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Advancing Connecticut Together Inc

To addresses the root causes of poverty, addiction and health inequities through strength-based services and advocacy to ensure all people in connecticut have equitable resources necessary tp achieve multi- generational health, wealth and happiness.

$503k
Granted FY2024still arriving
18
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$57k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01FY2024 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 18 grants below total $419,817, the rows itemized in this filing. The $502,916 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $83,099 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k14 grants · $296k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $110k
$22,224
Median grant
3
States reached
$8.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
QUEER YOUTH PROGRAM OF CONNECTICUT$56,819
APNH A PLACE TO NOURISH YOUR$53,000
NEW HAVEN PRIDE CENTER$47,479
TRIANGLE COMMUNITY CENTER$40,000
METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY CHURCH$34,700
ANCHOR HEALTH INITIATIVE CORP$26,238
NATIONAL WORKING POSITIVE COALITION$25,882
LOVE 146 INC$24,750
THE ROWAN CENTER INC$22,224
FIRST CHOICE HEALTH CENTERS INC$15,000
CULTURAL ALLIANCE OF WESTERN$10,000
CAPITOL REGION EDUCATION COUNCIL$10,000
REGIONAL DATA COOPERATIVE FOR$10,000
HARTFORD GAY MEN'S CHORUS INC$10,000
MIDDLESEX COUNTY CHAMBER OF$10,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $55k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%OUT CT INC: $7k → 9%NEW HAVEN PRIDE CENTER: $47k → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Hartford Gay and Lesbian Health Collective Inc

The hartford gay & lesbian health collective empowers individuals of diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions to lead healthly lives through the provision of health and support services, education and advocacy.

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2
Pride Center of Vermont Inc

Pride Center of Vermont educates, advocates and celebrates with and for LGBTQ+ Vermonters.

Human Services
3
Hudson Valley Lgbtq Community Center Inc

As a safe, supportive environment, the Hudson Valley LBGTQ Community Center provides services, professional resources, and programs that unite the lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans-gender, and queer community across lines of age, race, gender,…

Human Services
4
Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center Inc

EMPOWERING LGBT PEOPLE, BUILDING STRONG COMMUNITY. NEW YORK CITY'S LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, & TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY CENTER EMPOWERS PEOPLE TO LEAD HEALTHY, SUCCESSFUL LIVES. The Center celebrates our community and advocates for justice and…

Human Services
5
True Colors Inc Sexual Minority Youth and Family Services of Ct

True colors mission is to improve the quality of life for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (lgbt) youth. we work to create a world where youth of all sexual orientations and gender identities are valued and affirmed. we challenge all…

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6
Rainbow Health Minnesota

To work for equitable health care access and outcomes for people who experience injustice at the intersection of health status and identity.

Health
7
Manchester True Collaborative

Manchester True Collaborative operates a community center providing LGBTQIA focused programming serving all ages and identities in the greater Manchester NH area including the annual Pride Festival and Parade youth programming and ongoing…

Human Services
8
Lgbt Center Intercultural Collective Inc

Colectivo Intercultural TRANSgrediendo is a social organization, which works on the empowerment of human rights, access and comprehensive health care of TransGNB people, strengthening the social and cultural expression of diverse gender…

Civil Rights
9
Gay City Health Project

Gay city: seattle's lgbtq center cultivates access and connections to promote self-determination, liberation and joy in our communities.

Arts & Culture
10
Lgbt Center of Greater Reading

The lgbt center of greater reading creates, administers, and provides services, advocacy, and support to the greater reading lgbtq+ community, including our allies, with the goal that all may live a life of fulfillment, inclusion, and…

Civil Rights
11
The Lgbtq Center of Durham Inc

To create a community where all LGBTQ+ lived experiences are affirmed, supported, and celebrated.

Human Services
12
Brooklyn Community Pride Center Inc

Brooklyn community pride center uplifts and empowers lgbtq+ brooklynites through socially conscious and culturally responsive programs, partnerships and advocacy.

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New Haven Gay and Lesbian Community Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is Qplus Queer Youth Program of Connecticut. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

11 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 11 of the 18 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/11
Grantees still filing
5/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY CHURCH: $34,700 · OtherMETROPOLITAN COMMUNITY CHURCHNATIONAL WORKING POSITIVE COALITION: $25,882 · OtherNATIONAL WORKING POSITIVE COALITIO…THE ROWAN CENTER INC: $22,224 · OtherTHE ROWAN CENTER INCCAPITOL REGION EDUCATION COUNCIL: $10,000 · OtherCAPITOL REGION EDUCATION COUNCILCULTURAL ALLIANCE OF WESTERN: $10,000 · OtherCULTURAL ALLIANCE OF WESTERNMERCY HOUSING AND SHELTER CORPORATI: $10,000 · OtherMERCY HOUSING AND SHELTER CORPORAT…MIDDLESEX COUNTY CHAMBER OF: $10,000 · OtherMIDDLESEX COUNTY CHAMBER OFWEST HARTFORD PRIDE INC: $6,525 · OtherAPNHA PLACE TO NOURISH YOUR HEALTH: $53,000 · HealthAPNHA PLACE TO NOURISH YO…ANCHOR HEALTH INITIATIVE CORP: $26,238 · HealthANCHOR HEALTH INITIATIVE …FIRST CHOICE HEALTH CENTERS INC: $15,000 · HealthFIRST CHOICE HEALTH CENTE…QPLUS QUEER YOUTH PROGRAM OF CONNECTICUT: $56,819 · Youth DevelopmentQPLUS QUEER YOU…NEW HAVEN GAY AND LESBIAN COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $47,479 · Human ServicesNEW HAVEN GAY …OUT CT: $7,200 · Human ServicesOUT CTTRIANGLE COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $40,000 · Recreation & SportsTRIANGLE C…LOVE146 INC: $24,750 · Crime & LegalREGIONAL DATA COOPERATIVE FOR GREATER NEW HAVEN INC: $10,000 · Community ImprovementHARTFORD GAY MENS CHORUS INC: $10,000 · Education
Other$129,331Health$94,238Youth Development$56,819Human Services$54,679Recreation & Sports$40,000Crime & Legal$24,750Community Improvement$10,000Education$10,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetQPLUS QUEER YOUTH PROGRAM OF CONNECTICUT: $56,819 over 1y, 25% of budgetAPNHA PLACE TO NOURISH YOUR HEALTH: $53,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetNEW HAVEN GAY AND LESBIAN COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $47,479 over 1y, 9.7% of budgetTRIANGLE COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $40,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetANCHOR HEALTH INITIATIVE CORP: $26,238 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLOVE146 INC: $24,750 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE ROWAN CENTER INC: $22,224 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetFIRST CHOICE HEALTH CENTERS INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetREGIONAL DATA COOPERATIVE FOR GREATER NEW HAVEN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHARTFORD GAY MENS CHORUS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 7.3% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Leonard Litz Foundati…Hartford Foundation f…American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Leonard Litz FoundationCT13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Leonard Litz Foundation · Hartford Foundation for Public Giving · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Advancing Connecticut Together Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Advancing Connecticut Together Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 24%
  • LOVE146 Inc: 49% of income from government
  • Apnha Place to Nourish Your Health: 24% of income from government
  • First Choice Health Centers Inc: 16% of income from government
  • Triangle Community Center Inc: 5% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 18 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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