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Foundations That Fund Community Improvement in Connecticut

Imperigo has identified 197 funders that made 904 grants totaling $170.6M to 134 community improvement organizations in Connecticut, with a median grant of $20K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Community Improvement Funding in Connecticut

Total granted $170.6M
Funders 197
Grants 904
Organizations funded 134

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Knights of Columbus
15 grants to 2 organizations · largest $8.2M · through 2024 · 55.1% of their giving
$61.9M
2. Eastern Connecticut Area Agency on Aging Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.5M · through 2024 · 58.1% of their giving
$12.3M
3. Hartford Foundation for Public Giving
87 grants to 23 organizations · largest $1.7M · through 2024 · 5.0% of their giving
$11.9M
4. Capital Workforce Partners Inc
12 grants to 2 organizations · largest $996K · through 2024 · 7.1% of their giving
$6.9M
5. Unite Here 34 Local Fue
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $327K · through 2024 · 53.6% of their giving
$1.4M
6. Connecticut Association for Community Action Inc
10 grants to 2 organizations · largest $243K · through 2023 · 14.7% of their giving
$1.9M
7. Housing Authority Insurance Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1.0M · through 2024 · 31.8% of their giving
$1.0M
8. The Connecticut Community Foundation
21 grants to 7 organizations · largest $659K · through 2024 · 4.1% of their giving
$1.2M
9. Greater Dwight Community Investment Corporation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $199K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$199K
10. Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc
40 grants to 18 organizations · largest $325K · through 2024 · 1.5% of their giving
$1.8M
11. Metrohartford Alliance Inc
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $141K · through 2024 · 5.7% of their giving
$336K
12. Conference of Consulting Actuaries
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2024 · 37.6% of their giving
$95K
13. StriveTogether Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $325K · through 2023 · 1.2% of their giving
$1.1M
14. American Dental Association
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $213K · through 2024 · 1.4% of their giving
$573K
15. Economic Development Corporation of New Haven
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $160K · through 2020 · 4.2% of their giving
$160K
16. North Central Area Agency on Aging
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $145K · through 2023 · 2.1% of their giving
$317K
17. Knights of Columbus Charities USA Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2024 · 4.7% of their giving
$142K
18. Universal Health Care Fndtn of Ct Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $36K · through 2024 · 8.0% of their giving
$76K
19. Casualty Actuarial Society
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $32K · through 2022 · 7.4% of their giving
$62K
20. The Claire C Bennitt Watershed Fund Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2020 · 18.2% of their giving
$20K
21. Knights of Columbus Charitable Fund Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $330K · through 2024
$643K
22. National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2024 · 8.6% of their giving
$34K
23. Nellie Mae Education Foundation Inc
9 grants to 2 organizations · largest $102K · through 2023
$466K
24. Florida K of C Charities Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $37K · through 2022 · 2.0% of their giving
$87K
25. Pension Real Estate Association
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2024 · 3.1% of their giving
$50K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to community improvement 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. 12 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 community improvement 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 community improvement funding in Connecticut, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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