Connecticut · Nonprofit
HOUSATONIC COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC
HOUSATONIC COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,926,000 to it, the largest being FAIRFIELD COUNTY'S COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($3,064,108). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 54% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 38
- Grants received
- $5.9M
- Net assets
- $3.5M
What Housatonic Community College Foundation Inc does
Mission
Hccf expands access to quality, affordable higher education and works closely with the college to enhance the learning experience and workforce development education and training of students.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Each semester, the hcc foundation awards scholarships to students primarily based on their financial need, as well as academic merit, community service and campus leadership. Scholarships are "last-dollar" meaning financial aid is applied to the student's account before hcc foundation scholarships. Where over 60% of hcc students qualify for financial aid and 95% of students in the hcc foundation scholarship program meet intake guidelines and criteria, the scholarship program is a vital resource for the hcc community. Over 400 students are provided scholarships and emergency fund assistance awards annually.
$494,552 spentof which $471,637 as grants58% of program spendingThe hcc foundation works to achieve it goal of increasing access and retention for primarily marginalized students through its equity programs. The programs are cohort based and use a coaching model and wrap-around supports. Cohorts include students who identify as female, student who identify as male, and students who are formerly incarcerated. Cumulitavely, the equity programs service 150 students annually. Many of its workshops are also open to the general population of students.
$307,165 spentof which $307,165 as grants36% of program spendingThe housatonic museum of art (hma) is home to one of the premier college art collections in the united states. Its collection offers students and the community alike the opportunity to view works that span the history of art from the ancient to the contemporary. Unique to the housatonic community college campus, this permanent collection is on continuous displaythroughout the 300,000 square foot facility, offering a rare opportunity for both art enthusiasts and casual observers to view and interact with the art on a daily basis. The hcc foundation is the fundraising partner to the hma.
$45,401 spent5% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $847,118.
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 $2.1M to $2.9M (+36%).
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: 2023 2% · 2024 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
84% of HOUSATONIC COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 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.
Chief executive
Kristy Jelenik
Executive director thru 08/2024
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018, and between the FY2018 and FY2019, and between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 18 funders, grant income rose $548k → $601k.
6 of 38 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 54% 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 HOUSATONIC COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 38 funders by total. 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
HOUSATONIC COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 52% of grant income and the top three 65%; 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 HOUSATONIC COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 91% · 2018 95% · 2019 76% · 2020 53% · 2021 41% · 2022 20% · 2023 27% — 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
53% of HOUSATONIC COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 66% give in more than one year at all.
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
54% of HOUSATONIC COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION 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 $2.7M that is directly attributable, 63% of it comes from funders outside Connecticut, across 10 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
HOUSATONIC COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding HOUSATONIC COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $50k on record.
- Institute of Museum and Library Services$50k
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 HOUSATONIC COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION 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
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
65%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds HOUSATONIC COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC?
- HOUSATONIC COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,926,000 to it, the largest being FAIRFIELD COUNTY'S COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($3,064,108). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 54% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does HOUSATONIC COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 38 organizations giving $5,926,000 in grants to HOUSATONIC COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC, 25 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HOUSATONIC COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC?
- FAIRFIELD COUNTY'S COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $3,064,108 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HOUSATONIC COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 38 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