Connecticut · Nonprofit
GUILFORD FUND FOR EDUCATION INC
GUILFORD FUND FOR EDUCATION INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $65,490 to it, the largest being THE GUILFORD FOUNDATION INC ($55,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 84% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2023
- $88k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $65k
- Net assets
- $401k
What Guilford Fund for Education Inc does
Mission
Provide funds to finance education opportunities outside the regular scope of the operating budgets of the applying agency
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
CNC Laser Grant to Guilford High School. The CNC Laser Grant will fund a CAMFive C02 laser cutter to be used as a resource for the students at Guilford High School. By interacting with this new technology students will be able to become excited about education and be able to design creatively without being limited by technology.
$24,931 spentof which $24,931 as grants53% of program spendingProject Ascent at Calvin Leete Elementary School. Project Ascent is a multifaceted climbing initiative designed to improve physical and mental capabilities in a fun and challenging environment. The initiative features a multifaceted kinesthetic discovery center complete with climbing ropes pullup bar cargo net climbing wall and TRX bands. The rock climbing wall is a 10ft x 20ft dynamic movement center complete with moveable handholds and challenges for students of varying abilities.
$12,460 spentof which $12,460 as grants27% of program spendingDigital Music Production STEM grant to Guilford High School.With this new course created by the GHS Music Department and the equipment funded by the GFFE grant students will experience music production in the digital age. The course is offered to all students but will appeal specifically to those who choose to be behind the scenes rather than on stage performing music. Students will learn how a song is written recorded and produced with equipment used in the music industry. Students will learn recording techniques live concert sound production and DJ mixing technology.
$9,423 spentof which $9,423 as grants20% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $46,814.
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 2021 to 2022, from $570k to $413k (−28%).
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.
59% of GUILFORD FUND FOR EDUCATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (95% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 4 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
NiCole Schlagheck
Chair
As listed on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $250 → $59k.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 84% 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 GUILFORD FUND FOR EDUCATION 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
GUILFORD FUND FOR EDUCATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 84% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
84% 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 GUILFORD FUND FOR EDUCATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 50% · 2019 80% · 2020 55% · 2021 64% · 2022 56% · 2023 93% — 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.
Where its funders are
84% of GUILFORD FUND FOR EDUCATION 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 $10k that is directly attributable, 76% of it comes from Connecticut funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $55k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
GUILFORD FUND FOR EDUCATION INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 7,317 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,317 philanthropy nonprofits under $100k, FY2023
Organizations like GUILFORD FUND FOR EDUCATION 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
74%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GUILFORD FUND FOR EDUCATION INC?
- GUILFORD FUND FOR EDUCATION INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $65,490 to it, the largest being THE GUILFORD FOUNDATION INC ($55,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 84% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does GUILFORD FUND FOR EDUCATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $65,490 in grants to GUILFORD FUND FOR EDUCATION INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GUILFORD FUND FOR EDUCATION INC?
- THE GUILFORD FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $55,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GUILFORD FUND FOR EDUCATION 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 FY2023 (financials across 2017–2023), and the filings of 5 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