Foundations
Private foundations in Connecticut
1,543 private foundations based in Connecticut gave $3.3 billion in 30,832 grants in their latest year, and 326 of them accept applications.
Foundations that fund causes in Connecticut
These count grants to recipients in Connecticut, including from foundations based elsewhere.
Foundations by city in Connecticut
Also: Weston, Manchester, Redding, Enfield, Litchfield, Milford, New London, Salisbury, Trumbull, New Milford, Woodbridge, Groton, Norwich, Stonington, Avon, West Simsbury, Lakeville, Old Lyme, Wethersfield, Westbrook, Bloomfield, Torrington, Old Saybrook, Mystic, Cheshire, Meriden, Southington, Brookfield, Windsor, Easton.
Connecticut foundations that accept applications
- Boehringer Ingelheim Cares Foundation Inc · Ridgefield
Accepts applications $2.0 billion a year · typical grant $2.0 billion - Alexion Access Foundation · New Haven
Accepts applications $132 million a year · typical grant $10.8 million · Health - The Melville Charitable Trust Inc · New Haven
Accepts applications $24.1 million a year · typical grant $150,000 · Housing and homelessness - The FB Heron Foundation · New Haven
Accepts applications $16.3 million a year · typical grant $2,500 · Housing and homelessness - Ge Aerospace Foundation · Norwalk
Accepts applications $13.1 million a year · typical grant $429 · International - E Matilda Ziegler Foundation for the Blind · Greenwich
Accepts applications $9.9 million a year · typical grant $3.3 million · Disability - Eversource Energy Foundation Inc · Hartford
Accepts applications $7.1 million a year · typical grant $2,000 · Human services - Worldquant Foundation · Old Greenwich
Accepts applications $6.1 million a year · typical grant $30,000 · Education - Edward John Noble Foundation Inc · Greenwich
Accepts applications $5.5 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Education - William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund · Hamden
Accepts applications $5.1 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Education - Rhoda & David Chase Family Foundation Inc · Hartford
Accepts applications $4.5 million a year · typical grant $2,500 · Health - The Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research · New Haven
Accepts applications $4.5 million a year · typical grant $74,000 · Education - The Patrick and Catherine Weldon Donaghue Medical Research Foundation · West Hartford
Accepts applications $3.6 million a year · typical grant $155,610 · Health - Paul G Arpin Charitable Trust 000531 · Essex
Accepts applications $3.6 million a year · typical grant $7,000 - Mulberry Essence Foundation · Greenwich
Accepts applications $3.5 million a year · typical grant $5,200 · Education - American Savings Foundation Inc · New Britain
Accepts applications $3.4 million a year · typical grant $1,750 · Education - Silver Family Foundation · Darien
Accepts applications $3.2 million a year · typical grant $37,500 · Youth programs - Avangrid Foundation Inc · Orange
Accepts applications $3.2 million a year · typical grant $20,000 · Environment and conservation - John Brown Cook Foundation · Chester
Accepts applications $3.1 million a year · typical grant $150,000 · International - Connecticut Health Foundation Inc · Hartford
Accepts applications $3.1 million a year · typical grant $15,000 · Health - The Elinor Patterson Baker Foundation · Greenwich
Accepts applications $3.0 million a year · typical grant $3.0 million - The Fred C Gloeckner Foundation Inc · New Canaan
Accepts applications $3.0 million a year · typical grant $3.0 million · Science and research - Sullivan Foundation · West Hartford
Accepts applications $2.5 million a year · typical grant $6,000 · Education - The Pitney Bowes Foundation · Stamford
Accepts applications $2.3 million a year · typical grant $5,510 · Education - The Maximilian E and Marion O Hoffman Foundation Inc · West Hartford
Accepts applications $2.1 million a year · typical grant $19,000 · Education - Dellora A & Lester J Norris Foundation · Greenwich
Accepts applications $2.0 million a year · typical grant $2.0 million - The Riversville Foundation · Greenwich
Accepts applications $1.9 million a year · typical grant $136,000 · Education - Henry E Niles Foundation Inc · Southbury
Accepts applications $1.8 million a year · typical grant $1.8 million - Anne and Rollin Bates Foundation Inc · Hartford
Accepts applications $1.7 million a year · typical grant $30,000 · Health - SBM Charitable Foundation Inc · Manchester
Accepts applications $1.7 million a year · typical grant $9,000 · Education - The Goodnow Fund · Darien
Accepts applications $1.6 million a year · typical grant $5,000 · Health - Laura J Niles Foundation Inc · Southbury
Accepts applications $1.5 million a year · typical grant $1.5 million - Jeniam Foundation · Newtown
Accepts applications $1.5 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Environment and conservation - The Crew Family Foundation Inc · Plainville
Accepts applications $1.3 million a year · typical grant $15,000 · International - The Bondi Foundation · Greenwich
Accepts applications $1.3 million a year · typical grant $25,000 · Education - Beagary Charitable Trust · Brooklyn
Accepts applications $1.2 million a year · typical grant $9,500 · Arts and culture - Ifs Family Foundation Inc · Old Greenwich
Accepts applications $1.2 million a year · typical grant $20,000 · Education - Meriden Foundation · Waterbury
Accepts applications $1.2 million a year · typical grant $5,000 · Education - Tauck Family Foundation · Wilton
Accepts applications $1.2 million a year · typical grant $20,000 · Environment and conservation - The Robert & Margaret Patricelli Family Foundation · Simsbury
Accepts applications $1.2 million a year · typical grant $2,350 · Education - Barnes Aerospace Foundation Inc · Bristol
Accepts applications $1.1 million a year · typical grant $1.1 million - Newalliance Foundation Inc · New Haven
Accepts applications $1.1 million a year · typical grant $5,000 · Education - Adolph and Ruth Schnurmacher Foundation Inc · Westport
Accepts applications $1.1 million a year · typical grant $1.1 million - The Sheppard Foundation · Darien
Accepts applications $1.1 million a year · typical grant $128,434 - Leo Nevas Family Foundation Inc · Chester
Accepts applications $1.1 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Faith communities - J Walton Bissell Foundation Inc · West Harford
Accepts applications $1.1 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Education - Ion Bank Foundation Inc · Naugatuck
Accepts applications $1.0 million a year · typical grant $525 · Human services - Charitable Society in Hartford · Glastonbury
Accepts applications $1.0 million a year · typical grant $500 - Theodore A Rapp Foundation · Darien
Accepts applications $1.0 million a year · typical grant $25,000 · Education - B L Manger Foundation · Stamford
Accepts applications $864,200 a year · typical grant $15,500 · Faith communities
Largest foundations in Connecticut
- Boehringer Ingelheim Cares Foundation Inc · Ridgefield
Accepts applications $2.0 billion a year · typical grant $2.0 billion - Alexion Access Foundation · New Haven
Accepts applications $132 million a year · typical grant $10.8 million · Health - Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation Inc · Stamford
Preselected only $130 million a year · typical grant $100,000 · Veterans - Dalio Foundation Inc · Westport
Preselected only $50.9 million a year · typical grant $40,000 · Education - The Tow Foundation Inc · New Canaan
Preselected only $46.8 million a year · typical grant $100,000 · Education - Halvorsen Family Foundation · Stamford
Preselected only $34.5 million a year · typical grant $20,000 · Health - The Jane and Daniel Och Family Foundation · Greenwich
Preselected only $30.9 million a year · typical grant $15.4 million - The Zoom Foundation · Greenwich
Preselected only $30.4 million a year · typical grant $6.3 million - Cohen Veterans Network Inc · Stamford
Preselected only $24.2 million a year · typical grant $224,016 · Health - The Melville Charitable Trust Inc · New Haven
Accepts applications $24.1 million a year · typical grant $150,000 · Housing and homelessness - The Perrin Family Foundation · Old Greenwich
Preselected only $23.1 million a year · typical grant $11.6 million - Seedlings Foundation · Branford
Preselected only $22.6 million a year · typical grant $122,500 · Education - The Storr Family Foundation · Stamford
Preselected only $22.5 million a year · typical grant $7.5 million - Synchrony Foundation · Stamford
Preselected only $21.8 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Education - The FB Heron Foundation · New Haven
Accepts applications $16.3 million a year · typical grant $2,500 · Housing and homelessness - The Herb Chambers Charitable Foundation · Glastonbury
Preselected only $13.8 million a year · typical grant $6,000 · Health - Ge Aerospace Foundation · Norwalk
Accepts applications $13.1 million a year · typical grant $429 · International - The Leir Foundation Inc · Ridgefield
Preselected only $12.7 million a year · typical grant $3.5 million - Newman's Own Foundation · Westport
Preselected only $12.0 million a year · typical grant $25,000 · Youth programs - Aronson Family Foundation · Westport
Preselected only $11.1 million a year · typical grant $5.5 million · Faith communities - Lone Pine Foundation Inc · Greenwich
Preselected only $10.4 million a year · typical grant $10.4 million - Low Road Foundation · Sharon
Preselected only $9.9 million a year · typical grant $9.9 million - E Matilda Ziegler Foundation for the Blind · Greenwich
Accepts applications $9.9 million a year · typical grant $3.3 million · Disability - The HSCC Stone Family Foundation · Norwalk
Preselected only $8.9 million a year · typical grant $105,500 · Education - Leon Lowenstein Foundation Inc · Madison
Preselected only $8.3 million a year · typical grant $25,000 · Health - The Rutledge Family Foundation · Greenwich
Preselected only $7.6 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Education - The Grossman Family Foundation · Cos Cob
Preselected only $7.5 million a year · typical grant $7.5 million - The Harold W McGraw Jr Family Foundation Inc · Stamford
Preselected only $7.2 million a year · typical grant $404,436 · Education - Eversource Energy Foundation Inc · Hartford
Accepts applications $7.1 million a year · typical grant $2,000 · Human services - The Risc Foundation Inc · New Haven
Preselected only $6.8 million a year · typical grant $3.4 million · Community development - McChord Foundation · Norwalk
Preselected only $6.6 million a year · typical grant $130,000 · Arts and culture - Azcat Foundation · Greenwich
Preselected only $6.6 million a year · typical grant $6.6 million - Bemc Foundation · Greenwich
Preselected only $6.4 million a year · typical grant $3.2 million · Animals - Worldquant Foundation · Old Greenwich
Accepts applications $6.1 million a year · typical grant $30,000 · Education - JP Fletcher Foundation Inc · North Haven
Preselected only $6.1 million a year · typical grant $6.1 million - Jean and David W Wallace Foundation Inc · New Canaan
Preselected only $6.1 million a year · typical grant $75,000 · Education - Westwind Foundation · Norwalk
Preselected only $5.9 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Youth programs - Royce Family Fund Inc · Greenwich
Preselected only $5.9 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Arts and culture - The Bauer Family Foundation Inc · New Canaan
Preselected only $5.5 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Youth programs - Edward John Noble Foundation Inc · Greenwich
Accepts applications $5.5 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Education - The Martino Family Foundation Co Michael E Martino · New Canaan
Preselected only $5.4 million a year · typical grant $150,000 · Education - Blitzer Family Foundation · Old Greenwich
Preselected only $5.2 million a year · typical grant $100,000 · Education - Karin Bain and John Kukral Foundation · Old Greenwich
Preselected only $5.1 million a year · typical grant $23,750 · Education - The Selander Foundation · Greenwich
Preselected only $5.1 million a year · typical grant $242,500 · Health - William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund · Hamden
Accepts applications $5.1 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Education - Big Win Philanthropy Inc · Greens Farms
Preselected only $5.1 million a year · typical grant $84,000 · International - Wings for Things Foundation Inc · Sandy Hook
Preselected only $5.0 million a year · typical grant $100,000 · Food and hunger - Andrew J & Joyce D Mandell Family Foundation Inc · Newington
Preselected only $4.7 million a year · typical grant $25,000 · Education - Rhoda & David Chase Family Foundation Inc · Hartford
Accepts applications $4.5 million a year · typical grant $2,500 · Health - The Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research · New Haven
Accepts applications $4.5 million a year · typical grant $74,000 · Education
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