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Children's Fund of Connecticut Inc at a glance

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Children's Fund of Connecticut Inc

The children's fund of connecticut, a public charitable foundation, prior to its dissolution, was dedicated to ensuring that children in connecticut have a strong start in life with ongoing support to promote their optimal health and well-being.

$829k
Granted FY2021
2
Grants FY2021
1
States reached
$733k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.

Health$5.6MPhilanthropy$107kHuman Services$23k
02FY2021 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 2 grants below total $808,177, the rows itemized in this filing. The $828,908 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $20,731 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 · FY2021

  • $50k–250k1 grant · $75k
  • $250k+1 grant · $733k
$733,177
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE OF CONNECTICUT INC$733,177
CONNECTICUT COUNCIL FOR PHILANTHROPY$75,000
02The need
03

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 (FY17–21, $5.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CONNECTICUT ASSOCIATION FOR HUMAN SERVICES: $13k → 11%Connecticut AsSOCIATION FOR Human Services: $5k → 11%CONNECTICUT ASSOCIATION FOR HUMAN SERVICES: $5k → 11%CHILD HEALTH & DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE OF CONNECTICUT INC: $1.3M → 11%CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE OF CONNECTICUT INC: $1.2M → 11%CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF CONNECTICUT INC: $1.2M → 11%CHILD HEALTH & DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE OF CONNECTICUT INC: $1.1M → 11%CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE OF CONNECTICUT INC: $733k → 11%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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.7M · 5 repeat orgs$32k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +80% since the first grant, against -97% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2021, 3 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
4

Total granted

$5.7M
$32k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+80%
-97%

Still filing today

80%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21
Human ServicesHealthPhilanthropyOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • CH
    CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE OF CONNECTICUT INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $5.5M · revenue +75%
  • CC
    CONNECTICUT COUNCIL FOR PHILANTHROPY
    5× · 2017–2021 · $107k · revenue +142%
  • CA
    CONNECTICUT ASSOCIATION FOR INFANT MENTAL HEALTH INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $40k · revenue +100%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER
    one grant, 2020 · $13k
  • CG
    CHILD GUIDANCE CENTER OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT INC
    one grant, 2020 · $9k · revenue -97%
  • NO
    NAMI OF CONNECTICUT INC
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue -10%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its 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
The Connecticut Association of School Based Health Centers Inc

Through advocacy, education, and networking, the ct association of school based health centers positions sbhcs as leaders in the broader healthcare system for ct's children and adolescents.

Health
2
Community Health Center Inc

Community health center (chc) is building a world class primary care organization, improving health outcomes and building healthier communities through clinical excellence, research and innovation, and training the next generation. chc is…

Health
3
Connecticut Podiatric Medical Association Foundation Inc

Non-profit organization that supports education, charitable and scientific purposes related to the field of podiatric medicine.

Education
4
Connecticut Health Foundation Inc
Philanthropy
5
Connecticut Health I-Team Inc

The non-profit Connecticut Health Investigative Team, C-HIT, is dedicated to producing original, responsible, in-depth journalism on issues of health and safety in Connecticut and the surrounding region.

Health
6
Community Guidance Clinic for Central Connecticut Inc

Community guidance clinic for central connecticut, an established and trusted community resource, provides comprehensive evidence-based behavioral health services that promote wellness and resilience. our collaborative, family-focused,…

Human Services
7
New Hampshire Children's Health Foundation
Health
8
Community Health Network of Connecticut Foundation Inc

Our mission is to advance, support and promote programs and activities that fundamentally improve the health status of the people of connecticut.

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9
Connecticut Association for Community Action Inc

The mission of the connecticut association for community action is to strengthen the capacities of its members to empower people in need and improve the communities in which they live.

—
10
Connecticut Association of Health Care Facilities Inc

The association is the leader in providing services to and advocating for, the state's providers of long-term, subacute, rehabilitative, and assisted living care. additionally, the association serves as a clearing house for information…

—
11
Connecticut Association for the Education of Young Children Inc

To enhance the care, education, and development of Connecticut's young children, in the context of family, and community; and to support the professionals who care for them. CTAEYC provides training to increase the competencies of…

—
12
Connecticut Network for Children and Youth Inc

We bring people together through strong local and statewide partnerships to help children, youth and families thrive.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Child Health and Development Institute of Connecticut Inc; the most unlike its peers is Childrens Mental Health Network. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

9 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. 9 of the 10 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
8/9
Grantees still filing
5/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE OF CONNECTICUT INC: $5,510,990 · Human ServicesCHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE OF CONNECTICUT INC+1 more: $22,500 · Human ServicesCONNECTICUT COUNCIL FOR PHILANTHROPY: $106,855 · PhilanthropyCONNECTICUT ASSOCIATION FOR INFANT MENTAL HEALTH INC: $40,475 · HealthCONNECTICUT CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER: $20,000 · HealthUNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER: $13,000 · OtherCHILD GUIDANCE CENTER OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT INC: $9,269 · OtherNAMI OF CONNECTICUT INC: $5,000 · OtherCHILDRENS MENTAL HEALTH NETWORK: $5,000 · OtherYale University: $19,203 · Education
Human Services$5,533,490Philanthropy$106,855Health$60,475Other$32,269Education$19,203

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE OF CONNECTICUT INC: $5,510,990 over 5y, 21% of budgetCONNECTICUT COUNCIL FOR PHILANTHROPY: $106,855 over 5y, 4.0% of budgetCONNECTICUT ASSOCIATION FOR INFANT MENTAL HEALTH INC: $40,475 over 3y, 5.7% of budgetCONNECTICUT ASSOCIATION FOR HUMAN SERVICES INC: $22,500 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetCONNECTICUT CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetYale University: $19,203 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILD GUIDANCE CENTER OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT INC: $9,269 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNAMI OF CONNECTICUT INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCHILDRENS MENTAL HEALTH NETWORK: $5,000 over 1y, 6.5% 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.

Fairfield County's Co…Hartford Foundation f…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Fairfield County's Community Foundation IncCT13.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · Hartford Foundation for Public Giving · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Children's Fund of Connecticut Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Children's Fund of Connecticut Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 24%
  • Child Health and Development Institute of Connecticut Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Connecticut Council for Philanthropy: 24% of income from government
  • Yale University: 12% of income from government
  • Connecticut Children's Medical Center: 5% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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 10 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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