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

Start with the funders already giving to environment in Connecticut, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, New Venture Fund. Then look at who funds the environment organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Connecticut from out of state.

Who is the largest environment funder in Connecticut?

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to environment organizations in Connecticut, $20M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to environment in Connecticut?

$238M reached 325 environment organizations in Connecticut, from 1,392 funders. 33% 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 · Environment

Who funds environment in Connecticut

Environment funding in Connecticut is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Save the Sound leads, and the money reaches 325 groups. Connecticut's environment organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 4 funders each.

$238M

granted

325

organizations

33%

from in-state

The short version

1,392 funders gave $238M to 325 environment organizations in Connecticut across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
33% of that came from funders also based in Connecticut; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of environment in Connecticut is Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, at $20M.
The environment organization drawing the most is Save the Sound, at $21M.

Largest funders of environment in Connecticut

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

1Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$20M 2National Fish and Wildlife Foundation$8M 3New Venture Fund$8M 4Connecticut Humanities Council Inc$7M 5The Peter and Carmen Lucia Buck Foundation Inc$7M 6Community Health Network of Connecticut Inc$7M 7Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program$4M 8Hartford Foundation for Public Giving$4M 9National Philanthropic Trust$4M 10Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc$4M

Environment organizations in Connecticut that draw the most

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

315 other environment organizations$142M

Save the Sound$21M Manresa Island Corp$8M Northwest Connecticut Land Conservancy Inc$7M

How to find environment funders in Connecticut

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Start with the funders already active in Connecticut
The funders giving the most to environment in Connecticut are Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, New Venture Fund. A funder already writing environment checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the environment 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
67% of environment money in Connecticut comes from funders elsewhere, so national environment funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Connecticut.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a environment nonprofit in Connecticut?: Start with the funders already giving to environment in Connecticut, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, New Venture Fund. Then look at who funds the environment organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Connecticut from out of state.
Who is the largest environment funder in Connecticut?: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to environment organizations in Connecticut, $20M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to environment in Connecticut?: $238M reached 325 environment organizations in Connecticut, from 1,392 funders. 33% 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.

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The unnamed billions

grants reported with no recipient in the public record

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

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

Each grant is placed by its stated purpose and the recipient's mission, falling back to the recipient's IRS activity category where that is unclear; 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.