Connecticut · Public charity
The Connection Inc
Building safe, healthy, caring communities and inspiring people to reach their full potential as productive and valued citizens.
- $9.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $1.8M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $252,475
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $414,781
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 11
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $12M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 10% of the organizations The Connection Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $63k 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 | 7 | $1.8M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $1.8M | 10% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $1.8M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $1.9M | 27% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $2.3M | 40% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $1.1M | 60% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $1.2M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Family & Children's Agency Inc | $2,279,628 | 6 | 3% |
| Wheeler Clinic Inc | $2,006,284 | 7 | 0% |
| BHcare Inc | $1,603,213 | 7 | 1% |
| Fellowship Place Inc | $1,481,254 | 6 | 11% |
| Access Agency Inc | $1,276,501 | 6 | 2% |
| Wellmore Inc | $1,150,855 | 5 | 1% |
| Community Health Resources Inc | $513,305 | 2 | 0% |
| Rushford Center Inc | $217,375 | 3 | 0% |
| Continuum of Care Inc | $145,415 | 1 | 1% |
| Chapin Hall Center for Children | $143,002 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Family & Children's Agency Inc | $2,279,628 | 6 | 3% |
| Wheeler Clinic Inc | $2,006,284 | 7 | 0% |
| BHcare Inc | $1,603,213 | 7 | 1% |
| Fellowship Place Inc | $1,481,254 | 6 | 11% |
| Access Agency Inc | $1,276,501 | 6 | 2% |
| Wellmore Inc | $1,150,855 | 5 | 1% |
| Community Health Resources Inc | $513,305 | 2 | 0% |
| Rushford Center Inc | $217,375 | 3 | 0% |
| Continuum of Care Inc | $145,415 | 1 | 1% |
| Chapin Hall Center for Children | $143,002 | 1 | 1% |
| Liberty Community Services | $133,343 | 2 | 1% |
| Yale University | $107,777 | 1 | n/a |
| Yale University | $71,565 | 2 | n/a |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($839k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Connection Inc supplied at peak.
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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: Newalliance Foundation Inc · William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund · United Way Inc United Way of Cent & Ne Connecticut · Peoples United Community Foundation · Yale University · The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Connection Inc
- How much does The Connection Inc give?
- The Connection Inc reported 7 itemized grants totaling $1,839,301, out of $9,113,834 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 11 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does The Connection Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (59%), Human Services (21%), Community Improvement (11%).
- Who are The Connection Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Family & Children's Agency Inc ($2.3M), Wheeler Clinic Inc ($2.0M), BHcare Inc ($1.6M).
- Does The Connection Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Connection Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Newalliance Foundation Inc, William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund, United Way Inc United Way of Cent & Ne Connecticut.
- Where is The Connection Inc based?
- The Connection Inc is based in CT.
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