Connecticut · Public charity
Connecticut Foodshare Inc
The mission of the connecticut foodshare is to deliver an informed and equitable response to hunger by mobilizing community partners, volunteers, and supporters.
- $100M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 17
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 60
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 77%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $154k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $8,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $14,700
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 60
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $55M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 77% of the organizations Connecticut Foodshare Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 71% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 29% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $791k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
Human ServicesFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterEducationHealthReligionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 14 | $154k | 57% |
| FY2024 | 60 | $1.1M | 77% |
| FY2023 | 46 | $1.5M | 98% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $45k | n/a |
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What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
Food & Nutrition$2.5MHousing & Shelter$136kHuman Services$101kReligion$45kPublic Safety & Disaster$18kHealth$11kEducation$10k
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Access Agency Inc | $161,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Catholic Charities Inc Archdiocese of Hartford | $132,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The United Church of Christ | $126,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen Inc | $114,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Enfield Food Shelf Inc | $97,900 | 2 | 5% |
| Daily Bread An Ecumenical Food Pantry Inc | $95,500 | 2 | 12% |
| Covenant Soup Kitchen Inc | $90,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Nutrition Security Solutions Inc | $73,000 | 1 | 34% |
| Bridgeport Rescue Mission Inc | $68,000 | 2 | 0% |
| United States Catholic Conference | $67,500 | 2 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Access Agency Inc | $161,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Catholic Charities Inc Archdiocese of Hartford | $132,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The United Church of Christ | $126,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen Inc | $114,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Enfield Food Shelf Inc | $97,900 | 2 | 5% |
| Daily Bread An Ecumenical Food Pantry Inc | $95,500 | 2 | 12% |
| Covenant Soup Kitchen Inc | $90,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Nutrition Security Solutions Inc | $73,000 | 1 | 34% |
| Bridgeport Rescue Mission Inc | $68,000 | 2 | 0% |
| United States Catholic Conference | $67,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut | $66,700 | 2 | n/a |
| The Salvation Army | $59,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Community Dining Room Inc | $55,500 | 1 | 7% |
| St Vincent de Paul Place Norwich Inc | $54,300 | 2 | 1% |
| Hillside Food Outreach Inc | $54,000 | 1 | 5% |
| General Conference of Seventh Day Adventist | $47,800 | 1 | n/a |
| United Way of Southeastern Connecticut Inc | $45,000 | 1 | 0% |
| South Park Inn Inc | $44,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Greater Waterbury Interfaith Ministries Inc | $44,000 | 1 | n/a |
| End Hunger Connecticut Inc | $42,500 | 1 | n/a |
| St Vincent Depaul Middletown | $40,018 | 3 | 1% |
| Catholic Charities of Fairfield County Inc | $35,600 | 3 | 0% |
| Christian Love Center Church Incorporated | $35,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Wheat Inc | $35,500 | 1 | 15% |
| The Storehouse Project Inc | $33,800 | 1 | 6% |
| Walnut Hill Community Church | $32,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Breakthrough Church Inc | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Friendship Service Center Inc | $29,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Community Outreach Center | $27,400 | 1 | n/a |
| New Reach Inc | $27,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Beulah Heights Church | $23,900 | 2 | n/a |
| Community Health Services Inc | $23,400 | 1 | 0% |
| The General Council of the Assemblies of God | $23,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Southbend United Methodist Church | $21,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Nourish Bridgeport Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Canterbury Cares Food Bank | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The New London Community Meal Center Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 3% |
| House of Bread Inc | $19,900 | 1 | 1% |
| Association of Religious Communities Inc | $19,900 | 1 | 1% |
| The University of Bridgeport Inc | $19,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Shiloh Development Corporation | $19,700 | 1 | 9% |
| Hockanum Valley Community Council | $19,600 | 1 | 1% |
| Emanuel Lutheran Church | $18,200 | 2 | n/a |
| Hands on Hartford Inc | $16,300 | 2 | 0% |
| Sterling House Community Center Inc | $16,200 | 2 | 0% |
| Loaves and Fishes New Haven Inc | $15,100 | 1 | 4% |
| Shiloh Baptist Church | $15,100 | 2 | n/a |
| Klingberg Comprehensive Family Services Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Open Hearth Association | $14,700 | 1 | n/a |
| Glory Chapel | $14,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Seymour Oxford Food Bank Inc | $14,000 | 1 | 1% |
| St Vincent DePaul Mission of Bristol Inc | $14,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Housatonic Community College Foundation Inc | $14,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Alternative Services - Connecticut Inc | $13,600 | 1 | 0% |
| Missionary Society of Connecticut | $13,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Marlborough Food Bank Inc | $12,700 | 1 | n/a |
| Master's Manna Inc | $12,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Cathedral of Higher Praise Church of God of Prophecy Inc | $12,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Services Council of Woodbury Inc | $12,200 | 1 | 7% |
| Hebron Interfaith Human Services Inc | $11,200 | 1 | 5% |
| Community Health Resources Inc | $11,200 | 1 | 0% |
| Park City Initiative Corporation | $11,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Horace Bushnell Childrens Food Pantry | $10,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Caring for Bethlehem Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Friendly Hands Food Bank Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| New Horizons Living Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Goodwin University Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hope 4 Life of Connecticut Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Waterbury Baptist Ministries Inc | $9,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Iglesia Fuente de Salvacion Misionera Inc M I | $9,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Connecticut Partnership for Children Inc | $9,100 | 1 | 10% |
| Capital Foundation Inc | $9,100 | 1 | 2% |
| Community Kitchen of Northeastern Connecticut Inc | $9,000 | 1 | 13% |
| International Fellowship of Christian Assemblies | $8,700 | 1 | n/a |
| Windsor Food and Fuel Bank Inc | $8,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Alliance for Living Inc | $7,700 | 1 | 0% |
| The Community Action Agency of Western Connecticut Inc | $7,600 | 1 | 0% |
| Emergency Food Aid in Southbury | $7,500 | 1 | 2% |
| First Baptist Church of Stratford Agape Food Pantry | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | $7,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Asnuntuck Community - Technical College Foundation Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 4% |
| International Ministerial Association Inc | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chrysalis Center Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The University of Connecticut Foundation Inc | $6,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Mystic Congregational Church Inc | $6,400 | 1 | n/a |
| The Shoreline Soup Kitchens & Pantries Inc | $6,300 | 1 | 0% |
| Middlesex Community College Foundation Inc | $6,273 | 1 | 1% |
| Interfaith Human Services of Putnam | $6,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Soup Kitchen Incorporated | $6,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Epoch Arts Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Thompson Ecumenical Empowerment Group Inc | $5,810 | 1 | 0% |
| Walk of Faith Church of Christ Deciples of Christ | $5,800 | 1 | n/a |
| The Village for Families and Children | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
| New Life in Christ Church Inc | $5,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Three Rivers College Foundation | $5,400 | 1 | 1% |
| Gifts of Love Inc | $5,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Windham Region Chamber of Commerce Foundation | $5,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Jewish Family Service of Stamford Inc | $5,100 | 1 | 0% |
| New Haven Inner City Enrichment Center | $5,100 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($85k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Connecticut Foodshare Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 62 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 62.
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.
Liberty Bank Foundation IncCT49.2× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: Liberty Bank Foundation Inc · Hartford Foundation for Public Giving · Newalliance Foundation Inc · William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund · United Way Inc United Way of Cent & Ne Connecticut · Farmington Bank Community Foundation Inc · The Maximilian E and Marion O Hoffman Foundation Inc · Webster Bank Charitable Foundation · Eversource Energy Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven · Arbella Insurance Foundation · Aetna Foundation Inc
How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.
About Connecticut Foodshare Inc
- How much does Connecticut Foodshare Inc give?
- Connecticut Foodshare Inc reported 17 itemized grants totaling $154,100, out of $100,242,203 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 60 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does Connecticut Foodshare Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (88%), Housing & Shelter (5%), Human Services (4%).
- Who are Connecticut Foodshare Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Access Agency Inc ($162k), Catholic Charities Inc Archdiocese of Hartford ($132k), The United Church of Christ ($127k).
- Does Connecticut Foodshare Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 77% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Connecticut Foodshare Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Liberty Bank Foundation Inc, Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, Newalliance Foundation Inc.
- Where is Connecticut Foodshare Inc based?
- Connecticut Foodshare Inc is based in CT.
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