Vermont · Nonprofit
MERCY CONNECTIONS INC
MERCY CONNECTIONS INC (Vermont) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,157,611 to it, the largest being THE VERMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($1,013,906). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 94% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $484k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $2.2M
- Net assets
- $0
What Mercy Connections Inc does
Mission
Mercy connections empowers people to make significant life changes through education, mentoring, entrepreneurship, and community.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
On its FY2024 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
Mercy connections, inc. Mergerd with power of connection vermont, inc. (pocv). Pocv received all of mercy connections, inc.'s assets and liabilities. The surviving corporation adopted the name mercy connections, inc. And its ein is -8071. Subsequent irs reporting will be filed using the name mercy connections, inc. And the ein -8071.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Mercy connections exists as a direct result of the 75-year history of trinity college and the sisters of mercy, when they closed the college in 2000. It began in 2001 to preserve the social justice mission of trinity college and increase access to educational resources for the most underserved populations of vermont. Mercy connections' mission is to empower people to make significant life changes through education, mentoring, entrepreneurship and community. Mercy connections operates three well-established, robust program areas, which serve 800 people annually. These include: the inclusive entrepreneurship program (iep) is a trailblazer and leader in preparing entrepreneurs to launch and operate their own businesses. The justice and mentoring program (j&m) matches trained women volunteers (mentors) with women involved in the corrections system (mentees) and provides resources, support and social capital to women trying to reclaim their lives after incarceration. Education programs (e&t) offer a portfolio of in-depth education classes, tutoring, support groups and a weekly community lunch for people seeking a safe, welcoming place to work on their goals, sense of purpose, and…
$1,975,717 spentof which $1,404,040 as grants$26,250 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,975,717.
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.
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 $2.0M to $0 (−100%).
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 20% · 2018 17% · 2019 18% · 2020 11% · 2021 14% · 2022 11% · 2023 21% · 2024 14%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 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.
Board chair
Michell Langlais
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 3 funders, grant income rose $112k → $276k.
4 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 94% 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 MERCY CONNECTIONS 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
MERCY CONNECTIONS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% 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 MERCY CONNECTIONS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 47% · 2018 63% · 2019 54% · 2020 44% · 2021 49% · 2022 47% · 2023 67% — 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
94% of MERCY CONNECTIONS 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 $128k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Vermont funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.
Organizations like MERCY CONNECTIONS 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 Vermont
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
83%
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
- US Conference of Catholic Bishops · exempt
- Sisters of Mercy of the Americas · exempt
- Sisters of Mercy - Iom · exempt
- Power of Connection Vermont Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MERCY CONNECTIONS 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 MERCY CONNECTIONS INC?
- MERCY CONNECTIONS INC (Vermont) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,157,611 to it, the largest being THE VERMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($1,013,906). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 94% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does MERCY CONNECTIONS INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $2,157,611 in grants to MERCY CONNECTIONS INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MERCY CONNECTIONS INC?
- THE VERMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,013,906 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MERCY CONNECTIONS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Vermont. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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 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