Connecticut · Nonprofit
GENEROUS LIFE INC
GENEROUS LIFE INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,265,832 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($3,092,640). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 95% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $5.3M
- Net assets
- $107k
What Generous Life Inc does
Mission
We strive to multiply charitable resources by inspiring a culture of radical generosity in global markets, starting with New York City. We will awaken the hearts of those with capacity, and teach the next generation to give with purpose.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Generosity new york creates experiences around charitable giving that are fun, informed, and experiential that are meant to unlock the joy of generosity for today's giver. These experiences are delivered in 3 ways: 1) curated events that provide a space for safe, intellectual, exclusive, and experiential learning and development; 2) unique content that is relevant, cutting edge, and entertaining equipping families with information on why to give, how to give well, and where to give for maximum impact; 3) philanthropic counsel that is sophisticated and customized to each family, representing solutions to maximize family legacy and impact.
$1,511,883 spent$1,743,696 earned by the program100% of program spendingGenerous.life is a platform intended to reach, transform, and serve leaders in communities accross the country by maximizing the social impact of the charitable capital they receive and increase the generosity of their network.
The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,511,883.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2021 to 2022, from $51k to $276k (+440%).
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 16%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of GENEROUS LIFE 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. 4 of the last 7 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
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 7 funders, grant income rose $100k → $1.3M.
9 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 95% 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 GENEROUS LIFE 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
GENEROUS LIFE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
96% 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 GENEROUS LIFE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 68% · 2020 34% · 2021 50% · 2022 92% · 2023 46% — 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.
How long its funders stay
38% of GENEROUS LIFE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
95% of GENEROUS LIFE 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 $285k that is directly attributable, 86% of it comes from funders outside Connecticut, across 4 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
GENEROUS LIFE INC has grown faster than half of the 2,910 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,910 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like GENEROUS LIFE 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
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GENEROUS LIFE 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 GENEROUS LIFE INC?
- GENEROUS LIFE INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,265,832 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($3,092,640). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 95% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does GENEROUS LIFE INC have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $5,265,832 in grants to GENEROUS LIFE INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GENEROUS LIFE INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $3,092,640 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GENEROUS LIFE 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 14 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