Connecticut · Nonprofit
Invent the Summer Inc
Invent the Summer Inc (Connecticut) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $30,811 to it, the largest being HARTFORD FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC GIVING ($19,280). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 63% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $44k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $31k
- Net assets
- $17k
What Invent the Summer Inc does
Mission
Our vision A world where every child sees themselves as a creator capable of building designing innovating and solving problems with confidence. Our mission Our mission is to inspire the next generation of creative thinkers problem solvers and leaders by making Science Technology Engineering and Math STEM enrichment accessible engaging and fun.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
STEM Workshops - Our Community Outreach program brings hands-on engineering challenges directly into the places where kids already gather. When learning happens in familiar environments children are more willing to explore design and build with confidence.
$22,935 spentof which $17,595 as grants70% of program spendingOnline challenges - Invent the Summers online challenges give kids ages 12 and under the chance to imagine design and build from home. This program breaks down barriers to hands-on learning so every child can access meaningful engineering experiences no matter their background.
$7,984 spentof which $5,000 as grants24% of program spendingYouth Leadership - From designing challenges to mentoring younger learners youth leaders shape strengthen and sustain every part of our work. Their creativity and perspectives drive Invent the Summer forward.
$1,838 spent6% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $32,757.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Krissy Mok
President and Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $33 → $11k.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 63% 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 Invent the Summer 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
Invent the Summer Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 63% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
63% 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 Invent the Summer Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
63% of Invent the Summer 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 $11k that is directly attributable, 61% of it comes from Connecticut funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $19k 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
Invent the Summer Inc runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,200 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,200 youth development nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like Invent the Summer 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.
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Invent the Summer Inc: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Invent the Summer Inc?
- Invent the Summer Inc (Connecticut) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $30,811 to it, the largest being HARTFORD FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC GIVING ($19,280). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 63% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Invent the Summer Inc have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $30,811 in grants to Invent the Summer Inc, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Invent the Summer Inc?
- HARTFORD FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC GIVING is the largest funder on record, with $19,280 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Invent the Summer 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 2025–2025), 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing