Funding search · EIN 066079763 · Hartford, CT
Connecticut Bar Foundation
A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.
- 41
- grants reported
- $70.0M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $522,271
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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Funding pattern
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Top recipients
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- Connecticut Legal Services3 grants · $30.4M
- Greater Hartford Legal Aid3 grants · $15.1M
- New Haven Legal Assistance3 grants · $13.7M
- Center for Children'S Advocacy3 grants · $2.2M
- Statewide Legal Services3 grants · $2.2M
- Connecticut Veterans Legal Center3 grants · $2.1M
- Connecticut Legal Rights Project3 grants · $2.0M
- The Children'S Law Center of3 grants · $746,140
- Connecticut Fair Housing Center3 grants · $679,143
- Open Communities Alliance3 grants · $328,134
Giving over time
Grant history
All 41 reported grants, largest first.
- $11.3M
Connecticut Legal Services · Middletown, CT · 2024
To provide legal ser
- $9.6M
Connecticut Legal Services · Middletown, CT · 2023
To provide legal ser
- $9.4M
Connecticut Legal Services · Middletown, CT · 2022
To provide legal ser
- $5.5M
New Haven Legal Assistance · New Haven, CT · 2024
To provide legal ser
- $5.1M
Greater Hartford Legal Aid · Hartford, CT · 2023
To provide legal ser
- $5.0M
Greater Hartford Legal Aid · Hartford, CT · 2024
To provide legal ser
- $4.9M
Greater Hartford Legal Aid · Hartford, CT · 2022
To provide legal ser
- $4.1M
New Haven Legal Assistance · New Haven, CT · 2023
To provide legal ser
- $4.1M
New Haven Legal Assistance · New Haven, CT · 2022
To provide legal ser
- $916,349
Statewide Legal Services · Wethersfield, CT · 2024
To provide brief leg
- $860,754
Center for Children'S Advocacy · Hartford, CT · 2024
To provide legal ser
- $823,549
Connecticut Veterans Legal Center · West Haven, CT · 2024
To provide legal ser
- $794,441
Connecticut Legal Rights Project · Middletown, CT · 2024
To provide legal ser
- $779,726
Center for Children'S Advocacy · Hartford, CT · 2023
To provide legal ser
- $769,043
Statewide Legal Services · Wethersfield, CT · 2022
To provide brief leg
- $690,524
Connecticut Veterans Legal Center · West Haven, CT · 2022
To provide legal ser
- $669,025
Connecticut Legal Rights Project · Middletown, CT · 2023
To provide legal ser
- $580,544
Center for Children'S Advocacy · Hartford, CT · 2022
To provide legal ser
- $570,332
Connecticut Veterans Legal Center · West Haven, CT · 2023
To provide legal ser
- $550,675
Connecticut Legal Rights Project · Middletown, CT · 2022
To provide legal ser
- $522,271
Statewide Legal Services · Wethersfield, CT · 2023
To provide brief leg
- $295,382
The Children'S Law Center of · Hartford, CT · 2024
To provide legal ser
- $281,490
Connecticut Fair Housing Center · Hartford, CT · 2024
To provide legal ser
- $248,694
The Children'S Law Center of · Hartford, CT · 2023
To provide legal ser
- $246,266
Connecticut Fair Housing Center · Hartford, CT · 2023
To provide legal ser
- $202,064
The Children'S Law Center of · Hartford, CT · 2022
To provide legal ser
- $161,704
Lawyers for Children America · Hartford, CT · 2024
To provide legal ser
- $151,387
Connecticut Fair Housing Center · Hartford, CT · 2022
To provide legal ser
- $125,135
Open Communities Alliance · Hartford, CT · 2024
To provide legal ser
- $105,449
Open Communities Alliance · Hartford, CT · 2023
To provide legal ser
- $97,550
Open Communities Alliance · Hartford, CT · 2022
To provide legal ser
- $90,000
University of Connecticut School of · Hartford, CT · 2024
Scholarships for law
- $75,000
Integrated Refuge & Immigrant Servi · New Haven, CT · 2023
- $57,906
Lawyers for Children America · Hartford, CT · 2023
To provide legal ser
- $51,130
Lawyers for Children America · Hartford, CT · 2022
To provide legal ser
- $37,500
Integrated Refuge & Immigrant Servi · New Haven, CT · 2022
- $18,250
Community Partners in Action · Hartford, CT · 2023
Cif reentry award
- $11,024
Integrated Refuge & Immigrant Servi · New Haven, CT · 2024
- $10,000
Quinnipiac University School of Law · North Haven, CT · 2023
Scholarships for law
- $10,000
University of Connecticut School of · Hartford, CT · 2023
Scholarships for law
- $10,000
Yale Law School · New Haven, CT · 2023
Scholarships for law
Who else funds this kind of work
Same state
- Yale University1,336 grants · $494.6M
- Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation581 grants · $363.4M
- Dalio Family Fund502 grants · $220.1M
Similar purposes
- Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corp67 grants · $198.3M
- Hias120 grants · $161.7M
- Legal Services Corporation397 grants · $1.54B
Similar grant size
- The Andrew W Mellon Foundation2,231 grants · $1.59B
- The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley2,251 grants · $1.69B
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation13,441 grants · $18.24B
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