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The Inner-City Foundation for Charity & Education Inc

To provide financial support to agencies and institutions whose programs serve at-risk children and families in fairfield county.

$115k
Granted FY2022
4
Grants FY2022
1
States reached
$44k
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, FY2017 to 2022.

Education$6.1MHousing & Shelter$784kHuman Services$680kFood & Nutrition$544kCrime & Legal$293kYouth Development$252kHealth$153kEmployment$90kOther$0
02FY2022 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$23,626
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC$44,201
MERCY LEARNING CENTER OF BRIDGEPORT INC$23,626
STAMFORD PUBLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC$23,626
BRIDGEPORT PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND INC$23,626
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 (FY17–21, $874k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%BOYS & GIRLS VILLAGE INC: $7k → 12%CENTER FOR FAMILY JUSTICE INC: $225k → 9%CENTER FOR FAMILY JUSTICE: $20k → 9%CENTER FOR FAMILY JUSTICE INC: $20k → 9%BRIDGEPORT RESCUE MISSION INC: $140k → 9%BRIDGEPORT RESCUE MISSION INC: $18k → 9%CENTER FOR FAMILY JUSTICE: $15k → 9%BRIDGEPORT RESCUE MISSION INC: $18k → 9%BRIDGEPORT RESCUE MISSION INC: $15k → 9%CHILD AND FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER BRIDGEPORT: $15k → 9%BRIDGEPORT RESCUE MISSION INC: $10k → 9%ALPHA COMMUNITY SERVICESYMCA: $10k → 9%LIFEBRIDGE COMMUNITY SERVICES: $10k → 9%LIFEBRIDGE COMMUNITY SERVICES: $9k → 9%REGIONAL YMCA OF WESTERN CONNECTICUT: $9k → 9%HSCAPPLEBY SCHOOL BASED HEALTH CLINIC: $10k → 9%FILLING IN THE BLANKS INC: $10k → 9%HSCAPPLEBY SCHOOL BASED HEALTH CLINIC: $10k → 9%STERLING HOUSE COMMUNITY CENTER: $25k → 9%STERLING HOUSE COMMUNITY CENTER: $6k → 9%STERLING HOUSE COMMUNITY CENTER: $6k → 9%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CRISIS CENTER: $40k → 9%BUILDING ONE COMMUNITY: $20k → 9%BUILDING ONE COMMUNITY: $14k → 9%ST JOSEPH PARENTING CENTER INC: $10k → 9%ST JOSEPH PARENTING CENTER INC: $10k → 9%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CRISIS CENTER: $8k → 9%ST JOSEPH PARENTING CENTER: $9k → 9%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CRISIS CENTER: $8k → 9%HOMEFRONT INC: $8k → 9%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CRISIS CENTER: $7k → 9%HOMEFRONT INC: $8k → 9%CARVER FOUNDATION OF NORWALK INC: $94k → 9%CARVER FOUNDATION OF NORWALK INC: $13k → 9%CARVER FOUNDATION OF NORWALK INC: $10k → 9%CARVER FOUNDATION OF NORWALK INC: $10k → 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.
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$8.0M · 41 repeat orgs$978k to everyone else

41 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2022, 38 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

41
32

Total granted

$8.0M
$934k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+41%

Still filing today

90%
84%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $44k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22
Human ServicesEducationHousing & ShelterYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyHealthOther
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

  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $474k · revenue +55%
  • ML
    MERCY LEARNING CENTER OF BRIDGEPORT INC
    6× · 2017–2022 · $353k · revenue +37%
  • MH
    MALTA HOUSE INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $315k · revenue +236%

Funded once

  • BR
    BRIDGEPORT ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN CORPORATION
    one grant, 2021 · $500k
  • CA
    CATHOLIC ACADEMY OF STAMFORD INC
    one grant, 2021 · $75k
  • BC
    BRIDGEPORT CARIBE YOUTH LEADERS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue +92%
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
Career Resources Inc

Career resources, inc. offers jobseekers throughout connecticut, the training, support and resources needed to become employed and succeed in the workforce.

Employment
2
The Children's Community Programs of Ct

The children's community programs of connecticut, inc., is a nonprofit, multi-service agency whose mission is to provide diverse and creative support services to children and families throughout connecticut.

Health
3
Community Solutions Inc

Positively impacting the lives of our clients and their communities by providing services that facilitate skill development, enhance responsible citizenship, and increase overall well-being.

Health
4
Women and Families Center

Wfc is committed to promoting equity and to improving quality of life through services that foster empowerment and independence. our guiding vision: to be the leading agent for positive social change.

Human Services
5
Journey Home Inc

Journey home's mission is to ensure a home for all. we believe the most powerful way to do this is collectively - by working together with service providers, elected officials, businesses, and local communities to end homelessness in the…

Human Services
6
Focus Center for Autism Inc

Focus center for autism: helping children and adults with autism achieve their full potential.

Education
7
The Connection Inc

Building safe, healthy, caring communities and inspiring people to reach their full potential as productive and valued citizens.

Health
8
Connecticut Court Appointed Special Advocates Inc

Empower a statewide network of caring, consistent volunteer court appointed special advocates to advance the best interests of children who have experienced abuse or neglect so every child can find a safe, permanent home to thrive.

Crime & Legal
9
United Services Inc

United services mission is to provide an effective response to the youth, family, and adult social and behavioral health needs in the community. united services is the most comprehensive private, non-profit center in connecticut providing…

Human Services
10
Liberation Programs Inc

Liberation programs' mission is to provide prevention, treatment, community outreach, and recovery services to help individuals and their families impacted by substance use and mental health conditions to foster hope and maintain wellness.

Health
11
United Way of Connecticut Inc

United way of connecticut is proud to be a trusted and vital resource for help and information about what the people of connecticut need. we respond to requests for food, housing, health care, child care, child development resources,…

Philanthropy
12
Connecticut Junior Republic Association Incorporated

See schedule oat cjr, we believe every young person should have the opportunity to thrive. our mission is to provide the necessary therapeutic treatment, education, and support for young people and their families to promote positive change…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lifebridge Community Services Inc; the most unlike its peers is Circle of Care for Families of Children With Cancer 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

66 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. 66 of the 74 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
21
Early backer (in before they grew)
65/66
Grantees still filing
55/66
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

KOLBE CATHOLIC PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC: $3,252,929 · OtherKOLBE CATHOLIC PREPARATORY SCHOOL INCBRIDGEPORT DIOCESAN SCHOOLS CORPORATION: $736,000 · OtherBRIDGEPORT DIOCESAN SCHOOLS CORPORATIONCATHOLIC ACADEMY OF BRIDGEPORT INC: $544,000 · OtherCATHOLIC ACADEMY OF BRIDGEPORT INCBRIDGEPORT ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN CORPORATION: $500,000 · OtherBRIDGEPORT ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN CORPORATIONCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC: $474,000 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC+27 more: $1,039,500 · Other+27 moreTHE CENTER FOR FAMILY JUSTICE INC: $280,000 · Human ServicesTHE CENTER …BRIDGEPORT RESCUE MISSION INC: $201,000 · Human ServicesBRIDGEPORT …THE CARVER INC: $126,750 · Human ServicesTHE CARVER …DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CRISIS CENTER: $62,000 · Human ServicesDOMESTIC VI…STERLING HOUSE COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $37,000 · Human ServicesBUILDING ONE COMMUNITY CORP: $33,500 · Human Services+9 more: $133,500 · Human Services+9 moreMALTA HOUSE INC: $315,000 · Housing & ShelterRENEWAL HOUSE INC: $94,750 · Housing & ShelterTHE OPEN DOOR SHELTER INC: $85,750 · Housing & ShelterBRIDGEPORT NEIGHBORHOOD TRUST: $42,500 · Housing & ShelterNEW REACH INC: $22,000 · Housing & ShelterPACIFIC HOUSE INC: $22,000 · Housing & ShelterMERCY LEARNING CENTER OF BRIDGEPORT INC: $352,876 · EducationSHEPHERDS INC: $112,500 · EducationTODAY'S STUDENTS TOMORROW'S TEACHERS: $60,240 · Education+5 more: $53,500 · EducationSTAMFORD PUBLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $99,626 · PhilanthropyPERSON TO PERSON INC: $80,000 · PhilanthropyBRIDGEPORT PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND INC: $33,626 · PhilanthropyKLEIN MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM FOUNDATIONINC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyBRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $44,201 · HealthCIRCLE OF CARE FOR FAMILIES OF CHILDREN WITH CANCER INC: $36,500 · HealthAPPLIED BEHAVIORAL REHABILITATION INSTIT: $21,000 · HealthTHE TINY MIRACLES FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · HealthBRIDGEPORT CARIBE YOUTH LEADERS INC: $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentNETWORK FOR TEACHING ENTREPRENEURSHIP: $12,500 · Youth DevelopmentFUTURE 5 INC: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentWAKEMAN MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION INC: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentSTAMFORD PEACE YOUTH FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Youth Development
Other$6,546,429Human Services$873,750Housing & Shelter$582,000Education$579,116Philanthropy$223,252Health$116,701Youth Development$67,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC: $474,000 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetMERCY LEARNING CENTER OF BRIDGEPORT INC: $352,876 over 6y, 3.7% of budgetMALTA HOUSE INC: $315,000 over 5y, 9.6% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR FAMILY JUSTICE INC: $280,000 over 4y, 4.9% of budgetBRIDGEPORT RESCUE MISSION INC: $201,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetCARDINAL SHEHAN CENTER INC: $162,250 over 4y, 7.1% of budgetCAROLINE HOUSE INC: $129,750 over 4y, 11% of budgetTHE CARVER INC: $126,750 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetSHEPHERDS INC: $112,500 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetSTAMFORD PUBLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $99,626 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetST CATHERINE CENTER FOR SPECIAL NEEDS INC: $96,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetRENEWAL HOUSE INC: $94,750 over 3y, 45% of budgetTHE OPEN DOOR SHELTER INC: $85,750 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetPERSON TO PERSON INC: $80,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetDOMESTIC VIOLENCE CRISIS CENTER: $62,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetTODAY'S STUDENTS TOMORROW'S TEACHERS: $60,240 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetKIDS IN CRISIS INC: $59,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetHOMES WITH HOPE: $58,500 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetEMERGE INC: $55,500 over 4y, 14% of budgetINSPIRICA INC: $51,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetThe Center For Empowerment And Education Inc: $49,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetDOMUS KIDS INC: $46,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetBRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $44,201 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBRIDGEPORT NEIGHBORHOOD TRUST: $42,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSTERLING HOUSE COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $37,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetCIRCLE OF CARE FOR FAMILIES OF CHILDREN WITH CANCER INC: $36,500 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetBRIDGEPORT PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND INC: $33,626 over 2y, 6.7% of budgetBUILDING ONE COMMUNITY CORP: $33,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetSAINT JOSEPH PARENTING CENTER INC: $29,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetBRIDGEPORT CARIBE YOUTH LEADERS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetNEW REACH INC: $22,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPACIFIC HOUSE INC: $22,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAPPLIED BEHAVIORAL REHABILITATION INSTIT: $21,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetLAUREL HOUSE INC: $20,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetHUMAN SERVICES COUNCIL INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetLIFEBRIDGE COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $19,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSACRED HEART UNIVERSITY INCORPORATED: $18,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY CENTERS INC: $18,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGREENWICH EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE INC: $17,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCONNECTICUT INSTITUTE FOR REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS INC: $16,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBARBARAS HOUSE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetTHE TINY MIRACLES FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetHOMEFRONT INC: $15,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetCONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetTHE CHILD AND FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER INC: $14,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN IN PLACEMENT INC: $13,500 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetNETWORK FOR TEACHING ENTREPRENEURSHIP: $12,500 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

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.

Fairfield County's Co…The Near and Far Asso…Peoples United Commun…New Canaan Community …The Pitney Bowes Foun…William Caspar Graust…The John and Ethel Ka…Young Mens Christian …Newman's Own Foundati…Ernest and Joan Trefz…Savings Bank of Danbu…The Scripps Family Fu…
Fairfield County's Community Foundation IncCT95.6× affinity48 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · The Near and Far Association Inc · Peoples United Community Foundation · New Canaan Community Foundation Inc · The Pitney Bowes Foundation · William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund · The John and Ethel Kashulon Foundation · Young Mens Christian Association of Westport/Weston Ct Inc · Newman's Own Foundation · Ernest and Joan Trefz Foundation · Savings Bank of Danbury Foundation Inc · The Scripps Family Fund for Education and the Arts

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 Inner-City Foundation for Charity & Education Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Inner-City Foundation for Charity & Education Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 140%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 27%
  • The Child and Family Guidance Center Inc: 86% of income from government
  • Laurel House Inc: 68% of income from government
  • Saint Joseph Parenting Center Inc: 51% of income from government
  • Kids in Crisis Inc: 49% of income from government
  • The Center for Family Justice Inc: 49% of income from government
  • New Reach Inc: 49% of income from government
  • Children in Placement Inc: 47% of income from government
  • Pacific House Inc: 46% of income from government
  • Connecticut Institute for Refugees and Immigrants Inc: 37% of income from government
  • Applied Behavioral Rehabilitation Instit: 35% of income from government
  • Community Resources for Justice Inc: 34% of income from government
  • Lifebridge Community Services Inc: 32% of income from government
  • Boys and Girls Village Inc: 32% of income from government
  • Inspirica Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Emerge Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Homes With Hope: 28% of income from government
  • Human Services Council Inc: 27% of income from government
  • Stamford Public Education Foundation Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Family Centers Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Nourish Bridgeport Inc: 19% of income from government
  • Barbaras House Inc: 17% of income from government
  • The Carver Inc: 16% of income from government
  • Central Connecticut Coast Young Men's Christian Association Inc: 14% of income from government
  • The Open Door Shelter Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Domestic Violence Crisis Center: 10% of income from government
  • Sterling House Community Center Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Domus Kids Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Connecticut Foodshare Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Person to Person Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Mercy Learning Center of Bridgeport Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Cardinal Shehan Center Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Sacred Heart University Incorporated: 1% of income from government
  • Klein Memorial Auditorium Foundationinc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
14get no government money at all
17report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
3rely 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 The Inner-City Foundation for Charity & Education 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 74 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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