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DANBURY HACKERSPACE INC

DANBURY HACKERSPACE INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,847 to it, the largest being SAVINGS BANK OF DANBURY FOUNDATION INC ($1,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2021
$17k
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$2k
Net assets
$15k
2/3 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 2%
01What it does

What Danbury Hackerspace Inc does

Mission

The danbury hackerspace is a hackerspace and coworking facility connected to the danbury library. Our mission is to build a community of entrepreneurs, makers, craftspeople and artists.

As stated on its FY2021 Form 990-EZ.

Program

The danbury hackerspace provided 3d printers, prototyping tools, a mockup studio, a common work area, program space and community space to help build a community of entrepreneurs, craftspeople and artists.

The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.

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 ($83k) Expenses 100 ($177k) Net assets 100 ($44k)2018 Revenue 49 ($41k) Expenses 28 ($49k) Net assets 80 ($35k)2019 Revenue 27 ($22k) Expenses 22 ($38k) Net assets 44 ($19k)2020 Revenue 97 ($80k) Expenses 37 ($65k) Net assets 77 ($34k)2021 Revenue 21 ($17k) Expenses 21 ($37k) Net assets 34 ($15k)
20172018201920202021
Revenue (21)Expenses (21)Net assets (34)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 2020 to 2021, from $37k to $15k (−60%).

$56k
$41k
$25k
$37k
$15k
20172018201920202021
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
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

67% of DANBURY HACKERSPACE INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 18,808 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

−$94k
’17
−$9k
’18
−$16k
’19
$15k
’20
−$19k
’21
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $500 → $1k.

1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 DANBURY HACKERSPACE 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

DANBURY HACKERSPACE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% 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

54%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 91% · 2022 100% · 2023 98% — 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.

Where its funders are

57% of DANBURY HACKERSPACE INC's grant income comes from Connecticut funders.

CT
DE

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

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’21
’23
Connecticut out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $97 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

DANBURY HACKERSPACE INC's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 2 as grant income climbed.

Operating margin−109% · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−32% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,119 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2021

Organizations like DANBURY HACKERSPACE INC

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05Profile & governance

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

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 DANBURY HACKERSPACE INC?
DANBURY HACKERSPACE INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,847 to it, the largest being SAVINGS BANK OF DANBURY FOUNDATION INC ($1,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does DANBURY HACKERSPACE INC have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $1,847 in grants to DANBURY HACKERSPACE INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of DANBURY HACKERSPACE INC?
SAVINGS BANK OF DANBURY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like DANBURY HACKERSPACE 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 FY2021 (financials across 2017–2021), and the filings of 3 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