and $75,000 grants to A Better Way Foundation for the Connecticut Black and Brown Student Union. The foundation also supports local organizing infrastructure, including $260,000 to Connecticut Council for Philanthropy for SOW-CT and $150,000 in 2023 for Supporting Organizing Work CT.
How Perrin Family Foundation C/O Andersen Tax Gives
Typical grants sit in a mid-market band: the p25 is $7,142, the median is $45,000, and the p75 is $78,750. The distribution is skewed by a small number of outsized transfers, including two seven- and eight-figure grants to philanthropic vehicles. Recurring support is visible in the record: A Better Way Foundation, Katal Center for Health Equity and Justice, Bend the Arc a Jewish Partnership for Justice, World Wide Youth Networks, Windham Regional Community Council Inc, and Connecticut Council for Philanthropy each received multiple grants across 2023 and 2024. The foundation appears to operate as a family foundation or philanthropic funding vehicle, and the recent list shows no individual grants or program-related investments.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$26.3M
Total Assets
$0
Total Revenue
$161K
Total Expenses
$23.2M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $7K and $79K, with a median of $45K.
25th Percentile
$7K
Median
$45K
75th Percentile
$79K
Geographic Reach
Regional6 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
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