Grantmakers

Charities and Community Foundations That Give Grants in Connecticut

These 95 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.

95grantmaking charities
$3.5Bgranted between them
14,106funding relationships mapped

Ordered by number of organizations funded. A grantmaker supporting sixty groups is a more realistic prospect than one writing two very large cheques, which is why this is not ranked by dollars.

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$67,230976$580.0M
Women's Business Development CouncilStamford$10,000893$14.8M
Fairfield County's Community FoundationNorwalk$20,000773$68.0M
Connecticut Humanities Council IncMiddletown$9,500748$55.2M
Save the Children Federation IncFairfield$52,346745$316.5M
Yale UniversityNew Haven$100,000540$402.9M
Knights of Columbus Charitable Fund IncNew Haven$15,000501$121.3M
Deloitte FoundationStamford$25,000497$83.8M
Knights of Columbus Charities IncNew Haven$17,379426$21.6M
The Connecticut Community FoundationWaterbury$13,384337$21.3M
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$20,000171$14.4M
Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford IncWest Hartford$15,000145$19.6M
Yhb Charitable Endowment IncWest Hartford$15,000143$5.9M
Knights of ColumbusNew Haven$50,000112$101.2M
Keep America Beautiful IncStamford$14,000111$3.3M
Connecticut Foodshare IncWallingford$12,200107$390.3M
The Hometown Foundation IncCheshire$7,858107$5.4M
United Way of Greater New Haven IncNew Haven$20,000105$20.3M
Community Foundation of Greater NewNew Britain$12,330104$5.6M
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 Petit Family Foundation IncPlainville$10,00093$2.5M
Charity Bridge FundWeston$7,96391$1.8M
Wheeler Clinic IncPlainville$18,41981$7.1M
National Shooting Sports Foundation IncShelton$12,50079$2.7M
Community Foundation ofMiddletown$15,00068$3.7M
Scus Head Start Programs IncFairfield$10,00566$2.0M
North Central Area Agency on AgingHartford$18,48365$10.9M
Main Street Community Foundation IncBristol$10,91064$3.5M
Capital Workforce Partners IncHartford$143,78963$55.6M
United Way IncHartford$47,50062$9.1M
The Connecticut Project IncNew Haven$100,00061$16.7M
Connecticut Trust for HistoricHamden$9,00060$591K
Stamford Rotary Trust FundStamford$5,00059$959K
Greater Hartford Arts Council IncHartford$15,00059$2.9M
United Way of Greater WaterburyincWaterbury$23,45355$4.0M
Hartford HospitalHartford$15,00055$2.4M
Ridgefield Thrift Shop IncRidgefield$12,00054$2.0M
American Eagle Financial Credit UnionEast Hartford$9,18753$613K
The Community Chest of New BritainNew Britain$11,50052$1.5M
Breast Cancer Alliance IncGreenwich$50,00051$5.4M
Metrohartford Alliance IncHartford$58,85050$5.9M
The John T and Jane a WiederholdTorrington$41,17350$4.3M
Lyford Cay Foundation IncGreenwich$15,00049$1.4M
The Guilford Foundation IncGuilford$17,65047$1.5M
Foundation for Community Health IncSharon$20,00044$3.3M
The Prosperity Foundation IncNew Haven$17,50043$2.5M
Foundations in Faith IncBridgeport$24,00040$7.4M
Governor's Partnership to ProtectEast Hartford$25,00039$1.7M
Pink Aid IncWestport$25,00039$2.4M
Southwestern Ct Agency on Aging IncBridgeport$45,00038$16.3M
Amplify IncGlastonbury$7,14236$689K
Hope for New Haven IncNew Haven$25,00036$1.5M
Uja Federation of Greenwich IncGreenwich$17,58036$6.7M
Connecticut Network for Children andHartford$20,00035$1.6M
Jewish Federation of Greater HartfordWest Hartford$25,00034$14.5M
Society of Plastics Engineers IncDanbury$9,37534$692K
Western Connecticut Area AgencyWaterbury$19,50034$17.4M
We Stand With Christ IncBridgeport$29,14734$23.2M
Young Mens Christian Association ofWestport$10,00032$1.1M
Eastern Connecticut Area Agency onNorwich$27,94032$14.3M
Yale New Haven Health ServicesNew Haven$10,50032$3.8M
Impact 100 Fairfield CountyGreenwich$20,00032$1.3M
United Way of Greenwich IncGreenwich$25,89931$4.3M
Knights of Columbus Charities USA IncNew Haven$9,00031$2.2M
Alden Charitable Foundation IncGuilford$10,00031$823K
Horizons National Student EnrichmentWestport$24,10529$2.1M
Trinity Health of New EnglandHartford$13,37529$737K
Health Care Advocates International LLCStratford$22,26029$1.2M
The Multiple Myeloma ResearchNorwalk$60,00028$22.5M
Foundations in Education IncShelton$152,32428$27.6M
Journey Home IncHartford$129,55127$11.6M
United Way of SoutheasternGales Ferry$45,53226$6.8M
Agency on Aging of South CentralNorth Haven$32,33226$14.3M
Northwest Ct Community Foundation TrustTorrington$7,50026$884K
Connecticut Association forMiddletown$112,14625$8.1M
Waterside School IncStamford$10,85624$595K
Saint Francis Hospital and MedicalHartford$16,00023$919K
Connecticut Coalition Against DomesticGlastonbury$767,18423$67.7M
New Haven Promise IncNew Haven$60,51823$17.1M
Max Cares Foundation IncHartford$10,00022$446K
Yale New Haven HospitalNew Haven$77,50021$20.2M
Chinuch Yehudi IncWaterbury$16,00021$1.2M
Connecticut Land Conservation Council IncMiddletown$10,82321$262K
United Jewish Federation StamfordStamford$23,20020$4.1M
New Haven Green Fund IncNew Haven$7,78320$200K
Equus Foundation IncWestport$5,77520$232K
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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