Funding search · environmental justice · Connecticut
Who funds environmental justice work in Connecticut
8 funders have a record of paying for environmental justice work by Connecticut recipients: 13 grants totaling $3.8M, most recently in 2025 — mostly private foundations, plus grantmaking charities. The largest by matched giving are Barr Foundation ($375,000), The JPB Foundation ($3.3M) and The Heinz Endowments ($75,000).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to Connecticut recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
Largest: $125,000 to (571) NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES OF NEW HAVEN INC — to support neighborhood housing services of new haven's energy and environmental justice policy education efforts in connecticut
Largest: $1.6M to YALE UNIVERSITY — sustainability, diversity, and environmental justice
Largest: $45,000 to YALE UNIVERSITY — to expand coverage of environmental justice and public health issues
Largest: $25,000 to Yale University Center for Environmental Justice — ai initiative, ask ej, which will help provide tools as organizations respond quickly to environmental harm
The Prosperity FoundationNew Haven, CTCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $13,728 · through 2023Largest: $6,864 to HUNEEBEE PROJECT INC — thuneebee project is a non-profit social enterprise in connecticut with a dual mission of providing job-skills training and employment opportunities to youth with child protective …
Largest: $25,000 to CONNECTICUT ROUNDTABLE ON CLIMATE AND JOBS — to support the organization's mission to build alliances among diverse constituencies to combat climate change, create jobs and promote racial, economic and environmental justice.
Largest: $5,000 to YALE SCHOOL OF THE ENVIRONMENT — yale center for environmental justice
Largest: $5,000 to SAVE THE SOUND — to support public education and outreach related to preserving six lakes in the environmental justice community of newhall, a predominantly black, low-income neighborhood in hamden…
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