GrantmakersConnecticut

Connecticut Grantmaking Charities Making Grants of $5,000 - $25,000

These 65 organizations are based in Connecticut and reported a median grant between $5,000 and $25,000 on their most recent Form 990 Schedule I filing. A typical grant is not a promise about any single gift -- some of an organization's grants are smaller than its median, some are larger -- but it is a reasonable signal for whether an application here fits the size of your ask.

65organizations in this range
$1.3Bgranted between them
8,850funding relationships mapped

A median grant in this range covers a meaningful program cost without asking for the multi-year commitment a capital campaign needs. A lot of general-operating and single-program requests land in this range.

Ordered by number of organizations funded, not by dollars -- the same convention as every list on this site. Funding more organizations means more turnover in who gets a grant each year, which is a reasonable proxy for how often a list like this one changes -- it is not a signal that any specific organization is open to a new, unsolicited applicant.

OrganizationBased inMedian grantOrganizationsTotal granted
Hartford Foundation for Public GivingHartford$20,0001,031$195.7M
Women's Business Development CouncilStamford$10,000806$14.8M
Fairfield County's Community FoundationNorwalk$20,000770$68.0M
Connecticut Humanities Council IncMiddletown$9,500748$55.2M
The Community Foundation for Greater NewNew Haven$15,000628$146.6M
Knights of Columbus Charitable Fund IncNew Haven$15,000500$121.3M
Knights of Columbus Charities IncNew Haven$17,379424$21.6M
The Connecticut Community FoundationWaterbury$13,384318$21.3M
National Charitable Endowment IncDarien$18,125295$30.5M
The Community Foundation of EasternNew London$16,000215$32.6M
Northwest Connecticut CommunityTorrington$20,000171$14.4M
New Canaan Community Foundation IncNew Canaan$12,500169$11.8M
Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford IncWest Hartford$15,000145$19.6M
Keep America Beautiful IncStamford$14,000110$3.3M
The Hometown Foundation IncCheshire$7,858104$5.4M
United Way of Greater New Haven IncNew Haven$20,000103$20.3M
Connecticut Foodshare IncWallingford$12,200100$390.3M
Jewish Foundation of Greater NewWoodbridge$13,00096$6.2M
Community Foundation of Greater NewNew Britain$12,33092$5.6M
The Petit Family Foundation IncPlainville$10,00092$2.5M
Charity Bridge FundWeston$7,96391$1.8M
Sustainable Ct IncBozrah$7,50081$1.2M
Wheeler Clinic IncPlainville$18,41980$7.1M
Yhb Charitable Endowment IncWest Hartford$15,00075$5.9M
Scus Head Start Programs IncFairfield$10,00566$2.0M
Community Foundation ofMiddletown$15,00064$3.7M
Main Street Community Foundation IncBristol$10,91060$3.5M
Connecticut Trust for HistoricHamden$9,00059$591K
Stamford Rotary Trust FundStamford$5,00059$959K
Greater Hartford Arts Council IncHartford$15,00059$2.9M
National Shooting Sports Foundation IncShelton$12,50056$2.7M
United Way of Greater WaterburyincWaterbury$23,45355$4.0M
Hartford HospitalHartford$15,00055$2.4M
The Valley Community Foundation IncDerby$19,50054$5.9M
American Eagle Financial Credit UnionEast Hartford$9,18752$613K
The Community Chest of New BritainNew Britain$11,50050$1.5M
Lyford Cay Foundation IncGreenwich$15,00048$1.4M
North Central Area Agency on AgingHartford$18,48347$10.9M
Ridgefield Thrift Shop IncRidgefield$12,00045$2.0M
The Guilford Foundation IncGuilford$17,65043$1.5M
Foundation for Community Health IncSharon$20,00041$3.3M
Foundations in Faith IncBridgeport$24,00040$7.4M
The Prosperity Foundation IncNew Haven$17,50038$2.5M
Amplify IncGlastonbury$7,14236$689K
Uja Federation of Greenwich IncGreenwich$17,58036$6.7M
Connecticut Network for Children andHartford$20,00035$1.6M
Society of Plastics Engineers IncDanbury$9,37534$692K
Western Connecticut Area AgencyWaterbury$19,50034$17.4M
Young Mens Christian Association ofWestport$10,00032$1.1M
Yale New Haven Health ServicesNew Haven$10,50032$3.8M
Knights of Columbus Charities USA IncNew Haven$9,00031$2.2M
Impact 100 Fairfield CountyGreenwich$20,00031$1.3M
Alden Charitable Foundation IncGuilford$10,00031$823K
Horizons National Student EnrichmentWestport$24,10529$2.1M
Trinity Health of New EnglandHartford$13,37529$737K
Health Care Advocates International LLCStratford$22,26029$1.2M
Northwest Ct Community Foundation TrustTorrington$7,50025$884K
Waterside School IncStamford$10,85624$595K
Saint Francis Hospital and MedicalHartford$16,00023$919K
Max Cares Foundation IncHartford$10,00022$446K
Chinuch Yehudi IncWaterbury$16,00021$1.2M
Connecticut Land Conservation Council IncMiddletown$10,82321$262K
United Jewish Federation StamfordStamford$23,20020$4.1M
New Haven Green Fund IncNew Haven$7,78320$200K
Equus Foundation IncWestport$5,77520$232K
Schedule I only reports grants over $5,000. Every median grant on this page describes the grants reported, not all of them, so the real typical grant is likely lower than shown. This is also why these figures cannot be compared to the private-foundation figures elsewhere on this site.

Foundations report their grants differently, so their median grants are not directly comparable to the ones on this page -- Form 990-PF has no reporting floor, so a private foundation's median reflects every grant it made, while the Schedule I figures on this page do not. See foundations in the same range anyway.

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