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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “connecticut”
Where the money went
Largest: $4,000 to UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT ITF ROSHI — scholarship program - scholarship
The Community Foundation for Greater NewNew Haven, CTCharity · may take applications
273 matching grants · $51.3M · through 2024Largest: $15,150 to CONNECTICUT COLLEGE — to be awarded annually to one or more girls, preferably from the new haven area, to be selected by the scholarship committee of connecticut college in new london, connecticut, or i…
Connecticut Humanities CouncilMiddletown, CTCharity · may take applications
166 matching grants · $13.7M · through 2024Largest: $196,600 to CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETY — connecticut cultura
Hartford Foundation for Public GivingHartford, CTCharity · may take applications
148 matching grants · $14.3M · through 2024Largest: $51,250 to CONNECTICUT PUBLIC AFFAIRS NETWORK INC DBA THE CONNECTICUT DEMOCRACY CE — arts and culture
Largest: $7,000 to GIRL SCOUTS OF CONNECTICUT INC — summer camp scholarships for girls in connecticut
Largest: $37,500 to CONNECTICUT NEWS PROJECT INC — to support the mirrors health policy coverage which will raise awareness and deepen understanding of challenges and opportunities related to health care quality, affordability, acc…
Fairfield County'S Community FoundationNorwalk, CTCharity · may take applications
71 matching grants · $3.8M · through 2024Largest: $341,070 to CENTRAL CONNECTICUT COAST YMCA — for general support
The Connecticut Community FoundationWaterbury, CTCharity · may take applications
74 matching grants · $1.3M · through 2024Largest: $19,400 to CONNECTICUT COMMUNITY CARE INC — bbs2025: connecticut healthy living collective
Largest: $100,000 to CONNECTICUT NEWS PROJECT — connecticut (ct) mirror
The Connecticut ProjectNew Haven, CTCharity · may take applications
52 matching grants · $7.1M · through 2024Largest: $125,000 to CONNECTICUT VOICES FOR CHILDREN — research grant to support the creation of a "guide to understanding and eliminating child poverty in connecticut"
Largest: $87,500 to CONNECTICUT JUSTICE ALLIANCE — connecticut justice alliance, justice advisors and #investinmect
Yale UniversityNew Haven, CTCharity · may take applications
34 matching grants · $8.6M · through 2024Largest: $818,753 to VA CONNECTICUT RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION — subaward - sponsored research
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →