California · Nonprofit
CONNECT HUMANITY
CONNECT HUMANITY (California) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,307,466 to it, the largest being TIDES CENTER ($3,261,912). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.8M
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $8.3M
- Net assets
- $5.8M
What Connect Humanity does
Mission
Connect Humanity works to expand digital access in rural, low and moderate-income, and historically underserved communities. The organization combines programmatic and financial tools - including grants, technical assistance, coalition building, workforce and digital skills initiatives, and investment capital - to support digital connectivity and access toward community economic development. Connect Humanity also convenes cross-sector collaborations to develop innovative funding and financing models for digital access and adoption programs.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Appalachia digital accelerator: Connect Humanity operated the appalachia digital accelerator in partnership with the appalachian regional commission to support broadband planning and digital access strategies in historically unserved and underserved communities across appalachia. The program provided technical assistance, planning grants, and capacity-building support to local governments and community-based organizations to strengthen readiness for broadband deployment and improve long-term access to affordable, reliable internet service. Activities were designed to advance economic opportunity and digital access in low-income and rural communities.
$2,540,314 spentof which $416,076 as grants77% of program spendingRio grande valley broadband coalition: Connect Humanity coordinates the rio grande valley broadband coalition, a regional collaboration of public, nonprofit, and private stakeholders working to expand affordable broadband access and digital access in south texas. Coalition activities included regional infrastructure planning, development of affordability strategies, digital skills and workforce initiatives, access and expansion of telehealth services, and small business digitalization. Program activities are increasing broadband adoption, strengthening economic resilience, and reducing barriers to digital access.
$309,738 spent9% of program spendingInvestment program:Connect Humanity manages a portfolio of investment capital to support community-focused broadband infrastructure and internet service providers serving low and moderate-income, rural, and underserved communities. Investments are structured to advance charitable purposes by increasing access to affordable, reliable broadband service. Financing terms are designed to support long-term sustainability while promoting affordability and accountability to the communities served.
$285,525 spent$44,597 earned by the program9% of program spendingInternational program:Connect Humanity engaged in partnerships with locally led organizations outside the united states, beginning with work in brazil, to address digital access gaps in underserved communities. Activities include the provision of strategic advisory support and exploration of catalytic capital approaches to strengthen community-centered broadband models. International program efforts were structured to advance charitable purposes by expanding access to affordable internet service and supporting locally governed connectivity solutions.
$146,369 spentof which $2,500 as grants$145,997 earned by the program4% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,281,946.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 2024 to 2025, from $6.3M to $5.9M (−7%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2023 7% · 2024 38% · 2025 59%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
90% of CONNECT HUMANITY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Jochai Ben-Avie
Chief executive officer (left 11/24)
Board chair
Steve Song
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $728k → $4.7M.
4 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 45% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of CONNECT HUMANITY’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
CONNECT HUMANITY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 73%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
58% 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 CONNECT HUMANITY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 79% · 2023 57% — 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
CONNECT HUMANITY draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 7 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.7M arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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
CONNECT HUMANITY holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 1,504 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,504 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding CONNECT HUMANITY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $6.4M on record.
- Appalachian Regional Commission$6.3M
- Department of the Treasury$150k
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.
Organizations like CONNECT HUMANITY
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 6 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CONNECT HUMANITY: 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 CONNECT HUMANITY?
- CONNECT HUMANITY (California) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,307,466 to it, the largest being TIDES CENTER ($3,261,912). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CONNECT HUMANITY have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $8,307,466 in grants to CONNECT HUMANITY, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CONNECT HUMANITY?
- TIDES CENTER is the largest funder on record, with $3,261,912 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CONNECT HUMANITY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2023–2025), and the filings of 14 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