Connecticut · Nonprofit
NAFI Connecticut Inc
NAFI Connecticut Inc (Connecticut) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $328,568 to it, the largest being THE RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($140,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 83% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $28M
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $329k
- Net assets
- $13M
What NAFI Connecticut Inc does
Mission
NAFI Connecticut Inc. empowers individuals, strengthens families, and builds healthy communities. Our programs include family strengthening programs, therapeutic foster care, residential group homes, services for individuals with developmental disabilities, behavioral health and wellness services, and youth development programs, all designed to foster growth, well-being, and resilience.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program and a significant change in how it conducts a program.
NAFI CT opened six new programs during fiscal year 2025. Rhode Island Brief Strategic Family Therapy and Functional Family Therapy are Family Strengthening Programs. Rhode Island Rapid Crisis Stabilization is a Behavioral Health and Wellness program. Connecticut's three new programs focus on Family Strengthening. They are Family Based Recovery, Parent Child Interactive Therapy, and All Access Hartford. The annual revenue for these six new programs is approximately $1.9M.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Rhode Island Multisystemic Therapy and Connecticut Multisystemic Therapy for Emerging Adults closed during fiscal year 2025. The estimated annual for these programs was $1.3M.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Therapeutic Foster Care & Residential Group Homes: Programs offer caring, home-like, live-in environments for adolescents and young adults to practice new possibilities with the support of 24-hour staff. NAFI CT also provides safe, nurturing foster homes to youth in need of temporary or long-term foster care. Our group homes, and foster homes help youth overcome challenges while learning the necessary skills that will enable them to return home or to their designated permanency option, strengthen family and adult relationships, and become better connected to their community.
$9,595,269 spent$11,489,866 earned by the program41% of program spendingFamily Strengthening Programs: Work with families that are involved with systems such as mental health, child welfare, and juvenile justice with a focus on keeping children and youth in their homes and supporting families during challenging times. These programs support caregiver competence and confidence, restore healthy communication, and decrease stressors and conflict that create crisis. Services are flexible and attentive to the needs of families, and can occur in the home, at school, or in the community.
$6,046,543 spent$7,210,930 earned by the program26% of program spendingBehavioral Health & Wellness: Compassionate and comprehensive treatment and counseling for a variety of emotional, behavioral and mental health needs. Services include individual therapy, family therapy, group therapy, psychiatric evaluations, and medication management. Our multidisciplinary team of experienced therapists, psychiatrists, care coordinators, and counselors work with each person to develop individualized treatment goals that promote health, recovery, and resilience.
$4,135,119 spent$4,955,496 earned by the program18% of program spendingNAFI Connecticut Inc.'s other offerings include support services for individuals with developmental and intellectual disabilities, as well youth development programs designed to help young people reach their full potential.
$3,362,883 spent$3,441,703 earned by the program15% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $23,139,814.
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 2020 to 2021, from $14M to $19M (+40%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Lynn Bishop
Executive director
Board chair
Andy Quinn
Chairman/director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 4 funders, grant income fell $101k → $13k.
4 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 83% 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 NAFI Connecticut Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 10 of 11 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
NAFI Connecticut Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
92% 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 NAFI Connecticut Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 99% · 2021 61% · 2022 99% · 2023 80% — 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
25% of NAFI Connecticut Inc's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 64% 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
83% of NAFI Connecticut 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 $54k that is directly attributable, 64% of it comes from Connecticut funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $274k 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.
Government funding NAFI Connecticut Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $12.7M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$12.7M
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 NAFI Connecticut 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
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Part of a family of 4 related entities
- North American Family Institute Inc · exempt
- Nfi Massachusetts Inc · exempt
- Nfi North Inc · exempt
- Nfi Vermont Inc · exempt
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NAFI Connecticut 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 NAFI Connecticut Inc?
- NAFI Connecticut Inc (Connecticut) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $328,568 to it, the largest being THE RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($140,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 83% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does NAFI Connecticut Inc have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $328,568 in grants to NAFI Connecticut Inc, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NAFI Connecticut Inc?
- THE RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $140,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NAFI Connecticut 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 11 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