Foundations that fund organizations in Bridgeport, Connecticut
Worked out from where the grants went, not where the foundations sit.
Funding landscape for Bridgeport nonprofits
523 private foundations gave $45M to Bridgeport organizations in their latest filings; 20 of the 100 that say either way accept applications.
1,136 grants in total, with a typical foundation's median grant to Bridgeport around $55K. 46 of these funders are based in Connecticut; the rest give here from elsewhere.
- Foundations giving here
- 523
- Accept applications
- 20
- of 100 that state a policy
- Dollars to Bridgeport
- $45M
- latest filings
- Grants
- 1,136
- Typical median grant
- $55K
- Based in CT
- 46%
- of funders listed
Funders, by dollars given to Bridgeport organizations
| Foundation | Based in | Grants here | Dollars here | Median | Accepts applications | Typical purposes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Zoom Foundation | Greenwich, CT | 1 | $12M | $12M | Preselected only | To fundenvironmentalinitiatives |
| The Frederick a Deluca Foundation Inc | Pompano Beach, FL | 3 | $2.0M | $548K | Preselected only | Women of achievement scholarship; Providing access to health and addressing the socal determi…; Deluca early learning center playground |
| Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation Inc | Stamford, CT | 8 | $1.9M | $75K | Preselected only | Workforce development; Hunger relief; Youth development |
| Elizabeth M Pfriem Foundation | Rye Brook, NY | 21 | $1.8M | $50K | Preselected only | General support; Education grant; Neurovascular center for excellence |
| The Peter and Carmen Lucia Buck Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 2 | $1.8M | $880K | Preselected only | General operating support |
| The McInerney Family Foundation | Westport, CT | 4 | $1.3M | $55K | Preselected only | Charitable contribution |
| Ernest and Joan Trefz Foundation | Bridgeport, CT | 41 | $1.2M | $7,500 | Preselected only | In Furtherance of Stated Objectives of the Foundation |
| The Heffernan Family Foundation | Rye Brook, NY | 2 | $1.1M | $568K | Preselected only | General operating support |
| The Martino Family Foundation Co Michael E Martino | New Canaan, CT | 2 | $950K | $475K | Preselected only | To supports the Catholic education in the Diocese of Bridge…; To support the ministries and services of Bridgeport, CT di… |
| William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund | Hamden, CT | 16 | $685K | $22K | Yes | General support; Supplemental grant; Connecticut cradle to career coalition (ct c2c) civic and c… |
| David and Eunice Bigelow Foundation | Norwalk, CT | 32 | $555K | $10K | Preselected only | General; General Support; Norma Pfriem Breast Cancer Center |
| Thee Mustard Seed Foundation C/O Ten Mountain Capital | Boston, MA | 1 | $493K | $493K | Preselected only | General fund |
| The John and Ethel Kashulon Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 14 | $466K | $28K | Preselected only | General & Unrestricted; Bringing Technology to Life Project, which will modernize t…; After School and Saturday program |
| The Tow Foundation Inc | New Canaan, CT | 4 | $460K | $63K | Preselected only | General operating support; Leadership training; Amplifying resident voices |
| Mellen Charitable Fdn (fka Tf Fdn) C/O Paul McCoy Family Office Svcs | Boston, MA | 1 | $425K | $425K | Preselected only | Establish the neil and diane mellen critical care fund |
| The Queally Foundation Inc | Palm Beach, FL | 2 | $421K | $210K | Preselected only | General support |
| Robert and Ardis James Foundation Inc | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $400K | $400K | Preselected only | TMC Capital Campaign |
| Citi Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $400K | $400K | Preselected only | Community progress makers |
| Synchrony Foundation | Stamford, CT | 7 | $362K | $23K | Preselected only | Funding supports general operations and programming. |
| M K Reichert Sternlicht Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 2 | $350K | $175K | Preselected only | The Bridge on Main project for reentry services for the sys…; General & Unrestricted |
| The Demattia Charitable Foundation Inc | Fairfield, CT | 7 | $331K | $20K | Preselected only | General operating |
| Webster Bank Charitable Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 11 | $301K | $10K | Yes | General & Unrestricted; General and unrestricted; Homes for the Brave Transitional Housing Program for Male V… |
| Popplestone Foundation C/O Sullivan & Worcester Llp | Boston, MA | 1 | $300K | $300K | Preselected only | Music education - general support providing free music educ… |
| Berger Family Foundation Inc | Riverside, CT | 2 | $260K | $130K | Preselected only | General |
| Chang K Park Foundation | Armonk, NY | 1 | $250K | $250K | Preselected only | General |
| Jean and David W Wallace Foundation Inc | New Canaan, CT | 1 | $250K | $250K | Preselected only | Education resources |
| Builders Vision Foundation | Chicago, IL | 1 | $239K | $239K | Preselected only | to support its prescription and healthcare accessibility pr… |
| Nessel Family Foundation Inc | Norwalk, CT | 9 | $215K | $10K | Preselected only | General; General Support and Cardiac Facility Remodeling |
| Elisabeth C Deluca Foundation Inc | Pompano Beach, FL | 2 | $210K | $105K | Preselected only | Providing vocational scholarships for careers; Smilow-burroughs clubhouse out of school program |
| Quidditch Foundation Inc Sheila J Clancy Trustee | Southport, CT | 8 | $208K | $14K | Preselected only | To aid donee organization in its exempt purpose |
| The Shapiro Family Foundation | Brattleboro, VT | 1 | $200K | $200K | Preselected only | Generalgeneral |
| Vincent J Coates Foundation | Santa Cruz, CA | 4 | $200K | $50K | Preselected only | General operations grant; Removal of invasive plants and on-going maintenance; General operations. |
| Britta & Denis J Nayden Charitable Foundation Ltd | Jupiter, FL | 1 | $200K | $200K | Preselected only | General operating support |
| Car Dealers Care National Foundatio | Birmingham, MI | 1 | $200K | $200K | Preselected only | Charitable |
| Wk Kellogg Foundation | Battle Creek, MI | 1 | $200K | $200K | Yes | Promise of an Equitable Future |
| Walter & Merle Baum Foundation Inc C/O Berchem Moses Pc | Milford, CT | 6 | $195K | $20K | Yes | General |
| The Silverbird 29 Fund | Greenwich, CT | 3 | $175K | $50K | Preselected only | general program support |
| Kelly Family Foundation | Newtown, CT | 2 | $175K | $88K | Preselected only | General support of charitable programs |
| Elizabeth and Ihab Massoud Family Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 6 | $173K | $13K | Preselected only | General & Unrestricted; Newborn Follow-up Program at Bridgeport Hospital; Charitable Event |
| The Theodore J Forstmann Charitable Tr C/O Bessemer Trust Company Na | New York, NY | 2 | $169K | $85K | Preselected only | General exempt purpose |
| Barr Foundation | Boston, MA | 1 | $167K | $167K | Preselected only | To support the ongoing redesign of great oaks charter schoo… |
| Ritter Family Foundation | Ridgefield, CT | 3 | $164K | $50K | Preselected only | Donation |
| The Tudor Foundation Inc | Stamford, CT | 3 | $160K | $55K | Preselected only | Charitable purposes |
| The Inglesea Charitable Trust | Norwalk, CT | 6 | $153K | $675 | Preselected only | Charitable; Chartiable |
| The Leslie & Roslyn Goldstein Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $150K | $150K | Preselected only | General support |
| The Bauer Family Foundation Inc | New Canaan, CT | 3 | $150K | $50K | Preselected only | Operational Support |
| The O'Herron Family Foundation | Stamford, CT | 3 | $148K | $25K | Yes | Unrestricted |
| Avangrid Foundation Inc | Orange, CT | 5 | $145K | $25K | Yes | Social action; Biodiversity & climate change; Art & culture |
| Emil and Toby Meshberg Family Foundation Inc | Fairfield, CT | 3 | $141K | $52K | Yes | General support |
| Leonard Litz Foundation | Fairfield, CT | 2 | $136K | $68K | Preselected only | General support |
| The Ocro Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 3 | $135K | $55K | Preselected only | Hunger and homelessnessservices; 2021 pledge; Brooks st. house renovation |
| The Young Family Charitable Foundation | New Canaan, CT | 2 | $135K | $68K | Preselected only | General support fund |
| Protein Foundation | Yarmouth, ME | 4 | $135K | $30K | Preselected only | Food and Shelter for homeless; Tutor and mentor youth in low income areas; Mission is to embrace the urban poor with compassion of Chr… |
| The Scripps Family Fund for Education and the Arts | Fort Mitchell, KY | 11 | $135K | $10K | Preselected only | Education and enrichment programs; After school-summer camp programs; Scholarship support |
| The C K Williams Fdn Inv Adv Acct | Pittsburgh, PA | 1 | $130K | $130K | Preselected only | General operating |
| The Rachael Ray Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $125K | $125K | Preselected only | An unrestricted grant to further the donee's exempt purpose |
| Clif Family Foundation | St Helena, CA | 1 | $125K | $125K | Yes | Transform Food Systems |
| Cyrus W & Amy F Jones & Bessie D Phelps Foundation Inc | Fairfield, CT | 14 | $122K | $6,500 | Preselected only | Operations; Programs; Operationsoperations |
| George F Landegger Charitable Foundation Inc | Rye Brook, NY | 2 | $121K | $61K | Preselected only | General support |
| Hodgman Family Foundation | Saviese | 1 | $120K | $120K | Preselected only | General |
| Connecticut Health Foundation Inc | Hartford, CT | 5 | $111K | $20K | Yes | To support ongoing efforts to expand husky insurance covera…; Funding will support a conference that will bring together…; To help provide training on diversity, equity, inclusion, b… |
| Twenty-Seven Foundation C/O Bank of America/Us Trust | East Hartford, CT | 3 | $110K | $40K | Preselected only | General |
| Andrew J Knuth Family Charitable Trust | Weston, CT | 5 | $110K | $25K | Yes | General support |
| Tauck Family Foundation | Wilton, CT | 8 | $106K | $13K | Yes | In honor of grant; Capacity building grant; General operating support grant |
| The Meyer Family Charitable Trust Ua 12-17-13 | Darien, CT | 1 | $104K | $104K | Preselected only | General donation |
| The Goergen Foundation Inc | North Palm Beach, FL | 2 | $103K | $51K | Preselected only | Support of organization |
| Smilow Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $100K | $100K | Yes | Program support |
| Smith Richardson Foundation Inc | Greensboro, NC | 4 | $100K | $20K | Yes | General operating support |
| The Td & Ma O'Malley Foundation Inc | West Palm Beach, FL | 1 | $100K | $100K | Preselected only | To strengthen and transfer the mission of catholic educatio… |
| The Pitney Bowes Foundation | Stamford, CT | 11 | $96K | $5,500 | Yes | Esl program support - creating opportunities for success; Strive bridgeport program; Mother and child literacy program in bridgeport, ct |
| Klein Family Foundation Inc | Trumbull, CT | 5 | $95K | $10K | Preselected only | Unrestricted; Integrative medicine & supportive services music therapy pr… |
| Fred R & Hazel W Carstensen Memorial Foundation Inc | Fairfield, CT | 15 | $94K | $3,000 | Preselected only | Operations; Programs; Bridgeport Historic Center |
| Rather Family Foundation | New York, NY | 2 | $94K | $47K | Preselected only | To provide general support |
| Newman's Own Foundation | Westport, CT | 5 | $90K | $10K | Preselected only | General operations; Connect-us afterschool programs; Youth leadership program |
| Frank V Sica and Colleen McMahon Foundation | Marlboro, NJ | 1 | $90K | $90K | Preselected only | St joan magnetti schlorship fund |
| Grace Jones Richardson Testamentary Trust C/O Piedmont Trust Co | Greensboro, NC | 3 | $90K | $41K | Preselected only | To assist the organization in carrying out its exempt purpo… |
| Td Charitable Foundation | Portland, ME | 7 | $90K | $10K | Yes | Connecticut housing and financial security initiative; Tutoring program; Tutoring for 2nd-8th grade immigrant children |
| Estate of Benjamin B Lewis | Trumbull, CT | 15 | $88K | $5,000 | Preselected only | Aid for greater bridgeport charity |
| Newtown Savings Bank Foundation Inc C/O Newtown Savings Bank | Newtown, CT | 17 | $88K | $2,500 | Yes | Exempt purpose |
| Elevance Health Foundation Inc | Indianapolis, IN | 1 | $87K | $87K | Yes | Bolstering Maternal Health Outcomes for Black Female Patien… |
| The Ernest W & Agnes W Kaulbach Charitable Foundation | Palm Beach Gardens, FL | 8 | $86K | $4,250 | Preselected only | Operations; Capital campaign; Endowment fund committed to youth |
| Apple Pickers Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 3 | $85K | $25K | Preselected only | General & Unrestricted; To support the Housatonic Museum of Art, to help the conser… |
| The Frank Dimino Foundation Inc | West Palm Beach, FL | 1 | $80K | $80K | Preselected only | General charitable purposes |
| Marcus Clinton & Sarah Booth Hawley Fund | Dallas, TX | 1 | $79K | $79K | Preselected only | Unrestricted general |
| The Nesi Family Foundation | New York, NY | 3 | $79K | $25K | Preselected only | General contribution |
| Union Savings Bank Foundation Inc | Danbury, CT | 8 | $75K | $5,000 | Yes | Exempt purposes |
| Almira Family Foundation | Fort Myers, FL | 1 | $75K | $75K | Preselected only | General purposes |
| Charles & Mary James Home for Aged Women Inc | Bridgeport, CT | 9 | $72K | $8,000 | Preselected only | To promote the organization's exempt purpose |
| Levin Family Foundation C/O James Funnell Jr Brody Wilkinson Pc | Southport, CT | 1 | $65K | $65K | Preselected only | Operation of a free-form non-profit community radio station. |
| Js Howe Family Foundation C/O Old Hill Partners | Stamford, CT | 3 | $63K | $10K | Preselected only | Community service |
| Eversource Energy Foundation Inc C/O Kevin Morrissey | Hartford, CT | 6 | $63K | $2,500 | Yes | Bridgeport neighborhood - jeffrey pugliese; United way of coastal & western ct; Donation on behalf of eversource aapi celebration |
| Burroughs Fund V00728002 | Easton, CT | 6 | $62K | $7,500 | Yes | General operations |
| Cobb L S Ua Fbo Bridgeport Hosp | Dallas, TX | 1 | $61K | $61K | Preselected only | Unrestricted general |
| Wells Fargo Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | 1 | $60K | $60K | Preselected only | Urban Homeownership Assistance Program |
| Seedlings Foundation | Branford, CT | 1 | $60K | $60K | Preselected only | Humanitarian/educational/community |
| The Tyrrell Foundation Inc | Teton Village, WY | 1 | $59K | $59K | Preselected only | General purpose |
| Lil & Julie Rosenberg Foundation Inc | Trumbull, CT | 3 | $59K | $20K | Preselected only | Social services |
| Turner Construction Company Foundation | Cincinnati, OH | 5 | $58K | $10K | Preselected only | General purpose |
| Mary L Fitch Trust Xxxxx8004 | Chicago, IL | 1 | $58K | $58K | Preselected only | General |
| The Shack Sackler Foundation C/O Norton Rose Fulbright US Llp | New York, NY | 2 | $55K | $28K | Preselected only | Unrestricted |
Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV, latest electronic return per foundation (2026-10-28). "Accepts applications" reflects the foundation's own checkbox on Part XV line 2. Grants to individuals excluded.
Common questions
Which foundations give to nonprofits in Bridgeport, Connecticut?
The Zoom Foundation, The Frederick a Deluca Foundation Inc, Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation Inc, Elizabeth M Pfriem Foundation, The Peter and Carmen Lucia Buck Foundation Inc and 95 others reported grants to Bridgeport organizations on their latest Form 990-PF.
How do I approach a foundation that doesn't accept applications?
A foundation that checks "contributes only to preselected organizations" on its 990-PF won't review a cold proposal. Look at who it funds, find a shared board member, grantee or advisor, and ask for an introduction. Foundations that accept applications usually list a contact and deadlines in Part XV; we show that text on each foundation's page.
Is this list complete?
No. It covers private foundations (Form 990-PF filers) whose latest electronic return lists at least one grant to an organization in Bridgeport. Community foundations and corporate giving programs file different forms and are not included yet.