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Foundations That Fund Education in Connecticut

Imperigo has identified 1,108 funders that made 10,945 grants totaling $2.1B to 651 education organizations in Connecticut, with a median grant of $25K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Education Funding in Connecticut

Total granted $2.1B
Funders 1,108
Grants 10,945
Organizations funded 651

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. The Board of Trustees of the Sheffield Scientific School
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $27.0M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$138.1M
2. Richard U Light Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $73.3M · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$75.4M
3. Goodwin University Educational Services Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $16.7M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$53.7M
4. Nfa Foundation Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $13.0M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$25.5M
5. The Gruber Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $4.8M · through 2024 · 92.2% of their giving
$24.8M
6. Hartford Foundation for Public Giving
411 grants to 83 organizations · largest $3.5M · through 2024 · 11.5% of their giving
$27.5M
7. United Way of Greater New Haven Inc
50 grants to 12 organizations · largest $1.2M · through 2024 · 27.8% of their giving
$8.3M
8. Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc
257 grants to 83 organizations · largest $596K · through 2024 · 10.3% of their giving
$12.3M
9. CLEMENTINE LOCKWOOD PETERSON FOUNDATION c/o Cummings & Lockwood (HST III)
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.2M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$4.9M
10. Indian River Community Foundation Inc
10 grants to 3 organizations · largest $3.2M · through 2024 · 10.2% of their giving
$8.2M
11. Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford Inc
77 grants to 15 organizations · largest $329K · through 2024 · 16.4% of their giving
$4.9M
12. The New York Community Trust
87 grants to 35 organizations · largest $12.2M · through 2024 · 2.8% of their giving
$28.3M
13. Goodwin Foundation Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.9M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$3.5M
14. Yale Alumni Publications Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.6M · through 2020 · 100.0% of their giving
$3.0M
15. The Children's Center
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.7M · through 2021 · 100.0% of their giving
$3.0M
16. Cedar Street Charitable Foundation Inc
16 grants to 5 organizations · largest $1.1M · through 2024 · 8.5% of their giving
$6.1M
17. Stoeckel E B Residue Co Trustee 213-099008547454
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $400K · through 2024 · 98.4% of their giving
$2.4M
18. Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $5.0M · through 2024 · 4.4% of their giving
$10.0M
19. Robin Hood Foundation
14 grants to 4 organizations · largest $2.3M · through 2024 · 2.5% of their giving
$16.2M
20. The Charles A Coffin Memorial Fund
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $300K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.5M
21. The James Family Charitable Trust
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.7M · through 2023 · 7.2% of their giving
$4.0M
22. Carney Scholarship Foundation Inc
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $284K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.3M
23. Foundation for Angelman Syndrome Therapeutics
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.7M · through 2023 · 11.0% of their giving
$2.3M
24. Jewish Communal Fund
149 grants to 53 organizations · largest $6.2M · through 2024
$32.5M
25. Economic Development Corporation of New Haven
11 grants to 5 organizations · largest $224K · through 2022 · 30.3% of their giving
$1.2M

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to education 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. 19 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 education 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 education funding in Connecticut, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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