How do I find funders for a arts and culture nonprofit in Connecticut?

Start with the funders already giving to arts and culture in Connecticut, currently Connecticut Humanities Council Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Hartford Foundation for Public Giving. Then look at who funds the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Connecticut from out of state.

How much grant money goes to arts and culture in Connecticut?

$192M reached 499 arts and culture organizations in Connecticut, from 1,238 funders. 40% came from funders also based in Connecticut.

How recent is this data?

It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

Funding · Connecticut · Arts and culture

Who funds arts and culture in Connecticut

Arts and culture funding in Connecticut is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Bruce Museum Inc leads, and the money reaches 499 groups.

$192M

granted

499

organizations

40%

from in-state

The short version

1,238 funders gave $192M to 499 arts and culture organizations in Connecticut across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
40% of that came from funders also based in Connecticut; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of arts and culture in Connecticut is Connecticut Humanities Council Inc, at $26M.
The arts and culture organization drawing the most is Bruce Museum Inc, at $13M.

Largest funders of arts and culture in Connecticut

The funders giving the most to arts and culture organizations in Connecticut, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1Connecticut Humanities Council Inc$26M 2Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$24M 3Hartford Foundation for Public Giving$12M 4Corporation for Public Broadcasting$7M 5American Online Giving Foundation Inc$6M 6Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$5M 7Kenrose Kitchen Table Foundation$5M 8Knights of Columbus$4M 9The Daniel E Offutt III Charitable$3M 10The Community Foundation for Greater New$3M

Arts and culture organizations in Connecticut that draw the most

Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.

489 other arts and culture organizations$124M

Bruce Museum Inc$13M Mystic Seaport Museum Inc$8M National Coast Guard Museum Association$7M

How to find arts and culture funders in Connecticut

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Start with the funders already active in Connecticut
The funders giving the most to arts and culture in Connecticut are Connecticut Humanities Council Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Hartford Foundation for Public Giving. A funder already writing arts and culture checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.
3
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
60% of arts and culture money in Connecticut comes from funders elsewhere, so national arts and culture funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Connecticut.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a arts and culture nonprofit in Connecticut?: Start with the funders already giving to arts and culture in Connecticut, currently Connecticut Humanities Council Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Hartford Foundation for Public Giving. Then look at who funds the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Connecticut from out of state.
Who is the largest arts and culture funder in Connecticut?: Connecticut Humanities Council Inc gives the most to arts and culture organizations in Connecticut, $26M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to arts and culture in Connecticut?: $192M reached 499 arts and culture organizations in Connecticut, from 1,238 funders. 40% came from funders also based in Connecticut.
How recent is this data?: It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

More from the funding graph

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars pass through an intermediary

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

Strange bedfellows

the named clusters of US funding

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Giving abroad

which US foundations fund each country

Cause is the recipient's NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.