Waring & Carmen Partridge Foundation
The Partridge Foundation is a private foundation dedicated to supporting charitable initiatives. Its mission focuses on education, community service, and historical preservation, reflecting a commitment to enhancing cultural heritage and providing educational opportunities. The foundation primarily serves various nonprofit organizations, including educational institutions, religious groups, and community service clubs. Although based in Florida, its funding activities extend across multiple states, with a significant portion directed towards organizations in Rhode Island and Connecticut.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
A registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit, typically small-to-medium in scale, with programs in education, cultural/historical preservation, health or community services, comfortable submitting a mailed, board-signed request and required organizational documents.
Good Fit
- • Organization is a 501(c)(3) with current exemption documentation.
- • Programs aligned with education, cultural/historical preservation, hospitals/health, or community service.
- • Ability to submit a board-signed letter on organizational letterhead with charter, bylaws, and recent financials.
- • Located in or serving the foundation's observed geographic footprint (several New England states and nearby areas).
- • Capacity to steward one-time or mid-size grants and to accept restricted or project-specific funding.
Geography
Grants in the latest year were distributed across four states, but a single state accounted for about 59% of dollar volume, indicating a regional multi-state footprint with a clear geographic concentration.
Recipient Variety
The latest year shows 15 distinct recipients spanning schools, libraries, hospitals, cultural organizations and intermediary funds; despite dollar concentration to a few large grants, the count of independent grantees is broad for the foundation's size.
New Applicants
Direct evidence of openness includes a high new-recipient rate in the latest year (14 of 15 grantees were new) and published letter-based application requirements with a rolling deadline, so unfamiliar 501(c)(3) organizations appear plausibly able to enter the portfolio.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
