Connecticut · Nonprofit
GREENS FARMS ACADEMY INC
GREENS FARMS ACADEMY INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 109 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,426,874 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($3,318,844). 74 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $54M
- Funders on record
- 109
- Grants received
- $18M
- Net assets
- $156M
What Greens Farms Academy Inc does
Mission
Gfa engages students as partners in an innovative, inclusive, and globally minded community to prepare them for a life of purpose.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
At gfa, we believe a pre-kindergarten through 12th grade education can be joyful. We invite our students to think big, question often and stay grounded in our core values of passion, integrity, empathy, curiosity, and excellence. Students are at the center of everything, as known and engaged partners in their own learning. They take pride in their achievements, define what excellence means for them, and then rise to meet it. Innovation is not a buzzword at gfa. Here, thoughtful progress travels alongside a legacy of academic strength. Gfa proudly helps shape men and women of character who will leave their mark on the broader global community.
$42,578,871 spentof which $6,990,287 as grants$41,914,834 earned by the program95% of program spendingHorizons at gfa - horizons at gfa helps underserved bridgeport students in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade improve their educational outcomes by providing academic instruction, enrichment experiences, mentoring, and educational guidance in a nurturing community of dedicated professionals.
$2,036,203 spent$5,606 earned by the program5% of program spendingSummer programs - the gfa summer program offers innovative academic courses and a fun-filled summer camp.
$66,673 spentof which $19,165 as grants$84,520 earned by the program0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $44,681,747.
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 2023 to 2024, from $158M to $196M (+24%).
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.
17% of GREENS FARMS ACADEMY INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Board chair
Ward K Horton
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 32 funders to 51 funders, grant income rose $1.0M → $2.2M.
26 of 109 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 52% 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 GREENS FARMS ACADEMY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 109 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
GREENS FARMS ACADEMY INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 18% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
63% 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 GREENS FARMS ACADEMY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 23% · 2018 25% · 2019 26% · 2020 50% · 2021 42% · 2022 22% · 2023 17% — 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
61% of GREENS FARMS ACADEMY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 68% 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
52% of GREENS FARMS ACADEMY 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 $8.9M that is directly attributable, 62% of it comes from funders outside Connecticut, across 16 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $9.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 16 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
GREENS FARMS ACADEMY INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 3,794 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,794 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like GREENS FARMS ACADEMY 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
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
70%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GREENS FARMS ACADEMY INC?
- GREENS FARMS ACADEMY INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 109 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,426,874 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($3,318,844). 74 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does GREENS FARMS ACADEMY INC have?
- IRS filings report 109 organizations giving $18,426,874 in grants to GREENS FARMS ACADEMY INC, 74 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GREENS FARMS ACADEMY INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $3,318,844 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GREENS FARMS ACADEMY 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 109 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