Connecticut · Nonprofit
HENRY C LEE INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC SCIENCE INC
HENRY C LEE INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC SCIENCE INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $37,500 to it, the largest being DIPPELL FAMILY FOUNDATION ($15,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $510k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $38k
- Net assets
- $7.7M
What Henry C Lee Institute of Forensic Science Inc does
Mission
The Henry C. Lee Institute of Forensic Science advances education, research, and professional training in forensic science and criminal justice. The Institute serves students, scholars, law enforcement professionals, legal practitioners, and the broader community by providing applied learning opportunities, specialized training programs, and research initiatives that address scientific and societal challenges in forensic science and the administration of justice.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The Institute conducts a comprehensive program of education, professional training, and research in forensic science and criminal justice. Activities include the development and delivery of advanced training programs, workshops, and symposia for law enforcement personnel, forensic scientists, attorneys, judges, educators, and other professionals. These programs emphasize the practical application of forensic methodologies, emerging technologies, and interdisciplinary collaboration. The Institute also supports research and applied laboratory activities in areas such as crime scene investigation, evidence analysis, and related scientific disciplines. In addition, the Institute supports academic programming and student engagement through educational initiatives, guest lectures, and collaborative projects that enhance learning and promote career development in forensic science and criminal justice.
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $0.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 $5.1M to $7.2M (+41%).
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: 2021 0% · 2023 19% · 2024 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
2% of HENRY C LEE INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC SCIENCE INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 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
Kenneth Biermacher Esq
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income held at $10k.
From the IRS filings of HENRY C LEE INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC SCIENCE 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
HENRY C LEE INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC SCIENCE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 50% — 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
HENRY C LEE INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC SCIENCE INC draws 100% 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.
Against its field
HENRY C LEE INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC SCIENCE INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 17,450 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,450 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding HENRY C LEE INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC SCIENCE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2k on record.
- Educational Services$2k
- Educ & Training For Employees$325
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 HENRY C LEE INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC SCIENCE 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
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- University of New Haven · exempt
- University of New Haven Dental Center · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds HENRY C LEE INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC SCIENCE INC?
- HENRY C LEE INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC SCIENCE INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $37,500 to it, the largest being DIPPELL FAMILY FOUNDATION ($15,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HENRY C LEE INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC SCIENCE INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $37,500 in grants to HENRY C LEE INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC SCIENCE INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HENRY C LEE INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC SCIENCE INC?
- DIPPELL FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $15,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HENRY C LEE INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC SCIENCE 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 FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 4 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