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Connecticut Humanities Council Inc

Connecticut humanities champions the enduring value of public humanities in our lives and civil society. Through grant funding and capacity building, cth strives to ensure the public humanities will continue to inspire storytelling, lifelong learning, informed public dialogue, and civic engagement in ways that strengthen communities and…

$1.3M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
40
Itemized grants FY2025
73
Organizations funded FY2024
8%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$1.1M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$20,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$100,000
Organizations funded a year
19 to 683
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$2.8M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 8% of the organizations Connecticut Humanities Council Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $78k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesEnvironmentCommunity ImprovementOther
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 yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving36$1.1M19%
FY202473$12M8%
FY2023683$21M21%
FY2022587$20M88%
FY202161$1.9M52%
FY202040$805k60%
FY201919$488k37%
FY201822$467kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$43MEnvironment$7.0MAnimals$3.0MScience & Tech$1.5MPublic Benefit$709kHousing & Shelter$558kHealth$529kEducation$460kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 756 grantees
All grantees of Connecticut Humanities Council Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Sea Research Foundation Inc$6,050,00039%
The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk Inc$5,825,655417%
Mystic Seaport Museum Inc$3,827,31779%
Connecticut Science Center Inc$3,095,255414%
Connecticut Zoological Societyinc$3,037,600328%
THE CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETY Connecticut Museum of Culture & History$1,299,005820%
Connecticut League of History Organizations$1,201,088729%
The Connecticut Democracy Center Inc$1,095,617829%
Connecticut Public Broadcasting Inc$821,13552%
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art$748,80578%
Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation$665,1854n/a
Goodspeed Opera House Foundation Inc$498,80023%
Florence Griswold Museum Inc$456,17182%
New Britain Museum of American Art Inc$424,43553%
Hartford Stage Company Inc$410,50032%
The University of Connecticut Foundation Inc$403,47730%
Connecticut Arts Alliance Inc$392,500494%
The Ridgefield Playhouse for Movies and the Performing Arts Inc$387,40023%
Hartford Symphony Orchestra Inc$380,10025%
Connecticut Aeronautical Historical Association Inc$373,47356%
Stepping Stones Museum for Children Inc$365,78341%
Bruce Museum Inc$362,19842%
Stamford Museum & Nature Center Inc$356,15534%
New Haven International Festival of Arts and Ideas Inc$340,45464%
Greenwich Historical Society Inc$331,39574%
Everyday Democracy Inc$321,73849%
Connecticut Explored Inc$296,269462%
The Antiquarian & Landmarks Society Inc$277,63447%
New Haven Center for Performing Arts Inc$274,60022%
Earthplace Inc$270,34734%
Fairfield Historical Society Dba Fairfield Museum$266,32977%
The Mark Twain Memorial$265,31355%
The Children's Museum Inc$264,74335%
Fairfield Theatre Company Inc$238,20024%
The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum Inc$228,95755%
Southeastern Connecticut Cultural Coalition$222,450323%
Theaterworks Inc$220,70027%
Mattatuck Historical Society$214,70572%
Norwalk Seaport Association Inc$210,522321%
The Connecticut River Foundation at Steamboat Dock Inc$203,54654%
The Connecticut Forum Inc$202,927410%
Art Council of Greater New Haven Inc$199,28535%
Litchfield Historical Society$195,42649%
Silvermine Guild of Artists Inc$195,00035%
The Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center Inc$194,20033%
Pilobolus Inc$190,70025%
Yale-China Association Inc$182,00028%
Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center$180,17857%
National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Connecticut$169,36263%
Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum of Norwalk Inc$167,94765%
Neighborhood Music School Inc$166,60013%
Harriet Beecher Stowe Center Inc$165,64775%
Lyme Academy of Fine Arts$164,90025%
Mystic Museum of Art Inc$161,78644%
Nutmeg Conservatory for the Arts Inc$159,70025%
Act of Connecticut$157,90024%
New Haven Colony Historical Society$155,81543%
Pequot Library Association$149,62737%
Orchestra Lumos Inc$145,30025%
Hill-Stead Museum$144,79163%
KidsPlay Childrens Museum Inc$144,72436%
The Connecticut Players Foundation Inc D/B/A Long Wharf Theatre$144,40013%
Westport Country Playhouse Inc$143,92943%
Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County Inc$140,763229%
Harriet U Allyn Testamentary Trust$139,59653%
Downtown Cabaret Theatre of Bridgeport$136,20026%
Cultural Alliance of Western Connecticut Inc$135,000242%
Connecticut Electric Railway Association Incorporated$134,372410%
Connecticut Heritage Foundation$133,750367%
The Institute for American Indian Studies$130,46059%
Moca Ct Inc$128,79034%
Eli Whitney Museum Inc$127,18035%
Keeler Tavern$126,73848%
Avon Theatre Film Center Inc$124,22735%
Eugene O'Neill Memorial Theater Center Inc$120,50012%
Bartlett Arboretum Association Inc$117,40025%
Stonington Historical Society Inc$117,34656%
Wethersfield Historical Society$115,430411%
Wilton Historical Society Inc$112,326413%
Kidcity Inc$111,32729%
Norwalk Historical Society Inc$110,975426%
Artspace Inc$108,10258%
Prospects Opportunity and Enrichment Inc$107,70012%
Northwest Connecticut Arts Council Inc$106,100219%
Westport Historical Society Inc$104,082415%
New Britain Institute$103,09131%
The Chamber of Commerce Foundation of Greater Waterbury Ct Inc$100,000219%
Greater Hartford Arts Council Inc$100,00022%
Shoreline Arts Alliance Inc$100,000217%
Branford Electric Railway Assoc Inc$94,17336%
Railroad Museum of New England Inc$91,950230%
Connecticut Center for Arts & Technology$91,10017%
Curtain Call Inc$90,50025%
The Discovery Museum Inc$89,17123%
The New Canaan Historical Society Inc$88,32739%
Klein Memorial Auditorium Foundationinc$85,30024%
The Barnum Museum Foundation Inc$84,92635%
New England Carousel Museum Inc$84,43447%
Mystic Ballet Inc$81,30023%
The Guilford Art Center Inc$80,20025%
Newtown Childrens Museum Inc$76,85027%
New Haven Symphony Orchestra Inc$75,70022%
4-H Education Center at Auerfarm Inc$75,70024%
Uru the Right to Be Inc$74,300211%
Creative Arts Workshop Inc$72,20028%
Neighborhood Studios of Fairfield County Inc$71,30025%
Tri-State Center for the Arts Inc$71,30025%
New Haven Ballet$71,10025%
Hartford Performs Inc$70,20025%
Weston Historical Society Inc$69,500340%
Arts for Learning Connecticut$68,80023%
Music Haven Inc$66,10025%
Kids Empowered by Your Support Inc$66,00025%
Waterbury Symphony Orchestra Inc$65,50024%
Darien Arts Center Inc$64,40026%
Wall Street Theater Company Inc$63,60023%
Connecticut Council for the Social Studies Inc$63,100314%
Music Theatre of Ct Inc$63,00026%
East Haddam Historical Society Inc$62,731420%
The Windsor Historical Society of Windsor Conn Inc$62,06247%
The Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra Incorporated$61,50026%
Friends of the Levitt Pavilion Inc$61,20023%
Best Video Film and Cultural Center$60,898224%
The Amistad Center for Art & Culture Inc$60,82735%
The Naugatuck Historical Society$60,80036%
Eastern Connecticut Ballet Inc$60,10026%
Summer Theatre of New Canaan Inc$58,60025%
Children's Museum of Southeastern Connecticut Inc$58,50025%
The Housing Collective Inc$58,46020%
Town of Newtownedmond Town Hall$57,9002n/a
American Clock and Watch Museuminc$57,29033%
New London Maritime Society Inc$56,848310%
Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation Inc$55,88932%
Connecticut Storytelling Center Inc$55,300411%
After School Arts Program Inc$55,20026%
The Family Center Inc$54,89831%
Ridgefield Historical Society Inc$54,461211%
Greenwich Symphony Orchestra Inc$54,40023%
Danbury Railway Museum Inc$53,65537%
Lutz Children's Museum Inc$53,61327%
Ballet Theatre Company$53,40025%
The Community Music School Inc$53,40027%
Intempo Organization Inc$53,30023%
India Cultural Center of Greenwich Inc$52,60037%
Noah Webster House Inc$52,51033%
Five Points Center for the Visual Arts Inc$51,90024%
Connecticut Ballet Inc$51,60026%
Torrington Historical Society$51,20035%
Submarine Force Library & Museum Association Inc$49,70027%
Bill Memorial Library$49,29937%
WPKN Incorporated$48,80027%
Thames River Heritage Park Foundation Inc$48,39939%
Artists for World Peace Inc$48,10024%
Connecticut Womens Hall of Fame Inc$47,40028%
Center for Contemporary Printmaking$47,300213%
American Mural Project Inc$47,20024%
Oddfellows Playhouse$47,10026%
Center Stage Theatre Inc$46,80024%
Black Infinity Collective Inc$46,50025%
Greenwich Arts Council Inc$46,40027%
Greater Bridgeport Symphony Society Inc$46,00026%
The Elm Shakespeare Company$45,50025%
Fairfield University$45,49720%
Justice Dance Performance Project Inc$45,40026%
Yellow Farmhouse Education Center Inc$44,93037%
Wesleyan Potters Incorporated$44,90026%
Music Mountain Incorporated$44,10026%
Connecticut Daughters of the American Revolution$43,93936%
The Watershed History Collective Inc$43,511217%
The Salisbury Association Inc$43,40022%
Gunn Memorial Library Inc$43,22732%
Deep River Historical Society Incorporated$43,099426%
Greater Connecticut Youth Orchestras Inc$43,00025%
Creative Connections Inc$42,90028%
Artreach Inc$42,70026%
Brookfield Craft Center Inc$42,70026%
Simsbury Performing Arts Center Inc$42,60024%
Landmark Community Theatre Inc$42,30025%
Farmington Valley Arts Center Inc$42,30025%
Danbury Museum & Historical Society Authority$41,3273n/a
World Affairs Council of Connecticut Inc$41,00026%
Simsbury Historical Society Inc$40,884225%
Farmington Village Green & Library Association Inc$40,38721%
Bridgeport Downtown Special Service$40,0002n/a
Sharon Historical Society Inc$39,82946%
Stonington Village Improvement Assoc Inc$39,70029%
Real Art Ways Inc$39,61221%
Little Theatre of Manchester Inc$39,30025%
Norwich Historical Society Inc$39,255314%
Lebanon Historical Society$39,00034%
The Norwalk Symphony Society Inc$38,90025%
Danbury Music Centre$38,90026%
Avery Copp Museum$38,811216%
I-Park Foundation Inc$38,00026%
Shakesperience Productions Inc$37,40026%
Shakespeare on the Sound Inc$37,40026%
The Legacy Theatre Inc$37,30022%
Southington Community Cultural Arts Inc$37,00027%
102nd Infantry Regiment Museum Inc$36,9003n/a
Chamberlin Mill Inc$36,6002n/a
Darien Historical Society$36,300211%
Lyme Art Association Inc$36,30024%
Boothe Memorial Railway Society$35,4003n/a
The Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra Inc$35,30026%
Ecsu Foundation Inc$35,00011%
Suzuki Music School of Westport Inc$35,00013%
Connecticut Ballet School$34,90025%
Hygienic Art Inc$34,50027%
James Baldwin Project Inc$34,200176%
Washington Art Association Incorporated$34,20022%
Westport School of Music$33,40029%
The Maurice C la Grua Center$33,40026%
Fairfield County Children's Choir Inc$33,30025%
Project Music Inc$33,00026%
Salt Marsh Opera Company$33,00027%
The Norwalk Youth Symphony Inc$32,80027%
Waterbury Ballet Company$32,80027%
Town of Guilford$32,7172n/a
Southington Public Library$32,6792n/a
Mather Homestead Foundation$31,95026%
Rowayton Arts Center$31,70026%
Hartford Artisans Weaving Center Inc$31,70027%
West Hartford Art League Inc$31,70026%
Village Center for the Arts Inc$31,40026%
Ridgefield Workshop for the Performing Arts Inc$31,30022%
Madison Historical Society Inc$31,000210%
The Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford Inc$30,600215%
Musical Masterworks Inc$30,60026%
Ancient Burying Ground Association Inc$30,300315%
Mary and Eliza Freeman Center for History and Community$30,000211%
Kent Historical Society Inc$29,800220%
First Night Hartford Inc$29,699310%
Town of Hamden Ct$29,2002n/a
Cornwall Historical Society Inc$28,986221%
Crystal Theatre Inc$28,70026%
Newington Childrens Theatre Company$28,70025%
Cinestudio Inc$28,70026%
New Haven Festivals Inc$28,50024%
Board of Management of Harrybrooke Park$28,40024%
Queen Ann Nzinga Center Inc$28,199311%
Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development$27,8862n/a
Essex Historical Society$27,720214%
New London County Historical Societ$27,400223%
Bated Breath Theatre Company$27,400211%
Whitneyville Cultural Commons Inc$27,30025%
BACKCOUNTRY CONCERTS INC dba BACKCOUNTRY JAZZ$27,20027%
The Last Green Valley Inc the Last Green Valley Inc$27,20013%
Hartford Chorale Inc$27,00027%
The Riseup Group Inc$26,40022%
Project Music Heals US Inc$26,30026%
Dudley Foundation Inc$26,20029%
7th Regiment Youth Performing Arts Organization Inc$26,000235%
Immigrant History Initiative Incorporated$25,800215%
Westport Cinema Initiative$25,5002n/a
Windham Textile and History Museum Inc$25,50029%
Darien Community Association Inc$25,40012%
Alliance Francaise of Greenwich Inc$25,30026%
Meriden Historical Society Inc$25,10025%
New Haven Chorale Inc$25,10026%
The Ccsu Foundation Inc$25,01020%
City Lights & Company$25,00025%
Manchester Public Schools$25,0001n/a
Riverfront Recapture Inc$25,00011%
Garde Arts Center Inc$24,99911%
Southern Connecticut State University Foundation Inc$24,98211%
The Whitney Players Inc$24,90027%
Witness Stones Project Inc$24,700212%
Washington Park Foundation Inc$24,70025%
Flock Theatre$24,700211%
Stratford Historical Society$24,69337%
New Canaan Society for the Arts Inc$24,500210%
Woodstock Academy$24,40010%
Westville Village Renaissance Alliance Inc$24,30027%
Windham Area Arts Collaborative Inc$24,2002n/a
Fairfield Center Stage Inc$24,20028%
Conversations on the Greeninc$24,00023%
Historical Society of Glastonbury Inc$23,70028%
Connecticut Choral Artists Inc$23,70028%
Arts Escape Inc$23,500212%
Amity & Woodbridge Historical Society Incorporated$23,4002n/a
Amity Teen Center Inc$23,30026%
Godfrey Memorial Library$23,30027%
Oxford Historical Society Inc$23,2002n/a
Society of The Founders of Norwich CT Inc$23,200231%
Joyful Noise Inc$23,10029%
Green Planet Films Inc$23,100212%
Wallingford Historic Preservation Trust$23,000231%
Cast Inc$23,00027%
Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation Inc$22,90025%
New Haven Preservation Trust Incorporated$22,90028%
Charter Oak Temple Restoration Assoc D/B/A Charter Oak Cultural Center$22,72712%
Palestine Museum US Corporation$22,70026%
Theatreworks New Milford$22,500210%
Housatonic Community College Foundation Inc$22,50012%
Greenwich Choral Society Inc$22,30026%
Greenwich Art Society Inc$22,10025%
Sankofa Kuumba Cultural Arts Consortium$22,100332%
Spectrum in Motion Dance Theater Ensemble Inc$21,80028%
Cheshire Historical Society$21,8002n/a
Western Connecticut Youth Orchestra Inc$21,80026%
Manchester Historical Society Inc$21,50025%
Newtown Historical Society Inc$21,400254%
Jib Productions Inc$21,30028%
Sonia Plumb Dance Company Inc$21,200211%
Crescendo Inc$21,20029%
Haddam Historical Society Inc$20,900211%
Middlesex County Historical Society$20,90029%
Friends of Boothe Park Inc$20,9002n/a
Town of Windsor$20,7001n/a
The Writer's Block Ink Inc$20,40027%
Connecticut Hurricanes Drum & Bugle Corps Inc$20,40026%
Kidz Konnection Inc$20,30027%
Mansfield Historical Society Inc$20,26025%
Young Men's Institute Library$20,20025%
Cuatro Puntos Inc$20,100227%
New Haven Gay and Lesbian Community Center Inc$20,00022%
Discovering Amistad Inc$20,00012%
African American Society 024$20,000138%
Essex Winter Series Inc$19,900210%
Chester Historical Society$19,90025%
Friends of Madison Youth Inc$19,80024%
The Stamford Historical Society Inc$19,800210%
Foundation for Diversity in the Art$19,70029%
Act Up Theater Inc$19,50025%
The Denison Society Inc$19,40026%
The Ballet School of Stamford$19,40025%
Music on the Hill Inc$19,30024%
Arts Center at Killingworth Inc$19,20028%
Greater Middletown Chorale$19,20027%
Charter Oak Performing Arts Inc$19,20029%
University of Hartford$19,18210%
Monk Youth Jazz and Steam Collective Inc$19,1752n/a
New Britain Symphony Society Inc$19,100212%
The Norwich Free Academy$19,08520%
Night Fall Inc$19,000210%
Thrown Stone Theatre Company$18,70026%
Ridgefield Conservatory of Dance Inc$18,60013%
Expressiones Cultural Center Inc$18,40026%
Madison Lyric Stage$18,30026%
Ridgefield Guild of Artists$18,30026%
Hartford Jazz Society Inc$18,30029%
The Opera House Players Inc$18,20023%
Old Saybrook Historical Society$18,20026%
Festival 52 Foundation Inc$18,1002n/a
Connecticut Lyric Opera Inc$18,000215%
Vernon Community Arts Center Inc$18,00029%
New England Dance Theater Inc$18,000214%
Epoch Arts Inc$17,90027%
Black Rock Theater Corporation$17,80013%
Wethersfield Academy for the Arts Inc$17,700210%
Opera Theater of Connecticut Inc$17,70027%
Norwich Arts Center Inc$17,500211%
Open Arts Alliance Inc$17,40024%
The Jewish Community Center in Sherman Inc$17,400212%
The Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut$17,4001n/a
New London Landmarks Inc$17,30028%
Simsbury Free Library$17,300214%
Watertown Historical Society Inc$17,200211%
Bantam Cinema & Arts Center Inc$17,10022%
VOCE Inc$17,10028%
Derby Historical Society$17,10027%
New Milford Historical Society Inc$17,100214%
Sherman Chamber Ensemble Inc$17,00028%
Wallingford Public Access Association Inc$17,00026%
Orchestra New England$16,80027%
Durham Public Library$16,7502n/a
Shelton Historical Society Inc$16,70027%
Buttonwood Tree Performing Arts Center Inc$16,700210%
Friends of John Slade Ely House of Contemporary Art$16,600211%
New Haven Folk Inc$16,60027%
Blue Slope Country Museum Inc$16,5002n/a
Arts & Crafts Association of Meriden$16,30026%
Con Brio Choral Society Inc$16,20029%
Highland Green Foundation Inc$16,10022%
Beechwood Arts Inc$16,100219%
Farmington Historical Society Incorporated$16,10029%
Brookfield Theatre for the Arts Inc$16,10028%
New Britain Youth Theater Inc$16,0002n/a
Arts in Ct$16,00024%
The Norwalk Art Space Inc$15,90011%
Ballet Hartford Inc$15,90025%
Seabury Society for the Glebe House Inc$15,90029%
The Ridgefield Chorale$15,800212%
Musicals at Richter Inc$15,70027%
Greater Bristol Historical Society$15,700213%
Hartbeat Ensemble Inc$15,50013%
Historic Rowayton Inc$15,500222%
Pantochino Productions Inc$15,4002n/a
The Guilford Keeping Society$15,300211%
Town Players of New Canaan Inc$15,30026%
Connecticut Early Music Society Inc$15,30028%
Chestnut Hill Concerts Inc$15,20029%
1214 Foundation Inc$15,2001n/a
Colonel Daniel Putnam Association I$15,100227%
Vintage Radio & Communications Museum of Ct$15,10029%
Windsor Art Center Inc$15,000213%
Nice Inc$15,00025%
Hole in the Wall Company$14,900210%
Almira Stephan Memorial Playhouse Inc$14,9002n/a
Albert Schweitzer Organ Festival Inc$14,800213%
Site Projects Inc$14,800217%
Valley Shakespeare Festival$14,80028%
Kent Art Association Inc$14,700216%
Hamden Historical Society Inc$14,7002n/a
Out Film CT Inc$14,700212%
East Coast Contemporary Ballet Company$14,600211%
Sherman Players Inc$14,400212%
Taste of the Caribbean Arts & Culture Ct Inc$14,300210%
Norfolk Historical Society Inc$14,300214%
Friends of Valley Falls Inc$14,200216%
Fermata Arts Foundation Inc$14,200212%
Weir Farm Art Alliance$14,200218%
The Milford Historical Society Incorporated$14,20026%
Makehaven Inc$14,20013%
Bridgeport Artscultural Council Inc$14,200121%
Music at the Red Door Inc$14,10029%
Westport Community Theatre Inc$14,000213%
Voice of Art Inc$14,00026%
The Waterbury Chorale Inc$13,900231%
Clinton Historical Society Inc$13,800216%
Opera New England of Northeastern Connecticut Inc$13,800217%
The New Paradigm Theatre Company Inc$13,70028%
Farmington Valley Symphony Orchestra Inc$13,700216%
Greater New Haven Community Chorus Inc$13,700212%
Main Street Ballet Company Inc$13,600210%
Bristol Symphony Orchestra D/B/A Nutmeg Symphony Orchestra$13,600216%
Jewish Historical Society of Greater New Haven Inc$13,6002n/a
Ward-Heitman Museum Foundation Inc$13,6002n/a
Lighthouse Lens Film Festival Inc$13,6002n/a
Falls Village-Canaan Historical Soc$13,500218%
Town of Newtown$13,5002n/a
Goshen Players Inc$13,50025%
The Jewish Historical Society of Fairfield County Inc$13,400211%
Canton Historical Society Inc$13,300212%
Guilford Performing Arts Festival$13,300235%
Artfarm$13,200215%
Portland Historical Society Inc$13,1002n/a
Farmington Valley Chorale Inc$13,1002n/a
Cappella Cantorum Inc$13,100213%
Old Lyme Historical Society Inc$13,100212%
Adam Stanton House Incorporated$13,1002n/a
Society for Preservation & Encrgmnt of Barbershop Quartet Singing Amer$13,1002n/a
Hartfords Proud Drill Drum & Dance Corp$13,10026%
Saecula Choir Foundation Inc$13,100211%
Loft Artists Association Inc$13,10026%
Vernon Historical Society Inc$13,000211%
Cartie Corp$13,00025%
Eastern Connecticut Center for History Art and Performance Inc$12,900215%
Connecticut Classic Inc$12,900212%
Connecticut Choral Society Inc$12,80024%
Kent Singers Inc$12,800213%
Hollycroft Foundation Incorporated$12,800226%
Civics First Inc$12,800253%
Sacred Heart University Incorporated$12,70010%
Barkhamsted Historical Society Inc$12,7002n/a
Noank Historical Society Inc$12,7002n/a
West Hartford Womens Choralecorporation$12,6002n/a
Salisbury Forum$12,6002n/a
Washington Friends of Music Inc$12,600215%
Deacon John Grave Foundation Inc$12,600214%
Architecture Resource Center Inc$12,500235%
State of Connecticut$12,4501n/a
Woodbury-Bethlehem Community Music Foundation Inc$12,4002n/a
Connecticut Aerospace Hall of Fame & Mus$12,4002n/a
Seymour Historical Society Inc$12,400212%
Dorothy Whitfield Historic Society Inc$12,4002n/a
Lyme Public Hall and Local History Archives Inc$12,300218%
Partnerships in Learning and Creative Exploration Inc$12,300224%
The Branford Arts and Culture Alliance Inc$12,3002n/a
Monroe Historical Society Incorporated$12,2002n/a
The Mendelssohn Choir of Connecticut$12,2002n/a
Bethany Historical Society Inc$12,1002n/a
The Arts Cafe Mystic Inc$12,1002n/a
Tibetan American Community of Connecticut Inc$12,1002n/a
New London Music Festivals Inc$12,1002n/a
Stamford Art Association Inc$12,1002n/a
Unionville Museum Inc$12,1002n/a
Coventry Historical Society Incorpporated$12,052211%
Connecticut Chopin Foundation Inc$12,0002n/a
Waterford Historical Society Inc$12,0002n/a
Resonant Motion Inc$12,0002n/a
Mystic River Historical Society Inc$12,0002n/a
Mystic River Chorale$12,0002n/a
Connecticut Symphony Orchestra Inc$11,9002n/a
The Vernon Chorale Inc$11,900224%
American Chamber Orchestra$11,8002n/a
Ellsworth Memorial Association$11,8002n/a
East Lyme Historical Society$11,8002n/a
The Ellington Historical Society Inc$11,80025%
Connecticut Songwriters Association Inc$11,8002n/a
French-Canadian Genealogical Society of Connecticut Inc$11,8002n/a
Mystic Paper Beasts Incorporated$11,8002n/a
Camerata D Amici Inc$11,8002n/a
Movimiento Cultural Afro-Continental Inc$11,7002n/a
Musicnow Foundation LLC$11,7002n/a
Stony Creek Quarry Workers Celebration Inc$11,7002n/a
The Sounding Board Inc$11,7002n/a
Shoreline Ringers Inc$11,7002n/a
American Baroque Orchestra$11,7002n/a
Sankofa Education and Leadership Inc$11,7002n/a
Colchester Historical Society Incorporated$11,7002n/a
Branford Historical Society Inc$11,7002n/a
Greater Middletown Military Museum$11,6002n/a
Artecon Initiative Inc$11,6002n/a
Brownstone Quarry View Company$11,6002n/a
Consonare Choral Community Incorporated$11,6002n/a
North Stonington Historical Society Inc$11,600216%
Woodstock Historical Society Incorporated$11,6002n/a
Our House Meriden Inc$11,5002n/a
Ted Thomas Dance Foundation for the Public Inc$11,500217%
Friends of Westport Public Art Collections Inc$11,5002n/a
Connecticut Chamber Choir Inc$11,5002n/a
New London Public Schools$11,5001n/a
The Finnish American Heritage Society Inc$11,5002n/a
Trumbull Historical Society Inc$11,500229%
Merryall Community Center Inc$11,400217%
Clinton Arts Council Inc$11,4002n/a
The Music School at Sound Crossing$11,400115%
Artists in Real Time$11,4002n/a
Ct State Police Academy Alumni$11,400210%
The Torrington Civic Symphony Inc$11,4002n/a
North Haven Historical Society Inc$11,300243%
Theatre Artists Workshop of Westport Inc$11,300243%
Torrington Community Radio Foundation Inc$11,3002n/a
Tolland Historical Society Incorporated$11,3001n/a
New London Community Orchestra$11,3002n/a
Noank Mystic Community Band Inc$11,300225%
Society for Preservation & Encrgmnt of Barbershop Quartet Singing Amer$11,3002n/a
Warren Historical Society Inc$11,3002n/a
Burlington Historical Society$11,3002n/a
Starship Dance Theater and Company$11,2002n/a
Bushnell Park Conservancy Inc$11,20012%
New World Trio Inc$11,2002n/a
Thames Valley Music School Inc$11,20015%
Redding Historical Society Inc$11,2002n/a
The Carl Schmitt Foundation Inc$11,200265%
East Windsor Historical Society Inc$11,20013%
Times Fool Company$11,1002n/a
East Haven Arts Commission Inc$11,1002n/a
Preserve New Fairfield Inc$11,000269%
Indian & Colonial Research Center Inc$11,0002n/a
Friends of the Riverside Cemetery Inc$11,000212%
Thompson Historical Society Inc$11,0002n/a
Association for the Study of Connecticut History Inc$11,0002n/a
Governor Samuel Huntington Trust Inc$11,000212%
Hartford Opera Theater Inc$11,0002n/a
Avon Historical Society Inc$11,0002n/a
Southern Connecticut Camerata$11,0002n/a
Polish-American Foundation of Connecticut Inc$11,00021%
Wintonbury Historical Society Inc$10,9002n/a
Valley Arts Council$10,9002n/a
Rocky-Hill Historical Society Inc$10,9002n/a
Willimantic Public Art$10,9002n/a
New Haven Chamber Orchestra Inc$10,9002n/a
Coventry Art Guild$10,8002n/a
New England Civil War Museum Inc$10,8002n/a
Artists Collective of Westport$10,8002n/a
Yujc Inc$10,8002n/a
Stanley L Richter Association for the Arts Inc$10,8002n/a
Norwalk Preservation Tr Inc$10,800232%
Community Cultural Committee of Northeastern Connecticut Inc$10,8002n/a
Fuse Theatre of Ct Inc$10,7002n/a
Hugo Kauder Society Inc$10,700248%
Historical Society of East Hartford Incorporated$10,7002n/a
Hispanic Alliance of Southeastern Connecticut Inc$10,70015%
Northeast Connecticut Community Orchestra Inc$10,7002n/a
Old Bethlem Inc$10,7002n/a
Ethnic Historical Archives Center of New Haven Inc$10,7002n/a
Cheshire Symphony Orchestra Association$10,7002n/a
Society for Preservation & Encourmt of Barbershop Quartet Singing Amer$10,7002n/a
Windham Regional Arts Council Inc$10,7002n/a
Hartland Historical Society Inc$10,6002n/a
Pomfret Historical Society Inc$10,6002n/a
String of Pearls Big Band Inc$10,6002n/a
Ball & Socket Arts Inc$10,60011%
Willington Historical Society$10,600229%
Bridgeport Public Library$10,5111n/a
Volume Two$10,500239%
Stratford Veterans Museum$10,5002n/a
Beacon Falls Youth Theater Company$10,5002n/a
The Milford Fine Arts Council Inc$10,50013%
Stafford Historical Society$10,5002n/a
Killingly Historical and Genealogical Society Inc$10,5002n/a
Archaeological Society of Connecticut Inc$10,4002n/a
Windham Preservation Inc$10,4002n/a
Bethel Arts Inc$10,4002n/a
Easton Arts Council Inc$10,4002n/a
Memorial Military Museum Inc$10,4002n/a
University of Saint Joseph$10,31810%
Southeastern Connecticut Organization for Racial Equity$10,3002n/a
Westbrook Historical Society Inc$10,3002n/a
Eastford Historical Society Inc$10,3002n/a
Museum of Connecticut Glass Inc$10,3002n/a
Journey Writers$10,3002n/a
Hamden Art League Inc$10,3002n/a
The Women's Forum of Litchfield$10,3002n/a
Preston Historical Society Inc$10,3002n/a
Canterbury Historical Society Inc$10,3002n/a
Connecticut River Valley Symphonic Band Inc$10,2002n/a
New Fairfield Historical Society Inc$10,2002n/a
Backyard Theater Ensemble Inc$10,2002n/a
Storyline Inc$10,2002n/a
Middlefield Historical Society$10,2002n/a
Town of Ridgefield$10,2002n/a
Community Mediation Inc$10,00013%
East Lyme Public Library Inc$10,00011%
The National Conference for Community & Justice of Connecticut and Western Mass$10,00012%
Bridgeport History Center Bridgepo$10,0001n/a
Irelands Great Hunger Museum Inc$10,00017%
Stratford Library Association$10,00010%
Newington Human Services$10,0001n/a
Citywide Youth Coalition$10,0001n/a
North Haven Memorial Library$9,9901n/a
American School at Hartford for the Deaf$9,96010%
The Russell Library Company$9,80016%
Mariachi Academy of New England Inc$9,4001n/a
Norwalk Community Sailing$9,4001n/a
Elizabeth Park Conservancy Inc$9,37510%
Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz Inc$9,30012%
American Museum Tort Law Inc$9,20013%
Fairfield County Chorale Inc$9,20015%
City of Stamford$9,1001n/a
Town of Canton$9,0001n/a
Kulturally Lit Inc$9,0001n/a
The Norwalk Conservatory of the Arts Inc$8,70013%
Connecticut Antique Machinery Association Inc$8,70014%
Civic Life Project Inc$8,70016%
Trinity-On-Main Ltd$8,50019%
Hartford Gay Mens Chorus Inc$8,4001n/a
Westport Writers' Workshop I Inc$8,30012%
Jewish Community Center Inc$8,10010%
West Haven Historical Society Inc$7,900129%
Windham Theatre Guild Inc$7,70016%
Connecticut Family Theatre Inc$7,50016%
Guilford Community Television$7,40016%
Society for the Preservation of New Engl$7,29610%
Opera Connecticut Inc$7,100130%
The Sherman Historical Society Inc$7,10015%
Guilford Preservation Alliance Inc$7,100113%
Lisbon Historical Society Inc$7,0001n/a
James Merrill House Foundation$7,0001n/a
Emerson Theater Collaborative Inc$7,00018%
New Haven Ecology Project Inc$7,00010%
Wallingford Symphony Society Inc$6,90016%
Willimantic Renaissance Inc$6,80016%
Blau House & Gardens Inc$6,7001n/a
Transcend the Trend Inc$6,700157%
Greater New Britain Arts Alliance$6,6001n/a
My Architecture Workshops Inc$6,60014%
Connecticut Eastern Chapter Nrhs$6,6001n/a
Connecticut Theater Company Inc$6,60019%
City of Danbury$6,5001n/a
Hungarian Community Club of Walling$6,5001n/a
Music for Youth Inc$6,400118%
The Northwest Music Association$6,4001n/a
Capital Classics Inc$6,40016%
Laurel Music Camp Inc$6,40016%
Young Artists Philharmonic Inc$6,400117%
Sustain Music and Nature Inc$6,4001n/a
Wilton Playshop Inc$6,30015%
Avery Memorial Association$6,300114%
Chamber Players of the Greenwich Symphony Inc$6,30017%
Suffield Historical Society$6,20018%
Theatre Guild of Simsbury Ltd$6,20016%
Layavinyasa Company$6,20014%
The Connecticut Firemen's Historical Society Inc$6,100114%
Litchfield Arts Council$6,1001n/a
Connecticut Summerfest Inc$6,100110%
Wallingford Community Theatre Inc$6,1001n/a
Suffield Players Inc$6,0001n/a
Litchfield County Choral Union Inc$6,0001n/a
Newington Historical Society and Tr$6,0001n/a
Hicks-Stearns Family Museum$6,00017%
New England Ballet Theatre of Connecticut Inc$5,90014%
Grumbling Gryphons Traveling Childrens Theatre$5,900111%
Art League of New Britain$5,90018%
Connecticut Guitar Society Inc$5,9001n/a
World Heritage Cultural Center Inc$5,8001n/a
Wilton Singers Incorporated$5,8001n/a
The Windham Historical Society$5,8001n/a
Thread City Dance Co$5,8001n/a
Clementina Arts Foundation Inc$5,80019%
Falls Village Children's Theater Company$5,8001n/a
Connecticut Children's Theatre Inc$5,70014%
Irish American Historical Society Inc$5,7001n/a
Evergreen Family Theatre Inc$5,7001n/a
Lock Museum of America Inc$5,7001n/a
New Haven Oratorio Choir Inc$5,7001n/a
A Broken Umbrella Theatre Inc$5,70013%
The Music Note Kids Inc$5,7001n/a
West Hartford Community Theater Inc$5,700120%
Town Playersinc$5,700110%
Historical Society of Easton Inc$5,600114%
Killingworth Historical Society$5,6001n/a
Women Composers Festival of Hartford$5,6001n/a
Out Ct$5,6001n/a
Temple Beth Israel Preservation Society Incorporated$5,6001n/a
Connecticut Art Trail Inc$5,6001n/a
Orange Historical Society Inc$5,6001n/a
Maritime Music and Tradition Society Corp$5,60016%
Connecticut Womens Chorus-Another Octave$5,6001n/a
Art in Common Inc$5,5001n/a
Society for Preservation & Encourmt of Barbershop Quartet Singing Amer$5,5001n/a
Fine Arts Connection of Thomaston Inc$5,5001n/a
Chatham Historical Society Inc$5,5001n/a
Berlin Historical Society Inc$5,5001n/a
Restore With the Arts Inc$5,5001n/a
Friends of Weir Farm National Historical Park Inc$5,4001n/a
Roxbury Public Library$5,4001n/a
Danbury Concert Association Inc$5,4001n/a
Federation for Jewish Philanthropy of Upper Fairfield County$5,40010%
Brownstone Quarum Inc$5,4001n/a
Ridgefield Independent Film Festival$5,400113%
Southbury Historical Society Inc$5,400119%
Hampton Antiquarian and Historical Society Inc$5,4001n/a
Concert Choir of Northeastern Connecticut Inc$5,3001n/a
Aspinock Historical Society of Putnam Inc$5,3001n/a
Majorette & Dance Factory Inc$5,3001n/a
Windham Region Chamber of Commerce Foundation$5,3001n/a
Afro Caribbean Cultural Center Inc$5,30012%
Mystic Film Institute Incorporated$5,3001n/a
Eastern Pequot Tribal Nation$5,3001n/a
Ashbel Woodward Museum$5,3001n/a
North America Maple Culture Center$5,3001n/a
Sailing Masters of 1812 Fife & Drum Corps Inc$5,3001n/a
Southeastern Connecticut Community Orchestra Inc$5,300122%
Theater New Haven Inc$5,3001n/a
Revisionist Content Fund Inc$5,3001n/a
Totoket Historical Society Inc$5,2001n/a
Connecticut Valley Tobacco Historical Society Incorporated$5,2001n/a
East Lyme Puppetry Project Inc$5,2001n/a
City Youth Theater$5,2001n/a
Metro Art Studios$5,2001n/a
Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quart$5,2001n/a
Wolcott Historical Society Inc$5,2001n/a
Town Center Project Inc$5,2001n/a
Art Tripping$5,2001n/a
Unesco Center for Global Friendship$5,1001n/a
Ct Council of Teachers of English$5,1001n/a
Hebron Historical Society Inc$5,1001n/a
Griswold Historical Society$5,1001n/a
Greater New Haven African American Historical Society Inc$5,1001n/a
Ledyard Historical Society Inc$5,1001n/a
Plainville Historical Society Inc$5,1001n/a
Avery Concerts Inc$5,1001n/a
Middlebury Historical Society Inc$5,1001n/a
Ama Dance Theatre Foundation Inc$5,1001n/a
Plainfield Grave Guardians Association Inc$5,1001n/a
Connecticut Capoeira and Dance Cent$5,1001n/a
Rediscovering History Inc$5,1001n/a
East Granby Historical Society Incorporated$5,1001n/a
Alex Breanne Corporation$5,1001n/a
Town of East Windsor$5,1001n/a
Bloody Historical$5,1001n/a
Culture 4 a Cause Inc$5,1001n/a
Youth Conservation Corps Town of Oxford$5,1001n/a

Where it is load-bearing

Connecticut Humanities Council Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 38 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSea Research Foundation Inc: $6,050,000 over 3y, 8.8% of budgetThe Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk Inc: $5,825,655 over 4y, 17% of budgetMystic Seaport Museum Inc: $3,827,317 over 7y, 8.5% of budgetConnecticut Science Center Inc: $3,095,255 over 4y, 14% of budgetConnecticut Zoological Societyinc: $3,037,600 over 3y, 28% of budgetTHE CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETY Connecticut Museum of Culture & History: $1,299,005 over 8y, 20% of budgetConnecticut League of History Organizations: $1,201,088 over 7y, 29% of budgetThe Connecticut Democracy Center Inc: $1,095,617 over 8y, 29% of budgetConnecticut Public Broadcasting Inc: $821,135 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetWadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art: $748,805 over 7y, 7.8% of budgetGoodspeed Opera House Foundation Inc: $498,800 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetFlorence Griswold Museum Inc: $456,171 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetNew Britain Museum of American Art Inc: $424,435 over 5y, 3.0% of budgetHartford Stage Company Inc: $410,500 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetThe University of Connecticut Foundation Inc: $403,477 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetConnecticut Arts Alliance Inc: $392,500 over 4y, 94% of budgetThe Ridgefield Playhouse for Movies and the Performing Arts Inc: $387,400 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetHartford Symphony Orchestra Inc: $380,100 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetConnecticut Aeronautical Historical Association Inc: $373,473 over 5y, 5.9% of budgetStepping Stones Museum for Children Inc: $365,783 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetBruce Museum Inc: $362,198 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetStamford Museum & Nature Center Inc: $356,155 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetNew Haven International Festival of Arts and Ideas Inc: $340,454 over 6y, 4.2% of budgetGreenwich Historical Society Inc: $331,395 over 7y, 4.4% of budgetEveryday Democracy Inc: $321,738 over 4y, 9.3% of budgetConnecticut Explored Inc: $296,269 over 4y, 62% of budgetThe Antiquarian & Landmarks Society Inc: $277,634 over 4y, 7.4% of budgetNew Haven Center for Performing Arts Inc: $274,600 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetEarthplace Inc: $270,347 over 3y, 4.4% of budgetFairfield Historical Society Dba Fairfield Museum: $266,329 over 7y, 7.3% of budgetThe Mark Twain Memorial: $265,313 over 5y, 4.7% of budgetThe Children's Museum Inc: $264,743 over 3y, 4.9% of budgetFairfield Theatre Company Inc: $238,200 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetThe Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum Inc: $228,957 over 5y, 4.9% of budgetSoutheastern Connecticut Cultural Coalition: $222,450 over 3y, 23% of budgetTheaterworks Inc: $220,700 over 2y, 6.7% of budgetMattatuck Historical Society: $214,705 over 7y, 2.0% of budgetNorwalk Seaport Association Inc: $210,522 over 3y, 21% of budgetThe Connecticut River Foundation at Steamboat Dock Inc: $203,546 over 5y, 3.7% of budgetThe Connecticut Forum Inc: $202,927 over 4y, 9.6% of budgetArt Council of Greater New Haven Inc: $199,285 over 3y, 4.7% of budgetLitchfield Historical Society: $195,426 over 4y, 8.6% of budgetSilvermine Guild of Artists Inc: $195,000 over 3y, 4.7% of budgetThe Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center Inc: $194,200 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetPilobolus Inc: $190,700 over 2y, 4.6% of budgetYale-China Association Inc: $182,000 over 2y, 7.9% of budgetDenison Pequotsepos Nature Center: $180,178 over 5y, 6.6% of budgetNational Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Connecticut: $169,362 over 6y, 3.4% of budget

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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 200.

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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.

Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation IncCT113.9× affinity61 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation Inc · Edward C & Ann T Roberts Foundation · Greater Hartford Arts Council Inc · Hartford Foundation for Public Giving · The William and Alice Mortensen Foundation · The Connecticut Community Foundation · The Maximilian E and Marion O Hoffman Foundation Inc · Chelsea Groton Foundation · Newalliance Foundation Inc · The Scripps Family Fund for Education and the Arts · American Savings Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut 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.

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About Connecticut Humanities Council Inc

How much does Connecticut Humanities Council Inc give?
Connecticut Humanities Council Inc reported 40 itemized grants totaling $1,106,408, out of $1,291,150 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 683 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Connecticut Humanities Council Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (75%), Environment (12%), Animals (5%).
Who are Connecticut Humanities Council Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Sea Research Foundation Inc ($6.0M), The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk Inc ($5.8M), Mystic Seaport Museum Inc ($3.8M).
Does Connecticut Humanities Council Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Connecticut Humanities Council Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation Inc, Edward C & Ann T Roberts Foundation, Greater Hartford Arts Council Inc.
Where is Connecticut Humanities Council Inc based?
Connecticut Humanities Council Inc is based in CT.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 759 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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