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Foundations That Fund Community Improvement in Connecticut

Imperigo has identified 197 funders that made 933 grants totaling $173.4M to 137 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 $173.4M
Funders 197
Grants 933
Organizations funded 137

Top Funders — page 2 of 4

26. Bowdoin Apartments Corporation C/O Kelliher & Callaghan
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $25K · through 2024 · 2.5% of their giving
$70K
27. Pension Real Estate Association
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2024 · 3.1% of their giving
$50K
28. The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven
16 grants to 7 organizations · largest $80K · through 2024
$497K
29. United Way Inc United Way of Cent & Ne Connecticut
9 grants to 4 organizations · largest $45K · through 2024
$193K
30. Miles for Migraine
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $36K · through 2023 · 2.2% of their giving
$59K
31. Projekt Bayern Association
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $6K · through 2019 · 25.4% of their giving
$6K
32. Colorado Knights of Columbus Charities Fund Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $24K · through 2024 · 3.4% of their giving
$34K
33. Pledgeling Foundation
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $177K · through 2024
$321K
34. Wetherington Foundation Inc C/O Community Foundation of Sarasota
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $27K · through 2022 · 3.5% of their giving
$27K
35. 4-Ct Corp
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $12K · through 2022 · 4.7% of their giving
$20K
36. Connecticut Humanities Council Inc
10 grants to 5 organizations · largest $50K · through 2022
$223K
37. Western Connecticut Area Agency on Aging Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $36K · through 2024
$133K
38. The William W Backus Hospital
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $7K · through 2024 · 6.0% of their giving
$12K
39. United Way of Greater New Haven Inc
6 grants to 4 organizations · largest $95K · through 2023
$139K
40. Impact100 Westchester Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $29K · through 2022 · 2.2% of their giving
$29K
41. American Gift Fund
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $390K · through 2020
$390K
42. New Haven Green Fund Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $7K · through 2023 · 4.5% of their giving
$12K
43. Active City Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $9K · through 2023 · 3.1% of their giving
$17K
44. The Blackbaud Giving Fund
12 grants to 8 organizations · largest $866K · through 2025
$980K
45. New Canaan Community Foundation Inc
7 grants to 3 organizations · largest $16K · through 2024
$69K
46. The Miami Foundation Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $368K · through 2025
$388K
53. The Catholic Foundation No Colorado
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2022
$100K
54. Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $377K · through 2024
$397K
56. Bradley Impact Fund Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $56K · through 2024
$146K
57. Unite Here
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $108K · through 2019
$108K

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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