Connecticut · Nonprofit
KUHN EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES INC
KUHN EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $333,759 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF MERIDEN & WALLINGFORD INC ($197,844). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.4M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $334k
- Net assets
- $781k
What Kuhn Employment Opportunities Inc does
Mission
The exempt purpose of the organization is the provision quality, person centered services, delivered through meaningful employment opportunities that provide individuals with disabilities, the skills and support necessary to become independent, gain self-esteem and to be productive and valued members of the community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Group supported employment program (meriden) - individuals with intellectual disabilities perform actual paid work as part of a work crew supported by a job coach for the duration of their work shift within businesses or organizations in the community. Program participants are supported to learn job skills, team collaboration and appropriate social skills for the workplace. Independent supported employment programs (meriden) - individuals with intellectual disabilities receive support and assistance to obtain and maintain competitive community-based employment, and earning a minimum wage or better. Ongoing support is provided to the participant, as needed, and is also available to the employer. Other program services: other vocational and employment services are offered to individuals with disabilities in a number of locations and within the community. In addition to the agency's core vocational services (listed above), school-to-work transition services, community based work evaluations, job placement, and transportation services are provided. Eligibility criteria for services vary by funding source and/or service location.
$1,885,431 spent$432,429 earned by the program51% of program spendingDmhas & rushford-based programs - program participants with psychiatric disabilities receive support and assistance to obtain and maintain competitive community based employment, and earning a minimum wage or better. Job matching, placement, ongoing retention and peer support are provided to participants; ongoing support is also available to the employer.
$785,427 spent21% of program spendingDay service option programs (meriden) include two non-paid type programs. In the community experience program, individuals with significant intellectual disabilities participate in non-paid, community-based activities in order to experience meaningful community integration and enhance appropriate social skills. In the older adults program, older, individuals with intellectual disabilities participate in activities to promote physical and cognition stimulation while maintaining a social network of their peers.
$918,260 spent$23,776 earned by the program25% of program spendingIndividual placement program - program participants with intellectual/developmental disabilities receive support and assistance to obtain and maintain competitive community based employment, and earning a minimum wage or better. Career planning, job matching, placement, ongoing retention support are provided to participants; ongoing support is also available to the employer.
$140,113 spent4% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,729,231.
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 2019 to 2020, from $1.5M to $2.1M (+35%).
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 74% · 2018 74% · 2019 80% · 2020 76% · 2021 76% · 2022 81% · 2023 89% · 2024 89% · 2025 88%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
89% of KUHN EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (16% 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
Elizabeth J Fisher
CEO
Board chair
John Eno
Acting chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell $54k → $16k.
1 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 KUHN EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES 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
KUHN EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
98% 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 KUHN EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 64% · 2018 62% · 2019 65% · 2020 50% · 2021 55% · 2022 50% · 2023 96% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of KUHN EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES INC's grant income comes from Connecticut funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $592 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.
Against its field
KUHN EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES INC receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $334k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,012 employment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding KUHN EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $30.3M on record.
- Client Services-General$30.0M
- Pass thru Grant Non-State$231k
- State Aid Grants$75k
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 KUHN EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES 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
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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 KUHN EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES 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 KUHN EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES INC?
- KUHN EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $333,759 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF MERIDEN & WALLINGFORD INC ($197,844). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does KUHN EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $333,759 in grants to KUHN EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KUHN EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES INC?
- UNITED WAY OF MERIDEN & WALLINGFORD INC is the largest funder on record, with $197,844 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KUHN EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES 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 6 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