Connecticut · Nonprofit
GRIFFIS ART CENTER INC
GRIFFIS ART CENTER INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,400 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF EASTERN CONNECTICUT INC ($10,200). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 59% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $92k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $17k
- Net assets
- $789k
What Griffis Art Center Inc does
Programs
International-Artist-in-Residence Program: Established in 1989 artists from around the world are chosen in a competitive selection process to participate for a period of 3 months. Housing and studio space is provided. During their residency artists are offered Open Studios receptions lectures and introductions to the community. All events are free and open to the public.
$27,619 spentTwo Collaborations: 1 "Arts New London": An archive project researching the artists writers poets and musicians who were born died or worked in New London. Materials are available on the Web Site. 2 "Whispering Falls" : Introducing young Environmental Stewards to the art work created at the facility of the on-stream salmon hatchery.
$12,354 spentGemfire Studio Sky Break: Turn-of-the-century properties renovated to offer rental apartments for artists writers and composers. The rental rates are kept below market rates to assist artists creating an artistic community within New London.
$29,887 spentRoger W. Dennis Impressionist Garden: Located adjacent to Residency property. The garden named after a well known impressionist artist was created as a creative space for the artists and for the use of the community.Neighborhood residents and local elementary and middle school groups use the garden for art poetry and science projects.
$2,780 spent
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-PF.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2020 to 2021, from $808k to $764k (−5%).
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
2017 → 2018: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $7k → $100.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 59% 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 GRIFFIS ART CENTER 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
GRIFFIS ART CENTER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% 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
59% 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 GRIFFIS ART CENTER INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 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
59% of GRIFFIS ART CENTER 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 $7k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Connecticut funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k 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.
Organizations like GRIFFIS ART CENTER 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.
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Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GRIFFIS ART CENTER INC?
- GRIFFIS ART CENTER INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,400 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF EASTERN CONNECTICUT INC ($10,200). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 59% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does GRIFFIS ART CENTER INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $17,400 in grants to GRIFFIS ART CENTER INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GRIFFIS ART CENTER INC?
- THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF EASTERN CONNECTICUT INC is the largest funder on record, with $10,200 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GRIFFIS ART CENTER 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 2020–2024), and the filings of 2 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