Grantmakers

Charities and Community Foundations That Give Grants in Connecticut

These 100 organizations are not private foundations. They are charities based in Connecticut that give grants to other nonprofits and report them on Form 990 Schedule I -- community foundations, United Ways and federated funds, hospital and university foundations, and operating charities that regrant. Each gave to at least 20 organizations we could identify and filed a return covering 2023 or later.

100grantmaking charities
$4.0Bgranted between them
15,145funding relationships mapped

Ordered by number of organizations funded, not by dollars. 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 grantmaker is open to a new, unsolicited applicant.

OrganizationBased inMedian grantOrganizationsTotal granted
The Community Foundation for Greater NewNew Haven$15,0001,170$146.6M
Hartford Foundation for Public GivingHartford$20,0001,108$195.7M
Americares Foundation IncStamford$65,2501,077$693.2M
Women's Business Development CouncilStamford$10,0001,061$17.1M
Fairfield County's Community FoundationNorwalk$20,000894$93.7M
Connecticut Humanities Council IncMiddletown$9,766755$56.3M
Save the Children Federation IncFairfield$52,346745$316.5M
Yale UniversityNew Haven$103,884614$571.2M
Deloitte FoundationStamford$25,000521$116.4M
Knights of Columbus Charitable Fund IncNew Haven$15,000501$121.3M
Knights of Columbus Charities IncNew Haven$17,379426$21.6M
The Connecticut Community FoundationWaterbury$13,644383$29.8M
Dalio Family Fund IncWestport$100,000305$303.0M
National Charitable Endowment IncDarien$18,125295$30.5M
National Diaper Bank Network IncNew Haven$30,696231$37.3M
The Community Foundation of EasternNew London$16,000221$32.6M
New Canaan Community Foundation IncNew Canaan$12,500203$11.8M
Northwest Connecticut CommunityTorrington$20,000199$19.0M
Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford IncWest Hartford$15,000172$25.8M
Yhb Charitable Endowment IncWest Hartford$15,000143$5.9M
The Hometown Foundation IncCheshire$9,500129$7.6M
Community Foundation of Greater NewNew Britain$12,750122$7.5M
United Way of Greater New Haven IncNew Haven$20,000116$26.6M
Knights of ColumbusNew Haven$50,000112$101.2M
Keep America Beautiful IncStamford$14,000111$3.3M
Connecticut Foodshare IncWallingford$12,200107$390.3M
The Petit Family Foundation IncPlainville$10,000103$3.4M
The Valley Community Foundation IncDerby$19,500100$5.9M
Jewish Foundation of Greater NewWoodbridge$13,00096$6.2M
Sustainable Ct IncBozrah$7,50095$1.2M
The United Way of Greater Waterbury IncWaterbury$20,00092$5.9M
National Shooting Sports Foundation IncShelton$15,00092$3.5M
Charity Bridge FundWeston$7,96391$1.8M
Wheeler Clinic IncPlainville$14,38690$8.4M
North Central Area Agency on AgingHartford$19,13079$15.8M
Community Foundation ofMiddletown$15,07576$5.0M
United Way IncHartford$47,75074$11.8M
Main Street Community Foundation IncBristol$11,04073$4.4M
Connecticut Trust for HistoricHamden$9,00068$687K
Scus Head Start Programs IncFairfield$10,00566$2.0M
Hartford HospitalHartford$15,00065$3.2M
Stamford Rotary Trust FundStamford$5,00065$1.3M
Capital Workforce Partners IncHartford$156,92164$71.2M
The Connecticut Project IncNew Haven$100,00061$16.7M
The Community Chest of New BritainNew Britain$12,00059$1.8M
Connecticut Network for Children andHartford$29,90059$4.4M
Greater Hartford Arts Council IncHartford$15,00059$2.9M
The John T and Jane a WiederholdTorrington$39,70057$5.6M
Breast Cancer Alliance IncGreenwich$50,00055$6.4M
Metrohartford Alliance IncHartford$51,30055$6.5M
Ridgefield Thrift Shop IncRidgefield$12,00054$2.0M
American Eagle Financial Credit UnionEast Hartford$9,18753$613K
Lyford Cay Foundation IncGreenwich$15,00049$1.4M
The Guilford Foundation IncGuilford$15,60048$1.6M
Foundations in Faith IncNorwalk$24,00044$9.0M
Foundation for Community Health IncSharon$20,00044$3.3M
The Prosperity Foundation IncNew Haven$17,50043$2.5M
Pink Aid IncWestport$25,00042$3.3M
Southwestern Ct Agency on Aging IncBridgeport$39,88640$20.0M
Western Connecticut Area AgencyWaterbury$19,50039$21.5M
Governor's Partnership to ProtectEast Hartford$25,00039$1.7M
Laz Charitable Foundation IncHartford$25,00039$1.5M
Yale New Haven Health ServicesNew Haven$14,85038$6.4M
Amplify IncGlastonbury$7,14237$902K
Jewish Federation of Greater HartfordWest Hartford$25,00036$17.4M
Hope for New Haven IncNew Haven$25,00036$1.5M
Uja Federation of Greenwich IncGreenwich$17,58036$6.7M
Young Mens Christian Association ofWestport$10,00035$1.4M
Eastern Connecticut Area Agency onNorwich$27,32135$17.5M
United Way of Greenwich IncGreenwich$25,00034$4.9M
Society of Plastics Engineers IncDanbury$9,37534$692K
We Stand With Christ IncBridgeport$29,14734$23.2M
Saint Francis Hospital and MedicalHartford$15,00032$1.8M
The Multiple Myeloma ResearchNorwalk$62,50032$24.6M
Impact 100 Fairfield CountyGreenwich$20,00032$1.3M
Alden Charitable Foundation IncGuilford$10,00032$1.0M
Horizons National Student EnrichmentWestport$24,12831$2.5M
Waterside School IncStamford$10,00031$740K
Knights of Columbus Charities USA IncNew Haven$9,00031$2.2M
Trinity Health of New EnglandHartford$13,37529$737K
Northwest Ct Community Foundation TrustTorrington$7,50029$982K
Journey Home IncHartford$142,88229$15.9M
Health Care AdvocatesStratford$22,26029$1.2M
Yale New Haven HospitalNew Haven$50,00028$28.0M
Foundations in Education IncShelton$152,32428$27.6M
Connecticut Association forMiddletown$112,14627$10.6M
United Way of SoutheasternGales Ferry$45,53226$6.8M
Agency on Aging of South CentralNorth Haven$30,00026$18.0M
United Jewish Federation StamfordStamford$23,20025$5.4M
Svmc Holdings IncBridgeport$17,50025$3.6M
Connecticut Coalition Against DomesticMiddletown$792,98324$88.4M
Equus Foundation IncWestport$6,05024$331K
Jewish Communities of Western Ct IncSouthbury$10,50023$936K
New Haven Promise IncNew Haven$60,51823$17.1M
Max Cares Foundation IncHartford$10,00022$446K
Bradley Henry Barnes and Leila BarnesBristol$56,28921$4.4M
Chinuch Yehudi IncWaterbury$16,00021$1.2M
Connecticut Land Conservation Council IncMiddletown$10,82321$262K
Connecticut Education Association IncHartford$7,00020$824K
New Haven Green Fund IncNew Haven$7,78320$200K
Schedule I only reports grants over $5,000. Form 990 requires a charity to list recipients it paid more than that and lets it omit the rest, so every grant-size figure on this page describes the grants it reported, not all of them. Its real median is lower and its real recipient count is higher. This is also why these numbers cannot be compared with the private-foundation figures elsewhere on this site -- Form 990-PF has no reporting floor, so the two are different populations rather than two samples of one.

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