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Hartbeat Ensemble Inc

Hartbeat Ensemble Inc (Connecticut) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $781,166 to it, the largest being HARTFORD FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC GIVING ($339,139). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$317k
Funders on record
20
Grants received
$781k
Net assets
$20k
10/20 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 56%
01What it does

What Hartbeat Ensemble Inc does

Mission

To create provocative theater that connects our community beyond the traditional barriers of class race geography and gender.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Development and presentation of mainstage productions

    $164,304 spent$35,000 earned by the program
    52% of program spending
  2. Educational outreach and related programs

    $116,768 spent$106,033 earned by the program
    37% of program spending
  3. Development and presentation of commissioned productions

    $33,080 spent$10,000 earned by the program
    11% of program spending
  4. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $314,152.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($306k) Expenses 100 ($284k) Net assets 100 ($3k)2018 Revenue 72 ($221k) Expenses 78 ($223k) Net assets 22 ($631)2019 Revenue 69 ($213k) Expenses 74 ($210k) Net assets 257 ($7k)2020 Revenue 79 ($240k) Expenses 87 ($247k) Net assets -635 ($-18279)2021 Revenue 105 ($321k) Expenses 107 ($303k) Net assets -3 ($-90)2022 Revenue 175 ($534k) Expenses 180 ($510k) Net assets 821 ($24k)2023 Revenue 153 ($467k) Expenses 165 ($469k) Net assets 742 ($21k)2024 Revenue 104 ($317k) Expenses 111 ($314k) Net assets 685 ($20k)
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Revenue (104)Expenses (111)Net assets (685)Peer revenue range

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 $51k to $24k (−54%).

$11k
$6k
$7k
$32k
$51k
$24k
$21k
$20k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 10% · 2018 16% · 2019 30% · 2020 31% · 2021 33% · 2022 24% · 2023 27% · 2024 19%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

47% of Hartbeat Ensemble Inc’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 19,618 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$22k
’17
−$2k
’18
$3k
’19
−$7k
’20
$18k
’21
$24k
’22
−$2k
’23
$3k
’24
0.0
months of
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

Josh Michtom

Chairman

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

2018201920202021202220232024
Listed10667866
Joined·+0+0+1+1+0+0
No longer listed·400020
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $108k → $117k.

4 of 20 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 46% 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 Hartbeat Ensemble 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

Hartbeat Ensemble Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 71%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

82% 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 Hartbeat Ensemble Inc.

43%
largest funder
71%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 46% · 2018 43% · 2019 71% · 2020 52% · 2021 65% · 2022 41% · 2023 30% — 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

25% of Hartbeat Ensemble Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

62% of Hartbeat Ensemble Inc's grant income comes from Connecticut funders.

IL
NY
MA
OR
NJ
CT
GA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’23
Connecticut out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $356k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Hartbeat Ensemble Inc's funding base is broadening — from 8 funders to 9 as grant income climbed.

Operating margin1% · below the median
Months of reserve0.0mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)1% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,953 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Government funding Hartbeat Ensemble Inc receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $185k on record.

Federal$185k
grants $185kcontracts $0
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20
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Top agencies
  • National Endowment for the Arts$185k

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.

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

100% of spending goes to programs.

Program 100%Management 0%Fundraising 0%

Governance

7
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CT

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Questions and answers

Who funds Hartbeat Ensemble Inc?
Hartbeat Ensemble Inc (Connecticut) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $781,166 to it, the largest being HARTFORD FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC GIVING ($339,139). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Hartbeat Ensemble Inc have?
IRS filings report 20 organizations giving $781,166 in grants to Hartbeat Ensemble Inc, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Hartbeat Ensemble Inc?
HARTFORD FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC GIVING is the largest funder on record, with $339,139 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Hartbeat Ensemble 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 20 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