Connecticut · Nonprofit
CONNECTICUT ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS INC
CONNECTICUT ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $77,170 to it, the largest being NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($62,170). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $141k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $77k
- Net assets
- $206k
What Connecticut Academy for the Arts Inc does
Mission
is to provide an environment for quality personalized learning that integrates arts and creativity throughout an age appropriate curriculum, to cultivate innovative, collaborative and global thinkers and to prepare them for a life of civic and global engagement, professional achievement and personal fulfillment through the arts.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
CAFTA CIAO Program:Northwest Connecticut Pre-K through High School (ages 4-18) students have an opportunity to take part in CIAO (CAFTA Italian Arts Outreach), a unique Language Arts and Culture program sponsored through a grant from the Italian Government.The CIAO program is project based and students will create their own age appropriate journal/textbooks and choose from projects such as acting for films, filmmaking, fashion, arts,animation, architecture, literature, writing, design and culture while learning to converse inItalian.The class will be taught by professional internationally renowned artists, designers and filmmakers, Teresa and John Sullivan, as well as by visits from other nationally and internationally known professional artists and designers.There is no Italian language prerequisite necessary for this class. The CIAO Program will also open up opportunities for travel to Italy, Italian internships and networking.
$44,058 spent100% of program spendingSEL Creativity Program/Partnership with Torrington Public Schools:PERSONALIZED LEARNING IN VISUAL ARTSCAFTA students receive training in various disciplines chosen from the following studies: Film, Fine Art, Photography, Design, Architecture, Graphic Design, Branding/Marketing. Each program is designed for individual students based on their interests, talents and capabilities. No two students are alike therefore CAFTA instructors work with each student to maximize their potential in what ever level they have reached from beginners to advanced studies as well as preparation for higher education and careers in the field of Art and Design.
CAFTA Friday Film Forum:is an adult film studies group that meets weekly to study the great international filmmakers,directors, and actors in the world of cinema. In the 10 years CAFTA Friday Film Forum (FFF) has been in session, over 500 award winning films from all over the world have been seen and discussed. In the new CAFTA Cineteque Theater (at 100 Prospect Street in Torrington, CT), films are shown on a 30 foot screen in a very comfortable studio environment. A "Happy Hour" informal cultural networking takes place from 6 pm until showtime at 6:45 pm. Refreshments are served at that time. Everyone is asked to bring either a savory or desert to share. Promptly at 6:45 pm the movie begins. After the film, coffee and dessert are served and everyone joins in the discussion to evaluate the tectonics and themes of the film, filmmakers and/or director. The conversation is always lively, interesting and informative. Many say it is the highlight of their week.Film classes may be audited film by film. Fee is $5 per class. New students can register at the door when they arrive.
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $44,058.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2023 to 2024, from $237k to $541k (+129%).
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.
83% of CONNECTICUT ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 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
Teresa Graham Sullivan
Pres/Exec. Dir.
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2020: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $10k → $17k.
2 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 CONNECTICUT ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS 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
CONNECTICUT ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 81% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 CONNECTICUT ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2020 100% — broadly stable.
“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 CONNECTICUT ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $77k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
CONNECTICUT ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like CONNECTICUT ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS 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.
Where the money goes
70% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
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 CONNECTICUT ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS INC?
- CONNECTICUT ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $77,170 to it, the largest being NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($62,170). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CONNECTICUT ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $77,170 in grants to CONNECTICUT ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CONNECTICUT ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS INC?
- NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $62,170 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CONNECTICUT ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS 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 FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 2 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