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Foundations That Fund Arts & Culture in Connecticut

Imperigo has identified 316 funders that made 4,981 grants totaling $230.8M to 576 arts & culture organizations in Connecticut, with a median grant of $15K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Arts & Culture Funding in Connecticut

Total granted $230.8M
Funders 316
Grants 4,981
Organizations funded 576

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Connecticut Humanities Council Inc
859 grants to 334 organizations · largest $2.7M · through 2024 · 63.3% of their giving
$36.2M
2. Hartford Foundation for Public Giving
406 grants to 78 organizations · largest $963K · through 2024 · 8.1% of their giving
$19.3M
3. Knights of Columbus
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $2.1M · through 2024 · 7.2% of their giving
$8.1M
4. The Connecticut Community Foundation
133 grants to 37 organizations · largest $154K · through 2024 · 11.1% of their giving
$3.3M
5. The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven
92 grants to 37 organizations · largest $1.2M · through 2024 · 3.7% of their giving
$6.5M
6. Economic Development Corporation of New Haven
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1.1M · through 2020 · 29.9% of their giving
$1.1M
7. Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation Inc
77 grants to 24 organizations · largest $176K · through 2025 · 7.3% of their giving
$2.2M
8. Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc
107 grants to 43 organizations · largest $442K · through 2024 · 3.3% of their giving
$3.9M
9. Ridgefield Orchestra Foundation Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $147K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$447K
10. Corporation for Public Broadcasting
36 grants to 2 organizations · largest $1.7M · through 2025
$15.7M
11. Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation Inc
32 grants to 28 organizations · largest $10K · through 2024 · 35.2% of their giving
$290K
12. Nhso Foundation Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $63K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$242K
13. Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford Inc
39 grants to 12 organizations · largest $198K · through 2024 · 4.0% of their giving
$1.2M
14. Main Street Community Foundation Inc
35 grants to 11 organizations · largest $30K · through 2025 · 8.4% of their giving
$493K
15. Ridgefield Thrift Shop Inc
24 grants to 8 organizations · largest $32K · through 2024 · 11.8% of their giving
$330K
16. Rhoda T Ritger Trust
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $58K · through 2025 · 61.5% of their giving
$172K
17. Bradley Henry Barnes and Leila Barnes Memorial Trust C/O Main Street Community
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $95K · through 2025 · 6.7% of their giving
$406K
18. Branford Community Foundation
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $65K · through 2024 · 21.4% of their giving
$100K
19. Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$100K
20. Arrl Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $110K · through 2020 · 16.7% of their giving
$110K
21. Worldscale Association (Nyc) Inc
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2025 · 23.1% of their giving
$82K
22. Essex Elementary School Foundationinc
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $22K · through 2023 · 32.8% of their giving
$65K
23. The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut Inc
28 grants to 28 organizations · largest $108K · through 2024 · 1.8% of their giving
$677K
24. Gateway Youth Football League of Greenwich CT Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $18K · through 2024 · 22.1% of their giving
$51K
25. The Petit Family Foundation Inc
10 grants to 3 organizations · largest $47K · through 2024 · 4.6% of their giving
$175K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to arts & culture work in Connecticut, not by dollar totals alone — a foundation that concentrates its giving here is usually a better prospect than a larger one for which this is a rounding error. 14 of the funders counted here are donor-advised fund sponsors, which grant on behalf of individual donors and accept no applications; they are marked and ranked last.

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About This Data

A grant appears here when a funder reported it on its IRS Form 990 and the recipient organization is classified under the NTEE group covering arts & culture work, with an address in Connecticut. Grants are counted from the 2025 filing year backward.

Some 990 grant schedules list a recipient by name and address without an EIN, and those grants cannot be matched to a classification — so the totals above represent identifiable arts & culture funding in Connecticut, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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