Connecticut · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF LACHAT INC
FRIENDS OF LACHAT INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $411,038 to it, the largest being THE KENDALL FAMILY FOUNDATION ($100,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $703k
- Funders on record
- 24
- Grants received
- $411k
- Net assets
- $408k
What Friends of Lachat Inc does
Mission
The mission of friends of lachat, inc. Is to restore, maintain and improve the farmhouse, grounds and other facilities at lachat town farm, a municipal property located in the town of weston, ct. The organization offers education and enjoyment of the lachat town farm.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Childrens educational programming: the youth program ran throughout the year for the winter, spring, summer, and fall. Each season and week had different themes for the children to learn more about nature, farming, and creative arts and crafts. Over 300 children pariticipated in this years programs.
$155,407 spent$233,987 earned by the program27% of program spendingEducation, nature & community programs: the organization runs educational programming for adults year round including gardening, cooking, wellness and crafting classes. Additionally, the farm offers a variety of year round family and community events including sunday suppers, markets and a community garden allowing for those of all ages to participate in various forms of education and community enjoyment of land at lachat town farm.
$144,701 spent$156,648 earned by the program26% of program spendingFacility restoration, maintenance & improvement: the organization continues to make meaningful expenditures to maintain and improve the lachat town farm including landscaping, facility maintenance and upgrades, paying for utilities and animal care expenses for the goats, rabbits and bees. Expenditures this year included lower field remediation and blinds for the community room.
$140,425 spent25% of program spendingMusic/theater events: the organization offers live music and theater events throughout the year, putting to use the entire property for immersive theater events, the upper fields for summer outdoor music events and the offutt center for indoor music and theater events in the winter months.these events offer the community an opportunity for arts education and enjoyment of the land at lachat town farm.
$126,856 spent$133,156 earned by the program22% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $567,389.
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.
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 $308k to $408k (+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: 2022 21% · 2023 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
20% of FRIENDS OF LACHAT INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $4k → $20k.
6 of 24 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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: $10k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Fund for Lachat Town Farm Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money FRIENDS OF LACHAT INC raised.
From the IRS filings of FRIENDS OF LACHAT INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 23 of 24 funders by total. 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
FRIENDS OF LACHAT INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 50% · 2018 83% · 2019 45% · 2020 65% · 2021 69% · 2022 62% · 2023 64% — growing more concentrated.
“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
38% of FRIENDS OF LACHAT INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 33% 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
52% of FRIENDS OF LACHAT 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. $46k 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.
Against its field
FRIENDS OF LACHAT INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,975 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,975 food & nutrition nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like FRIENDS OF LACHAT 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
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
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
- Fund for Lachat Town Farm Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FRIENDS OF LACHAT INC?
- FRIENDS OF LACHAT INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $411,038 to it, the largest being THE KENDALL FAMILY FOUNDATION ($100,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF LACHAT INC have?
- IRS filings report 24 organizations giving $411,038 in grants to FRIENDS OF LACHAT INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF LACHAT INC?
- THE KENDALL FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF LACHAT 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 2020–2024), and the filings of 24 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing