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Foundations That Fund Crime & Legal Aid in Connecticut

Imperigo has identified 176 funders that made 717 grants totaling $150.5M to 52 crime & legal aid organizations in Connecticut, with a median grant of $20K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Crime & Legal Aid Funding in Connecticut

Total granted $150.5M
Funders 176
Grants 717
Organizations funded 52

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Connecticut Bar Foundation
30 grants to 5 organizations · largest $11.3M · through 2024 · 72.9% of their giving
$86.2M
2. Legal Services Corporation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $4.3M · through 2023
$18.3M
3. Lynx Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $75K · through 2022 · 15.2% of their giving
$225K
4. Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc
27 grants to 11 organizations · largest $250K · through 2024 · 1.2% of their giving
$1.5M
5. Hartford Foundation for Public Giving
28 grants to 9 organizations · largest $550K · through 2024
$1.8M
6. The Exchange Club of New Canaan Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $60K · through 2024 · 83.3% of their giving
$60K
7. Freedom for All Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $63K · through 2024 · 18.8% of their giving
$63K
8. Bfg Community Foundation Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2022 · 19.3% of their giving
$60K
9. Hedge Funds Care Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2024 · 4.3% of their giving
$210K
10. Redf
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $250K · through 2025 · 1.6% of their giving
$500K
11. Impact 100 Fairfield County
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024 · 7.0% of their giving
$110K
12. Jones Day Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $340K · through 2022 · 1.6% of their giving
$460K
13. Dressember Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $60K · through 2023 · 2.9% of their giving
$222K
14. Southwestern Ct Agency on Aging Inc
8 grants to 2 organizations · largest $65K · through 2024 · 1.5% of their giving
$356K
15. North Central Area Agency on Aging
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $93K · through 2023 · 1.8% of their giving
$273K
16. United Way Inc United Way of Cent & Ne Connecticut
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $119K · through 2024 · 1.3% of their giving
$358K
17. Max Cares Foundation Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $12K · through 2024 · 8.4% of their giving
$49K
18. The Donald and Carole Chaiken Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $145K · through 2023 · 1.1% of their giving
$370K
19. Western Connecticut Area Agency on Aging Inc
9 grants to 2 organizations · largest $42K · through 2023 · 1.5% of their giving
$259K
20. Uscore Kicksave Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$19K
21. Wireless Zone Foundation for Giving Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $29K · through 2020 · 6.8% of their giving
$54K
22. Eastern Connecticut Area Agency on Aging Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $51K · through 2024 · 1.3% of their giving
$265K
23. Agency on Aging of South Central Connecticut
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2023 · 1.2% of their giving
$220K
24. The Connecticut Community Foundation
20 grants to 6 organizations · largest $67K · through 2024
$259K
25. Stamford Rotary Trust Fund
5 grants to 3 organizations · largest $15K · through 2023 · 4.8% of their giving
$46K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to crime & legal aid 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. 13 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 crime & legal aid 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 crime & legal aid funding in Connecticut, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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