Connecticut · Nonprofit
Greater Hartford Arts Council Inc
Greater Hartford Arts Council Inc (Connecticut) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,967,483 to it, the largest being TRAVELERS FOUNDATION ($1,350,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 30
- Grants received
- $3.0M
- Net assets
- $663k
What Greater Hartford Arts Council Inc does
Mission
We exist to be a catalyst for the arts and promote an equitable arts ecosystem in Greater Hartford.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Create - the create category focuses on investing in arts organizations and artists to elevate the possibilities for success for creatives. Create investments will strengthen the creative economy and create collaborative experiences for strategic partners and the community through programs, workshops and events. This includes individual artist grants, the continuation and expansion of hartford creates, and creative workforce programming.
$1,872,270 spentof which $1,460,878 as grants$468,267 earned by the program91% of program spendingEvolve - the evolve category focuses on transforming the hartford region into new englands premier creative destination. Coming out of the pandemic, evolve investments will redefine the experience, value and sustainability of the arts, as well as develop opportunities for making the arts a vehicle for community vitality. This includes arts and wellness programming, sector-wide professional development, and developing opportunities for community investment in the arts.
$59,394 spent3% of program spendingBelong - the belong category focuses on expanding the diversity of audiences who engage in the art ecosystem, authentically building a community of acceptance and worthiness, and educating the sector through diversity, equity, inclusion, access, & justice training and activation. This includes grants that provide access to the arts and developing opportunities for convening with the creative community.
$136,202 spent7% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,067,866.
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.
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 $3.9M to $2.1M (−45%).
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: 2017 4% · 2018 5% · 2019 6% · 2020 10% · 2021 19% · 2022 47% · 2023 51% · 2024 72%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $49k → $528k.
9 of 30 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 45% 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: $3.4M from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Hartford Foundation for Public Giving). These are real filings, and they are not money Greater Hartford Arts Council Inc raised.
From the IRS filings of Greater Hartford Arts Council 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 Hartford Arts Council Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
48% 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 Hartford Arts Council Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 26% · 2018 54% · 2019 23% · 2020 45% · 2021 76% · 2022 82% · 2023 83% — 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
26% of Greater Hartford Arts Council Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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
Greater Hartford Arts Council Inc draws 85% of its grant income from funders outside Connecticut, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.3M 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.
Government funding Greater Hartford Arts Council Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.3M on record — $10k federal, $1.3M state.
- National Endowment for the Arts$10k
- State Aid Grants$1.3M
- Pass thru Grant Non-State$46k
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 Greater Hartford Arts Council 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
49% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
82%
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 Hartford Arts Council 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 Hartford Arts Council Inc?
- Greater Hartford Arts Council Inc (Connecticut) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,967,483 to it, the largest being TRAVELERS FOUNDATION ($1,350,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Greater Hartford Arts Council Inc have?
- IRS filings report 30 organizations giving $2,967,483 in grants to Greater Hartford Arts Council Inc, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Greater Hartford Arts Council Inc?
- TRAVELERS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,350,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Greater Hartford Arts Council 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 30 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