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Cause Human servicesState Connecticut497 funders

Foundations that fund human services in Connecticut

497 private foundations based in Connecticut with a return in the last two years gave $45.6 million to human services organizations in 1,650 grants. The median grant was $4,000, and 107 of these foundations accept applications.

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Foundations with a return in the last two years, each by its latest return (tax years 2023 to 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

Ranked by giving to human services

Top 50

Grants in each foundation’s latest return to organizations whose IRS category is human services.

  1. Seedlings FoundationBranford, CT · tax year 2025 10 grants Preselected only $5,635,000 to human services
  2. E Matilda Ziegler Foundation for the BlindGreenwich, CT · tax year 2024 1 grant Accepts applications $3,300,000 to human services
  3. Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation IncStamford, CT · tax year 2024 26 grants Preselected only $2,951,000 to human services
  4. The Tow Foundation IncNew Canaan, CT · tax year 2025 25 grants Preselected only $2,559,025 to human services
  5. Synchrony FoundationStamford, CT · tax year 2025 55 grants Preselected only $2,527,190 to human services
  6. Dalio Foundation IncWestport, CT · tax year 2024 16 grants Preselected only $1,802,850 to human services
  7. The Melville Charitable Trust IncNew Haven, CT · tax year 2024 6 grants Accepts applications $1,607,680 to human services
  8. The Bauer Family Foundation IncNew Canaan, CT · tax year 2025 2 grants Preselected only $1,325,000 to human services
  9. Cohen Veterans Network IncStamford, CT · tax year 2024 3 grants Preselected only $1,314,916 to human services
  10. GE Aerospace FoundationNorwalk, CT · tax year 2024 205 grants Accepts applications $1,275,602 to human services
  11. The Rutledge Family FoundationGreenwich, CT · tax year 2024 3 grants Preselected only $1,218,000 to human services
  12. The William Louis-Dreyfus FoundationWilton, CT · tax year 2024 1 grant Preselected only $1,162,500 to human services
  13. Jean and David W Wallace Foundation IncNew Canaan, CT · tax year 2025 1 grant Preselected only $1,000,000 to human services
  14. The Wild Gifting ProjectMiddletown, CT · tax year 2024 10 grants Preselected only $724,360 to human services
  15. Harold W McGraw III Foundation IncStamford, CT · tax year 2024 1 grant Preselected only $497,484 to human services
  16. The Tudor Foundation IncStamford, CT · tax year 2025 14 grants Preselected only $496,520 to human services
  17. Russo Foundation IncMiddletown, CT · tax year 2024 2 grants Preselected only $483,585 to human services
  18. The Prospector Foundation IncRidgefield, CT · tax year 2024 1 grant Preselected only $393,674 to human services
  19. Fred and Donna Nives FoundationStamford, CT · tax year 2025 3 grants Preselected only $350,000 to human services
  20. Andrew J & Joyce D Mandell Family Foundation IncNewington, CT · tax year 2025 1 grant Preselected only $350,000 to human services
  21. Viking Global Foundation IncStamford, CT · tax year 2024 36 grants Preselected only $336,655 to human services
  22. The ZelnickBelzberg Charitable TrustDarien, CT · tax year 2024 13 grants Preselected only $302,414 to human services
  23. American Savings Foundation IncNew Britain, CT · tax year 2025 12 grants Accepts applications $295,700 to human services
  24. The Edward and Mary Lord FoundationNorth Franklin, CT · tax year 2024 5 grants Preselected only $289,200 to human services
  25. Yvette & Arthur Eder Charitable Foundation TrustGuilford, CT · tax year 2025 1 grant Preselected only $280,000 to human services
  26. The Diebold Foundation IncRoxbury, CT · tax year 2025 4 grants Preselected only $257,849 to human services
  27. McChord FoundationNorwalk, CT · tax year 2024 1 grant Preselected only $250,000 to human services
  28. The Demattia Charitable Foundation IncFairfield, CT · tax year 2025 5 grants Preselected only $228,200 to human services
  29. The Harold W McGraw Jr Family Foundation IncStamford, CT · tax year 2024 2 grants Preselected only $227,955 to human services
  30. Connecticut Health Foundation IncHartford, CT · tax year 2024 15 grants Accepts applications $213,591 to human services
  31. Anne and Rollin Bates Foundation IncHartford, CT · tax year 2025 4 grants Accepts applications $212,500 to human services
  32. The Ohnell Family FoundationGreenwich, CT · tax year 2025 2 grants Preselected only $205,000 to human services
  33. Leonard Litz FoundationFairfield, CT · tax year 2024 7 grants Preselected only $204,000 to human services
  34. Joseph A Baloga TRGroton, CT · tax year 2025 2 grants Preselected only $199,000 to human services
  35. Berger Family Foundation IncRiverside, CT · tax year 2025 7 grants Preselected only $196,436 to human services
  36. The Robert and Judith Sturgis Family FoundationSimsbury, CT · tax year 2025 16 grants Accepts applications $186,630 to human services
  37. Leon Lowenstein Foundation IncMadison, CT · tax year 2025 8 grants Preselected only $182,500 to human services
  38. James P & Genevieve M McLaughlin Family FoundationFarmington, CT · tax year 2024 1 grant Accepts applications $170,000 to human services
  39. The Sassafras FoundationBranford, CT · tax year 2025 2 grants Preselected only $165,000 to human services
  40. Liberty Bank Foundation IncMiddletown, CT · tax year 2025 12 grants Preselected only $159,500 to human services
  41. Suzanne McGraw Foundation IncStamford, CT · tax year 2024 3 grants Preselected only $155,697 to human services
  42. Addison Hines Charitable TROxford, CT · tax year 2025 3 grants Preselected only $155,000 to human services
  43. Bimah FoundationGreenwich, CT · tax year 2024 2 grants Preselected only $152,000 to human services
  44. Ifs Family Foundation IncOld Greenwich, CT · tax year 2025 1 grant Accepts applications $150,000 to human services
  45. Bullfrogs & Butterflies FoundationNew Canaan, CT · tax year 2025 1 grant Preselected only $150,000 to human services
  46. The Imus Ranch IncDarien, CT · tax year 2025 1 grant Preselected only $150,000 to human services
  47. Kelsey-Naylor Family Foundation IncOld Lyme, CT · tax year 2025 2 grants Preselected only $150,000 to human services
  48. Grampy's CharitiesNew London, CT · tax year 2024 2 grants Preselected only $146,000 to human services
  49. Farmington Bank Community Foundation IncNewington, CT · tax year 2025 20 grants Accepts applications $142,050 to human services
  50. The Goodnow FundDarien, CT · tax year 2024 8 grants Accepts applications $140,500 to human services

Open to applications

25 foundations

The return gives an application contact and does not check the preselected-only box.

  1. E Matilda Ziegler Foundation for the BlindGreenwich, CT · tax year 2024 1 grant Accepts applications $3,300,000 to human services
  2. The Melville Charitable Trust IncNew Haven, CT · tax year 2024 6 grants Accepts applications $1,607,680 to human services
  3. GE Aerospace FoundationNorwalk, CT · tax year 2024 205 grants Accepts applications $1,275,602 to human services
  4. American Savings Foundation IncNew Britain, CT · tax year 2025 12 grants Accepts applications $295,700 to human services
  5. Connecticut Health Foundation IncHartford, CT · tax year 2024 15 grants Accepts applications $213,591 to human services
  6. Anne and Rollin Bates Foundation IncHartford, CT · tax year 2025 4 grants Accepts applications $212,500 to human services
  7. The Robert and Judith Sturgis Family FoundationSimsbury, CT · tax year 2025 16 grants Accepts applications $186,630 to human services
  8. James P & Genevieve M McLaughlin Family FoundationFarmington, CT · tax year 2024 1 grant Accepts applications $170,000 to human services
  9. Ifs Family Foundation IncOld Greenwich, CT · tax year 2025 1 grant Accepts applications $150,000 to human services
  10. Farmington Bank Community Foundation IncNewington, CT · tax year 2025 20 grants Accepts applications $142,050 to human services
  11. The Goodnow FundDarien, CT · tax year 2024 8 grants Accepts applications $140,500 to human services
  12. The Bondi FoundationGreenwich, CT · tax year 2025 2 grants Accepts applications $120,000 to human services
  13. Sullivan FoundationWest Hartford, CT · tax year 2025 3 grants Accepts applications $112,000 to human services
  14. Union Savings Bank Foundation IncDanbury, CT · tax year 2025 12 grants Accepts applications $111,300 to human services
  15. Tauck Family FoundationWilton, CT · tax year 2025 2 grants Accepts applications $111,000 to human services
  16. Ion Bank Foundation IncNaugatuck, CT · tax year 2025 42 grants Accepts applications $101,275 to human services
  17. Avangrid Foundation IncOrange, CT · tax year 2025 2 grants Accepts applications $100,000 to human services
  18. Newalliance Foundation IncNew Haven, CT · tax year 2025 15 grants Accepts applications $97,750 to human services
  19. J Walton Bissell Foundation IncWest Harford, CT · tax year 2024 7 grants Accepts applications $90,000 to human services
  20. William Caspar Graustein Memorial FundHamden, CT · tax year 2024 4 grants Accepts applications $87,500 to human services
  21. Chelsea Groton FoundationGroton, CT · tax year 2025 27 grants Accepts applications $84,464 to human services
  22. Myers L & Marilyn R Girsh Foundation IncNorwalk, CT · tax year 2025 5 grants Accepts applications $82,000 to human services
  23. Thomaston Savings Bank Foundation IncThomaston, CT · tax year 2025 28 grants Accepts applications $74,073 to human services
  24. SBM Charitable Foundation IncManchester, CT · tax year 2025 5 grants Accepts applications $70,500 to human services
  25. Howard & Bess Chapman Charitable CorpWest Hartford, CT · tax year 2024 1 grant Accepts applications $62,500 to human services