Connecticut · Public charity
Connecticut Legal Services Inc
Connecticut legal services provides access to justice and protects critical civil legal rights of low income individuals and families through representation, systemic advocacy, advice, collaboration, and education.
- $1.3M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $421,871
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $482,685
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 6
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $12M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Connecticut Legal Services Inc 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 | 4 | $1.3M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $1.3M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $1.4M | 20% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $1.6M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $1.6M | 17% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $1.6M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $1.3M | 20% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $1.1M | 100% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greater Hartford Legal Aid Inc | $4,236,942 | 8 | 14% |
| New Haven Legal Assistance Association Inc | $3,511,386 | 8 | 10% |
| Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence Inc | $1,917,472 | 8 | 2% |
| Connecticut Alliance to End Sexual Violence Inc | $871,089 | 8 | 2% |
| Open Communities Alliance Inc | $381,709 | 3 | 28% |
| Statewide Legal Services of Connecticut Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Center for Childrens Advocacy Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Health Equity Solutions Inc | $26,909 | 1 | 8% |
Where it is load-bearing
Connecticut Legal Services Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 8 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: Hartford Foundation for Public Giving · Connecticut Bar Foundation · The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven · Connecticut Health Foundation Inc · William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund · The Connecticut Community Foundation · Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Connecticut Legal Services Inc
- How much does Connecticut Legal Services Inc give?
- Connecticut Legal Services Inc reported 4 grants totaling $1,250,740 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 6 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Connecticut Legal Services Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (95%), Community Improvement (3%), Health (1%).
- Who are Connecticut Legal Services Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Greater Hartford Legal Aid Inc ($4.2M), New Haven Legal Assistance Association Inc ($3.5M), Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence Inc ($1.9M).
- Does Connecticut Legal Services Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Connecticut Legal Services Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, Connecticut Bar Foundation, The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven.
- Where is Connecticut Legal Services Inc based?
- Connecticut Legal Services Inc is based in CT.
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