Connecticut · Nonprofit
GREATER BRIDGEPORT ST PATRICK'S DAY CELEBRATION INC
GREATER BRIDGEPORT ST PATRICK'S DAY CELEBRATION INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $98,060 to it, the largest being IBEW LOCAL 488 LABOR MANAGEMENT COOPERATION TRUST ($40,050). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $84k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $98k
- Net assets
- $215k
What Greater Bridgeport St Patrick's Day Celebration Inc does
Mission
To advance the culture of the irish community and plan and organize the annual st patrick's day parade in the city of bridgeport, ct
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Four scholarships totaling 16,000 were awarded to high school students who demonstrate a knowledge of their irish heritage and history. The total cost of the parade which is the organization's primary purpose was 29,817.
$45,817 spentof which $16,000 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $45,817.
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 at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $155k to $194k (+25%).
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.
100% of GREATER BRIDGEPORT ST PATRICK'S DAY CELEBRATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Mary Elizabeth Defeo
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $10k → $300.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% 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 GREATER BRIDGEPORT ST PATRICK'S DAY CELEBRATION 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
GREATER BRIDGEPORT ST PATRICK'S DAY CELEBRATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
61% 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 GREATER BRIDGEPORT ST PATRICK'S DAY CELEBRATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 50% · 2021 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
68% of GREATER BRIDGEPORT ST PATRICK'S DAY CELEBRATION 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. $20k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
GREATER BRIDGEPORT ST PATRICK'S DAY CELEBRATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like GREATER BRIDGEPORT ST PATRICK'S DAY CELEBRATION 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.
Public support
59%
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 GREATER BRIDGEPORT ST PATRICK'S DAY CELEBRATION 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 GREATER BRIDGEPORT ST PATRICK'S DAY CELEBRATION INC?
- GREATER BRIDGEPORT ST PATRICK'S DAY CELEBRATION INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $98,060 to it, the largest being IBEW LOCAL 488 LABOR MANAGEMENT COOPERATION TRUST ($40,050). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GREATER BRIDGEPORT ST PATRICK'S DAY CELEBRATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $98,060 in grants to GREATER BRIDGEPORT ST PATRICK'S DAY CELEBRATION INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GREATER BRIDGEPORT ST PATRICK'S DAY CELEBRATION INC?
- IBEW LOCAL 488 LABOR MANAGEMENT COOPERATION TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $40,050 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GREATER BRIDGEPORT ST PATRICK'S DAY CELEBRATION 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 2017–2024), 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