Connecticut · Nonprofit
LIBERATION PROGRAMS INC
LIBERATION PROGRAMS INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 53 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,734,396 to it, the largest being FAIRFIELD COUNTY'S COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($390,000). 30 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $22M
- Funders on record
- 53
- Grants received
- $2.7M
- Net assets
- $1.5M
What Liberation Programs Inc does
Mission
Liberation programs' mission is to provide prevention, treatment, community outreach, and recovery services to help individuals and their families impacted by substance use and mental health conditions to foster hope and maintain wellness.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Addiction treatment: medication-assisted treatment (mat) together with behavioral therapy services are provided and are effective in treating substance use disorders. Clients at liberation programs receive mat doses as needed and participate in counseling sessions. All forms of mat services are offered at the bridgeport and stamford ct locations.
$5,901,897 spent$5,998,663 earned by the program34% of program spendingInpatient care: liberation programs provides 24-hour residential treatment in a structured, therapeutic setting for individuals facing substance use and mental health challenges. Liberation programs has two residential treatment options. Liberation house is a 90-day residential program, in stamford ct, supporting men in recovery through structured care and a strong sense of community. Families in recovery (firp) is a 90-day inpatient program, in norwalk ct, where pregnant and parenting women can live with up to two children under age 10 while receiving comprehensive treatment and support.
$5,513,658 spent$5,903,877 earned by the program32% of program spendingOutpatient care: outpatient services are focused on helping each person we serve achieve and maintain recovery for life by utilizing a variety of individual, group, and family therapy to help manage substance use and mental health challenges. Our intensive outpatient program (iop) provides nine hours of weekly group and individual counseling services offering structured support while allowing clients to maintain work and family commitments. Psychiatric evaluations, diagnoses, and medication management services are provided to support individuals' mental well-being. In partnership with a local stamford ct hospital, liberation programs has embedded counselors in primary care settings, providing accessible behavioral health services. Liberation programs provides outreach to schools and youth groups to strengthen and promote youth resiliency as well as offer help and support for families who are at a loss as to how to cope with a loved one's addiction.
$3,604,201 spent$2,171,127 earned by the program21% of program spendingOther services consist of hiv/aids care, prevention, harm reduction and outreach. Hiv/aids care is provided by health educators who connect clients with hiv to medical care and case management while providing counseling and support to achieve viral suppression. The prevention program provides education and resources to help communities understand and prevent substance use, problem gambling, and mental health challenges. Community partnerships have been developed to enhance resources, raise awareness, and drive meaningful change at the local level promoting healthier, safer communities. Harm reduction provides education, resources, and nonjudgmental support to help individuals reduce the risks associated with substance use and its broader impacts. Outreach services are provided through the use of mobile vans that travel throughout the community. The outreach team provides treatment referrals, prescriptions, overdose reversal medication, and basic wellness necessities and hygiene items.
$2,278,926 spentof which $33,722 as grants13% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $17,298,682.
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 2022 to 2023, from $5.6M to $9.1M (+61%).
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 34% · 2018 32% · 2019 31% · 2020 28% · 2021 43% · 2022 35% · 2023 29% · 2024 26% · 2025 29%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
32% of LIBERATION PROGRAMS INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (7% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
John Hamilton
President & CEO
Board chair
Kwame Moses
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 15 funders to 21 funders, grant income rose $196k → $318k.
10 of 53 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 47% 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 LIBERATION PROGRAMS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 53 funders by total. 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
LIBERATION PROGRAMS INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 14% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
72% 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 LIBERATION PROGRAMS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 22% · 2018 29% · 2019 18% · 2020 20% · 2021 17% · 2022 32% · 2023 35% — 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
47% of LIBERATION PROGRAMS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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
95% of LIBERATION PROGRAMS 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. $1.3M 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
LIBERATION PROGRAMS INC has grown faster than half of the 2,843 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,843 health nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding LIBERATION PROGRAMS INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $33.3M on record — $452k federal, $32.9M state.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$299k
- Department of Health and Human Services$153k
- Client Services-General$31.6M
- Pass thru Grant Non-State$1.3M
- Wage Restitution to Clients$5k
- Visual Media Services$260
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 LIBERATION PROGRAMS 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
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 4 related entities
- Friends of Liberation Programs Inc · exempt
- Lmg Investments Inc · exempt
- Elmcrest Terrace Limited Partnership · partnership
- Elmcrest Terrace Supportive Housing LLC · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LIBERATION PROGRAMS INC?
- LIBERATION PROGRAMS INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 53 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,734,396 to it, the largest being FAIRFIELD COUNTY'S COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($390,000). 30 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LIBERATION PROGRAMS INC have?
- IRS filings report 53 organizations giving $2,734,396 in grants to LIBERATION PROGRAMS INC, 30 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LIBERATION PROGRAMS INC?
- FAIRFIELD COUNTY'S COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $390,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LIBERATION PROGRAMS 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 53 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