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Ion Bank Foundation Inc at a glance

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Ion Bank Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.0M
Granted FY2025still arriving
419
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$105k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Philanthropy$2.1MHuman Services$801kHealth$780kEducation$406kYouth Development$363kArts & Culture$353kFood & Nutrition$224kCommunity Improvement$191kOther$0
02FY2025 · 419 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k396 grants · $543k
  • $10k–50k21 grants · $321k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $185k
$525
Median grant
5
States reached
$15M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNITED WAY OF NAUGATUCK & BEACON FALLS$105,000
UNITED WAY OF GREATER WATERBURY$80,000
CONNECTICUT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$49,209
CONNECTICUT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$30,000
WATERBURY PROMISE INC$25,000
GRIFFIN HOSPITAL$25,000
FAIR HAVEN COMMUNITY HEALTH CLINIC INC$15,000
ACTS 4 MINISTRY$15,000
UNITED WAY OF GREATER WATERBURY$15,000
UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT$13,000
MONTVILLE TOWNSHIP FIRST AID SQUAD INC$13,000
NAUGATUCK ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP$11,000
ELIM PARK BAPTIST HOME INC$10,000
GREATER WATERBURY INTERFAITH MINISTRIES INC$10,000
THE SALVATION ARMY$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 (FY20–25, $409k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%AMERICA'S GROW-A-ROW: $5k → 4%PRUDENCE CRANDALL CENTER INC: $8k → 11%PRUDENCE CRANDALL CENTER INC: $5k → 11%WOMEN AND FAMILIES CENTER: $8k → 12%WOMEN AND FAMILES CENTER: $5k → 12%ANN'S PLACE INC: $5k → 9%FAMILY & CHILDRENS AID: $3k → 9%TRICIRCLE CORPORATION: $3k → 12%MIDWEST FOOD BANK NEW ENGLAND: $6k → 11%MIDWEST FOOD BANK NEW ENGLAND: $5k → 11%MIDWEST FOOD BANK NEW ENGLAND: $5k → 11%MIDWEST FOOD BANK NEW ENGLAND: $5k → 11%HANDS ON HARTFORD INC: $10k → 11%HANDS ON HARTFORD INC: $10k → 11%HANDS ON HARTFORD INC: $10k → 11%HANDS ON HARTFORD INC: $8k → 11%HANDS ON HARTFORD INC: $5k → 11%CONNECTICUT ASSOCIATION FOR HUMAN SERVICES: $5k → 11%CONNECTICUT ASSOCIATION FOR HUMAN SERVICES INC: $5k → 11%HANDS ON HARTFORD INC: $5k → 11%INTERFAITH VOLUNTEER CARE GIVERS OF GRT NI: $5k → 12%SOUTHINGTON CHESHIRE COMMUNITY YMCA: $5k → 11%HT CT INC: $10k → 12%NEW HORIZONS INC: $10k → 11%NEW HORIZONS INC: $5k → 11%NEW HORIZONS INC: $5k → 11%NEW HORIZONS INC: $5k → 11%NEW HORIZONS INC: $5k → 11%MADRE LATINA ORGANIZATION INC: $10k → 12%MADRE LATINA ORGANIZATION INC: $10k → 12%MADRE LATINA ORGANIZATION INC: $5k → 12%MADRE LATINA ORGANIZATION INC: $5k → 12%WATERBURY ARC INC: $5k → 12%BRIAN GIBBONS HOMELESS OUTREACH INC: $5k → 12%TEAM INC: $5k → 12%TEAM INC: $5k → 12%TEAM INC: $5k → 12%TEAM INC: $4k → 12%ACTS 4 MINISTRY: $15k → 12%BRIAN GIBBONS HOMELESS OUTREACH INC: $10k → 12%BRIAN GIBBONS HOMELESS OUTREACH INC: $5k → 12%FAMILY & CHILDRENS AID: $4k → 12%ELIM PARK BAPTIST HOME INC: $15k → 12%ELIM PARK BAPTIST HOME INC: $10k → 12%ELIM PARK BAPTIST HOME INC: $10k → 12%ELIM PARK BAPTIST HOME INC: $10k → 12%THE YMCA OF WALLINGFORD: $4k → 12%THE YMCA OF WALLINGFORD INC DBA THE WALLINGFORD FAMILY YMCA: $4k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
NY
MA
NJ
CT
MD
SC
DC
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.2M · 377 repeat orgs$576k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +23% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.

377 repeat relationships: 264 still active in FY2025, 113 since wound down; 77 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

377
176

Total granted

$5.2M
$419k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+5%

Still filing today

56%
28%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $157k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthEducationPhilanthropyArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • THE UNITED WAY OF GREATER WATERBURY INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $735k · revenue +13%
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF NAUGATUCK AND BEACON FALLS INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $677k · revenue +69% · 32% of their budget
  • GH
    GRIFFIN HOSPITAL DEVELOPMENT FUND INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $112k · revenue +54%

Funded once

  • CC
    CCS CHILDRENS COMMUNITY SCHOOL
    one grant, 2020 · $15k
  • CM
    COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH AFFILIATES INC
    one grant, 2022 · $15k · revenue -4%
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN C
    one grant, 2023 · $13k
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
Connecticut Housing Coalition Inc

The connecticut housing coalition works to expand housing opportunity and to increase the quantity and quality of affordable housing available to people with low and moderate incomes in connecticut through advocacy, education and…

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2
Connecticut Humane Society

The connecticut humane society is the leading resource in the state for companion animal welfare, enriching the lives of families and communities through adoption services, medical care, education, and prevention of cruelty.

Animals
3
The Community Action Agency of Western Connecticut Inc

The community action agency of western connecticut is a private non-profit corporation serving western connecticut. its primary purpose is to operate a multi-purpose organization to combat poverty and promote self sufficiency among low…

Community Improvement
4
New Haven Works Inc

To grow the local economy and improve economic stability in all communities by providing employers with a trained and qualified workforce and connecting residents to jobs.

Education
5
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.

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6
Child Advocates of Connecticut Inc

Child Advocates of Connecticut (CAC) transforms the lives of vulnerable children and youth by providing trained and supervised one-on-one volunteer advocates in the community, classroom and courtroom.

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7
Mental Health Connecticut Inc

Mhc partners with individuals, their families, and surrounding communities to create environments that support long-term health and wellness.

Health
8
Community Health Services Inc

To provide medical services for the residents of the greater hartford connecticut area. to provide quality health care services to low and moderate income individuals in the greater hartford connecticut area regardless of ability to pay.

Health
9
Community Action Agency of New Haven Inc

Community action agency of new haven, inc. offers pathways to prosperity to those in poverty in the greater new haven area through: service - collaboration - advocacy - knowledge generation.

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10
Connecticut Community Care Inc

Connecticut community care, inc provides person-centered care coordination and transition services for elders and individuals with disabilities to help ensure they can live safely in the place they choose to live. people served experience…

Health
11
Community Residences Inc

Housing and programs for persons with intellectual disabilities.

Human Services
12
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…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Advancing Connecticut Together Inc; the most unlike its peers is Foster and Forever Pet Rescue Inc. 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

325 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. 325 of the 634 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
80
Early backer (in before they grew)
315/325
Grantees still filing
200/325
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE UNITED WAY OF GREATER WATERBURY INC: $734,688 · OtherTHE UNITED WAY OF GREATER WATERBURY INCGRIFFIN HOSPITAL DEVELOPMENT FUND INC: $111,500 · OtherYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF NAUGATUCK INC: $100,800 · Other+113 more: $1,848,684 · Other+113 moreUNITED WAY OF NAUGATUCK AND BEACON FALLS INC: $676,880 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF NAUGATUCK AN…THE CONNECTICUT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $336,682 · PhilanthropyTHE CONNECTICUT COMMUNITY …VALLEY UNITED WAY INC: $77,300 · PhilanthropyVALLEY UNITED WAY INCUNITED WAY INC UNITED WAY OF CENT & NE CONNECTICUT: $59,800 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF GREATER NEW HAVEN INC: $58,226 · Philanthropy+4 more: $92,498 · Philanthropy+4 moreHANDS ON HARTFORD INC: $57,700 · Human ServicesELIM PARK BAPTIST HOME INC: $45,525 · Human ServicesMADRE LATINA ORGANIZATION INC: $35,225 · Human ServicesTEAM INC: $32,000 · Human ServicesNEW HORIZONS INC: $30,825 · Human ServicesSAFE HAVEN OF GREATER WTBY INC: $22,460 · Human ServicesPRUDENCE CRANDALL CENTER INC: $21,500 · Human ServicesMIDWEST FOOD BANK NFP: $21,000 · Human ServicesBRIAN GIBBONS HOMELESS OUTREACH INC: $20,750 · Human ServicesACTS 4 MINISTRY INC: $18,530 · Human ServicesYMCA OF WALLINGFORD INC: $14,000 · Human Services+11 more: $91,950 · Human ServicesST VINCENT DEPAUL MISSION OF WATERBURY: $71,275 · HealthGRIFFIN HOSPITAL: $36,125 · HealthWELLMORE INC: $35,750 · HealthMidstate Medical Center: $18,100 · HealthSEYMOUR PINKINC: $17,525 · HealthFAIR HAVEN COMMUNITY HEALTH CLINIC INC: $15,000 · HealthPROJECT PURPLE INC: $14,925 · HealthBRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $13,750 · HealthMALTA HOUSE OF CARE INC: $13,500 · HealthMONTVILLE TOWNSHIP FIRST AID SQUAD INC: $13,000 · HealthGaylord Hospital INC: $10,750 · Health+8 more: $59,325 · HealthBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER WATERBURY: $40,950 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF MERIDEN INC: $36,800 · Youth DevelopmentPOLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE OF PARSIPPANY-TROY HILLS: $35,900 · Youth DevelopmentPOLICE ACTIVITY LEAGUE OF WATERBURY: $34,700 · Youth DevelopmentKELLY'S KIDS INC: $34,270 · Youth DevelopmentSAVE GIRLS ON FYER INC: $21,000 · Youth DevelopmentBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CONNECTICUT INC: $20,000 · Youth Development+4 more: $27,550 · Youth DevelopmentWOMEN'S BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL INC: $54,500 · EducationLITERACY VOLUNTEERS OF GREATER WATERBURY: $35,725 · EducationFARMINGTON VILLAGE GREEN & LIBRARY ASSOCIATION INC: $25,650 · EducationBRASS CITY HARVEST INC: $21,061 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · EducationREACH OUT AND READ INC: $18,500 · Education50CAN INC: $12,500 · EducationSUN SCHOLARS INC: $9,000 · EducationHOWARD WHITTEMORE MEMORIAL LIBRARY: $8,275 · Education+4 more: $23,650 · EducationTHE PALACE THEATER GROUP INC: $64,650 · Arts & CultureMATTATUCK HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $53,400 · Arts & CultureBALL & SOCKET ARTS INC: $21,900 · Arts & CultureAFTER SCHOOL ARTS PROGRAM INC: $19,250 · Arts & CultureSHAKESPERIENCE PRODUCTIONS INC: $18,750 · Arts & CultureNEW BRITAIN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART INC: $14,000 · Arts & CultureWATERBURY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $10,100 · Arts & CultureSeven Angels Theatre Inc: $9,500 · Arts & CultureARTS FOR LEARNING CONNECTICUT: $9,100 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $6,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$2,795,672Philanthropy$1,301,386Human Services$411,465Health$319,025Youth Development$251,170Education$228,861Arts & Culture$226,650

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetTHE UNITED WAY OF GREATER WATERBURY INC: $734,688 over 6y, 3.6% of budgetUNITED WAY OF NAUGATUCK AND BEACON FALLS INC: $676,880 over 6y, 32% of budgetTHE CONNECTICUT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $336,682 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetGRIFFIN HOSPITAL DEVELOPMENT FUND INC: $111,500 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF NAUGATUCK INC: $100,800 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetST MARY'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $91,075 over 6y, 4.6% of budgetOPERATION FUEL INCORPORATED: $85,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetWATERBURY PROMISE INC: $77,500 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetVALLEY UNITED WAY INC: $77,300 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetST VINCENT DEPAUL MISSION OF WATERBURY: $71,275 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetTHE PALACE THEATER GROUP INC: $64,650 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetNAUGATUCK ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $64,500 over 6y, 8.9% of budgetECUMENICAL FOOD BANK INC: $63,000 over 6y, 7.3% of budgetUNITED WAY INC UNITED WAY OF CENT & NE CONNECTICUT: $59,800 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER NEW HAVEN INC: $58,226 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHANDS ON HARTFORD INC: $57,700 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetNAUGATUCK AMBULANCE CORPS INC: $57,475 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetFarmington Land Trust: $57,175 over 5y, 4.2% of budgetWOMEN'S BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL INC: $54,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetMATTATUCK HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $53,400 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES OF WATERBURY INC: $47,400 over 4y, 3.9% of budgetELIM PARK BAPTIST HOME INC: $45,525 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER WATERBURY: $40,950 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetABILITIES WITHOUT BOUNDARIES INC: $39,750 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetGREATER WATERBURY CAMPERSHIP FUND INC: $37,575 over 6y, 7.8% of budgetCOLUMBUS HOUSE INC: $37,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S COMMUNITY SCHOOL INC: $37,475 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF MERIDEN INC: $36,800 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetGRIFFIN HOSPITAL: $36,125 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPOLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE OF PARSIPPANY-TROY HILLS: $35,900 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetWELLMORE INC: $35,750 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetLITERACY VOLUNTEERS OF GREATER WATERBURY: $35,725 over 6y, 6.3% of budgetMADRE LATINA ORGANIZATION INC: $35,225 over 6y, 10% of budgetPOLICE ACTIVITY LEAGUE OF WATERBURY: $34,700 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetKELLY'S KIDS INC: $34,270 over 6y, 3.5% of budgetJANE DOE NO MORE INCORPORATED: $33,775 over 6y, 4.5% of budgetTEAM INC: $32,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNEW HORIZONS INC: $30,825 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SOUTHINGTON INC: $29,550 over 6y, 2.7% of budgetCHILDREN IN PLACEMENT INC: $28,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetWATERBURY YOUTH SERVICES INC: $27,600 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetUNITED WAY OF MERIDEN & WALLINGFORD INC: $26,548 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY INC: $26,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFARMINGTON VILLAGE GREEN & LIBRARY ASSOCIATION INC: $25,650 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetNEW OPPORTUNITIES INC: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFRANCISCAN LIFE CENTER NETWORK INCORPORATED: $22,950 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSAFE HAVEN OF GREATER WTBY INC: $22,460 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetBALL & SOCKET ARTS INC: $21,900 over 6y, 1.7% 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.

  • Who funds THE UNITED WAY OF GREATER WATERBURY INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF NAUGATUCK AND BEACON FALLS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CONNECTICUT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GRIFFIN HOSPITAL DEVELOPMENT FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF NAUGATUCK INC ↗
  • Who funds ST MARY'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION FUEL INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds WATERBURY PROMISE INC ↗
  • Who funds VALLEY UNITED WAY INC ↗
  • Who funds ST VINCENT DEPAUL MISSION OF WATERBURY ↗
  • Who funds THE PALACE THEATER GROUP INC ↗
  • Who funds NAUGATUCK ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds ECUMENICAL FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY INC UNITED WAY OF CENT & NE CONNECTICUT ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF GREATER NEW HAVEN INC ↗
  • Who funds HANDS ON HARTFORD INC ↗
  • Who funds NAUGATUCK AMBULANCE CORPS INC ↗
  • Who funds Farmington Land Trust ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN'S BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds MATTATUCK HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES OF WATERBURY INC ↗
  • Who funds ELIM PARK BAPTIST HOME INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER WATERBURY ↗
  • Who funds ABILITIES WITHOUT BOUNDARIES INC ↗
  • Who funds GREATER WATERBURY CAMPERSHIP FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBUS HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S COMMUNITY SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF MERIDEN INC ↗
  • Who funds GRIFFIN HOSPITAL ↗
  • Who funds POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE OF PARSIPPANY-TROY HILLS ↗
  • Who funds WELLMORE INC ↗
  • Who funds LITERACY VOLUNTEERS OF GREATER WATERBURY ↗
  • Who funds MADRE LATINA ORGANIZATION INC ↗
  • Who funds POLICE ACTIVITY LEAGUE OF WATERBURY ↗
  • Who funds KELLY'S KIDS INC ↗
  • Who funds JANE DOE NO MORE INCORPORATED ↗

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.

The Connecticut Commu…Liberty Bank Foundati…American Savings Foun…Thomaston Savings Ban…Farmington Bank Commu…The Community Foundat…Newalliance Foundatio…United Way Inc United…William Caspar Graust…Hartford Foundation f…The United Way of Gre…Webster Bank Charitab…
The Connecticut Community FoundationCT162× affinity97 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Connecticut Community Foundation · Liberty Bank Foundation Inc · American Savings Foundation Inc · Thomaston Savings Bank Foundation Inc · Farmington Bank Community Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven · Newalliance Foundation Inc · United Way Inc United Way of Cent & Ne Connecticut · William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund · Hartford Foundation for Public Giving · The United Way of Greater Waterbury Inc · Webster Bank Charitable 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 Ion Bank Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ion Bank Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 600%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 19%
  • Advancing Connecticut Together Inc: 100% of income from government
  • The Housing Collective Inc: 100% of income from government
  • G I L Foundation Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Naugatuck Economic Development Corporation: 100% of income from government
  • Columbus House Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Community Mental Health Affiliates Inc: 96% of income from government
  • Midstate Arc Inc: 94% of income from government
  • Chrysalis Center Inc: 93% of income from government
  • Kuhn Employment Opportunities Inc: 91% of income from government
  • Waterbury Arc Inc: 88% of income from government
  • Sun Scholars Inc: 87% of income from government
  • Friendship Service Center Inc: 85% of income from government
  • Team Inc: 84% of income from government
  • Community Renewal Team Inc: 77% of income from government
  • The Legacy Foundation of Hartford: 77% of income from government
  • New Opportunities Inc: 70% of income from government
  • Wellmore Inc: 65% of income from government
  • The Bridge Family Center Inc: 61% of income from government
  • Boys' & Girls' Club of New Britain Inc: 58% of income from government
  • Community Solutions Inc: 55% of income from government
  • Agency On Aging of South Central Connecticut: 55% of income from government
  • Hispanic Coalition of Greater Waterbury: 53% of income from government
  • Operation Fuel Incorporated: 51% of income from government
  • St Vincent Depaul Mission of Waterbury: 49% of income from government
  • The Diaper Bank of Connecticut Inc: 49% of income from government
  • Children in Placement Inc: 47% of income from government
  • Children's Law Center Inc: 46% of income from government
  • Tricircle Corporation: 43% of income from government
  • Special Olympics Connecticut Inc: 42% of income from government
  • United Way of Greater New Haven Inc: 42% of income from government
  • Jersey Battered Women's Service Inc: 40% of income from government
  • Women's Business Development Council Inc: 39% of income from government
  • Horizons Inc: 39% of income from government
  • Family and Children's Aid Inc: 36% of income from government
  • Covenant to Care for Children Inc: 35% of income from government
  • Career Resources Inc: 35% of income from government
  • Prudence Crandall Center Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Nourishnj Inc: 27% of income from government
  • Ball & Socket Arts Inc: 26% of income from government
  • Beat the Street Community Center Inc: 24% of income from government
  • Latinas & Power Corp: 24% of income from government
  • Southington-Cheshire Community Ymca: 23% of income from government
  • The Children's Center of Hamden Inc: 20% of income from government
  • The Boys and Girls Clubs of Hartford: 20% of income from government
  • Hands On Hartford Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Capital for Change Inc: 19% of income from government
  • Fair Haven Community Health Clinic Inc: 18% of income from government
  • Women and Families Center: 18% of income from government
  • Boys and Girls Club of Greater Waterbury: 18% of income from government
  • Real Food Ct: 17% of income from government
  • Family Promise of Morris County Inc: 17% of income from government
  • Staywell Health Care Inc: 17% of income from government
  • Leadership Education and Athletics in Partnership Inc: 17% of income from government
  • Connecticut Forest & Park Association: 16% of income from government
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Connecticut Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Arts for Learning Connecticut: 14% of income from government
  • Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Madre Latina Organization Inc: 12% of income from government
  • The Palace Theater Group Inc: 12% of income from government
  • United Way of Coastal and Western Connecticut Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Club of Meriden Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Hartford Gay and Lesbian Health Collective Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Reach Out and Read Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Urban League of Greater Hartford Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Neighborhood Housing Services of Waterbury Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Ywca Hartford Region Inc: 7% of income from government
  • New Britain Museum of American Art Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Kelly's Kids Inc: 7% of income from government
  • The United Way of Greater Waterbury Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Gaylord Hospital Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Connecticut Foodshare Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Center for Childrens Advocacy Inc: 5% of income from government
  • New Horizons Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Cornerstone Family Programs: 3% of income from government
  • United Way of Northern New Jersey Inc: 3% of income from government
  • United Way of Southeastern Connecticut Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Park Central Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Girl Scouts of Connecticut Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The Mary Wade Home Incorporated: 2% of income from government
  • Shakesperience Productions Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Griffin Hospital: 2% of income from government
  • Waterbury Symphony Orchestra Inc: 1% of income from government
  • After School Arts Program Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Literacy Volunteers of Greater Hartford Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Goodspeed Opera House Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Healing Meals Foundation Corporation: 0% of income from government
  • Howard Whittemore Memorial Library: 0% of income from government
  • Midstate Medical Center: 0% of income from government
  • Family Intervention Center Inc: 0% of income from government
  • The Volunteer Fire Department of Prospect Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Franciscan Life Center Network Incorporated: 0% of income from government
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60get no government money at all
37report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
23rely 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.
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Find your warmest path to Ion Bank Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 634 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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