Funding search · workforce development · Connecticut
Who funds workforce development work in Connecticut
15 funders have a record of paying for workforce development work by Connecticut recipients: 122 grants totaling $13.0M, most recently in 2025 — mostly private foundations, plus grantmaking charities. The largest by matched giving are United Way of Greater New Haven ($1.0M), Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation ($1.3M) and The Near and Far Association ($243,000).
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.
United Way of Greater New HavenNew Haven, CTCharity · may take applications
18 matching grants · $1.0M · through 2024Largest: $236,669 to CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY ACTION — workforce development
Largest: $150,000 to CAREER RESOURCES INC — workforce development
The Near and Far AssociationSouthport, CTCharity · may take applications
19 matching grants · $243,000 · through 2023Largest: $25,000 to MERCY LEARNING CENTER — adult education and job training
The WorkplaceBridgeport, CTCharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $1.9M · through 2024Largest: $414,506 to CAPITAL WORKFORCE PARTNERS — job training & placement assistance to borrowers who have gone into mortgage foreclosure & who are unemployed or underemployed
Largest: $20,000 to HISPANIC COALITION OF GREATER WATERBURY INC — riba aspira for their workforce development: certified nurse aid training/childcare provider training
Largest: $12,000 to LITERACY VOLUNTEERS OF GREATER HARTFORD — adult literacy and job training
Largest: $5,000 to MANCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION — to support scholarships for low income and minority ct state manchester campus students who demonstrate the highest level of need, reside in a town within the newalliance foundatio…
Largest: $50,000 to CONNECTICUT CENTER FOR ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY (CONNCAT) — to support adult workforce development programs
Largest: $10,000 to ALL OUR KIN INC — workforce development and childcare
Largest: $4,000 to TEAM WOOFGANG & COMPANY — disabled vocational training
Largest: $720,934 to YALE UNIVERSITY — yale research initiative on innovation and scale, workforce development solutions at scale
Largest: $10,000 to GOODWIN UNIVERSITY (CT) — support for the workforce development programs
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