Connecticut · Nonprofit
DUNCASTER INCORPORATED
DUNCASTER INCORPORATED (Connecticut) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $782,683 to it, the largest being HARTFORD FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC GIVING ($744,771). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 98% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $34M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $783k
- Net assets
- $3.6M
What Duncaster Incorporated does
Mission
Duncaster's mission is to enrich the lives of those we serve through excellence in senior living, life enhancement activities, and person-centered care.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Duncaster is an award-winning continuing care retirement community whose mission is to offer a high quality independent lifestyle to senior adults through innovative housing, wide-ranging services, wellness programs and compassionate health care. Established in 1984 as the first not-for-profit life plan community in the greater hartford area. Duncaster offers independent living, assisted living, skilled nursing, memory care, long-term care, education, wellness and rehabilitation services on duncaster's beautifully landscaped single-site 94-acre campus.duncaster has pledged to provide equal access and opportunity to all senior adults without regard to race, color, religion, sex, familial status, disability or national origin.duncaster independent living provides support and amenities for seniors who no longer want to live alone or be responsible for home maintenance. Duncaster residents enjoy exceptional social activities including 40 different clubs and groups, educational, art and cultural programs, casual and fine dining, active fitness activities, wellness activities, housekeeping and transportation.at duncaster, residents have access to comprehensive on-site primary care…
$29,092,353 spentof which $25,000 as grants$30,695,480 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $29,092,353.
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.
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 $75M to $79M (+5%).
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 0% · 2018 0% · 2019 0% · 2020 4% · 2021 2% · 2022 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
4% of DUNCASTER INCORPORATED’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Kelly Papa
President & CEO
Board chair
John D Shulansky
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $89k → $137k.
3 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 98% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $1.0M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Duncaster Foundation Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money DUNCASTER INCORPORATED raised.
From the IRS filings of DUNCASTER INCORPORATED’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
DUNCASTER INCORPORATED leans on a few funders — its largest provides 95% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
98% 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 DUNCASTER INCORPORATED.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 81% · 2021 94% · 2022 100% · 2023 96% — 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
98% of DUNCASTER INCORPORATED'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 $19k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Connecticut funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $764k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.
Against its field
DUNCASTER INCORPORATED's revenue grew 22% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,288 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding DUNCASTER INCORPORATED receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $802k on record.
- State Aid Grants$798k
- Pass thru Grant Non-State$4k
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 DUNCASTER INCORPORATED
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
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Duncaster Foundation Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for DUNCASTER INCORPORATED: 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 DUNCASTER INCORPORATED?
- DUNCASTER INCORPORATED (Connecticut) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $782,683 to it, the largest being HARTFORD FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC GIVING ($744,771). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 98% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does DUNCASTER INCORPORATED have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $782,683 in grants to DUNCASTER INCORPORATED, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DUNCASTER INCORPORATED?
- HARTFORD FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC GIVING is the largest funder on record, with $744,771 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DUNCASTER INCORPORATED 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.
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 5 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