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Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation Inc

To enrich the quality of life for residents of northwest Connecticut by inspiring local philanthropy, convening stakeholders in community welfare, strengthening the regional nonprofits network and fostering collaborative funding partnerships.

$5.3M
Granted FY2025still arriving
103
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$826k
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 2025.

Education$7.5MHuman Services$5.2MHealth$4.9MAnimals$4.1MEnvironment$4.1MArts & Culture$3.4MFood & Nutrition$1.2MCommunity Improvement$1.1MOther$0
02FY2025 · 103 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 103 grants below total $4,633,818, the rows itemized in this filing. The $5,269,834 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $636,016 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 · FY2025

  • Under $10k29 grants · $201k
  • $10k–50k52 grants · $1.3M
  • $50k–250k20 grants · $2.0M
  • $250k+2 grants · $1.1M
$19,350
Median grant
6
States reached
$176M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NW Connecticut YMCA$826,112
Little Guild of St Francis$282,040
University of CT Foundation$248,200
Cornwall Conservation Trust$164,000
Last Post Cat Refuge VIL$149,600
Warner Theatre$144,525
Beardsley & Memorial Library$133,800
Connecticut state community c$130,800
Cancer Care Fund LitchHills$130,000
Music Mountain$123,500
Winchester Land Trust Inc$100,200
After School Arts Program INC$94,155
Greenwoods Scholarship Found$74,800
Friendly Hands Food Bank Inc$73,250
First Congredational Church$68,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $4.4M) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 1% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FAMILY & CHILDRENS AID INC: $17k → 9%Chore Service Inc: $27k → 9%Chore Service Inc: $15k → 9%Falls Village Day Care: $15k → 9%Winchester Youth Service: $77k → 9%Winchester Youth Service: $67k → 9%Winchester Youth Service: $49k → 9%Winchester Youth Service: $49k → 9%Winchester Youth Service: $44k → 9%Winchester Youth Service: $37k → 9%Winchester Youth Service: $36k → 9%Winchester Youth Service: $33k → 9%Helping Hands Chore Service: $31k → 9%Winchester Youth Service: $28k → 9%Helping Hands Chore Service: $24k → 9%NW Connecticut YMCA: $826k → 9%NW Connecticut YMCA: $417k → 9%NW Connecticut YMCA: $281k → 9%NW Connecticut YMCA: $248k → 9%NW Connecticut YMCA: $220k → 9%NW Connecticut YMCA: $194k → 9%NW Connecticut YMCA: $182k → 9%NW Connecticut YMCA: $163k → 9%LARC Inc: $118k → 9%Susan B Anthony: $79k → 9%NW Connecticut YMCA: $66k → 9%Susan B Anthony: $64k → 9%Community Kitchen Torrington: $63k → 9%Susan B Anthony: $48k → 9%Community Kitchen Torrington: $46k → 9%LARC Inc: $36k → 9%Susan B Anthony: $35k → 9%Community Kitchen Torrington: $33k → 9%Susan B Anthony: $19k → 9%Community Kitchen Torrington: $19k → 9%Torrington Youth Serv Bureau: $16k → 9%LARC Inc: $16k → 9%Torrington Youth Serv Bureau: $16k → 9%Houisatonic Child Care Center: $18k → 9%Housatonic Child Care Center: $17k → 9%Housatonic Child Care Center: $16k → 9%Housatonic Child Care Center: $15k → 9%Litchfield Community Center: $179k → 9%Litchfield Community Center: $49k → 9%Litchfield Community Center: $22k → 9%Litchfield Community Center: $17k → 9%Litchfield Community Center: $15k → 9%Litchfield Community Center: $15k → 9%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

ME
VT
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
PA
CT
RI
CA
VA
DC
FL
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$34M · 138 repeat orgs$1.5M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

138 repeat relationships: 77 still active in FY2025, 61 since wound down; 23 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

138
70

Total granted

$34M
$1.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+13%

Still filing today

75%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $362k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesHealthEnvironmentInternationalOther
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

  • NC
    NORTHWESTERN CT YMCA INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $3.1M · revenue +55%
  • SL
    SHARON LAND TRUST INC
    2× · 2017–2019 · $2.4M · revenue +118%
  • TU
    THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT FOUNDATION INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $2.1M · revenue +79%

Funded once

  • TS
    THE SALISBURY ASSOCIATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue +121%
  • WP
    WARREN PUBLIC LIBRARY INC
    one grant, 2020 · $67k · revenue -20% · 70% of their budget
  • EV
    EFFECTIVE VENTURES FOUNDATION USA INC
    one grant, 2022 · $65k · revenue -69%
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
Wethersfield Historical Society

The purpose of the "Society" is to collect, preserve, and interpret Wethersfield's past for the education and enjoyment of present and future generations.

Arts & Culture
2
Winchester Historical Society
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3
Connecticut Farmland Trust Inc

Protect Connecticuts farmland for agricultural use by purchasing and accepting donations of agricultural conservation easements

Food & Nutrition
4
Wilton Land Conservation Trust

Protecting, enhancing and conserving open spaces encompassing meadows, woodlands, wetlands, and waterways in the town of wilton ct.

Environment
5
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…

—
6
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
7
Newtown Forest Association Inc

The Newtown Forest Association is the oldest private land trust organization in Connecticut. It has been dedicated for one hundred years to securing for the residents of Newtown and for posterity generally the benefits derived from open…

Environment
8
Farmington Land Trust

The Farmington Land Trust Inc protects open space in the town of Farmington CT through the acquisition of open space, stewardship of acquired land, education of the public about the importance of open space and advocacy that ensures…

Environment
9
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…

—
10
North Central Conservation District Inc

To provide leadership and take initiatives for locally led conservation with the goal to protect soil, water and other natural resources of north central connecticut.

Environment
11
Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut Inc

The Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut, Inc. is a collaborative of business and community leaders dedicated to securing and enhancing the economic vitality of eastern Connecticut.

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12
The Connecticut Center for Nursing Workforce Inc

To foster collaborations to ensure a highly educated, diverse and sustainable nursing workforce to support the healthcare needs of connecticut residents.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Northwest Connecticut Land Conservancy Inc; the most unlike its peers is Great Mountain Forest Corporation. 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

178 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 178 of the 235 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.

26
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
51
Early backer (in before they grew)
173/178
Grantees still filing
117/178
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION OF THE NORTHEAST INC: $1,437,026 · OtherAMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION OF THE NORTHEAST INCNORTHWESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION AND REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL INC: $1,207,120 · OtherNORTHWESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION AND R…BEARDSLEY & MEMORIAL LIBRARY: $1,103,235 · OtherBEARDSLEY & MEMORIAL LIBRARYAMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES: $774,700 · OtherCornwall Conservation Trust Inc: $745,218 · OtherGREENWOODS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: $642,180 · Other+112 more: $9,072,061 · Other+112 moreNORTHWESTERN CT YMCA INC: $3,059,434 · Human ServicesNORTHWESTERN …LITCHFIELD COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $330,031 · Human ServicesLITCHFIELD CO…SUSAN B ANTHONY PROJECT INC: $274,607 · Human ServicesSUSAN B ANTHO…COMMUNITY KITCHEN OF TORRINGTON INC: $196,430 · Human ServicesTHE ARC OF LITCHFIELD COUNTY INC: $177,440 · Human Services+9 more: $329,513 · Human Services+9 moreLITTLE GUILD OF ST FRANCIS: $2,202,096 · AnimalsLITTLE GUILD …VIVISECTION INVESTIGATION LEAGUE: $1,284,360 · AnimalsVIVISECTION I…WE ADOPT GREYHOUNDS INC: $423,255 · AnimalsWE ADOPT GREY…+2 more: $215,072 · AnimalsTHE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT FOUNDATION INC: $2,130,870 · EducationTHE UNIVER…EAST COAST ASSISTANCE DOGS INC: $203,930 · EducationEAST COAST…PARTNERS FOR SUSTAINABLE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES INC: $115,908 · Education+19 more: $775,572 · Education+19 moreSHARON LAND TRUST INC: $2,379,839 · EnvironmentSHARON LAN…Quahog Bay Conservation: $325,000 · EnvironmentQuahog Bay…HOUSATONIC VALLEY ASSOCIATION INC: $196,750 · EnvironmentHOUSATONIC…WINCHESTER LAND TRUST INC: $116,650 · Environment+6 more: $182,100 · Environment+6 moreNORTHWEST CONNECTICUT ASSOCIATION FOR THE ARTS INC: $935,080 · Arts & CultureNORTHWEST…THE INSTITUTE FOR AMERICAN INDIAN STUDIES: $391,620 · Arts & CultureTHE INSTI…KidsPlay Childrens Museum Inc: $262,510 · Arts & CultureKidsPlay …AFTER SCHOOL ARTS PROGRAM INC: $178,726 · Arts & CultureAFTER SCH…WASHINGTON ART ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED: $129,436 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN MURAL PROJECT INC: $128,930 · Arts & CultureCOLEBROOK PRESERVATION SOCIETY INC: $103,000 · Arts & CultureTHE SALISBURY ASSOCIATION INC: $100,000 · Arts & Culture+14 more: $586,904 · Arts & Culture+14 moreThe Cancer Care Fund of The Litchfield Hills Inc: $1,147,817 · HealthThe Charlotte Hungerford Hospital: $848,197 · HealthGREENWOODS COUNSELING & REFERRALS INC: $289,430 · HealthWINSTED HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $246,941 · Health+5 more: $179,605 · Health
Other$14,981,540Human Services$4,367,455Animals$4,124,783Education$3,226,280Environment$3,200,339Arts & Culture$2,816,206Health$2,711,990

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 budgetNORTHWESTERN CT YMCA INC: $3,059,434 over 9y, 9.3% of budgetSHARON LAND TRUST INC: $2,379,839 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetLITTLE GUILD OF ST FRANCIS: $2,202,096 over 9y, 59% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT FOUNDATION INC: $2,130,870 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetVIVISECTION INVESTIGATION LEAGUE: $1,284,360 over 9y, 55% of budgetNORTHWESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION AND REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL INC: $1,207,120 over 9y, 96% of budgetThe Cancer Care Fund of The Litchfield Hills Inc: $1,147,817 over 9y, 92% of budgetBEARDSLEY & MEMORIAL LIBRARY: $1,103,235 over 9y, 25% of budgetNORTHWEST CONNECTICUT ASSOCIATION FOR THE ARTS INC: $935,080 over 8y, 9.2% of budgetThe Charlotte Hungerford Hospital: $848,197 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCornwall Conservation Trust Inc: $745,218 over 8y, 37% of budgetGREENWOODS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: $642,180 over 9y, 37% of budgetFISHFRIENDS IN SERVICE TO HUMANITY OF: $475,429 over 9y, 12% of budgetWinsted Area Child Care Center Inc: $435,757 over 9y, 5.4% of budgetWE ADOPT GREYHOUNDS INC: $423,255 over 9y, 70% of budgetWL GILBERT TRUST CORPORATION: $423,255 over 9y, 6.0% of budgetTHE INSTITUTE FOR AMERICAN INDIAN STUDIES: $391,620 over 6y, 52% of budgetNEW BEGINNINGS OF NORTHWEST HILLS LITCHFIELD COUNTY INC: $363,958 over 7y, 70% of budgetLITCHFIELD COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $330,031 over 9y, 22% of budgetQuahog Bay Conservation: $325,000 over 6y, 11% of budgetMusic Mountain Incorporated: $307,108 over 8y, 27% of budgetGREENWOODS COUNSELING & REFERRALS INC: $289,430 over 9y, 11% of budgetNORFOLK CONNECTICUT CHILDRENS FOUNDATION: $286,000 over 9y, 91% of budgetMCCALL FOUNDATION INC: $278,560 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetSUSAN B ANTHONY PROJECT INC: $274,607 over 8y, 3.6% of budgetKidsPlay Childrens Museum Inc: $262,510 over 7y, 5.2% of budgetNEW OPPORTUNITIES INC: $261,792 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetWINSTED HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $246,941 over 7y, 43% of budgetEDADVANCE: $234,775 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetCORNWALL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION INC: $219,714 over 6y, 19% of budgetNEW HARTFORD VILLAGE CEMETERY: $216,000 over 6y, 98% of budgetEAST COAST ASSISTANCE DOGS INC: $203,930 over 5y, 5.9% of budgetHOUSATONIC VALLEY ASSOCIATION INC: $196,750 over 8y, 2.6% of budgetCOMMUNITY KITCHEN OF TORRINGTON INC: $196,430 over 8y, 19% of budgetTHE HOUSING COLLECTIVE INC: $180,732 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetAFTER SCHOOL ARTS PROGRAM INC: $178,726 over 5y, 11% of budgetTHE ARC OF LITCHFIELD COUNTY INC: $177,440 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetTHE ROBERT C GEER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC: $165,925 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetFRIENDLY HANDS FOOD BANK INC: $160,250 over 6y, 18% of budgetUNITED WAY OF NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT INC: $140,316 over 2y, 12% of budgetFRIENDS OF PRIME TIME HOUSE INC: $132,737 over 8y, 11% of budgetHOLE IN THE WALL GANG FUND INC: $130,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetWASHINGTON ART ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED: $129,436 over 6y, 14% of budgetAMERICAN MURAL PROJECT INC: $128,930 over 6y, 6.0% of budgetWINCHESTER LAND TRUST INC: $116,650 over 3y, 9.3% of budgetPARTNERS FOR SUSTAINABLE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES INC: $115,908 over 5y, 17% of budgetNEW ENGLAND AIREDALE RESCUE INC: $112,907 over 4y, 88% of budgetNORTHWEST CONNECTICUT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $110,087 over 2y, 1.8% 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 NORTHWESTERN CT YMCA INC ↗
  • Who funds SHARON LAND TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds LITTLE GUILD OF ST FRANCIS ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION OF THE NORTHEAST INC ↗
  • Who funds VIVISECTION INVESTIGATION LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION AND REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds The Cancer Care Fund of The Litchfield Hills Inc ↗
  • Who funds BEARDSLEY & MEMORIAL LIBRARY ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT ASSOCIATION FOR THE ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds The Charlotte Hungerford Hospital ↗
  • Who funds Cornwall Conservation Trust Inc ↗
  • Who funds GREENWOODS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FISHFRIENDS IN SERVICE TO HUMANITY OF ↗
  • Who funds Winsted Area Child Care Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds WE ADOPT GREYHOUNDS INC ↗
  • Who funds WL GILBERT TRUST CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds THE INSTITUTE FOR AMERICAN INDIAN STUDIES ↗
  • Who funds NEW BEGINNINGS OF NORTHWEST HILLS LITCHFIELD COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds LITCHFIELD COMMUNITY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Quahog Bay Conservation ↗
  • Who funds Music Mountain Incorporated ↗
  • Who funds GREENWOODS COUNSELING & REFERRALS INC ↗
  • Who funds NORFOLK CONNECTICUT CHILDRENS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MCCALL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SUSAN B ANTHONY PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds KidsPlay Childrens Museum Inc ↗
  • Who funds NEW OPPORTUNITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds WINSTED HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds EDADVANCE ↗
  • Who funds CORNWALL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW HARTFORD VILLAGE CEMETERY ↗
  • Who funds EAST COAST ASSISTANCE DOGS INC ↗
  • Who funds HOUSATONIC VALLEY ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY KITCHEN OF TORRINGTON INC ↗

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.

Northwest Community B…The Connecticut Commu…Berkshire Taconic Com…Torrington Savings Fo…Northwest Ct Communit…Thomaston Savings Ban…Foundation for Commun…Connecticut Humanitie…Union Savings Bank Fo…American Savings Foun…Seherr-Thoss Charitab…The Littman Family Fo…
Northwest Community Bank Foundation IncCT128.5× affinity63 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Northwest Community Bank Foundation Inc · The Connecticut Community Foundation · Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc · Torrington Savings Foundation · Northwest Ct Community Foundation Trust · Thomaston Savings Bank Foundation Inc · Foundation for Community Health Inc · Connecticut Humanities Council Inc · Union Savings Bank Foundation Inc · American Savings Foundation Inc · Seherr-Thoss Charitable Trust · The Littman Family Foundation Inc

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 Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 540%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • The Housing Collective Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Barkhamsted Housing Trust Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Winsted Health Center Foundation Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Crescendo Inc: 99% of income from government
  • The Arc of Litchfield County Inc: 97% of income from government
  • Community Mental Health Affiliates Inc: 96% of income from government
  • Five Points Center for the Visual Arts Inc: 75% of income from government
  • New Opportunities Inc: 70% of income from government
  • Partners for Sustainable Healthy Communities Inc: 68% of income from government
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: 63% of income from government
  • The Salisbury Association Inc: 54% of income from government
  • Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness Inc: 54% of income from government
  • Operation Fuel Incorporated: 51% of income from government
  • Mccall Foundation Inc: 41% of income from government
  • Edadvance: 41% of income from government
  • Community Health & Wellness Center of Greater Torrington Inc: 39% of income from government
  • Fishfriends in Service to Humanity of: 39% of income from government
  • Housatonic Valley Association Inc: 38% of income from government
  • Family and Children's Aid Inc: 36% of income from government
  • Northwest Connecticut Arts Council Inc: 35% of income from government
  • Housatonic Youth Service Bureau Inc: 33% of income from government
  • Winsted Area Child Care Center Inc: 32% of income from government
  • Cornwall Conservation Trust Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Family Strides Inc: 28% of income from government
  • Salisbury Housing Trust: 25% of income from government
  • The Equus Effect Inc: 16% of income from government
  • Yale University: 12% of income from government
  • Volunteers in Medicine-Berkshires Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Northwest Connecticut Land Conservancy Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Greenwoods Counseling & Referrals Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Greenagers Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Civic Life Project Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Connecticut Foodshare Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Litchfield Performing Arts Inc: 4% of income from government
  • The Charlotte Hungerford Hospital: 3% of income from government
  • Friends of the Litchfield Community Greenway Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Washington Friends of Music Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Washington Art Association Incorporated: 2% of income from government
  • Warren Public Library Inc: 2% of income from government
  • American Mural Project Inc: 1% of income from government
  • After School Arts Program Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Bantam Cinema & Arts Center Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Explorations Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Pilobolus Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Maria Seymour Brooker Memorial: 1% of income from government
  • Tri-State Center for the Arts Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Indian River Land Trust Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Cornwall Library Association Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Little Britches Therapeutic Riding Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Nutmeg Conservatory for the Arts Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Music Mountain Incorporated: 0% of income from government
  • Susan B Anthony Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Visiting Nurse & Hospice of Litchfield County Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
54get no government money at all
37report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
13rely 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 235 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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