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ENGLISH LEARNER SUPPORT SERVICES OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC

ENGLISH LEARNER SUPPORT SERVICES OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $157,492 to it, the largest being FAIRFIELD COUNTY'S COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($113,500). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 91% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$38k
Funders on record
6
Grants received
$157k
Net assets
$15k
5/6 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What English Learner Support Services of Fairfield County Inc does

Mission

English Learner Support Services (ELSS) of Fairfield County is a non-profit organization providing specialized, small-group English language learning (LIFT program), tutoring, and academic support to K-12 students. Partnering with schools, they offer after-school programs, summer sessions at Sacred Heart University, and college visits, alongside community resources like Mercy Learning Center and Burroughs Community Center for adult learners.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. ELSS services and average of 100 students per academic year for youths ranging in age from 10-19 years old.

    $61,005 spentof which $35,802 as grants
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $61,005.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($62k) Expenses 100 ($53k) Net assets 100 ($23k)2024 Revenue 144 ($90k) Expenses 122 ($65k) Net assets 169 ($38k)2025 Revenue 60 ($38k) Expenses 119 ($63k) Net assets 65 ($15k)
202020242025
Revenue (60)Expenses (119)Net assets (65)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 2024 to 2025, from $41k to $15k (−64%).

$30k
$41k
$15k
202020242025
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.

2020
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

65% of ENGLISH LEARNER SUPPORT SERVICES OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (65% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 26,798 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.

$9k
’20
$24k
’24
−$26k
’25

Leadership and staff

Chief executive

Peter Shaker

Executive Director / CEO

Board chair

Marla McDaniels Heath

Board President

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $25k → $31k.

3 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 91% 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 ENGLISH LEARNER SUPPORT SERVICES OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY 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

ENGLISH LEARNER SUPPORT SERVICES OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 72% 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

91% 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 ENGLISH LEARNER SUPPORT SERVICES OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC.

72%
largest funder
99%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 95% · 2021 99% · 2022 100% · 2023 81% — 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

91% of ENGLISH LEARNER SUPPORT SERVICES OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC'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 $14k that is directly attributable, 90% of it comes from Connecticut funders.

NY
CT
DE

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

’20
’21
’23
Connecticut out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $144k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

ENGLISH LEARNER SUPPORT SERVICES OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC's revenue fell 40% between 2020 and 2025.

Operating margin−69% · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−10% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,277 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

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

Public support

98%

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 ENGLISH LEARNER SUPPORT SERVICES OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC?
ENGLISH LEARNER SUPPORT SERVICES OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $157,492 to it, the largest being FAIRFIELD COUNTY'S COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($113,500). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 91% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does ENGLISH LEARNER SUPPORT SERVICES OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC have?
IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $157,492 in grants to ENGLISH LEARNER SUPPORT SERVICES OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of ENGLISH LEARNER SUPPORT SERVICES OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC?
FAIRFIELD COUNTY'S COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $113,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like ENGLISH LEARNER SUPPORT SERVICES OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY 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 2020–2025), 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