Connecticut · Nonprofit
Incarnation Center Inc
Incarnation Center Inc (Connecticut) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $454,761 to it, the largest being THE PETER AND CARMEN LUCIA BUCK FOUNDATION INC ($200,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.2M
- Funders on record
- 21
- Grants received
- $455k
- Net assets
- $13M
What Incarnation Center Inc does
Mission
Incarnation Center is a not-for-profit organization that provides education, recreation and spiritual enrichment for people of all ages and traditions. The Center is located on 700 wooded acres in costal Connecticut. Our camps and conference and nature centers offer groups and individuals unique opportunities to grow in relationship to one another and the natural world. We strive for the highest standards and practices in all that we do.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Day and overnight camping program for children 5 to 15 with sessions ranging from one to ten weeks (overnight is two to eight weeks) in length. Traditional camp activities include water sports and boating on our private mile long lake, arts and crafts, archery, field games, theater, and more. More than 1,500 children attended our summer camping programs during the year.
$2,211,561 spent$2,158,428 earned by the program53% of program spendingIncarnation Conference Center offers an ideal setting for retreats and other special events for not-for-profit organizations, government agencies, and other groups. We have multiple facilities which are able to accomodate 20-200 people. Guests are allowed to take advantage of our 700 acres, hiking, swimming in the lake, and much more. Nearly 325 groups stayed at the Conference Center during the year.
$944,724 spent$1,048,946 earned by the program23% of program spendingThe Bushy Hill Nature Center provides summer day camp with emphasis on nature and wilderness studies. The staff also provides year-round primative studies, wetland and maple sugaring programs to pre-K through grade 5 students. Bushy Hill also provides an afterschool mentoring program where we strive to provide a safe, fun and comfortable place where students can respectfully connect with their peers, elders and nature. Bushy Hill is a safe, fun, non-competitive environment where kids can experience the wonders of nature. About 3,000 individuals participate in these programs each year.
$433,096 spent$559,524 earned by the program10% of program spendingThe Center provides the program Nature's Playground, where children are able to take the bus right to our location after school. Supervised by our staff, children are provided a snack and are able to participate in field sports, arts and crafts, and hiking. Parents can pick up their children as late as 6pm which enables them to complete a full day at work.
$373,690 spent$147,928 earned by the program9% of program spendingThe Center provides facilities to Nature's Classroom, a residential environmental education program. Children from schools all over Connecticut and New England come to the Ivoryton location to experience the 3-5 day program. After spending a week at Nature's Classroom, living and learning together, students develop a sense of community, a confidence in themselves and an appreciation for others that carries over to the school community.
$227,475 spent$326,950 earned by the program5% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,190,546.
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 2023 to 2024, from $11M to $13M (+14%).
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: 2020 14% · 2021 15% · 2022 5% · 2023 1% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
12% of Incarnation Center Inc’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (13% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Nancy Nygard Pilon
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $6k → $91k.
7 of 21 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 27% 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 Incarnation Center 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
Incarnation Center Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 59%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
31% 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 Incarnation Center Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 64% · 2018 90% · 2019 100% · 2020 56% · 2021 45% · 2022 47% · 2023 55% — 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
38% of Incarnation Center Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 43% 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
Incarnation Center Inc draws 98% of its grant income from funders outside Connecticut, across 7 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $124k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
Incarnation Center Inc is better cushioned than half of the 1,623 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,623 recreation & sports nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding Incarnation Center Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $528k on record.
- Pass thru Grant Non-State$374k
- State Aid Grants$100k
- Other Program Expenses$53k
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 Incarnation Center 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
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Church of the Incarnation · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Incarnation Center Inc?
- Incarnation Center Inc (Connecticut) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $454,761 to it, the largest being THE PETER AND CARMEN LUCIA BUCK FOUNDATION INC ($200,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Incarnation Center Inc have?
- IRS filings report 21 organizations giving $454,761 in grants to Incarnation Center Inc, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Incarnation Center Inc?
- THE PETER AND CARMEN LUCIA BUCK FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $200,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Incarnation Center 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 21 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