How do I find funders for a crime and legal nonprofit in Connecticut?

Start with the funders already giving to crime and legal in Connecticut, currently Connecticut Bar Foundation, Legal Services Corporation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the crime and legal 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 crime and legal in Connecticut?

$97M reached 38 crime and legal organizations in Connecticut, from 459 funders. 63% 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 · Crime and legal

Who funds crime and legal in Connecticut

One funder dominates the giving, Connecticut Bar Foundation, at 52% of the total. Connecticut's crime and legal organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 12 funders each.

$97M

granted

organizations

63%

from in-state

The short version

459 funders gave $97M to 38 crime and legal organizations in Connecticut across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
63% of that came from funders also based in Connecticut; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of crime and legal in Connecticut is Connecticut Bar Foundation, at $50M.
The crime and legal organization drawing the most is Connecticut Legal Services Inc, at $31M.

Largest funders of crime and legal in Connecticut

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

1Connecticut Bar Foundation$50M 2Legal Services Corporation$12M 3Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$3M 4Connecticut Legal Services Inc$2M 5Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$2M 6American Online Giving Foundation Inc$2M 7Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund$2M 8Dalio Family Fund Inc$1M 9Connecticut Fair Housing$1M 10The Herbert & Nell Singer Foundation Inc$952k

Crime and legal organizations in Connecticut that draw the most

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

Connecticut Legal Services Inc$31M Sandy Hook Promise Foundation$18M Greater Hartford Legal Aid Inc$17M Statewide Legal Services of Connecticut Inc$15M

28 other crime and legal organizations$5M

How to find crime and legal funders in Connecticut

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Start with the funders already active in Connecticut
The funders giving the most to crime and legal in Connecticut are Connecticut Bar Foundation, Legal Services Corporation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. A funder already writing crime and legal checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the crime and legal 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
37% of crime and legal money in Connecticut comes from funders elsewhere, so national crime and legal funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Connecticut.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a crime and legal nonprofit in Connecticut?: Start with the funders already giving to crime and legal in Connecticut, currently Connecticut Bar Foundation, Legal Services Corporation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the crime and legal organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Connecticut from out of state.
Who is the largest crime and legal funder in Connecticut?: Connecticut Bar Foundation gives the most to crime and legal organizations in Connecticut, $50M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to crime and legal in Connecticut?: $97M reached 38 crime and legal organizations in Connecticut, from 459 funders. 63% 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.