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Foundations That Fund Human Services in Connecticut

Imperigo has identified 471 funders that made 5,778 grants totaling $635.0M to 537 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 $635.0M
Funders 471
Grants 5,778
Organizations funded 537

Top Funders — page 2 of 4

26. Duncaster Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1.0M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.0M
27. Wesleyan Foundation for Health and Aging Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $750K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.0M
28. General Raymond G Davis Templar Foundation Inc
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $111K · through 2025 · 25.2% of their giving
$654K
29. Seabury Residents Association Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $241K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$649K
30. Connecticut Association of Realtors Foundation Inc
8 grants to 3 organizations · largest $108K · through 2025 · 42.6% of their giving
$524K
31. Connecticut Baptist Housing Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $480K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$480K
32. The Petit Family Foundation Inc
50 grants to 21 organizations · largest $50K · through 2024 · 15.3% of their giving
$586K
33. Community Foundation of Middlesex County Inc
17 grants to 8 organizations · largest $102K · through 2025 · 12.4% of their giving
$696K
34. Middlesex United Way Inc
16 grants to 5 organizations · largest $76K · through 2022 · 28.8% of their giving
$409K
35. Valley United Way Inc
28 grants to 5 organizations · largest $30K · through 2024 · 25.2% of their giving
$378K
36. United Way of Meriden & Wallingford Inc
16 grants to 6 organizations · largest $48K · through 2023 · 28.2% of their giving
$342K
37. United Way of Naugatuck and Beacon Falls Inc
31 grants to 6 organizations · largest $18K · through 2025 · 21.7% of their giving
$338K
38. Impact 100 Fairfield County
9 grants to 5 organizations · largest $110K · through 2024 · 21.2% of their giving
$332K
39. The Inner-City Foundation for Charity & Education Inc
15 grants to 11 organizations · largest $225K · through 2020 · 9.7% of their giving
$639K
40. Health Care Advocates International Inc
7 grants to 3 organizations · largest $110K · through 2023 · 17.7% of their giving
$347K
41. United Way of Milford Inc
12 grants to 3 organizations · largest $40K · through 2024 · 19.6% of their giving
$288K
42. Foundation For Excellence in Higher Education
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $332K · through 2025 · 3.8% of their giving
$1.4M
43. United Way of Northwest Connecticut Inc
11 grants to 5 organizations · largest $93K · through 2024 · 38.2% of their giving
$265K
44. Ridgefield Thrift Shop Inc
28 grants to 12 organizations · largest $28K · through 2024 · 13.5% of their giving
$379K
45. Western Connecticut Area Agency on Aging Inc
27 grants to 6 organizations · largest $134K · through 2024 · 4.5% of their giving
$964K
46. The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven
86 grants to 36 organizations · largest $305K · through 2024 · 1.3% of their giving
$2.2M
47. The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut Inc
21 grants to 21 organizations · largest $308K · through 2024 · 2.7% of their giving
$998K
48. The Southbury Training School Foundation Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $76K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$124K
49. United Way of Southington Inc
10 grants to 4 organizations · largest $32K · through 2024 · 55.6% of their giving
$120K
50. UA Legacy Fund Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $120K · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$120K

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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