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BIG RED MEMORIAL FUND INC

BIG RED MEMORIAL FUND INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,150 to it, the largest being CHELSEA GROTON FOUNDATION ($2,150). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2022
$15k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$2k
Net assets
$0
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 1%
01What it does

What Big Red Memorial Fund Inc does

Mission

Give child funds to play sports

As stated on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. Provide children in the community to be able to afford to play sports by giving them the sports item they need

The program described on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($18k) Expenses 100 ($14k) Net assets 100 ($8k)2018 Revenue 106 ($19k) Expenses 127 ($18k) Net assets 116 ($9k)2019 Revenue 133 ($24k) Expenses 146 ($20k) Net assets 160 ($13k)2020 Revenue 25 ($4k) Expenses 51 ($7k) Net assets 127 ($10k)2021 Revenue 53 ($9k) Expenses 80 ($11k) Net assets 106 ($8k)2022 Revenue 84 ($15k) Expenses 106 ($15k) Net assets 0 ($0)
201720182019202020212022
Revenue (84)Expenses (106)Net assets (0)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $20k to $0 (−100%).

$8k
$9k
$13k
$17k
$20k
$0
201720182019202020212022
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of BIG RED MEMORIAL FUND INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (95% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 8,549 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$4k
’17
$1k
’18
$4k
’19
−$3k
’20
−$2k
’21
$470
’22
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $100.

Funder
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
funders
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of BIG RED MEMORIAL FUND 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 BIG RED MEMORIAL FUND INC's grant income comes from Connecticut funders.

CT

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’22
’23
Connecticut out of state home

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

BIG RED MEMORIAL FUND INC has grown faster than half of the 7,253 philanthropy nonprofits its size.

Operating margin3% · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−3% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,253 philanthropy nonprofits under $100k, FY2022

Organizations like BIG RED MEMORIAL FUND INC

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In Connecticut

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05Profile & governance

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

Public support

100%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds BIG RED MEMORIAL FUND INC?
BIG RED MEMORIAL FUND INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,150 to it, the largest being CHELSEA GROTON FOUNDATION ($2,150). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does BIG RED MEMORIAL FUND INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $2,150 in grants to BIG RED MEMORIAL FUND INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of BIG RED MEMORIAL FUND INC?
CHELSEA GROTON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,150 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BIG RED MEMORIAL FUND 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 FY2022 (financials across 2017–2022), 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