Likely funders for animal shelters in Connecticut
435 foundations gave to animal shelters in Connecticut in tax year 2024: $602,879 in all. Here’s who, how much, and who takes applications.
From 2025 IRS e-filed returns. For scale, Connecticut has 125 small animal welfare nonprofits.
430 more funders aren’t shown. A free account shows the top 10 for any search. Paid plans show up to 50, with full giving histories.
Create free accountGift counts may be low, because we cannot tie every grant to a recipient. The year shown is the year the foundation reported, not always the year it gave. Each foundation page links to its IRS filing.
What the filings show
- Foundations made 1,008 gifts to animal shelters in Connecticut in tax years 2023–2025.
- The typical gift to animal shelters in Connecticut was $3,000 in tax years 2023–2025.
- 118 of 435 foundations funding animal shelters in Connecticut accept applications in tax years 2023–2025.
Cities with gifts to animal shelters in Connecticut
- Stamford 31 foundations · 9 nonprofits
- Norwalk 28 foundations · 8 nonprofits
- Westport 18 foundations · 7 nonprofits
- Weston 15 foundations · 5 nonprofits
More cities
- Bridgeport 51 foundations
- Newington 48 foundations
- Darien 36 foundations
- Greenwich 24 foundations
- East Hartford 12 foundations
- Mystic 12 foundations
- Hartford 10 foundations
- Manchester 10 foundations
- Bethel 9 foundations
- Wilton 9 foundations
- Canton 8 foundations
- Killingworth 8 foundations
- Meriden 8 foundations
- Tolland 8 foundations
- Middlebury 7 foundations
- New Haven 7 foundations
- North Haven 7 foundations
- Clinton 6 foundations
- New Preston 6 foundations
- Northford 6 foundations
- Coventry 5 foundations
- Hadlyme 5 foundations
- Naugatuck 5 foundations
- New Milford 5 foundations
- Ridgefield 5 foundations
- West Hartford 5 foundations
- Wethersfield 5 foundations
- Windsor 5 foundations
- Bloomfield 4 foundations
- Bristol 4 foundations
- East Haddam 4 foundations
- Enfield 4 foundations
- Fairfield 4 foundations
- New Canaan 4 foundations
- New Fairfield 4 foundations
- Roxbury 4 foundations
- Simsbury 4 foundations
- Southbury 4 foundations
- Southington 4 foundations
- Woodbridge 4 foundations
- Ashford 3 foundations
- Brookfield 3 foundations
- Glastonbury 3 foundations
- Guilford 3 foundations
- Jewett City 3 foundations
- Litchfield 3 foundations
- Middletown 3 foundations
- Milford 3 foundations
- New Britain 3 foundations
- New London 3 foundations
- Norwich 3 foundations
- Old Lyme 3 foundations
- Plainville 3 foundations
- Putnam 3 foundations
- Waterford 3 foundations
- West Haven 3 foundations
- Westbrook 3 foundations
Types of animal welfare funded in Connecticut
- Animal shelters & rescue 177 foundations · 191 nonprofits
- Wildlife 11 foundations · 17 nonprofits
More ways to find funders in Connecticut
- Funders that accept applications 118 funders
- Small-grant funders 341 funders with a median gift of $10,000 or less
- Foundations based in Connecticut 664 foundations · 136 take applications
What is a typical grant to animal shelters in Connecticut?
$2,000, measured as the middle of the median gifts of the foundations listed on this page, from tax year 2024. It is not a promise of what you will be awarded.
Which of these foundations accept applications?
10 of the 25 listed foundations accept unsolicited applications according to their filing. The rest give only to pre-selected charities, so a relationship comes first.
Where do the numbers come from?
Public IRS Form 990-PF filings. Each foundation page links to the source filing. LikelyFunders is not affiliated with the foundations listed.