Connecticut · Public charity
Connecticut Bar Foundation
The CONNECTICUT BAR FOUNDATION is a non-profit organization established in 1952. The cbf's mission is to facilitate systemic change that advances civil justice for all, regardless of power or resources, to achieve a more just and equitable society. The cbf works to do this by stewarding funding, volunteers, programming, data, innovation,…
- $27M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $789,301
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $11,452,128
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 16
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $72M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Connecticut Bar Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 13 | $27M | 8% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $26M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $22M | 6% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $22M | 8% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $14M | 7% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $15M | 7% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $19M | 15% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $17M | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut Legal Services Inc | $82,735,041 | 9 | 78% |
| Greater Hartford Legal Aid Inc | $36,887,848 | 9 | 93% |
| New Haven Legal Assistance Association Inc | $32,331,524 | 9 | 85% |
| Center for Childrens Advocacy Inc | $5,996,657 | 9 | 30% |
| Connecticut Legal Rights Project Inc | $5,774,437 | 9 | 50% |
| Statewide Legal Services of Connecticut Inc | $3,940,287 | 9 | 20% |
| Connecticut Veterans Legal Center Inc | $3,645,269 | 9 | 45% |
| Connecticut Fair Housing Center Inc | $2,751,496 | 9 | 27% |
| Children's Law Center Inc | $2,083,198 | 9 | 20% |
| Open Communities Alliance Inc | $740,886 | 6 | 9% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut Legal Services Inc | $82,735,041 | 9 | 78% |
| Greater Hartford Legal Aid Inc | $36,887,848 | 9 | 93% |
| New Haven Legal Assistance Association Inc | $32,331,524 | 9 | 85% |
| Center for Childrens Advocacy Inc | $5,996,657 | 9 | 30% |
| Connecticut Legal Rights Project Inc | $5,774,437 | 9 | 50% |
| Statewide Legal Services of Connecticut Inc | $3,940,287 | 9 | 20% |
| Connecticut Veterans Legal Center Inc | $3,645,269 | 9 | 45% |
| Connecticut Fair Housing Center Inc | $2,751,496 | 9 | 27% |
| Children's Law Center Inc | $2,083,198 | 9 | 20% |
| Open Communities Alliance Inc | $740,886 | 6 | 9% |
| Lawyers for Children America Inc | $693,684 | 9 | 17% |
| Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services | $123,524 | 3 | 0% |
| The Center for Family Justice Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Community Partners in Action Inc | $66,942 | 2 | 0% |
| Quinnipiac University | $60,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Victim Rights Center of Connecticut Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($170k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Connecticut Bar Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 7 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 16 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven · Hartford Foundation for Public Giving · Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · Connecticut Legal Services Inc · The Connecticut Community Foundation · J Walton Bissell Foundation Inc · Connecticut Health Foundation Inc · United Way Inc United Way of Cent & Ne Connecticut · William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund · Aetna Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Connecticut Bar Foundation
- How much does Connecticut Bar Foundation give?
- Connecticut Bar Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $26,602,458 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 16 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Connecticut Bar Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (99%), Civil Rights (1%), Education (0%).
- Who are Connecticut Bar Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Connecticut Legal Services Inc ($83M), Greater Hartford Legal Aid Inc ($37M), New Haven Legal Assistance Association Inc ($32M).
- Does Connecticut Bar Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Connecticut Bar Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc.
- Where is Connecticut Bar Foundation based?
- Connecticut Bar Foundation is based in CT.
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