Connecticut · Public charity
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.
- $2.7M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 17
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $2.5M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $118,495
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $417,431
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 22
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.5M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations Connecticut Association for Community Action Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $96k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 17 | $2.5M | 12% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $2.3M | 13% |
| FY2023 | 22 | $2.8M | 14% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $3.0M | 5% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $2.0M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 21 | $2.6M | 33% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $2.2M | 0% |
| FY2017 | 14 | $2.3M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Opportunities Inc | $3,194,566 | 8 | 1% |
| Community Renewal Team Inc | $3,077,961 | 8 | 1% |
| The Community Action Agency of Western Connecticut Inc | $1,705,207 | 8 | 2% |
| Community Action Agency of New Haven Inc | $1,589,010 | 8 | 3% |
| Human Resources Agency of New Britain Inc | $1,572,302 | 8 | 1% |
| Thames Valley Council for Community Action Inc | $1,409,599 | 8 | 1% |
| The Access Community Action Agenc | $1,126,266 | 8 | n/a |
| Alliance for Community Empowerment Inc | $1,034,776 | 8 | 1% |
| Team Inc | $913,682 | 8 | 1% |
| Maine Community Action Association Dba Maine Community Action Partnership | $458,800 | 8 | 11% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Connecticut Association for Community Action Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 25 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund · Governor's Partnership to Protect Connecticut's Workforce Inc · Connecticut Health Foundation Inc · Newalliance Foundation Inc · Liberty Bank Foundation Inc · Peoples United Community Foundation · United Way of Greater New Haven Inc · Yale University · The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven · Capital Workforce Partners Inc · Farmington Bank Community Foundation Inc · American Savings Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Connecticut Association for Community Action Inc
- How much does Connecticut Association for Community Action Inc give?
- Connecticut Association for Community Action Inc reported 17 itemized grants totaling $2,533,971, out of $2,725,366 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 22 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Connecticut Association for Community Action Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (47%), Community Improvement (39%), International (5%).
- Who are Connecticut Association for Community Action Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: New Opportunities Inc ($3.2M), Community Renewal Team Inc ($3.1M), The Community Action Agency of Western Connecticut Inc ($1.7M).
- Does Connecticut Association for Community Action Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Connecticut Association for Community Action Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund, Governor's Partnership to Protect Connecticut's Workforce Inc, Connecticut Health Foundation Inc.
- Where is Connecticut Association for Community Action Inc based?
- Connecticut Association for Community Action Inc is based in CT.
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