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Grant Funders in Stamford, CT

Bespoke Grants indexes 44 grant-making foundations headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut — together $1.24B in indexed annual giving. Their giving most often supports higher education, health care, education and arts & culture. Local funders are one of the best starting points for a Stamford nonprofit, because many prioritize organizations in their own community.

44
Foundations in Stamford
$1.24B
Indexed annual giving
40
Listed below
CT
State

Foundations headquartered in Stamford

Ranked by giving in available IRS summaries. Filings may cover different years; these totals are not a current-year funding pool. Each links to a public overview and up to three sample grants. Full grant history and research tools require All access at $19/month.

#FoundationAnnual givingLatest grant
1Americares Foundation Inc$1.02B2023
2Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation Inc$91.5M2024
3Cohen Veterans Network Inc$23.6M2024
4Synchrony Foundation$14.6M2024
5Deloitte Foundation$9.5M2025
6The Leandro P Rizzuto Foundation$6.4M2024
7The Harold W Mcgraw Jr Family$5.4M2024
8The Tudor Foundation Inc$4.9M2023
9General Atlantic Foundation$4.8M2024
10The Chilton Foundation$4.4M2024
11Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy Inc$4.3M2025
12Waterside School Inc$4.1M2024
13The Pitney Bowes Foundation$2.8M2023
14Odyssey Group Foundation$2.7M2024
15The Nielsen Foundation Inc$2.2M2024
16The Widgeon Point Charitable Foundation$2.1M2023
17The Stamford Hospital$2.0M2024
18Point72 Employee Directed Giving Foundation$1.9M2024
19The Bouncer Foundation Inc$1.9M2020
20Women's Business Development Council$1.8M2024
21Suzanne Mcgraw Foundation Inc$1.7M2024
22Jjj Charitable Foundation$1.7M2024
23American Pet Products Association Inc$1.6M2024
24The Zegarac-pollock Family Foundation$1.3M2023
25Richard Lichter Charity for Dogs Inc$1.2M2024
26Clementine Lockwood Peterson Foundation$1.2M2025
27Garden Homes Fund$1.2M2024
28Hughes Holden Foundation$1.1M2024
29Global Lyme Alliance Inc$929K2024
30Domus Kids Inc$929K2020
31Keep America Beautiful Inc$845K2024
32James and Amy Bennett$751K2024
33Louis J and June E Kay Foundation$721K2024
34B L Manger Foundation$715K2025
35Martha Washington Straus-harry H Straus$704K2024
36United Jewish Federation of Greater$697K2024
37The Schloss Family Foundation Inc$676K2024
38Carle C Conway Scholarship$660K2025
39First County Bank Foundation Inc$656K2024
40Child Guidance Center of Southern$603K2020

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About this page. Lists foundations whose IRS Form 990 filings give a Stamford, CT address, drawn from Bespoke Grants' index of 225,000+ U.S. foundations and 13M+ grants. Foundations based elsewhere may also fund Stamford nonprofits; the one lifetime free funder search accounts for both.