How do I find funders for a civil rights and advocacy nonprofit in Connecticut?

Start with the funders already giving to civil rights and advocacy in Connecticut, currently Restoration of America, Connecticut Bar Foundation, Hartford Foundation for Public Giving. Then look at who funds the civil rights and advocacy 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 civil rights and advocacy in Connecticut?

$15M reached 22 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Connecticut, from 84 funders. 38% 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 · Civil rights and advocacy

Who funds civil rights and advocacy in Connecticut

$15M reached 22 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Connecticut, from 84 funders, with no single one dominating.

$15M

granted

organizations

38%

from in-state

The short version

84 funders gave $15M to 22 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Connecticut across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
38% of that came from funders also based in Connecticut; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of civil rights and advocacy in Connecticut is Restoration of America, at $3M.
The civil rights and advocacy organization drawing the most is The Nagen Project Inc, at $4M.

Largest funders of civil rights and advocacy in Connecticut

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

1Restoration of America$3M 2Connecticut Bar Foundation$3M 3Hartford Foundation for Public Giving$1M 4American Online Giving Foundation Inc$868k 5Susan & Barry E Tatelman Family$600k 6Edgemer Foundation Inc$475k 7The Bessemer Giving Fund$370k 8Knights of Columbus$352k 9Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$335k 10Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$322k

Civil rights and advocacy organizations in Connecticut that draw the most

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

The Nagen Project Inc$4M Fight Voter Fraud Inc$3M Center for Childrens Advocacy Inc$3M Connecticut Fair Housing$2M Greater Hartford Legal Aid Foundation$607k

12 other civil rights and advocacy organizations$570k

American Civil Liberties Union$559k Family Institute of Connecticut Inc$484k American Civil Liberties Union$359k

How to find civil rights and advocacy funders in Connecticut

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Start with the funders already active in Connecticut
The funders giving the most to civil rights and advocacy in Connecticut are Restoration of America, Connecticut Bar Foundation, Hartford Foundation for Public Giving. A funder already writing civil rights and advocacy checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the civil rights and advocacy 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
62% of civil rights and advocacy money in Connecticut comes from funders elsewhere, so national civil rights and advocacy funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Connecticut.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a civil rights and advocacy nonprofit in Connecticut?: Start with the funders already giving to civil rights and advocacy in Connecticut, currently Restoration of America, Connecticut Bar Foundation, Hartford Foundation for Public Giving. Then look at who funds the civil rights and advocacy organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Connecticut from out of state.
Who is the largest civil rights and advocacy funder in Connecticut?: Restoration of America gives the most to civil rights and advocacy organizations in Connecticut, $3M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to civil rights and advocacy in Connecticut?: $15M reached 22 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Connecticut, from 84 funders. 38% 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.