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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 2 of 4

26. The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven
16 grants to 7 organizations · largest $80K · through 2024
$497K
27. United Way Inc United Way of Cent & Ne Connecticut
9 grants to 4 organizations · largest $45K · through 2024
$193K
28. Miles for Migraine
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $36K · through 2023 · 2.2% of their giving
$59K
29. Projekt Bayern Association
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $6K · through 2019 · 25.4% of their giving
$6K
30. Pledgeling Foundation
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $177K · through 2024
$321K
31. Bowdoin Apartments Corporation C/O Kelliher & Callaghan
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2022 · 2.1% of their giving
$45K
32. Wetherington Foundation Inc C/O Community Foundation of Sarasota
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $27K · through 2022 · 3.5% of their giving
$27K
33. 4-Ct Corp
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $12K · through 2022 · 4.7% of their giving
$20K
34. Connecticut Humanities Council Inc
10 grants to 5 organizations · largest $50K · through 2022
$223K
35. Western Connecticut Area Agency on Aging Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $36K · through 2023
$116K
36. Colorado Knights of Columbus Charities Fund Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $24K · through 2022 · 2.9% of their giving
$24K
37. United Way of Greater New Haven Inc
6 grants to 4 organizations · largest $95K · through 2023
$139K
38. Impact100 Westchester Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $29K · through 2022 · 2.2% of their giving
$29K
39. American Gift Fund
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $390K · through 2020
$390K
40. New Haven Green Fund Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $7K · through 2023 · 4.5% of their giving
$12K
41. Active City Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $9K · through 2023 · 3.1% of their giving
$17K
42. New Canaan Community Foundation Inc
7 grants to 3 organizations · largest $16K · through 2024
$69K
43. The Miami Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $368K · through 2024
$368K
44. The William W Backus Hospital
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $6K · through 2023 · 4.8% of their giving
$6K
45. Middlesex United Way Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $9K · through 2020 · 1.3% of their giving
$19K
52. The Catholic Foundation No Colorado
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2022
$100K
53. Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $377K · through 2024
$397K
55. Bradley Impact Fund Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $56K · through 2024
$146K
56. Unite Here
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $108K · through 2019
$108K
61. The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut Inc
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $28K · through 2024
$48K

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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