How do I find funders for a education nonprofit in Connecticut?

Start with the funders already giving to education in Connecticut, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Richard U Light Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc. Then look at who funds the education organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Connecticut from out of state.

Who is the largest education funder in Connecticut?

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to education organizations in Connecticut, $169M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to education in Connecticut?

$1.4B reached 644 education organizations in Connecticut, from 3,300 funders. 19% 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 · Education

Who funds education in Connecticut

Most of it comes from outside Connecticut: only 19% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here. Connecticut's education organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 5 funders each.

$1.4B

granted

644

organizations

19%

from in-state

The short version

3,300 funders gave $1.4B to 644 education organizations in Connecticut across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
19% of that came from funders also based in Connecticut; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of education in Connecticut is Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, at $169M.
The education organization drawing the most is Yale University, at $534M.

Largest funders of education in Connecticut

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

1Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$169M 2Richard U Light Foundation$74M 3Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$70M 4National Philanthropic Trust$63M 5The Board of Trustees of the Sheffield Scientific School$45M 6Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program$36M 7The New York Community Trust$28M 8Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund$25M 9Goodwin University Educational Services$24M 10Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc$22M

Education organizations in Connecticut that draw the most

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

634 other education organizations$559M

Yale University$534M

How to find education funders in Connecticut

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Start with the funders already active in Connecticut
The funders giving the most to education in Connecticut are Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Richard U Light Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc. A funder already writing education checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the education 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
81% of education money in Connecticut comes from funders elsewhere, so national education funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Connecticut.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a education nonprofit in Connecticut?: Start with the funders already giving to education in Connecticut, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Richard U Light Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc. Then look at who funds the education organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Connecticut from out of state.
Who is the largest education funder in Connecticut?: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to education organizations in Connecticut, $169M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to education in Connecticut?: $1.4B reached 644 education organizations in Connecticut, from 3,300 funders. 19% 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.