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

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

Who is the largest housing funder in Connecticut?

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to housing organizations in Connecticut, $12M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to housing in Connecticut?

$64M reached 91 housing organizations in Connecticut, from 411 funders. 45% 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 · Housing

Who funds housing in Connecticut

Connecticut's housing organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 5 funders each.

$64M

granted

organizations

45%

from in-state

The short version

411 funders gave $64M to 91 housing organizations in Connecticut across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
45% of that came from funders also based in Connecticut; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of housing in Connecticut is Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, at $12M.
The housing organization drawing the most is Habitat for Humanity Of, at $12M.

Largest funders of housing in Connecticut

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

1Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$12M 2Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation$6M 3Hartford Foundation for Public Giving$5M 4United Way of Greater New Haven Inc$4M 5Journey Home Inc$3M 6Housing Telecommunications Inc$3M 7The Chicago Community Trust$3M 8Habitat for Humanity International Inc$2M 9The Melville Charitable Trust Inc$2M 10Miller Edward Est Residue CotrW$1M

Housing organizations in Connecticut that draw the most

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

81 other housing organizations$27M

Habitat for Humanity Of$12M New Reach Inc$5M Columbus House Inc$3M Partnership for Strong Communities$3M

How to find housing funders in Connecticut

1
Start with the funders already active in Connecticut
The funders giving the most to housing in Connecticut are Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation, Hartford Foundation for Public Giving. A funder already writing housing checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the housing 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
55% of housing money in Connecticut comes from funders elsewhere, so national housing funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Connecticut.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a housing nonprofit in Connecticut?: Start with the funders already giving to housing in Connecticut, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation, Hartford Foundation for Public Giving. Then look at who funds the housing organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Connecticut from out of state.
Who is the largest housing funder in Connecticut?: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to housing organizations in Connecticut, $12M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to housing in Connecticut?: $64M reached 91 housing organizations in Connecticut, from 411 funders. 45% 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.