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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 4 of 4

172. Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundDonor-advised
700 grants to 229 organizations · largest $2.5M · through 2024
$49.1M
173. American Online Giving Foundation IncDonor-advised
203 grants to 74 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024
$12.5M
174. Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncDonor-advised
315 grants to 112 organizations · largest $501K · through 2024
$10.4M
175. National Philanthropic TrustDonor-advised
165 grants to 66 organizations · largest $959K · through 2024
$8.2M
176. Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramDonor-advised
164 grants to 70 organizations · largest $304K · through 2024
$4.9M
177. Network for GoodDonor-advised
65 grants to 23 organizations · largest $107K · through 2024
$1.5M
178. Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncDonor-advised
78 grants to 39 organizations · largest $200K · through 2024
$1.6M
179. Raymond James Charitable Endowment FundDonor-advised
23 grants to 11 organizations · largest $240K · through 2024
$725K
180. The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundDonor-advised
34 grants to 13 organizations · largest $60K · through 2024
$603K
181. American Endowment FoundationDonor-advised
34 grants to 19 organizations · largest $50K · through 2024
$522K
182. Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management IncDonor-advised
24 grants to 13 organizations · largest $155K · through 2024
$599K
186. Greater Hartford Arts Council IncRegrantor
100 grants to 32 organizations · largest $155K · through 2024 · 49.2% of their giving
$1.9M
187. Community MusicworksRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $675K · through 2024 · 22.9% of their giving
$900K
188. Ydn Foundation IncRegrantor
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $123K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$476K
189. The Guilford Foundation IncRegrantor
16 grants to 7 organizations · largest $82K · through 2024 · 22.9% of their giving
$396K
190. Community Foundation of Greater New BritainRegrantor
30 grants to 13 organizations · largest $80K · through 2025 · 6.3% of their giving
$623K
191. LA Mama Experimental Theatre Club IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $165K · through 2021 · 60.2% of their giving
$165K
192. American Journalism Project IncRegrantor
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $282K · through 2024 · 1.8% of their giving
$1.3M
193. Sacred Heart University IncorporatedRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2024 · 41.0% of their giving
$100K
194. Essential Information IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $95K · through 2019 · 21.9% of their giving
$95K
195. Jamie A Hulley Arts FoundationRegrantor
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $32K · through 2024 · 63.9% of their giving
$93K
196. Sustainable Ct IncRegrantor
19 grants to 12 organizations · largest $15K · through 2024 · 11.7% of their giving
$154K
197. Hartford Knights CorpRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $45K · through 2024 · 23.6% of their giving
$90K
198. Brown UniversityRegrantor
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $834K · through 2024
$1.9M
199. Hartford HospitalRegrantor
9 grants to 5 organizations · largest $38K · through 2023 · 6.3% of their giving
$223K

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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