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Foundations That Fund Employment & Job Training in Connecticut

Imperigo has identified 87 funders that made 392 grants totaling $56.9M to 50 employment & job training organizations in Connecticut, with a median grant of $17K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Employment & Job Training Funding in Connecticut

Total granted $56.9M
Funders 87
Grants 392
Organizations funded 50

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Southwestern Ct Agency on Aging Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.9M · through 2023 · 35.5% of their giving
$8.3M
2. Western Connecticut Area Agency on Aging Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $948K · through 2023 · 17.4% of their giving
$3.0M
3. Cw Group Inc
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.7M
4. Capital Workforce Partners Inc
17 grants to 5 organizations · largest $868K · through 2024 · 5.1% of their giving
$4.9M
5. North Central Area Agency on Aging
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $714K · through 2023 · 12.7% of their giving
$1.9M
6. Metro North Regional Employment Board
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $3.3M · through 2019 · 7.2% of their giving
$3.3M
7. Pension Real Estate Association
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.0M · through 2024 · 63.7% of their giving
$1.0M
8. Hartford Foundation for Public Giving
44 grants to 9 organizations · largest $755K · through 2024 · 1.9% of their giving
$4.6M
9. Connecticut State Building Trades Training Institute Inc
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $120K · through 2024 · 11.3% of their giving
$213K
10. Impact 100 Fairfield County
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $111K · through 2024 · 7.7% of their giving
$121K
11. Connecticut Association for Community Action Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $115K · through 2022 · 2.5% of their giving
$320K
12. United Way of Meriden & Wallingford Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $44K · through 2023 · 7.7% of their giving
$94K
13. Connecticut Coalition of Taft-Hartley Health Funds Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2021 · 35.9% of their giving
$28K
14. Afghanistan Iraq Veterans War Memorial Fund Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2024 · 23.7% of their giving
$25K
15. United Way Inc United Way of Cent & Ne Connecticut
6 grants to 3 organizations · largest $100K · through 2020 · 1.3% of their giving
$360K
16. Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc
14 grants to 5 organizations · largest $252K · through 2024
$676K
17. Middlesex United Way Inc
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $21K · through 2022 · 4.3% of their giving
$61K
18. Laborers' International Union of North America
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $150K · through 2019 · 1.1% of their giving
$150K
19. Sourceamerica
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $74K · through 2024
$184K
20. The Connecticut Community Foundation
13 grants to 3 organizations · largest $22K · through 2024
$168K
21. United Way of Greater New Haven Inc
6 grants to 3 organizations · largest $30K · through 2024
$139K
22. Jamestown Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2022 · 1.2% of their giving
$50K
23. World Education Services Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2024
$100K
24. Abilis Community Foundation Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2022 · 2.0% of their giving
$20K
25. American Vets Group Foundation Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2024 · 2.6% of their giving
$14K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to employment & job training 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. 8 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 employment & job training 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 employment & job training funding in Connecticut, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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