Connecticut · Nonprofit
CONNECTIKIDS INC
CONNECTIKIDS INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,916,683 to it, the largest being HARTFORD FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC GIVING ($766,129). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $444k
- Funders on record
- 27
- Grants received
- $1.9M
- Net assets
- $431k
What Connectikids Inc does
Mission
Inspiring hartford's children to make positive choices; embrace high expectations and fulfill their potential by providing successful mentors, individualized tutoring, enriching activities, and stimulating environments.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Connectikids' tutoring and mentoring program empowers students by pairing them with caring, committed volunteers from our network of ten partnering organizations, including high schools, colleges, corporations, businesses, and community groups. Connectikids served 162 children during the 2024-2025 program year. For elementary students:students meet weekly for 6075 minutes in one-on-one or small group sessions with volunteer tutors who also serve as mentors. These sessions provide critical academic support while fostering personal growth and confidence. Through these relationships, students are introduced to new people, places, and experiences, inspiring them to think beyond elementary school toward high school, college, and future careers.for middle & high school students:older students participate in engaging group sessions throughout the year designed to explore high school, college, and career opportunities. These experiences encourage students to envision their futures and set goals for success beyond the classroom and at home.by combining academic assistance with mentorship, connectikids helps students build the skills, aspirations, and support systems they need to thrive in…
$212,507 spent49% of program spendingThe after-school arts and enrichment program provided children with stem, art, culinary arts, and life skills classes, including career readiness. Connectikids served 65 children for enrichment in 2024-2025. Enrichment offerings: hartbeat ensemble - kindergarten through second grade students learned how to use tableaus and other physical theater techniques in building a theatrical performance. Through this collaboration, students found solutions to tough problems through improv and group discussions to see how they, regardless of age, can take part in solving problems that are important to them. Exchanges - the program "exchanges" puts a special emphasis on how music is connected to other subjects, arts, and storytelling. The program includes live guitar performances and interactive descriptions of the music that encourage the students to find inspiration in music, making new connections between music and other subjects in school such as history, language, painting, storytelling, and more. After school outdoor learning adventure (asola) program at indian rock nature preserve - the environmental learning centers of connecticut offers diverse, hands-on, and experiential programs to…
$86,426 spent20% of program spendingConnectikids' summer program offers an exciting enrichment experience for students in grades 28. This four-week program combines a hands-on academic curriculum with engaging enrichment activities, creating a dynamic and interactive learning environment during the summer months.program highlights:academic learning - students participate in thematic, integrated lessons designed to strengthen core skills while making learning fun and meaningful.enrichment activities - afternoons are filled with interactive classes in arts, music, sports, and computer technology, encouraging creativity and exploration.engaging experience - our goal is to provide children with opportunities that inspire curiosity, build confidence, and prepare them for success in the upcoming school year.connectikids ensures that every child enjoys a summer filled with learning, discovery, and growth.connectikids served 95 children during the summer of 2025.
$139,163 spent32% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $438,096.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $482k to $637k (+32%).
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: 2017 14% · 2018 6% · 2019 8% · 2020 10% · 2021 21% · 2022 20% · 2023 36%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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
Eartha A Williams
Executive director
Board chair
Shay Lewis
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 13 funders, grant income rose $171k → $250k.
7 of 27 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 44% 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 CONNECTIKIDS 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
CONNECTIKIDS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% 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
69% 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 CONNECTIKIDS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 59% · 2018 58% · 2019 62% · 2020 43% · 2021 31% · 2022 48% · 2023 43% — 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
62% of CONNECTIKIDS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 70% give in more than one year at all.
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
68% of CONNECTIKIDS INC's grant income comes from Connecticut funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $850k 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.
Organizations like CONNECTIKIDS 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
73% 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 CONNECTIKIDS 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 CONNECTIKIDS INC?
- CONNECTIKIDS INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,916,683 to it, the largest being HARTFORD FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC GIVING ($766,129). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CONNECTIKIDS INC have?
- IRS filings report 27 organizations giving $1,916,683 in grants to CONNECTIKIDS INC, 19 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CONNECTIKIDS INC?
- HARTFORD FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC GIVING is the largest funder on record, with $766,129 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CONNECTIKIDS 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 27 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