Connecticut · Nonprofit
I-PARK FOUNDATION INC
I-PARK FOUNDATION INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,196,675 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,103,730). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 92% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $627k
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $1.2M
- Net assets
- $837k
What I-Park Foundation Inc does
Mission
I-Park nurtures artistic creativity and excellence, in the abstract and at the level of the individual artist. I-Park also has a specific interest in site-responsive art and makes its expansive grounds available to those working in this field. I-Park's core General Residency Program brings together a multi-disciplinary mix of artists developing promising ideas, and creating new works, in a quiet, retreat-like setting. I-Park prides itself on the high level of personalized attention given to the artists as they strive to realize their most ambitious artistic goals. Since 2001, I-Park has sponsored over 1,300 fully funded, 4-week residencies to artists from around the world. An I-Park residency is an unconditional gift of time, space and fellowship.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
I-Park's core activity is its General Residency Program. Mixed-discipline groups, 6-8 artists at a time, spend a month together at the I-Park facility. In 2024, I-Park funded 30 artists-in-residence working in the following creative disciplines: Visual Arts, Music Composition, Creative Writing, Architecture, Interdisciplinary Practice, Landscape Design and Moving Image. The residency season ran from June 3 through September 25. The artists were provided a private bedroom, private studio, meals program, workshop and other shared spaces, enthusiastic staff support and open access to an expansive, varied natural landscape with miles of art/nature trails. While most participants are primarily devoted to studio practice, many choose to explore the limitless creative potential afforded by the I-Park grounds.
$235,705 spent$5,057 earned by the program68% of program spendingIn 2024, I-Park hosted its fourth iteration of its Composers + Musicians Collaborative Residency. The services of the Hub New Music ensemble were made available to a group of 5 composers for a 8 day onsite residency. During this time, semi-complete new works were presented to the ensemble for an intensive schedule of readings, workshops and rehearsals. The composers and ensemble collaborated intimately to put the finishing touches on the works. Trust and collegiality were fostered by the shared lodging and meals and related social activities. The program resulted in the refinement of 5 challenging new chamber works brought to a high state of concert-readiness. The residency culminated in an all-premieres concerts in Connecticut and a New York City all-premieres concert at Roulette Intermedium. The program was fully-funded for all participants and each composer received a $2,500 stipend and a studio recording of his or her new piece. In this program, the ensemble is committed to champion and perform the new works in various venues across the U.S. for their 2025 2027 concert seasons.
$64,588 spentof which $22,500 as grants$4,685 earned by the program19% of program spendingCommunity Engagement at I-Park consists of hosting public events such as Open Studios, where the artists open their studios at the end of their residencies to expose hundreds of visitors to their work projects and creative process. On Open Trails Days, the public is given access to our expansive system of 24 walking trails. Along the way, visitors encounter live music and over 40 site-responsive art installations to say nothing of the forest, fields, ponds, cliffs and wild life. Other community events include Volunteers Days, the annual Friends & Supporters Appreciation Gathering and a Family Day, complete with childrens art activities.. During 2024, I-Park completed the final phase of upgrading the Common Area. This multi-purpose space, that can now accommodate seating for 75, is where we gather for music performances, film screenings and poetry readings. We installed new mobile library stacks that can be repositioned for various configurations depending on the event. This facility was funded in part by the State of Connecticuts Good to Great Grant. Their goal was to enhance the publics visitors experience: lighting, seating, accessibility and comfort. We have experienced an…
$46,916 spent14% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $347,209.
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 2018 to 2019, from $223k to $499k (+124%).
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 2% · 2018 3% · 2019 1% · 2020 9% · 2021 22% · 2022 5% · 2023 17% · 2024 32%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
85% of I-PARK FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $2k → $414k.
2 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 92% 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 I-PARK FOUNDATION 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
I-PARK FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 92% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
95% 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 I-PARK FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 67% · 2018 91% · 2019 100% · 2020 95% · 2021 64% · 2022 87% · 2023 97% — growing more concentrated.
“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
50% of I-PARK FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
92% of I-PARK 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 $93k that is directly attributable, 56% of it comes from funders outside Connecticut, across 7 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.1M 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
I-PARK FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding I-PARK FOUNDATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $424k on record — $40k federal, $384k state.
- National Endowment for the Arts$40k
- ARPA Beneficiary Award$200k
- Pass thru Grant Non-State$127k
- State Aid Grants$58k
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 I-PARK 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
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
83%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds I-PARK FOUNDATION INC?
- I-PARK FOUNDATION INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,196,675 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,103,730). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 92% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does I-PARK FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $1,196,675 in grants to I-PARK FOUNDATION INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of I-PARK FOUNDATION INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $1,103,730 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like I-PARK 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 12 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