Connecticut · Nonprofit
BLAU HOUSE & GARDENS INC
BLAU HOUSE & GARDENS INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,751 to it, the largest being CONNECTICUT HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC ($6,700). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $127k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $17k
- Net assets
- $117k
What Blau House & Gardens Inc does
Mission
organized exclusively for charitable, educational, and scientific purposes, including, for such purposes, the making of distributions to organizations that qualify as exempt organizations under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Educational Horticulture and Environmental Science Programs: Blau House & Gardens conducted a series of public educational programs focused on horticulture, environmental science, and ecological literacy. Programming included expert-led lectures and demonstrations on topics such as dendrochronology and climate history through tree-ring analysis, soil health and composting systems, and sustainable plant cultivation practices including rhododendron care. These programs combined scientific instruction with interpretive garden-based learning experiences. Persons served: Approximately 10-35 per event. Services provided: Educational lectures, hands-on demonstrations, guided learning experiences in horticulture and environmental science.
$625 spentHistoric Garden Access, Tours, and Community Engagement: Blau House & Gardens provided structured public access to its historic landscape through guided tours and seasonal open-garden events. Programming emphasized historic preservation, landscape architecture, and the interpretation of mid-century garden design. Community engagement activities included educational tours, volunteer involvement, and partnerships supporting preservation awareness and public enjoyment of the site. Persons served: Approximately 10-35 per season/event period. Services provided: Guided tours, public garden access, interpretive historical education, and community engagement programming.
$125 spentCultural Arts and Music Programming: The organization presented public cultural programming integrating live performing arts with its historic garden setting. Events included the "Music in the Garden" series featuring professional ensembles and collaborations with Norwalk symphony, as well as complementary poetry and literary programming. Events were designed to promote cultural enrichment through immersive outdoor performances and landscape-based artistic experiences. Persons served: Approximately 20-35 per event. Services provided: Live musical performances, cultural arts programming, poetry and literary events, and integrated garden tour experiences. 3 Concerts in August
$7,103 spent
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $0. The per-program figures do not add up to the total the return states; both are shown as filed.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Robert Cohen
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $2k → $10k.
From the IRS filings of BLAU HOUSE & GARDENS 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
BLAU HOUSE & GARDENS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
40% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund BLAU HOUSE & GARDENS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 69% — diversifying over time.
“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
100% of BLAU HOUSE & GARDENS INC's grant income comes from Connecticut funders.
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
BLAU HOUSE & GARDENS INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,433 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,433 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding BLAU HOUSE & GARDENS INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $4k on record.
- Pass thru Grant Non-State$4k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
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In Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BLAU HOUSE & GARDENS 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 BLAU HOUSE & GARDENS INC?
- BLAU HOUSE & GARDENS INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,751 to it, the largest being CONNECTICUT HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC ($6,700). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BLAU HOUSE & GARDENS INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $16,751 in grants to BLAU HOUSE & GARDENS INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BLAU HOUSE & GARDENS INC?
- CONNECTICUT HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC is the largest funder on record, with $6,700 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BLAU HOUSE & GARDENS 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 FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), and the filings of 3 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