Connecticut · Nonprofit
GHANA CHILDRENS FUND INC
GHANA CHILDRENS FUND INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $78,994 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($66,350). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 94% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2017
- $34k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $79k
- Net assets
- $28k
What Ghana Childrens Fund Inc does
Mission
The corporation's purpose and activities shall be limited to those described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
As stated on its FY2017 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Educational support, including scholarships (generally including room, board, tuition, books and fees) to the following number of students, most of whom are graduates of Good Shepherd School, attending senior high, university, vocational training or apprenticeships: 27 2011-12, 44 2012-13, 47 2013-14, 47 2014-15, 50 2015-16, 42 2016-17, 57 2017-2018.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $15k → $7k.
3 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 94% 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 GHANA CHILDRENS FUND 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
GHANA CHILDRENS FUND INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 84% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
94% 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 GHANA CHILDRENS FUND INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 52% · 2019 59% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
94% of GHANA CHILDRENS FUND 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 $5k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Connecticut, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $74k 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
GHANA CHILDRENS FUND INC receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $79k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,634 human services nonprofits under $100k, FY2017
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In Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
61%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GHANA CHILDRENS FUND INC?
- GHANA CHILDRENS FUND INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $78,994 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($66,350). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 94% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does GHANA CHILDRENS FUND INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $78,994 in grants to GHANA CHILDRENS FUND INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GHANA CHILDRENS FUND INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $66,350 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GHANA CHILDRENS FUND 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 FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), and the filings of 4 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