Connecticut · Nonprofit
NEW BRITAIN INSTITUTE
NEW BRITAIN INSTITUTE (Connecticut) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,121,780 to it, the largest being ROBERT C VANCE CHAR FDN ($591,750). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.0M
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $9.8M
What New Britain Institute does
Mission
'to promote literacy, science, and culture in the city of new britain, ct through the following branches: the new britain public library, the new britain youth museum, and the new britain industrial museum
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
New britain public library - to provide research and educational materials and services to the community.
$2,889,211 spent$6,623 earned by the program81% of program spendingNew britain youth museum - to provide a broad range of educational and cultural programming for children.
$619,310 spent$81,584 earned by the program17% of program spendingNew britain industrial museum - to create an appreciation for the city's past accomplishments as "the hardware city of the world and to reignite in young people, a pride in the community, so that they to can demonstrate how economic success can be generated through creativeness, foresight and a strong work ethic.
$75,988 spent2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,584,509.
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 $5.9M to $7.2M (+22%).
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 89% · 2018 86% · 2019 84% · 2020 86% · 2021 79% · 2022 73% · 2023 74% · 2024 77% · 2025 67%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 4 funders, grant income rose $19k → $253k.
3 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% 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 NEW BRITAIN INSTITUTE’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
NEW BRITAIN INSTITUTE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% of grant income and the top three 74%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 49% · 2018 67% · 2019 31% · 2020 31% · 2021 49% · 2022 62% · 2023 79% — 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
56% of NEW BRITAIN INSTITUTE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
NEW BRITAIN INSTITUTE draws 75% of its grant income from funders outside Connecticut, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $152k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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 NEW BRITAIN INSTITUTE
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
93%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- New Britain Public Library · disregarded
- New Britain Youth Museum · disregarded
- New Britain Industrial Museum · disregarded
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NEW BRITAIN INSTITUTE: 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 NEW BRITAIN INSTITUTE?
- NEW BRITAIN INSTITUTE (Connecticut) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,121,780 to it, the largest being ROBERT C VANCE CHAR FDN ($591,750). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NEW BRITAIN INSTITUTE have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $1,121,780 in grants to NEW BRITAIN INSTITUTE, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NEW BRITAIN INSTITUTE?
- ROBERT C VANCE CHAR FDN is the largest funder on record, with $591,750 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NEW BRITAIN INSTITUTE 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 15 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