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Foundations for Connecticut Nonprofits
The Anna Fitch Ardenghi Trust supports the arts, culture, humanities, education, health, and human services in Connecticut.
The Thomas J. Atkins Memorial Trust Fund supports education, health, and human services in Middlesex County, Connecticut.
This is the corporate foundation of the aerospace and industrial company, Barnes Group. The foundation awards grants to Connecticut groups in the areas of education, healthcare, human services, basic needs, and the arts.
The Lena Benas Memorial Fund supports health and human services organizations in Litchfield, Connecticut and the surrounding communities.
Boehringer Ingelheim’s foundation, the BI Cares Foundation supports access to healthcare and STEM education in the Ridgefield, Connecticut area and throughout Connecticut.
The Bodenwein Public Benevolent Foundation supports Arts, culture, humanities, education, health, human services in the Greater New London area of Connecticut.
The Elizabeth Carse Foundation supports education, child welfare, and human services in Connecticut.
The Cheryl Chase and Stuart Bear Family Foundation primarily funds grantmaking related to education, youth, health, human services, arts, and Jewish causes.
The Rhoda and David Chase Family Foundation primarily funds grantmaking related to education, youth, health, arts, and Jewish causes.
The Sandra and Arnold Chase Family Foundation primarily funds grantmaking related to education, health, Jewish causes, human services, and the arts.
The Foster-Davis Foundation primarily funds grantmaking related to education, the environment, and health.
The Hascoe Charitable Foundation primarily funds grantmaking related to health, Jewish causes, arts, and education.
The Marion Isabell Coe Fund supports human services and housing programs in Connecticut.
The Connecticut Community Foundation supports 21 Connecticut towns in the areas of arts and culture, cradle to career, economic vitality, environment, grassroots leaders, healthy communities, older adults, Southbury, technology for organizations, and women and girls.
This community funder supports 42 communities in the eastern third of Connecticut. Topics of funding are youth, environment, animal welfare, and basic needs and rights.
This funder supports Central Connecticut in the areas of early childhood education, arts and culture, general education, economic and community development, and health and human services.
This well-established community funder supports 20 towns in Central Connecticut in the areas of arts and culture, basic needs, civic vitality, economic success, education, environment, health and wellness, and children and youth.
This health legacy funder is exclusively focused on Connecticut and supports programs for health coverage and access, advocacy and leadership, health and community, and the healthcare delivery system.
The George H.C. Ensworth Memorial Fund supports arts, culture, humanities, education, environment, health, human services, and religious causes in Glastonbury, Connecticut.
This Connecticut community funder supports youth career pathways, women and girls, economic security, arts and culture, and nonprofit capacity. It accepts letters of inquiry for the spring and fall grant cycles.
The Mr. & Mrs. William Foulds Family Foundation supports arts, culture, humanities, education, and human services in Manchester, Connecticut.
The Gawlicki Family Foundation provides grants to non-profits to transform innovative ideas into solutions for the community.
The R.S. Gernon Trust supports education, health, and human services nonprofits in Norwich, Connecticut.
The Grace Farms Foundation supports nature, arts, justice, community, and faith in Connecticut and beyond.
The William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund education, fighting racism, ending poverty and promoting societal equity in Connecticut.
The Harold & Rebecca H. Gross Foundation supports organizations that assist people with physical disabilities in Connecticut.
The Grossman Family Foundation supports children, neighborhoods, literacy, animals, and education in Connecticut.
The Halvorsen Family Foundation supports education, arts and culture, outdoor recreation, health and the environment in Connecticut.
This community funder supports a 29-town region around Hartford, Connecticut, in the areas of education, health, arts and culture, community and economic development, family and social services, summer programs, and the environment.
The Mabel F. Hoffman Charitable Trust supports education, health, and human services in and around Hartford, Connecticut.
The JCF supports Jewish learning, Jewish community outreach, seniors, and nonprofit capacity building within the state of Connecticut.
The David N. Lane Trust for Aged & Indigent Women supports health and human services programs for underserved older women in Fairfield and New Haven Counties in Connecticut.
The George A. & Grace L. Long Foundation supports arts, culture, humanities, education, health, and human services in Connecticut.
The Frank Loomis Palmer Fund supports arts, culture, humanities, education, health, and human services in New London, Connecticut.
The Katharine Matthies Foundation supports education, health, and human services in the Lower Naugatuck Valley of Connecticut.
This funder supports Meriden, Connecticut and the surrounding region in the areas of health, education, literacy, after-school programs, community development, neighborhoods, and people with special needs.
The Marjorie Moore Charitable Foundation supports arts, culture, humanities, education, environment, health, and human services in Kensington and Berlin, Connecticut.
This bank legacy funder supports 44 Connecticut communities in the areas of arts, community development, health and human services, youth and education, and literacy.
The NCCF supports 20 towns in Northwest Connecticut in the areas of hunger, homelessness, access to the arts, women and girls, youth, and human services.
The Charles Parker Trust for Public Music Fund supports the arts, culture, and humanities as they relate to music in New Britain, Connecticut.
The Evelyn W. Preston Memorial Fund supports music, arts, and culture in Hartford, Connecticut.
RISC Foundation
The RISC Foundation supports economic development in Connecticut.
The Sage Foundation supports education, arts and culture, health, safety and the environment in Connecticut and other places of interest to the Denning family.
This funder supports the Connecticut counties of Hartford, Tolland, and Windham in the areas of health, human services, education, housing, and the arts.
The Olga Sipolin Children's Fund supports education, health, and human services organizations in Connecticut.
The Andrew J. Sloper Musical Fund supports music organizations that serve the people of New Britain, Connecticut.
The Swindells Charitable Foundation supports health and human services organizations in Connecticut.
The Linford & Mildred White Charitable Fund supports education, health, and human services organizations in and around Waterbury, Connecticut.