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The Connecticut Community Foundation

To foster an equitable and inclusive community in greater waterbury and litchfield hills by inspiring generosity, supporting organizations, and cultivating effective leaders.

$8.6M
Granted FY2024still arriving
216
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$659k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$6.3MArts & Culture$5.5MEducation$4.2MHuman Services$3.7MEnvironment$3.3MYouth Development$2.2MHousing & Shelter$1.8MCommunity Improvement$1.8MOther$0
02FY2024 · 216 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 216 grants below total $6,144,401, the rows itemized in this filing. The $8,586,297 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $2,441,896 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 $10k64 grants · $459k
  • $10k–50k130 grants · $2.6M
  • $50k–250k19 grants · $1.8M
  • $250k+3 grants · $1.4M
$13,262
Median grant
9
States reached
$176M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WATERBURY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION$659,353
NEST$389,457
TEAM INC$315,000
CHILDREN'S COMMUNITY SCHOOL$227,030
WATERBURY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC$151,520
UNITED WAY OF GREATER WATERBURY$144,532
BRIDGEWATER LAND TRUST$111,909
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$110,775
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION$110,775
STEEP ROCK ASSOCIATION$108,702
SAVE GIRLS ON FYER$107,000
WATERTOWN TOWN OF$88,503
YMCA OF GREATER WATERBURY$82,530
NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION$67,500
MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER$67,500
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $3.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 76% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%BRIAN GIBBONS HOMELESS OUTREACH INC: $29k → 12%CARING FOR BETHLEHEM: $24k → 9%CARING FOR BETHLEHEM: $21k → 9%CARING FOR BETHLEHEM: $21k → 9%WESTERN CONNECTICUT AREA AGENCY ON AGING: $206k → 12%WESTERN CONNECTICUT AREA AGENCY ON AGING: $110k → 12%WESTERN CONNECTICUT AREA AGENCY ON AGING: $90k → 12%WESTERN CONNECTICUT AREA AGENCY ON AGING: $85k → 12%WESTERN CONNECTICUT AREA AGENCY ON AGING: $82k → 12%MADRE LATINA: $76k → 12%WESTERN CONNECTICUT AREA AGENCY ON AGING: $59k → 12%WESTERN CONNECTICUT AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC: $36k → 12%MADRE LATINA: $33k → 12%MADRE LATINA: $32k → 12%MADRE LATINA: $31k → 12%WESTERN CONNECTICUT AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC: $29k → 12%MADRE LATINA: $29k → 12%MADRE LATINA INC: $24k → 12%MADRE LATINA: $24k → 12%NAUGATUCK YOUTH SERVICES: $56k → 12%NAUGATUCK YOUTH SERVICES INC: $48k → 12%HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY: $32k → 12%HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY: $32k → 12%HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY: $32k → 12%HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY: $30k → 12%HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY: $30k → 12%HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY: $30k → 12%HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY: $29k → 12%NAUGATUCK YOUTH SERVICES INC: $27k → 12%NAUGATUCK YOUTH SERVICES INC: $26k → 12%HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY: $21k → 12%CONNECTICUT PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN INC: $20k → 12%CONNECTICUT PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN INC: $19k → 12%TEAM INC: $315k → 12%SUSAN B ANTHONY PROJECT: $32k → 9%SUSAN B ANTHONY PROJECT: $27k → 9%SUSAN B ANTHONY PROJECT: $26k → 9%SUSAN B ANTHONY PROJECT: $23k → 9%SUSAN B ANTHONY PROJECT: $23k → 9%SUSAN B ANTHONY PROJECT INC: $21k → 9%SUSAN B ANTHONY PROJECT INC: $20k → 9%SAFE HAVEN OF GREATER WATERBURY INC: $32k → 12%LITCHFIELD COMMUNITY CENTER: $26k → 9%LITCHFIELD COMMUNITY CENTER: $24k → 9%LITCHFIELD COMMUNITY CENTER: $23k → 9%NWCT ADULT DAY CENTER INC: $20k → 9%LITCHFIELD COMMUNITY CENTER: $20k → 9%LITCHFIELD COMMUNITY CENTER: $18k → 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

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DC
TX
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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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 19% of The Connecticut Community Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 95% of the giving stays in CT; by stated purpose, 92%.

The Connecticut Community Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$34M · 264 repeat orgs$2.7M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.

264 repeat relationships: 180 still active in FY2024, 84 since wound down; 32 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

264
129

Total granted

$34M
$2.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+22%

Still filing today

81%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $487k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesArts & CultureHealthEducationEnvironmentPhilanthropyOther
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

  • NH
    NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES OF WATERBURY INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.2M · revenue +301% · 31% of their budget
  • WS
    WATERBURY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.2M · revenue +3%
  • CC
    CHILDREN'S COMMUNITY SCHOOL INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.0M · revenue +2%

Funded once

  • CS
    CANTERBURY SCHOOL INC
    one grant, 2022 · $154k · revenue +19%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF ST ANNES INC
    one grant, 2022 · $145k
  • TC
    THE CHESHIRE ACADEMYgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $136k · revenue +36%
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.

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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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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
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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4
Connecticut Citizen Action Group Inc

We encourage Connecticut residents to participate in government and their communities and we conduct public interest lobbying to advocate for consumer and environmental concerns.

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5
Connstep Inc

To help connecticut manufacturers apply advanced manufacturing and management techniques to become more competitive, supporting the growth of connecticut economy.

Community Improvement
6
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
7
Wilton Land Conservation Trust

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

Environment
8
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
9
Hartford HealthCare Medical Group Specialists Pllc

The Mission of Hartford HealthCare Medical Group Specialists, PLLC is to put the patients first, provide coordinated quality care and value, exceed the expectations of patients, providers, staff and the community that it serves.

Health
10
Connecticut River Watershed Council Inc

The connecticut river conservancy (crc) restores and advocates for clean water, healthy habitats, and resilient communicities to support a diverse and thriving watershed. through collaborative partnerships in new hampshire, vermont, and…

Environment
11
Wood River Health Services Inc

To improve the health and well-being of our community by providing high quality, coordinated health and support services, accessible to all.

Health
12
Connecticut Counseling Centers Inc

To provide substance abuse and mental health treatment services. programs include methadone maintenance, outpatient, hiv, detoxification and dually diagnosed treatments and counseling.

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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 Ripley Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

348 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. 348 of the 432 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)
96
Early backer (in before they grew)
331/348
Grantees still filing
246/348
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHILDREN'S COMMUNITY SCHOOL INC: $1,015,895 · OtherCHILDREN'S COMMUNITY SCHOOL INCTHE CONNECTICUT CATHOLIC FOUNDATION INC: $883,500 · OtherTHE CONNECTICUT CATHOLIC FOUNDATION INCTHE UNITED WAY OF GREATER WATERBURY INC: $828,760 · OtherYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF NAUGATUCK INC: $544,133 · OtherNEW OPPORTUNITIES INC: $531,427 · OtherWATERBURY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $946,624 · OtherWATERBURY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION+98 more: $11,065,276 · Other+98 moreAmerican Heart Association Inc: $816,965 · HealthAmerican Heart…AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $706,637 · HealthAMERICAN CANCE…STAYWELL HEALTH CARE INC: $530,866 · HealthSTAYWELL HEALT…ST VINCENT DEPAUL MISSION OF WATERBURY: $376,768 · HealthST VINCENT DEP…WELLMORE INC: $338,258 · HealthWELLMORE INCPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND INC: $324,830 · HealthPLANNED PARENT…WASHINGTON AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION INC: $273,495 · HealthWASHINGTON AMB…HIDDEN ACRES THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER INC: $233,181 · HealthPhysicians Committee for Responsible Med: $225,067 · HealthGREENWOODS COUNSELING & REFERRALS INC: $196,881 · Health+6 more: $390,855 · Health+6 moreWATERBURY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $1,151,477 · Arts & CultureWATERBURY SYM…MATTATUCK HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $637,347 · Arts & CultureMATTATUCK HIS…SHAKESPERIENCE PRODUCTIONS INC: $411,179 · Arts & CultureSHAKESPERIENC…AFTER SCHOOL ARTS PROGRAM INC: $404,908 · Arts & CultureAFTER SCHOOL …LANDMARK COMMUNITY THEATRE INC: $251,489 · Arts & CultureLANDMARK COMM…NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT ARTS COUNCIL INC: $163,717 · Arts & Culture+14 more: $1,074,957 · Arts & Culture+14 moreSTEEP ROCK ASSOCIATION INC: $370,683 · EnvironmentSTEEP ROCK…LAKE QUASSAPAUG ASSOCIATION INC: $365,833 · EnvironmentLAKE QUASS…THE POMPERAUG RIVER WATERSHED COALITION INC: $295,030 · EnvironmentTHE POMPER…Flanders Nature Center & Land Trust Inc: $292,444 · EnvironmentFlanders N…ROXBURY LAND TRUST INC: $281,472 · EnvironmentROXBURY LA…Bridgewater Land Trust: $236,718 · EnvironmentBridgewate…NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $172,442 · EnvironmentNORTHWEST …NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $155,690 · EnvironmentSOUTHBURY LAND TRUST INC: $124,992 · EnvironmentHOUSATONIC VALLEY ASSOCIATION INC: $108,823 · Environment+10 more: $636,986 · Environment+10 moreWESTERN CONNECTICUT AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC: $712,286 · Human ServicesWESTERN C…TEAM INC: $325,000 · Human ServicesTEAM INCSAFE HAVEN OF GREATER WTBY INC: $266,956 · Human ServicesSAFE HAVE…MADRE LATINA ORGANIZATION INC: $265,843 · Human ServicesMADRE LAT…HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY INC: $234,763 · Human ServicesHUMAN RES…SUSAN B ANTHONY PROJECT INC: $189,749 · Human ServicesSUSAN B A…NAUGATUCK YOUTH SERVICES INC: $182,469 · Human ServicesNAUGATUCK…LITCHFIELD COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $152,860 · Human ServicesST JOHNS FOUNDATION INC: $141,449 · Human ServicesCARING FOR BETHLEHEM INC: $102,269 · Human ServicesCONNECTICUT PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN INC: $98,636 · Human Services+5 more: $249,382 · Human Services+5 moreWASHINGTON MONTESSORI ASSOCIATION INC: $302,326 · EducationLitchfield Montessori School Inc: $197,943 · EducationTHE TAFT SCHOOL CORPORATION: $184,406 · EducationWESTOVER SCHOOL INC: $170,810 · EducationBRASS CITY HARVEST INC: $165,919 · EducationCANTERBURY SCHOOL INC: $153,830 · EducationBRASS CITY CHARTER SCHOOL: $120,702 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT FOUNDATION INC: $112,041 · EducationCONVERSATIONS ON THE GREENINC: $80,765 · EducationLITERACY VOLUNTEERS OF GREATER WATERBURY: $77,168 · EducationOLIVER WOLCOTT LIBRARY INC: $72,054 · Education+9 more: $491,398 · EducationNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES OF WATERBURY INC: $1,232,577 · Housing & ShelterOPERATION FUEL INCORPORATED: $63,236 · Housing & ShelterFISHFRIENDS IN SERVICE TO HUMANITY OF: $52,331 · Housing & Shelter+1 more: $39,064 · Housing & Shelter
Other$15,815,615Health$4,413,803Arts & Culture$4,095,074Environment$3,041,113Human Services$2,921,662Education$2,129,362Housing & Shelter$1,387,208

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 budgetNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES OF WATERBURY INC: $1,232,577 over 8y, 31% of budgetWATERBURY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $1,151,477 over 8y, 20% of budgetCHILDREN'S COMMUNITY SCHOOL INC: $1,015,895 over 8y, 17% of budgetWATERBURY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $946,624 over 2y, 20% of budgetTHE UNITED WAY OF GREATER WATERBURY INC: $828,760 over 8y, 3.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $816,965 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWESTERN CONNECTICUT AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC: $712,286 over 8y, 2.3% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $706,637 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMATTATUCK HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $637,347 over 8y, 3.3% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF NAUGATUCK INC: $544,133 over 8y, 4.6% of budgetNEW OPPORTUNITIES INC: $531,427 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetSTAYWELL HEALTH CARE INC: $530,866 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetThe Waterbury Young Men's Christian Association: $482,984 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetLIVING IN SAFE ALTERNATIVES INC: $451,758 over 3y, 27% of budgetSHAKESPERIENCE PRODUCTIONS INC: $411,179 over 8y, 27% of budgetAFTER SCHOOL ARTS PROGRAM INC: $404,908 over 8y, 12% of budgetST VINCENT DEPAUL MISSION OF WATERBURY: $376,768 over 8y, 2.5% of budgetSTEEP ROCK ASSOCIATION INC: $370,683 over 8y, 3.6% of budgetLAKE QUASSAPAUG ASSOCIATION INC: $365,833 over 8y, 84% of budgetSAVE GIRLS ON FYER INC: $352,602 over 8y, 23% of budgetWELLMORE INC: $338,258 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetTEAM INC: $325,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND INC: $324,830 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetTHE WELLSPRING FOUNDATION INC: $311,398 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetWASHINGTON MONTESSORI ASSOCIATION INC: $302,326 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetTHE POMPERAUG RIVER WATERSHED COALITION INC: $295,030 over 8y, 21% of budgetFlanders Nature Center & Land Trust Inc: $292,444 over 8y, 5.6% of budgetWATERBURY YOUTH SERVICES INC: $284,853 over 8y, 8.3% of budgetROXBURY LAND TRUST INC: $281,472 over 8y, 7.9% of budgetWASHINGTON AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION INC: $273,495 over 8y, 25% of budgetSAFE HAVEN OF GREATER WTBY INC: $266,956 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetMADRE LATINA ORGANIZATION INC: $265,843 over 8y, 38% of budgetLANDMARK COMMUNITY THEATRE INC: $251,489 over 8y, 15% of budgetANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY INC: $239,292 over 8y, 9.1% of budgetBridgewater Land Trust: $236,718 over 5y, 47% of budgetHUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY INC: $234,763 over 8y, 21% of budgetHIDDEN ACRES THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER INC: $233,181 over 7y, 19% of budgetPhysicians Committee for Responsible Med: $225,067 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY CULINARY SCHOOL OF NW CT LLC: $223,454 over 6y, 13% of budgetLitchfield Montessori School Inc: $197,943 over 8y, 3.4% of budgetGREENWOODS COUNSELING & REFERRALS INC: $196,881 over 8y, 5.7% of budgetSUSAN B ANTHONY PROJECT INC: $189,749 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetHISPANIC COALITION OF GREATER WATERBURY: $188,746 over 7y, 3.9% of budgetGUNN MEMORIAL LIBRARY INC: $185,730 over 8y, 3.8% of budgetTHE TAFT SCHOOL CORPORATION: $184,406 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNAUGATUCK YOUTH SERVICES INC: $182,469 over 6y, 18% of budgetCHESHIRE EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $181,799 over 5y, 50% of budgetNORTHWEST CONNECTICUT LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $172,442 over 8y, 2.0% 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 NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES OF WATERBURY INC ↗
  • Who funds WATERBURY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S COMMUNITY SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds WATERBURY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds THE UNITED WAY OF GREATER WATERBURY INC ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds WESTERN CONNECTICUT AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds MATTATUCK HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF NAUGATUCK INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW OPPORTUNITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds STAYWELL HEALTH CARE INC ↗
  • Who funds The Waterbury Young Men's Christian Association ↗
  • Who funds LIVING IN SAFE ALTERNATIVES INC ↗
  • Who funds SHAKESPERIENCE PRODUCTIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds AFTER SCHOOL ARTS PROGRAM INC ↗
  • Who funds ST VINCENT DEPAUL MISSION OF WATERBURY ↗
  • Who funds STEEP ROCK ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds LAKE QUASSAPAUG ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SAVE GIRLS ON FYER INC ↗
  • Who funds WELLMORE INC ↗
  • Who funds TEAM INC ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds THE WELLSPRING FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON MONTESSORI ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE POMPERAUG RIVER WATERSHED COALITION INC ↗
  • Who funds Flanders Nature Center & Land Trust Inc ↗
  • Who funds WATERBURY YOUTH SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds ROXBURY LAND TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SAFE HAVEN OF GREATER WTBY INC ↗
  • Who funds MADRE LATINA ORGANIZATION INC ↗
  • Who funds LANDMARK COMMUNITY THEATRE INC ↗
  • Who funds ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds Bridgewater Land Trust ↗
  • Who funds HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY INC ↗
  • Who funds HIDDEN ACRES THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER 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.

Ion Bank Foundation I…Thomaston Savings Ban…American Savings Foun…Northwest Connecticut…Northwest Community B…Union Savings Bank Fo…Savings Bank of Danbu…The Leever FoundationWilliam Caspar Graust…Connecticut Humanitie…Fairfield County's Co…Hartford Foundation f…
Ion Bank Foundation IncCT162× affinity97 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ion Bank Foundation Inc · Thomaston Savings Bank Foundation Inc · American Savings Foundation Inc · Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation Inc · Northwest Community Bank Foundation Inc · Union Savings Bank Foundation Inc · Savings Bank of Danbury Foundation Inc · The Leever Foundation · William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund · Connecticut Humanities Council Inc · Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · Hartford Foundation for Public Giving

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

2024
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no gov · 660%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 15%
  • United Way of Connecticut Inc: 100% of income from government
  • The Housing Collective Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Community Partners in Action Inc: 90% of income from government
  • Team Inc: 84% of income from government
  • Connecticut Partnership for Children Inc: 84% of income from government
  • Mental Health Connecticut Inc: 82% of income from government
  • Five Points Center for the Visual Arts Inc: 75% of income from government
  • Connecticut Junior Republic Association Incorporated: 71% of income from government
  • New Opportunities Inc: 70% of income from government
  • Wellmore Inc: 65% of income from government
  • Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness Inc: 54% of income from government
  • Hispanic Coalition of Greater Waterbury: 53% of income from government
  • Operation Fuel Incorporated: 51% of income from government
  • Prime Time House Inc: 50% of income from government
  • St Vincent Depaul Mission of Waterbury: 49% of income from government
  • LOVE146 Inc: 49% of income from government
  • Waterbury Development Corporation: 47% of income from government
  • Children's Law Center Inc: 46% of income from government
  • Mccall Foundation Inc: 41% of income from government
  • Naugatuck Youth Services Inc: 40% of income from government
  • Catholic Charities Inc Archdiocese of Hartford: 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
  • Connecticut Institute for Refugees and Immigrants Inc: 37% of income from government
  • Monitor My Health Inc: 36% of income from government
  • Family and Children's Aid Inc: 36% of income from government
  • Career Resources Inc: 35% of income from government
  • Northwest Connecticut Arts Council Inc: 35% of income from government
  • Center for Human Development Inc: 26% of income from government
  • Connecticut Bar Foundation: 25% of income from government
  • Connecticut Council for Philanthropy: 24% of income from government
  • Foodcorps Inc: 21% of income from government
  • The Waterbury Young Men's Christian Association: 21% of income from government
  • Steep Rock Association Inc: 19% of income from government
  • Boys and Girls Club of Greater Waterbury: 18% of income from government
  • Goodwill of Western and Northern Connecticut Inc: 17% of income from government
  • Staywell Health Care Inc: 17% of income from government
  • Connecticut Community Care Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Madre Latina Organization Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Connecticut Land Conservation Council Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Yale University: 12% of income from government
  • The Palace Theater Group Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Afro Caribbean Cultural Center Inc: 11% of income from government
  • United Way of Coastal and Western Connecticut Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Planned Parenthood of Southern New England Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Reach Out and Read Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Northwest Connecticut Land Conservancy Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Neighborhood Housing Services of Waterbury Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Greenwoods Counseling & Referrals Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Connecticut Farmland Trust Inc: 7% of income from government
  • The Children's Center of New Milford Inc: 7% of income from government
  • The United Way of Greater Waterbury Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Seiu Education and Support Fund: 6% of income from government
  • Gaylord Hospital Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Connecticut Foodshare Inc: 5% of income from government
  • The Pomperaug River Watershed Coalition Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Litchfield Performing Arts Inc: 4% 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
  • Park Central Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Washington Art Association Incorporated: 2% of income from government
  • Girl Scouts of Connecticut Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Landmark Community Theatre Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Shakesperience Productions Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Waterbury Symphony Orchestra 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
  • Pilobolus Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Village Center for the Arts Inc: 1% of income from government
  • The Ccsu 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
  • The Wellspring Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Susan B Anthony Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Pratt Nature Center Inc: 0% of income from government
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66get no government money at all
28report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
14rely 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 432 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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