Connecticut · Nonprofit
FUTURE 5 INC
FUTURE 5 INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 107 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,662,539 to it, the largest being Carey Family Foundation ($1,757,646). 69 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.7M
- Funders on record
- 107
- Grants received
- $8.7M
- Net assets
- $2.6M
What Future 5 Inc does
Mission
Future 5 connects motivated, under-resourced students in stamford to the people and resources they need to achieve their educational, career and life goals.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Here to there: is the future 5 character building program that is a requirement for all high school students to be considered a future 5 member and be eligible for all other general membership benefits. Students meet weekly for a 6 week workshop to define and discuss short and long term goals and address obstacles ("gremlins") that stand in the way of reaching them: how do you get from "here to there"? Working in small groups, students and coaches discuss specific steps students can take to navigate these obstacles. Additional topics include commitment, success, grit/resilience and self advocacy. In the last session, students meet with an individual coach to devise a "game plan" for success. All other membership privileges become available to students upon graduation from this workshop: academic support, brainwave, enrichment activities, general membership support as accessed and/or needed (food, student emergencies, ambassador program, etc.). Future 5 served 200 high school students.
$754,754 spent40% of program spendingCollege prep: a year-round program that guides high school seniors and juniors through the entire college search process. These workshops are staff led and formally meets between 1-2 hours/week for seniors and 2 hours monthly for juniors from january through may with volunteer support.accomplishments: 1) 100% high school graduation2) 138 high school juniors & seniors participated in this program3) 98% of eligible high school seniors completed the fafsa application4) 93% of senior members participating in college prep with 98% committing to college, 2% committing to trade/other and 0% military5) $311,374 in future 5 connected scholarships supporting 64% of graduating seniors to start college with $0 debt
$324,237 spent17% of program spendingCollege success: future 5's college success program ensures our students thrive during their college journey by connecting them to the people and resources they need to ensure college progression and secure a pathway to reach their early career goals. The focus of the college success program is to provide students with a multi-layered network of academic, financial, social/emotional and career support as our students navigate their college years. With the lack of office space at local campuses, future 5 secured additional office space to host this program in house. 162 students participated in this program. 97% of participants persisted from year 1 to year 2 of college.
$587,372 spentof which $256,977 as grants31% of program spendingNext track, our job prep: a weekly workshop that meets january through april that focuses on "soft skills" (handshake, eye contact, first impression), "elevator pitch", career exploration, mock interviews, conflict resolution, resume preparation, job application and follow up procedures. Students are paired with coaches for a variety of role-playing scenarios. Students who complete job prep are given the opportunity to receive a letter of recommendation, copies of their resume and a professional certificate. Community service: our members connect to the community, develop a sense of civic responsibility, and learn the joys of giving to others. Future 5 students participated in a beautification project for kosciuszko park and collaborated with other community initiatives including wheel it forward, pollinator pathway of stamford, ari and person to person (to name a few).alum 5: fostering adult life skills, our college/trades/military graduates have an opportunity to receive professional career advice, strengthen financial literacy skills, and also to give back either by becoming mentors themselves, providing internship/job opportunities for our younger student members or…
$240,696 spent13% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,907,059.
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 2024 to 2025, from $2.3M to $4.2M (+84%).
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: 2021 6% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of FUTURE 5 INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 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
Amanda Dubois-Mwake
Exec director
Board chair
Rick Swift
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 26 funders to 51 funders, grant income rose $316k → $1.0M.
17 of 107 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 32% 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 FUTURE 5 INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 107 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
FUTURE 5 INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
35% 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 FUTURE 5 INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 25% · 2018 27% · 2019 35% · 2020 23% · 2021 24% · 2022 19% · 2023 24% — broadly stable.
“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
46% of FUTURE 5 INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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
67% of FUTURE 5 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. $2.8M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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
FUTURE 5 INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,152 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,152 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding FUTURE 5 INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $40k on record.
- Pass thru Grant Non-State$40k
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 FUTURE 5 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
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
79%
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 FUTURE 5 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 FUTURE 5 INC?
- FUTURE 5 INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 107 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,662,539 to it, the largest being Carey Family Foundation ($1,757,646). 69 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FUTURE 5 INC have?
- IRS filings report 107 organizations giving $8,662,539 in grants to FUTURE 5 INC, 69 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FUTURE 5 INC?
- Carey Family Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $1,757,646 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FUTURE 5 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 107 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