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The William W Backus Hospital at a glanceMostly funded, not a grantmaker: see who funds it →

· Public charity

The William W Backus Hospital

To improve the health and healing of the people and communities we serve.

$119k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$25k
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 2024.

Health$60kHuman Services$42kCommunity Improvement$16kCivil Rights$10kPhilanthropy$10kReligion$8kRecreation & Sports$6k
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 8 grants below total $88,306, the rows itemized in this filing. The $118,820 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $30,514 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 $10k3 grants · $18k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $70k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.1B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Diocese Of Norwich$25,000
Three Rivers College Foundation$15,000
Chamber Of Commerce Of Eastern Connecticut Inc$10,185
City Of Norwich$10,000
Chamber Of Commerce Of Eastern Connecticut Foundation Inc$10,000
Greater Norwich Area Chamber Of Commerce$6,600
Norwich Branch NAACP$5,965
United Way Of Southeastern Connecticut I$5,556
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.

None of its grants could be placed against low income need for this view.

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.

62%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$147k · 5 repeat orgs$92k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +41% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
6

Total granted

$147k
$55k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+19%

Still filing today

80%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $37k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’21’22’24’25
HealthArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementCivil RightsHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • AH
    American Heart Association Inc
    2× · 2019–2021 · $45k · revenue +43%
  • CO
    Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut Inc
    2× · 2017–2025 · $21k · revenue +41%
  • TC
    The Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut Foundation Inc
    3× · 2023–2025 · $20k · revenue +17%

Funded once

  • AB
    A BETTER WAY FOUNDATION ABWF INC
    one grant, 2024 · $15k · revenue 0%
  • TA
    THE ANNUAL CATHOLIC APPEAL
    one grant, 2022 · $12k
  • AL
    ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUEgraduated
    2× · 2023–2024 · $10k · revenue +253%
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
Chamber of Commerce of Northwest Ct

Advance the economic, industrial, cultural and civic welfare of Northwest Connecticut by promoting the physical, economic and human resources of the area

—
2
The Hartford Chamber of Commerce Incorporated

To compete aggressively and successfully for jobs, talent and capital.

—
3
Connecticut River Valley Chamber of Commerce

The core purpose of the chamber is to develop beneficial relationships that serve and enhance a thriving regional business community.

—
4
New Milford Economic Development Corporation

The principal objective of the organization is to benefit the community by increasing employment opportunities and the establishment and expansion of business and industry for the citizens of new milford.

Community Improvement
5
Central Ct Chambers of Commerce Incorporated

Business working together to promote regional prosperity and community vitality.

—
6
Greater Danbury Chamber of Commerce Inc

The organization is a local chamber of commerce. the chamber attempts to stimulate growth of businesses in the greater danbury, connecticut area.

—
7
The Greater Norwich Foundation
—
8
Connecticut Bankers Foundation Inc
Philanthropy
9
The Foundation of the Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce Inc

Receive and administer gifts, grants and contributions. assist local & state government leaders in community development programs.

Unclassified
10
Connecticut Road Builders Association Inc

Promotion of the road building industry

—
11
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
12
Addison County Chamber of Commerce Inc

The Addison County Chamber of Commerce mission is to enhance the economic vitality of Addison County.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut Inc; the most unlike its peers is American Heart Association 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

12 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. 12 of the 15 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
8/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DIOCESE OF NORWICH: $49,000 · OtherDIOCESE OF NORWICHChamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut Inc: $21,055 · OtherChamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut IncTHREE RIVERS COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $15,000 · OtherTHREE RIVERS COLLEGE FOUNDATIONTHE ANNUAL CATHOLIC APPEAL: $12,000 · OtherTHE ANNUAL CATHOLIC APPEALNORWICH PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $10,000 · OtherNORWICH PUBLIC SCHOOLSCASTLE CHURCH INC: $7,500 · OtherCASTLE CHURCH INCNorwich Branch NAACP: $5,965 · OtherUnited Way of Southeastern Connecticut Inc: $5,556 · OtherAmerican Heart Association Inc: $45,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Association I…A BETTER WAY FOUNDATION ABWF INC: $14,500 · HealthA BETTER WAY FOUNDATION ABWF…The Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut Foundation Inc: $20,000 · Arts & CultureThe Chamb…GREATER NORWICH AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $12,100 · Community ImprovementANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $10,000 · Civil RightsMadonna Place Inc: $5,500 · Human ServicesGoshen Agricultural Society Inc: $5,500 · Recreation & Sports
Other$126,076Health$59,500Arts & Culture$20,000Community Improvement$12,100Civil Rights$10,000Human Services$5,500Recreation & Sports$5,500

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 budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $45,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut Inc: $21,055 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetThe Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 3y, 6.8% of budgetTHREE RIVERS COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetA BETTER WAY FOUNDATION ABWF INC: $14,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGREATER NORWICH AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $12,100 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Southeastern Connecticut Inc: $5,556 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMadonna Place Inc: $5,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGoshen Agricultural Society Inc: $5,500 over 1y, 1.0% 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.

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.

Chelsea Groton Founda…The Community Foundat…Dominion Energy Chari…The Pfizer Foundation…
Chelsea Groton FoundationCT17.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Chelsea Groton Foundation · The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut Inc · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · The Pfizer 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 The William W Backus Hospital funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The William W Backus Hospital. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 20%
  • Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut Inc: 23% of income from government
  • Madonna Place Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Greater Norwich Area Chamber of Commerce: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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 15 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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