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The Workplace Inc

The organization provides job training, placement, and counseling for dislocated and economically disadvantaged individuals in the bridgeport, norwalk, stamford and valley labor market areas.

$19M
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$2.3M
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.

Employment$38MHousing & Shelter$452kHuman Services$214k
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 7 grants below total $3,221,746, the rows itemized in this filing. The $19,013,673 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $15,791,927 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

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $17k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $572k
  • $250k+2 grants · $2.6M
$118,235
Median grant
1
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CAREER RESOURCES INC$2,297,554
CAPITAL WORKFORCE PARTNERS$335,021
WORKFORCE ALLIANCE$240,098
THE JUSTICE EDUCATION CENTER INC$118,235
MARRAKECH INC$117,726
MORRISON GROUP LLC$95,714
CT RETAIL MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION INC$17,398
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, $686k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%LIFEBRIDGE COMMUNITY SERVICES: $115k → 9%ALPHA COMMUNITY SERVICES: $90k → 9%alpha community services: $84k → 9%LIFEBRIDGE COMMUNITY SERVICES: $44k → 9%ALPHA COMMUNITY SERVICES: $39k → 9%Lifebridge Community Services: $117k → 9%LIFEBRIDGE COMMUNITY SERVICES: $102k → 9%LIFEBRIDGE COMMUNITY SERVICES: $94k → 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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$38M · 20 repeat orgs$306k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +18% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
6

Total granted

$38M
$289k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
+3%

Still filing today

70%
17%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k 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
EmploymentHousing & ShelterHuman ServicesCrime & LegalHealthOther
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

  • CAREER RESOURCES INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $27M · revenue +192% · 62% of their budget
  • CW
    CAPITAL WORKFORCE PARTNERS INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $3.2M · revenue +18%
  • TJ
    THE JUSTICE EDUCATION CENTER INC
    7× · 2017–2025 · $796k · revenue +850%

Funded once

  • HC
    Housatonic Community College
    one grant, 2017 · $145k
  • CT
    career technology llc
    one grant, 2017 · $57k
  • NC
    Norwalk Community College
    one grant, 2017 · $53k
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
Community Residences Inc

Housing and programs for persons with intellectual disabilities.

Human Services
2
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
3
The Workplace Inc

The organization provides job training, placement, and counseling for dislocated and economically disadvantaged individuals in the bridgeport, norwalk, stamford and valley labor market areas.

Employment
4
Goodwill Industries of Greater New York & Northern New Jersey Inc

Goodwill nynj empowers people with disabilities and other barriers to employment to gain independence through the power of work. goodwill nynj provided services to more than 11,087 adults in fiscal year 2025 through all programs.

Employment
5
Greater New Bedford Workforce Investment Board Inc

Meet the workforce needs of employers and support economic development in greater new bedford.

Community Improvement
6
Eastern Connecticut Workforce Investment Board Inc

EWIB efficiently coordinates employment-related services in concert with a multitude of state and local agencies at benefit to both businesses and job-seekers. These services offer new opportunities and/or skills to the regional workforce,…

Employment
7
Community Partners in Action Inc

The organization is a non-profit agency building community by providing services that promote accountability, dignity and restoration for people affected by criminal justice system.

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8
New Haven Works Inc

To grow the local economy and improve economic stability in all communities by providing employers with a trained and qualified workforce and connecting residents to jobs.

Education
9
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…

—
10
Northwest Regional Workforce Investment Board Inc

Northwest regional workforce investment board, inc is a not-for-profit corporation organized to develop and oversee a complete system of services for the employment and training of connecticut's workforce, concentrating in danbury,…

—
11
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
12
Opportunities Industrialization Center of New Britain Inc

Our mission is to help people to help themselves by contributing to the more efficient functioning of todays labor market by providing high quality employment and training.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Capital Workforce Partners Inc; the most unlike its peers is Connecticut Retail Merchants Association. 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

17 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. 17 of the 27 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/17
Grantees still filing
12/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CAREER RESOURCES INC: $26,780,004 · EmploymentCAREER RESOURCES INCCAPITAL WORKFORCE PARTNERS INC: $3,241,541 · EmploymentCAPITAL WORKFORCE PARTNERS INC+2 more: $978,734 · EmploymentRI DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND TRAINING: $1,943,205 · OtherRI DEPARTMENT OF …morrison group limited liability company: $1,167,766 · Othermorrison group li…WORKFORCE ALLIANCE INC: $933,661 · OtherWORKFORCE ALLIANC…THE JUSTICE EDUCATION CENTER INC: $796,472 · OtherTHE JUSTICE EDUCA…DCI RESOURCES LLC: $384,982 · OtherDCI RESOURCES LLCBRIDGEPORT ORGANIZATION FOR YOUTH SPORTS INC: $239,437 · Other+9 more: $550,190 · Other+9 moreLIFEBRIDGE COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $471,997 · Human ServicesCENTRAL CONNECTICUT COAST YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $213,768 · Human ServicesUrban League of Southern CT INC: $338,554 · Housing & ShelterNEW REACH INC: $155,868 · Housing & ShelterCOLUMBUS HOUSE INC: $112,899 · Housing & ShelterAPPLIED BEHAVIORAL REHABILITATION INSTIT: $259,541 · HealthTHE HOUSING COLLECTIVE INC: $183,007 · Crime & LegalPROJECT MODEL OFFENDER REINTERGRATION EXPERIENCE INC: $26,800 · Crime & Legal
Employment$31,000,279Other$6,015,713Human Services$685,765Housing & Shelter$607,321Health$259,541Crime & Legal$209,807

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCAREER RESOURCES INC: $26,780,004 over 9y, 62% of budgetCAPITAL WORKFORCE PARTNERS INC: $3,241,541 over 9y, 2.1% of budgetWORKFORCE ALLIANCE INC: $933,661 over 9y, 1.8% of budgetMARRAKECH INC: $835,735 over 9y, 1.5% of budgetTHE JUSTICE EDUCATION CENTER INC: $796,472 over 7y, 13% of budgetLIFEBRIDGE COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $471,997 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetUrban League of Southern CT INC: $338,554 over 4y, 29% of budgetAPPLIED BEHAVIORAL REHABILITATION INSTIT: $259,541 over 2y, 6.9% of budgetBRIDGEPORT ORGANIZATION FOR YOUTH SPORTS INC: $239,437 over 4y, 91% of budgetCENTRAL CONNECTICUT COAST YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $213,768 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHE HOUSING COLLECTIVE INC: $183,007 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetNEW REACH INC: $155,868 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetGOODWILL OF WESTERN AND NORTHERN CONNECTICUT INC: $142,999 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCOLUMBUS HOUSE INC: $112,899 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetPROJECT MODEL OFFENDER REINTERGRATION EXPERIENCE INC: $26,800 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE KENNEDY COLLECTIVE INC: $13,792 over 1y, 0.0% 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 CAREER RESOURCES INC ↗
  • Who funds CAPITAL WORKFORCE PARTNERS INC ↗
  • Who funds WORKFORCE ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds MARRAKECH INC ↗
  • Who funds THE JUSTICE EDUCATION CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds LIFEBRIDGE COMMUNITY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds Urban League of Southern CT INC ↗
  • Who funds APPLIED BEHAVIORAL REHABILITATION INSTIT ↗
  • Who funds BRIDGEPORT ORGANIZATION FOR YOUTH SPORTS INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL CONNECTICUT COAST YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE HOUSING COLLECTIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW REACH INC ↗
  • Who funds GOODWILL OF WESTERN AND NORTHERN CONNECTICUT INC ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBUS HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT MODEL OFFENDER REINTERGRATION EXPERIENCE INC ↗
  • Who funds CONNECTICUT RETAIL MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds THE KENNEDY COLLECTIVE 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.

Fairfield County's Co…Peoples United Commun…United Way of Greater…Ion Bank Foundation I…The Community Foundat…Workforce Alliance IncYale UniversityWebster Bank Charitab…Capital Workforce Par…Liberty Bank Foundati…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Bank of America C…
Fairfield County's Community Foundation IncCT25.1× affinity10 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 · Peoples United Community Foundation · United Way of Greater New Haven Inc · Ion Bank Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven · Workforce Alliance Inc · Yale University · Webster Bank Charitable Foundation · Capital Workforce Partners Inc · Liberty Bank Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable 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 Workplace Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Workplace Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 49%
  • The Justice Education Center Inc: 100% of income from government
  • The Housing Collective Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Columbus House Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Capital Workforce Partners Inc: 86% of income from government
  • The Kennedy Collective Inc: 79% of income from government
  • Workforce Alliance Inc: 77% of income from government
  • New Reach Inc: 49% of income from government
  • Career Resources Inc: 35% of income from government
  • Applied Behavioral Rehabilitation Instit: 35% of income from government
  • Lifebridge Community Services Inc: 32% of income from government
  • Goodwill of Western and Northern Connecticut Inc: 17% of income from government
  • Central Connecticut Coast Young Men's Christian Association Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Marrakech Inc: 14% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
6rely 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 27 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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