Connecticut · Nonprofit
CONNECTICUT COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIAL STUDIES INC
CONNECTICUT COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIAL STUDIES INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $63,100 to it, the largest being CONNECTICUT HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC ($63,100). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $210k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $63k
- Net assets
- $109k
What Connecticut Council for the Social Studies Inc does
Mission
Our mission, in alignment with the national council for the social studies, is to advocate and build capacity for high-quality social studies by providing leadership, services, and support to educators.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Providing the support, training and resources to provide the core social studies standards for the state of connecticut for adoption in the state of connecticut.
$169,425 spent98% of program spendingSupport the organization in the provision of building the capacity for high-quality social studies by providing leadership, services, and support to educators.
$4,290 spent$2,740 earned by the program2% of program spendingAdvocate and advance the study and teaching of the social studies in the educational institutions of the state of connecticut. Promote the professional interests of teachers and others engaged in social studies education in the state of connecticut. Promote research in the social studies. Encourage and support meaningful development and implementation of social studies curriculum and instructional methods throughout the state. Provide a program of professional activities throughout the state for social studies educators, students, and other interested persons. Provide a vehicle for professional interaction, as well as exchanges among social studies educators and between ccss and other professional organizations, especially the national council for the social studies (ncss)
America 250 commemoration/conference
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $173,715.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 $221k to $74k (−67%).
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 94% · 2024 91% · 2025 84%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
91% of CONNECTICUT COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIAL STUDIES 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 4 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.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of CONNECTICUT COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIAL STUDIES 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.
Where its funders are
100% of CONNECTICUT COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIAL STUDIES INC's grant income comes from Connecticut funders.
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
CONNECTICUT COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIAL STUDIES INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like CONNECTICUT COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIAL STUDIES 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
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CONNECTICUT COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIAL STUDIES 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 CONNECTICUT COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIAL STUDIES INC?
- CONNECTICUT COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIAL STUDIES INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $63,100 to it, the largest being CONNECTICUT HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC ($63,100). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CONNECTICUT COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIAL STUDIES INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $63,100 in grants to CONNECTICUT COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIAL STUDIES INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CONNECTICUT COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIAL STUDIES INC?
- CONNECTICUT HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC is the largest funder on record, with $63,100 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CONNECTICUT COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIAL STUDIES 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 2022–2025), and the filings of 1 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