Connecticut · Grantmakers

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 2 of 4

26. Marin Community Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $255K · through 2024
$1.5M
27. Kings Care Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $70K · through 2023 · 1.9% of their giving
$95K
28. The Petit Family Foundation Inc
9 grants to 4 organizations · largest $10K · through 2024 · 2.2% of their giving
$83K
29. Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $62K · through 2025
$181K
30. Veterans Support Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2019 · 3.9% of their giving
$25K
31. The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut Inc
4 grants to 4 organizations · largest $117K · through 2024
$155K
32. Mc Dermott Will and Emery Charitable Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2022 · 1.3% of their giving
$50K
33. Bowdoin Apartments Corporation C/O Kelliher & Callaghan
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2021 · 1.6% of their giving
$35K
34. ES Veterans Association Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $12K · through 2024 · 2.1% of their giving
$22K
35. Paypal Charitable Giving Fund
11 grants to 5 organizations · largest $300K · through 2024
$919K
36. New Canaan Community Foundation Inc
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $24K · through 2024
$67K
37. United Way of Meriden & Wallingford Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $11K · through 2020 · 1.8% of their giving
$22K
38. Main Street Community Foundation Inc
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $15K · through 2025
$47K
39. United Way of Greater New Haven Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $46K · through 2023
$104K
40. Give Lively Foundation Inc
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $56K · through 2024
$180K
41. The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven
11 grants to 7 organizations · largest $39K · through 2024
$209K
42. Jewish Communities of Western Ct Inc
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $10K · through 2019 · 1.5% of their giving
$15K
43. Air Line Pilots Association International
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2024 · 1.1% of their giving
$20K
44. Philanthropic Ventures Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2024
$100K
45. Silicon Valley Community Foundation
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $418K · through 2024
$1.6M
46. Connecticut Humanities Council Inc
5 grants to 3 organizations · largest $35K · through 2022
$81K
47. Abilis Community Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2023 · 1.0% of their giving
$10K
48. The Yale Law Journal Company Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $9K · through 2023
$9K
49. Charities Aid Foundation America
7 grants to 3 organizations · largest $147K · through 2024
$391K
50. Advanced Medical Technology Association
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2022
$10K

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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