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Connecticut Cat Connection Inc

Connecticut Cat Connection Inc (Connecticut) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $145,881 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($62,688). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 80% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$534k
Funders on record
18
Grants received
$146k
Net assets
$213k
7/18 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 7%
01What it does

What Connecticut Cat Connection Inc does

Mission

Dedicated to the welfare of animals with a no-kill policy (with medical exceptions). Our efforts are focused primarily on finding loving homes for the many cats that are strays, abused, abandoned, surrendered or impounded.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Veterinary Expenses including examinations, surgeries, medications, vaccines and testing

    $311,273 spent
    72% of program spending
  2. Facilities and other programs

    $85,888 spent
    20% of program spending
  3. Cat care including food and cleaning supplies

    $35,090 spent
    8% of program spending
  4. Adoption donations

    $270,609 earned by the program

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $432,251.

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 ($190k) Expenses 100 ($185k) Net assets -599 ($-64665)2018 Revenue 94 ($178k) Expenses 77 ($143k) Net assets -274 ($-29524)2019 Revenue 145 ($276k) Expenses 142 ($263k) Net assets -150 ($-16167)2020 Revenue 149 ($284k) Expenses 150 ($278k) Net assets -95 ($-10207)2021 Revenue 165 ($313k) Expenses 157 ($292k) Net assets 100 ($11k)2022 Revenue 180 ($342k) Expenses 183 ($340k) Net assets 118 ($13k)2023 Revenue 217 ($413k) Expenses 177 ($329k) Net assets 907 ($98k)2024 Revenue 281 ($534k) Expenses 226 ($419k) Net assets 1977 ($213k)
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Revenue (281)Expenses (226)Net assets (1977)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 2019 to 2020, from $13k to $282k (+2068%).

$8k
$7k
$13k
$282k
$280k
$289k
$336k
$414k
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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
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

49% of Connecticut Cat Connection Inc’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (86% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 7,065 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$5k
’17
$35k
’18
$13k
’19
$6k
’20
$21k
’21
$2k
’22
$84k
’23
$115k
’24
3.6
months of
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.

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Listed44448873
Joined·+0+0+0+4+2+0+2
No longer listed·0000216
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 7 funders, grant income rose $234 → $28k.

5 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 80% 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 Cat Connection 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 Cat Connection Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 74%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

86% 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 Cat Connection Inc.

43%
largest funder
74%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 58% · 2021 53% · 2022 84% · 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.

How long its funders stay

50% of Connecticut Cat Connection Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 39% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

80% of Connecticut Cat Connection 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. Of the $30k that is directly attributable, 86% of it comes from Connecticut funders.

NY
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
MO
DE

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

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’20
’21
’22
’23
Connecticut out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $116k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Connecticut Cat Connection Inc runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 6,443 animals nonprofits its size.

Operating margin22% · above the median
Months of reserve3.6mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)16% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,443 animals nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like Connecticut Cat Connection Inc

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In Connecticut

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

103% of spending goes to programs.

Program 103%Management -3%Fundraising 0%

Governance

3
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CT

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Questions and answers

Who funds Connecticut Cat Connection Inc?
Connecticut Cat Connection Inc (Connecticut) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $145,881 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($62,688). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 80% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does Connecticut Cat Connection Inc have?
IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $145,881 in grants to Connecticut Cat Connection Inc, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Connecticut Cat Connection Inc?
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $62,688 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Connecticut Cat Connection 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 18 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing