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Foundations That Fund Human Services in Connecticut

Imperigo has identified 456 funders that made 5,578 grants totaling $614.8M to 532 human services organizations in Connecticut, with a median grant of $17K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Human Services Funding in Connecticut

Total granted $614.8M
Funders 456
Grants 5,578
Organizations funded 532

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Lookout Trust
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $120.1M · through 2019 · 100.0% of their giving
$120.1M
2. Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence Inc
85 grants to 13 organizations · largest $2.2M · through 2024 · 69.5% of their giving
$70.9M
3. The Oak Hill Foundation Inc
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $6.2M · through 2024 · 99.9% of their giving
$36.4M
4. Hartford Foundation for Public Giving
350 grants to 68 organizations · largest $2.5M · through 2024 · 13.4% of their giving
$31.9M
5. Agency on Aging of South Central Connecticut
26 grants to 7 organizations · largest $2.4M · through 2023 · 85.1% of their giving
$15.1M
6. Connecticut Alliance to End Sexual Violence Inc
24 grants to 4 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024 · 40.9% of their giving
$15.0M
7. Westport Weston Family YMCA Foundation Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $4.5M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$10.2M
8. United Way Inc United Way of Cent & Ne Connecticut
71 grants to 20 organizations · largest $803K · through 2024 · 35.0% of their giving
$9.7M
9. North Central Area Agency on Aging
37 grants to 10 organizations · largest $2.8M · through 2023 · 53.7% of their giving
$8.1M
10. Mw Healthcare Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $3.1M · through 2023 · 77.1% of their giving
$8.0M
11. Capital Workforce Partners Inc
25 grants to 6 organizations · largest $1.5M · through 2024 · 12.8% of their giving
$12.3M
12. Connecticut Council of Family Service Agencies Inc
26 grants to 7 organizations · largest $585K · through 2024 · 81.6% of their giving
$5.3M
13. Eastern Connecticut Area Agency on Aging Inc
23 grants to 6 organizations · largest $766K · through 2024 · 23.8% of their giving
$5.0M
14. Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc
166 grants to 59 organizations · largest $805K · through 2024 · 8.7% of their giving
$10.5M
15. Connecticut Association for Community Action Inc
29 grants to 8 organizations · largest $432K · through 2023 · 34.3% of their giving
$4.4M
16. Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation Inc
63 grants to 16 organizations · largest $826K · through 2025 · 12.4% of their giving
$3.7M
17. United Way of Greater New Haven Inc
54 grants to 18 organizations · largest $334K · through 2024 · 12.2% of their giving
$3.6M
18. Children's Fund of Connecticut Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.2M · through 2020 · 93.5% of their giving
$2.0M
19. New Canaan Community Foundation Inc
61 grants to 16 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024 · 17.9% of their giving
$2.0M
20. Bradley Henry Barnes and Leila Barnes Memorial Trust C/O Main Street Community
18 grants to 4 organizations · largest $231K · through 2025 · 24.5% of their giving
$1.5M
21. Southwestern Ct Agency on Aging Inc
54 grants to 10 organizations · largest $157K · through 2024 · 11.3% of their giving
$2.6M
22. Family and Children's Aid Supporting Foundation Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $540K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.3M
23. The Connecticut Community Foundation
108 grants to 38 organizations · largest $315K · through 2024 · 8.6% of their giving
$2.5M
24. Duncaster Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1.0M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.0M
25. Seabury Charitable Foundation Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $262K · through 2023 · 97.5% of their giving
$966K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to human services 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. 15 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 human services 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 human services funding in Connecticut, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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