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

Start with the funders already giving to science in Connecticut, currently American Heart Association Inc, Dalio Family Fund Inc, The Board of Trustees of the Sheffield Scientific School. Then look at who funds the science 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 science in Connecticut?

$294M reached 49 science organizations in Connecticut, from 375 funders. 21% 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 · Science

Who funds science in Connecticut

Funding is concentrated: Yale University alone draws 75% of every science grant dollar in Connecticut. Most of it comes from outside Connecticut: only 21% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here.

$294M

granted

organizations

21%

from in-state

The short version

375 funders gave $294M to 49 science organizations in Connecticut across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
21% of that came from funders also based in Connecticut; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of science in Connecticut is American Heart Association Inc, at $29M.
The science organization drawing the most is Yale University, at $220M.

Largest funders of science in Connecticut

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

1American Heart Association Inc$29M 2Dalio Family Fund Inc$20M 3The Board of Trustees of the Sheffield Scientific School$19M 4American Cancer Society Inc$16M 5The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York$11M 6University of Pittsburgh$10M 7John B Pierce Foundation$10M 8Emory University$8M 9Vanderbilt University Medical Center$7M 10Brown University$7M

Science organizations in Connecticut that draw the most

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

Yale University$220M Oceanographic Research & Exploration Foundation$20M

How to find science funders in Connecticut

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Start with the funders already active in Connecticut
The funders giving the most to science in Connecticut are American Heart Association Inc, Dalio Family Fund Inc, The Board of Trustees of the Sheffield Scientific School. A funder already writing science checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the science 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
79% of science money in Connecticut comes from funders elsewhere, so national science funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Connecticut.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a science nonprofit in Connecticut?: Start with the funders already giving to science in Connecticut, currently American Heart Association Inc, Dalio Family Fund Inc, The Board of Trustees of the Sheffield Scientific School. Then look at who funds the science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Connecticut from out of state.
Who is the largest science funder in Connecticut?: American Heart Association Inc gives the most to science organizations in Connecticut, $29M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to science in Connecticut?: $294M reached 49 science organizations in Connecticut, from 375 funders. 21% 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 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.