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Connecticut Foundations Making Grants of $5,000 - $25,000

These 53 foundations are based in Connecticut and reported a median grant between $5,000 and $25,000 on their most recent Form 990-PF filing. A typical grant is not a promise about any single gift -- some of a foundation's grants are smaller than its median, some are larger -- but it is a reasonable signal for whether an application here fits the size of your ask.

53foundations in this range
$196.6Mgranted between them
2,698funding relationships mapped

A median grant in this range covers a meaningful program cost without asking for the multi-year commitment a capital campaign needs. A lot of general-operating and single-program requests land in this range.

Ordered by number of organizations funded, not by dollars -- the same convention as every list on this site. Funding more organizations means more turnover in who gets a grant each year, which is a reasonable proxy for how often a list like this one changes -- it is not a signal that any specific foundation is open to a new, unsolicited applicant.

FoundationBased inMedian grantOrganizationsTotal granted
Newalliance Foundation IncNew Haven$5,000209$5.4M
American Savings Foundation IncNew Britain$6,790176$12.8M
William Caspar Graustein Memorial FundHamden$17,500167$18.9M
The Maximilian E and Marion O HoffmanWest Hartford$20,000154$8.2M
The Pitney Bowes FoundationStamford$6,000140$7.6M
Farmington Bank CommunityNewington$5,750140$3.0M
Connecticut Health Foundation IncHartford$20,000138$10.4M
J Walton Bissell Foundation IncWest Harford$11,000122$4.1M
Avangrid Foundation IncOrange$20,000113$16.0M
The Goodnow FundDarien$5,000102$5.7M
Sbm Charitable Foundation IncManchester$5,00094$8.0M
Jeniam FoundationNewtown$10,00077$5.6M
The Tammy and Jay Levine Foundation IncNew Haven$5,00074$3.2M
Elizabeth Raymond Ambler TrustWilton$5,00061$933K
The O'herron Family FoundationStamford$5,00055$2.5M
Mulberry Essence FoundationGreenwich$10,00049$12.5M
Bonnell Cove FoundationGroton$5,00041$486K
Rockville Bank Community Foundation IncVernon$5,00040$1.4M
Charter Oak FoundationWest Simsbury$5,00040$350K
Edward John Noble Foundation IncGreenwich$15,00037$15.9M
Meriden FoundationWaterbury$5,00037$4.6M
B L Manger FoundationStamford$10,00036$3.1M
Elizabeth M Landon & Harriette M LandonHartford$9,00035$3.2M
Crosswicks Foundation LtdGoshen$5,00029$735K
The Ellen Knowles Harcourt FoundationNew Milford$7,50028$756K
Wadsworth Family FoundationWallingford$5,00027$2.3M
Hartong Family FoundationGreenwich$5,00026$349K
H3 Foundation IncStamford$12,50024$2.0M
Woman's Seamen's Friend Society of CtNew Haven$10,00023$1.9M
The Montgomery Family FoundationEast Lyme$7,50023$1.5M
The Barnes Foundation IncMarion$13,00022$1.3M
The Lynn and Robert Zimmer FamilyGreenwich$5,00021$461K
The Crew Family Foundation IncPlainville$17,50020$3.2M
Katharine K Mclane and Henry R MclaneHartford$10,00020$2.0M
Margaret Patricia Eagan CharitableIvoryton$5,00020$416K
Emil and Toby Meshberg FamilyFairfield$5,00020$741K
Mattis Family FoundationGreenwich$20,00019$1.2M
The Saunders Foundation Co Shipman & GoodwinHartford$5,00018$959K
Beagary Charitable TrustBrooklyn$10,00018$5.1M
The Griffis Foundation IncLyme$5,00018$570K
Newpol Foundation IncRedding$5,00018$3.3M
The Laboiteaux - Sharp Family FoundationEssex$10,00017$2.7M
Tu Clause 3RD Wo Ellis GimbelMadison$10,00016$580K
Lester E Foster & Phyllis M FosterHampton$5,00016$2.7M
George J & Jessica Harris FoundationStamford$15,00015$1.5M
Elisha Leavenworth Foundation IncMiddlebury$6,68015$1.2M
Martha & KennethNew Britain$8,00015$422K
Robert G Burton Charitable FoundationGreenwich$5,00014$378K
The Witthoey Foundation IncWestport$10,00014$1.4M
The Lynn and Robert Zimmer FamilyGreenwich$20,00013$571K
The William H & Rosanna T AndrulatHartford$12,00011$572K
Harry E Malcarne & Florence G MalcarneEssex$6,00011$305K
The Robey Charitable TrustRedding$10,00010$1.7M

Other grant sizes in Connecticut

Under $5,000Foundations in Connecticut

Grantmaking Charities report their grants differently, so their median grants are not directly comparable to the ones on this page -- Schedule I only requires listing recipients paid over $5,000, so a Schedule I filer's median runs higher than a private foundation's would for the same underlying giving. See grantmaking charities in the same range anyway.

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