Connecticut · Nonprofit
ACE MENTOR PROGRAM OF CONNECTICUT INC
ACE MENTOR PROGRAM OF CONNECTICUT INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $105,500 to it, the largest being CHARLES PANKOW FOUNDATION ($40,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $42k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $106k
- Net assets
- $130k
What Ace Mentor Program of Connecticut Inc does
Mission
To encourage high school students to pursue careers in architecture, construction, and engineering by providing a mentoring and scholarship program.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
Program
High school students participating in the program are mentored in architecture, construction, and engineering. College scholarships are awarded to several program graduates who continue their studies in these fields.
$15,000 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $15,000.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $161k to $143k (−11%).
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.
81% of ACE MENTOR PROGRAM OF CONNECTICUT INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (65% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $12k → $6k.
From the IRS filings of ACE MENTOR PROGRAM OF CONNECTICUT 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.
How concentrated its funding is
ACE MENTOR PROGRAM OF CONNECTICUT INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 83% · 2018 100% · 2019 67% · 2020 50% · 2021 55% · 2022 43% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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
ACE MENTOR PROGRAM OF CONNECTICUT INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Connecticut, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Against its field
ACE MENTOR PROGRAM OF CONNECTICUT INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 21,386 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,386 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2023
Organizations like ACE MENTOR PROGRAM OF CONNECTICUT INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
78%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ACE MENTOR PROGRAM OF CONNECTICUT INC?
- ACE MENTOR PROGRAM OF CONNECTICUT INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $105,500 to it, the largest being CHARLES PANKOW FOUNDATION ($40,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ACE MENTOR PROGRAM OF CONNECTICUT INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $105,500 in grants to ACE MENTOR PROGRAM OF CONNECTICUT INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ACE MENTOR PROGRAM OF CONNECTICUT INC?
- CHARLES PANKOW FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $40,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ACE MENTOR PROGRAM OF CONNECTICUT 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2023 (financials across 2017–2023), and the filings of 5 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