The Connecticut Institute for the Blind Inc

American Savings Foundation Inc

New Britain, CT

The foundation funds education, human services, and arts and culture, especially programs serving children, youth, and families, with a primary focus on New Britain and Waterbury and grants across 64 Connecticut towns. In 2025, its grants ranged from $238 to $150,000, with a median of $1,750; it also offers Community Grants of up to $5,000.

Middlesex United Way Inc

Middletown, CT

Middlesex United Way funds community programs in youth opportunity, financial security, healthy communities, and community resiliency serving residents of 15 towns in Middlesex County, Connecticut. Its 2026–2027 Community Impact Grants offered $5,000–$30,000 per request; the profile does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.

Peach Pit Foundation

Durham, CT

Peach Pit Foundation supports charitable organizations, including hospitals, youth sports, schools, and community groups. In 2025, it made 25 grants totaling $517,800, ranging from $1,000 to $100,000, with a median of $7,500; most funding went to Connecticut and Massachusetts, with smaller amounts to Florida, Texas, and Rhode Island. It funds only preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

All Waste Charitable Foundation

Hartford, CT

The foundation supports preselected Connecticut charities, including hospitals and health, family-services, and riverfront-access organizations. In 2024, grants ranged from $1,000 to $100,000, with a median of $5,000; it does not accept unsolicited funding requests.

Anthony F Bauer Trust Fund

Saint Louis, MO

The Oak Hill Foundation Inc

Hartford, CT

The mission of the Oak Hill Foundation is to develop, prudently manage and disburse financial resources to support oak hill programs and services that enhance the quality of life, mobility, independence and

Hartford Foundation for Public Giving

Hartford, CT

The Greater Hartford Gives Foundation funds nonprofits, agencies, and scholarships, with priorities including equity, social and economic mobility, community wellbeing, civic engagement, and arts and culture. Its 2024 itemized grants had a median of about $21,600, with awards ranging from about $5,000 to $2.48 million, and it primarily serves 29 towns in Greater Hartford. It offers annual, priority-aligned grant opportunities; the profile does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.

Aetna Foundation Inc

Hartford, CT

Aetna Foundation supported health and wellness, access to health care, and related community needs; its 2021 grants ranged from $5,000 to $1 million, with a median of $40,000, and went to organizations across multiple states, especially in D.C. and Connecticut. Its 2021 filing was marked final, so it appears to have ended or be winding down grantmaking; that filing said there were no restrictions on who could apply and pointed applicants to its website for application materials.

The Maximilian E and Marion O Hoffman

West Hartford, CT

The foundation supports education, health care, social services, food assistance, and community and cultural organizations, primarily in Connecticut, with additional giving in Maine, Rhode Island, and New York. Its 2025 grants ranged from $2,500 to $250,000, with a median of $19,000. It accepts requests using its prescribed application form; applicants should contact Marion Barrak to obtain one.

Wadsworth Family Foundation

Wallingford, CT

The Wadsworth Family Foundation supports housing, community services, youth, arts, and animal welfare organizations. Its 2024 grants ranged from $75 to $100,000, with a median of $5,000, and mainly went to organizations in Florida and Connecticut; it also funded recipients in Vermont, Indiana, and New York. The foundation says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and lists application materials, but no deadline.

The Silver Tie Fund Inc

Belmont, MA

The Silver Tie Fund supported organizations working in humanitarian aid, environmental conservation and climate action, mental health, and coastal and watershed protection. In 2020, it made 22 grants totaling $82,500, with examples ranging from $2,000 to $10,000; grantees were based mainly in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, but no geographic restriction is stated. Its 2021 filing reports no grants and is marked as its final return; whether it accepts unsolicited requests is not stated.

Americares Foundation Inc

Stamford, CT

Americares funds health care organizations and programs focused on disaster preparedness and recovery, access to medicines and medical supplies, and community health services. In 2025, its grants ranged from $5,073 to $3.86 million, with a median of about $58,700; it works in the United States and internationally, reaching an average of 80 countries each year. The profile does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.