Eversource Energy Foundation
At a glance
Key takeaways
- Eversource Energy Foundation funds nonprofits within its stated service territory and asks that any request align with at least one of its five focus areas: community wellness and basic human needs, education, environmental stewardship, community awareness and engagement, and economic/workforce development.
- Typical grants are modest: half of its 1,587 grants across recent filings were about $1,900 or less, and the stated grant range runs from $1,000 to $10,000, so a small, focused request fits best, though the filings do show one award of $700,000 above that stated maximum.
- The foundation works on fixed deadlines, with applications for calendar-year grants closing in mid-October and requests for a programme or event needing to be submitted at least 90 days in advance, so plan well ahead and begin with its eligibility quiz before applying through CyberGrants.
- With 83% of its grant dollars to organisations going to groups it had also funded in the prior two filings, this looks like a funder where repeat relationships carry weight, so first-time applicants should expect real competition for a place.
- Do not apply if your work is a youth robotics team, a capital campaign, personnel costs for specific positions, utility upgrades or energy-efficiency projects, utility bill assistance, a walk or race outside the foundation's signature events, personal expenses, individual or personal fundraising, debt reduction or elimination, a private foundation or endowment, a fraternal or political organisation, advertising, or an organisation that discriminates on the protected grounds the foundation lists.
Overview
Eversource Energy Foundation is a US private foundation based in Hartford, CT.
What they fund
Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) and its website, with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The Eversource Energy Foundation invests in organisations, initiatives and services that support broad, meaningful and sustainable change in the communities it serves and in the lives of its customers. It supports nonprofit organisations focusing on one or more of five areas: community wellness and basic human needs, including health, human services, food and nutrition; education, particularly STEM and youth development; environmental stewardship, including conservation and shared natural spaces; community awareness and engagement for historically marginalised and disinvested communities; and economic and workforce development, including career pathways. It offers grants and sponsorships for events and programmes to eligible nonprofits based in its service territory. Funding requests must align with at least one of its core focus areas.
Themes
- Community Wellness
- Education
- Environmental Stewardship
- Community Awareness and Engagement
- Economic/Workforce Development
Geographic Focus
Service territory.
What They Don't Fund
- Youth robotics teams
- Capital campaigns
- Personnel costs for specific positions
- Utility upgrades or energy-efficiency projects
- Utility bill assistance
- Walks and races (outside of our signature events)
- Personal expenses (e.g., events, conferences, travel)
- Individual or personal fundraising efforts
- Debt reduction or elimination
- Private foundations or endowments
- Fraternal or political organizations
- Advertising
- An organization that discriminates on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic information or any other status or condition protected by local, state or federal law
How to apply
Applicants start with the eligibility quiz. Those who qualify are prompted to apply through CyberGrants, where they log in or create a profile and complete the online application.
Deadlines:
- Applications for grants for a calendar year close in mid-October.
- Requests for a programme or event must be submitted at least 90 days in advance.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 83% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 1,587 grants to organisations were about $1,900 or less.
What the foundation says:
- Funding requests must align with at least one of the Foundation's core focus areas.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
6 other states: <1%
- The largest single recipient received 12% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 83% of grant dollars went to organisations Eversource Energy Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 35% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 602 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $2,000 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Boston Children's Hospital · Support for the 2024 walk for boston$700,0002024 tax year
- Eversource Foundation Matching Gifts · Support for ee foundation$624,8182024 tax year
- Massachusetts General Hospital · Support for the aspire awards event and the hospit$350,0002024 tax year
- Hartford Marathon Foundation · Title sponsorship for eversource hartford marathon$304,5942024 tax year
- United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley · United way of massachusetts bay$300,0002024 tax year
- United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut · United way of central & northeastern ct$260,0002024 tax year
- Granite United Way · Granite united way$175,0002024 tax year
- Salvation Army Gnef (Ma) · Good neighbor energy fund 2023-2024 pledge contrib$120,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Susan Sgroi - Starting 182024 — Director
- Christine M Carmody - Through 1824 — Director
- Penelope M Conner — Director
- Paul Chodak III — Director
- Gregory B Butler — Director
- James W Hunt III — Executive Director
- Cheri M Sullivan — Assistant Secretary
- Florence J Iacono — Secretary
- John M Moreira — Treasurer
- Theresa Hopkins-Staten — President
- Joseph R Nolan Jr — Chairman and Director
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $5,249,119 | $5,467,189 | $3,428,426 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $6,019,395 | $5,984,122 | $18,053,350 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $7,091,175 | $6,163,548 | $12,483,906 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
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