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A BETTER CONNECTICUT INSTITUTE INC

A BETTER CONNECTICUT INSTITUTE INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $25,000 to it, the largest being SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION 1199 NEW ENGLAND HEALTH CARE EMPLOYEE ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$51k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$25k
Net assets
$33k
0/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What A Better Connecticut Institute Inc does

Mission

A Better Connecticut Institute (ABCI) will research and report on societal crises facing low income and working class Connecticut residents. The activity will be conducted by the executive director and any designated staff along with independentcollaborators. The activity will be conducted in the state of Connecticut. All of ABCI's work will be dedicated to this activity. The activity is funded completely by donations. The purpose of ABCI's work is to educate the residents of Connecticut on issues affecting their state.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. A Better Connecticut Institute (ABCI) will research and report on societal crises facing low income and working class Connecticut residents. The activity will be conducted by the executive director and any designated staff along with independentcollaborators. The activity will be conducted in the state of Connecticut. All of ABCI's work will be dedicated to this activity. The activity is funded completely by donations. The purpose of ABCI's work is to educate the residents of Connecticut on issues affecting their state.

    $51,006 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $51,006.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20222022 Revenue 100 ($131k) Expenses 100 ($85k) Net assets 100 ($45k)2023 Revenue 60 ($79k) Expenses 87 ($74k) Net assets 110 ($50k)2024 Revenue 39 ($51k) Expenses 80 ($68k) Net assets 73 ($33k)
202220232024
Revenue (39)Expenses (80)Net assets (73)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $50k to $33k (−34%).

$45k
$50k
$33k
202220232024
Total assets

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of A BETTER CONNECTICUT INSTITUTE INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (97% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,233 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.

$45k
’22
$5k
’23
−$17k
’24

Leadership and staff

Board chair

Rev Josh Pawalek

Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'24*
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of A BETTER CONNECTICUT INSTITUTE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

100% of A BETTER CONNECTICUT INSTITUTE INC's grant income comes from Connecticut funders.

CT

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

A BETTER CONNECTICUT INSTITUTE INC's revenue fell 61% between 2022 and 2024.

Operating margin−33% · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−37% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,247 public benefit nonprofits under $100k, FY2024

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In Connecticut

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Nationally

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

0%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CT

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for A BETTER CONNECTICUT INSTITUTE INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.

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Questions and answers

Who funds A BETTER CONNECTICUT INSTITUTE INC?
A BETTER CONNECTICUT INSTITUTE INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $25,000 to it, the largest being SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION 1199 NEW ENGLAND HEALTH CARE EMPLOYEE ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does A BETTER CONNECTICUT INSTITUTE INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $25,000 in grants to A BETTER CONNECTICUT INSTITUTE INC.
Who is the largest funder of A BETTER CONNECTICUT INSTITUTE INC?
SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION 1199 NEW ENGLAND HEALTH CARE EMPLOYEE is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like A BETTER CONNECTICUT INSTITUTE INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2022–2024), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing