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JUNIOR LEAGUE OF STAMFORD-NORWALK INC

JUNIOR LEAGUE OF STAMFORD-NORWALK INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,441 to it, the largest being LILLIE FAMILY FOUNDATION ($7,130). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$127k
Funders on record
8
Grants received
$20k
Net assets
$178k
5/8 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 7%
01What it does

What Junior League of Stamford-Norwalk Inc does

Mission

The junior league of stamford-norwalk, inc. Is an organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women, and improving the community through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. Its purpose is exclusively educational and charitable.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Education and training - as part of the league's mission, the league provides training to its members to enable them to become effective community volunteers and civic leaders. Each year, the league commits financial resources to develop leadership skills of league members, as well as training them on how to create and implement programming that will have a lasting positive impact on the community. Training is provided on a local basis through the league and other community organizations, such as the volunteer center and the fairfield county community foundation, and by sending delegates to leadership conferences held by the association of junior leagues, international.

    $44,187 spent
    59% of program spending
  2. League goal is to fill gaps identified by members and non-profits who are working in the community with our neighbors daily. The league is currently evaluating options to select a new focus that will unite volunteer efforts in the community we serve with an identified path forward for the league's community work and find ways to deepen their impact. The goal is to help those in need in stamford-norwalk and the six surrounding towns. Wile the league continues to evaluate long term impact opportunities, members focused on volunteering with existing projects such as done in a day.

    $31,129 spent
    41% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $75,316.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($116k) Expenses 100 ($121k) Net assets 100 ($265k)2018 Revenue 85 ($98k) Expenses 83 ($101k) Net assets 99 ($262k)2019 Revenue 58 ($68k) Expenses 81 ($98k) Net assets 88 ($233k)2020 Revenue 60 ($70k) Expenses 76 ($92k) Net assets 80 ($211k)2021 Revenue 54 ($63k) Expenses 69 ($83k) Net assets 72 ($191k)2022 Revenue 61 ($71k) Expenses 68 ($82k) Net assets 68 ($179k)2023 Revenue 165 ($192k) Expenses 145 ($175k) Net assets 74 ($196k)2024 Revenue 109 ($127k) Expenses 120 ($145k) Net assets 67 ($178k)
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Revenue (109)Expenses (120)Net assets (67)Peer revenue range

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 $291k to $258k (−11%).

$293k
$291k
$258k
$243k
$223k
$203k
$213k
$194k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2022 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

104% of JUNIOR LEAGUE OF STAMFORD-NORWALK INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (62% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 12,439 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$4k
’17
−$2k
’18
−$30k
’19
−$21k
’20
−$21k
’21
−$12k
’22
$17k
’23
−$19k
’24
6.2
months of
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.

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Listed10108678109
Joined·+0+4+4+3+5+6+6
No longer listed·0662447
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income fell $2k → $2k.

1 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% 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 JUNIOR LEAGUE OF STAMFORD-NORWALK 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

JUNIOR LEAGUE OF STAMFORD-NORWALK INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 80%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

35%
largest funder
80%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 91% · 2018 83% · 2019 71% · 2020 92% · 2021 86% · 2022 58% · 2023 52% — 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

40% of JUNIOR LEAGUE OF STAMFORD-NORWALK INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y

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

JUNIOR LEAGUE OF STAMFORD-NORWALK INC draws 54% of its grant income from funders outside Connecticut, across 5 states in all.

NY
CT
CA
NC
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’23
Connecticut out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $587 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

JUNIOR LEAGUE OF STAMFORD-NORWALK INC receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $20k to it.

Operating margin−15% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve6.2mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)1% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,971 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

34% of spending goes to programs.

Program 34%Management 66%Fundraising 0%

Governance

9
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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

CT

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Association of Junior Leagues International · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds JUNIOR LEAGUE OF STAMFORD-NORWALK INC?
JUNIOR LEAGUE OF STAMFORD-NORWALK INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,441 to it, the largest being LILLIE FAMILY FOUNDATION ($7,130). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does JUNIOR LEAGUE OF STAMFORD-NORWALK INC have?
IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $20,441 in grants to JUNIOR LEAGUE OF STAMFORD-NORWALK INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of JUNIOR LEAGUE OF STAMFORD-NORWALK INC?
LILLIE FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $7,130 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like JUNIOR LEAGUE OF STAMFORD-NORWALK 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 8 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