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CONNECTICUT CENTER FOR ADVANCED TEC

CONNECTICUT CENTER FOR ADVANCED TEC (Connecticut) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $723,242 to it, the largest being UI LABS INC ($274,947). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$22M
Funders on record
6
Grants received
$723k
Net assets
$7.4M
3/6 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 2%
01What it does

What Connecticut Center for Advanced Tec does

Mission

To lead the advancement of applied technologies, power the workforce of the future and inspire change.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. To provide assistance to connecticut's small and medium size manufacturing companies to compete in the aerospace & defense markets and to adopt technologies and practices needed to fully participate in the next generation aerospace & defense supply base.

    $12,985,009 spent$1,297,679 earned by the program
    74% of program spending
  2. To implement education and workforce initiatives that align workforce development with current and future technologies.

    $4,608,872 spent$232,742 earned by the program
    26% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $17,593,881.

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 ($15M) Expenses 100 ($15M) Net assets 100 ($6.1M)2018 Revenue 51 ($7.9M) Expenses 54 ($8.3M) Net assets 94 ($5.7M)2019 Revenue 57 ($8.7M) Expenses 56 ($8.6M) Net assets 96 ($5.9M)2020 Revenue 50 ($7.7M) Expenses 51 ($7.9M) Net assets 92 ($5.7M)2021 Revenue 59 ($9.1M) Expenses 63 ($9.6M) Net assets 83 ($5.1M)2022 Revenue 65 ($10M) Expenses 68 ($10M) Net assets 76 ($4.6M)2023 Revenue 120 ($18M) Expenses 110 ($17M) Net assets 100 ($6.1M)2024 Revenue 143 ($22M) Expenses 134 ($21M) Net assets 121 ($7.4M)
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Revenue (143)Expenses (134)Net assets (121)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 $8.9M to $15M (+73%).

$9.2M
$7.5M
$8.9M
$15M
$12M
$16M
$22M
$24M
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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

Government-grant reliance: 2017 67% · 2018 79% · 2019 78% · 2020 63% · 2021 77% · 2023 89% · 2024 88%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

88% of CONNECTICUT CENTER FOR ADVANCED TEC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (13% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 457 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$31k
’17
−$396k
’18
$121k
’19
−$189k
’20
−$574k
’21
−$462k
’22
$1.5M
’23
$1.3M
’24
9.3
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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Listed1717161214131414
Joined·+3+2+2+3+3+3+2
No longer listed·3361422
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $119k → $80k.

3 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 46% 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 CENTER FOR ADVANCED TEC’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 CENTER FOR ADVANCED TEC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders 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 CENTER FOR ADVANCED TEC.

38%
largest funder
83%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 81% · 2019 70% · 2020 57% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.

“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

CONNECTICUT CENTER FOR ADVANCED TEC draws 71% of its grant income from funders outside Connecticut, across 2 states in all.

IL
CT

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

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Connecticut out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $334k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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 CENTER FOR ADVANCED TEC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 441 employment nonprofits its size.

Operating margin6% · above the median
Months of reserve9.3mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)5% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 441 employment nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024

Government funding CONNECTICUT CENTER FOR ADVANCED TEC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $92.6M on record — $17.0M federal, $75.6M state.

Federal$17.0M
grants $16.9Mcontracts $55k
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Top agencies
  • Department of Commerce$16.0M
  • Small Business Administration$900k
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration$55k
State$75.6M
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Top programs
  • Pass thru Grant Non-State$67.9M
  • State Aid Grants$7.1M
  • Management Consultant Services$415k
  • sponsorship$100k
  • Educational Services$94k
  • Reimbursements$7k

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 CONNECTICUT CENTER FOR ADVANCED TEC

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

86% of spending goes to programs.

Program 86%Management 14%Fundraising 0%

Governance

6
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

99%

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 CENTER FOR ADVANCED TEC?
CONNECTICUT CENTER FOR ADVANCED TEC (Connecticut) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $723,242 to it, the largest being UI LABS INC ($274,947). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does CONNECTICUT CENTER FOR ADVANCED TEC have?
IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $723,242 in grants to CONNECTICUT CENTER FOR ADVANCED TEC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of CONNECTICUT CENTER FOR ADVANCED TEC?
UI LABS INC is the largest funder on record, with $274,947 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CONNECTICUT CENTER FOR ADVANCED TEC 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 6 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