Connecticut · Nonprofit
Guide Inc
Guide Inc (Connecticut) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,775 to it, the largest being THE PFIZER FOUNDATION INC ($3,575). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
Guide Inc runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 5,983 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,983 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- R S Gernon Trustshared funderslocalportfolio match
- Dime Bank Foundation Incshared funderslocalportfolio match
- Eastern Ct Savings Bank Foundation Inclocalportfolio match
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.
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 88% · 2018 86% · 2019 86% · 2020 89% · 2021 90% · 2022 90% · 2023 89% · 2024 90% · 2025 89%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
89% of Guide Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $1k → $2k.
From the IRS filings of Guide 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
Guide Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 95% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 92% · 2022 88% · 2023 94% — 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
Guide Inc draws 95% of its grant income from funders outside Connecticut, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first.
- R S Gernon Trustshared funderslocalportfolio matchTX · backs 21 organizations that share your funders · funds 18 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Dime Bank Foundation Incshared funderslocalportfolio matchCT · backs 70 organizations that share your funders · funds 65 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Eastern Ct Savings Bank Foundation Inclocalportfolio matchCT · funds 16 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- United Way of Southeastern Connecticut Incshared funderslocalCT · backs 21 organizations that share your funders · funds 24 organizations near you
- Western Connecticut Area Agency on Aging Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Prince George's Provider Council Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Enterline Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Good Shepherd Fdn of Ohioportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Resource Connections Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Maryland Works Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Sourceamericaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Foundation for Children With Intell Ectual & Developmental Disabilitiesportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Government funding Guide Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $18.1M on record.
- Board & Care Of Clients$14.1M
- Client Services-General$3.9M
- Client Subsidies$55k
- Pass thru Grant Non-State$136
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 Guide Inc
Nonprofits whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over the universe of 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
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
90%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Guide 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds Guide Inc?
- Guide Inc (Connecticut) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,775 to it, the largest being THE PFIZER FOUNDATION INC ($3,575). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Guide Inc have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $3,775 in grants to Guide Inc, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Guide Inc?
- THE PFIZER FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $3,575 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Guide 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 2funders 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 August 27, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing