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Foundations That Fund Housing & Shelter in Connecticut

Imperigo has identified 143 funders that made 1,194 grants totaling $96.1M to 111 housing & shelter organizations in Connecticut, with a median grant of $17K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Housing & Shelter Funding in Connecticut

Total granted $96.1M
Funders 143
Grants 1,194
Organizations funded 111

Top Funders — page 2 of 4

26. Main Street Community Foundation Inc
10 grants to 3 organizations · largest $21K · through 2025 · 2.1% of their giving
$121K
27. Friends Fiduciary Corporation
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $50K · through 2020 · 1.7% of their giving
$75K
28. Southwestern Ct Agency on Aging Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $154K · through 2023
$154K
29. Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence Inc
8 grants to 2 organizations · largest $57K · through 2024
$320K
30. The Valley Community Foundation Inc
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $45K · through 2024 · 1.1% of their giving
$85K
31. Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc
9 grants to 3 organizations · largest $65K · through 2024
$225K
32. The Chicago Community Trust
6 grants to 3 organizations · largest $2.5M · through 2022
$2.6M
33. Ridgefield Thrift Shop Inc
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $15K · through 2024 · 1.7% of their giving
$47K
34. Western Connecticut Area Agency on Aging Inc
8 grants to 3 organizations · largest $21K · through 2023
$109K
35. Milford Professional Firefighters Association - Local 944
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $5K · through 2020 · 9.3% of their giving
$5K
36. NeighborShare Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2024 · 4.7% of their giving
$10K
37. Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $12K · through 2024
$46K
38. Impact 100 Fairfield County
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $10K · through 2024 · 1.3% of their giving
$20K
39. Knights of Columbus
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $75K · through 2024
$165K
40. Northwest Ct Community Foundation Trust
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2023 · 1.4% of their giving
$16K
41. Points of Light Foundation
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $50K · through 2023
$80K
42. Elderly Housing Dev & Operations
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $16K · through 2022 · 1.3% of their giving
$16K
43. Bradley Henry Barnes and Leila Barnes Memorial Trust C/O Main Street Community
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $33K · through 2024
$33K
44. Community Foundation of Middlesex County Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2024
$28K
45. Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2024
$64K
46. Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2020 · 1.2% of their giving
$10K
47. Agency on Aging of South Central Connecticut
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $34K · through 2023
$34K
48. North Central Area Agency on Aging
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $12K · through 2023
$31K
49. Max Cares Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $6K · through 2023 · 1.0% of their giving
$6K
50. Wireless Zone Foundation for Giving Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $7K · through 2020
$7K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to housing & shelter 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. 10 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 housing & shelter 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 housing & shelter funding in Connecticut, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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