Connecticut · Nonprofit
NEW OPPORTUNITIES INC
NEW OPPORTUNITIES INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 36 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,704,041 to it, the largest being WESTERN CONNECTICUT AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC ($12,772,572). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $37M
- Funders on record
- 36
- Grants received
- $19M
- Net assets
- $-4868349
What New Opportunities Inc does
Mission
To improve the quality of life for economically disadvantaged individuals by providing the necessary resources to increase their standard of living, foster self improvement, and to maximize self empowerment.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Energy programs: energy programs includes connecticut energy assistance program, water assistance program, and weatherization services. Connecticut energy and water assistance programs provides heat and water assistance for low-income renters and homeowners. 33,049 people received assistance with their utilities bills under connecticut energy and water assistance programs. Weatherization services provides help to households to decrease energy consumption. 183 households were able to decrease their home energy consumption by using weatherization services
$17,992,776 spentof which $16,226,146 as grants$107,690 earned by the program46% of program spendingElderly: elderly program includes nutritional services by providing hot meals to senior citizens and homecare services, including retired senior voluntary program, foster grandparent program, senior companion program and others. 3,630 senior individuals received prepared meals during the year and 1,719 individuals/families received food during the year.
$3,953,017 spentof which $312,740 as grants$192,089 earned by the program10% of program spendingCommunity services: community services provides work readiness assistance, employment training, coronavirus aid, and case management services for low-income individuals. Operates three family development centers in waterbury, meriden, and torrington, connecticut. 2,264 low-income people received academic, health and social development assistance, financial literacy or employment training. Also, 940 individuals received case management services.
$5,131,448 spentof which $470,157 as grants$438,418 earned by the program13% of program spendingEarly childcare: early childcare program provides daycare services to children whose parents work. 424 children ages 0 to 5 year old were provided daycare services during the year.
$3,953,500 spentof which $149,116 as grants$303,029 earned by the program10% of program spendingHousing: housing programs included emergency shelters, permanent housing, rapid rehousing, and justice program providing alternative housing for individuals progressing through the judicial system. 1,142 low-income individuals/families received assistance in obtaining adequate, safe, and affordable housing.
$4,510,680 spentof which $1,021,972 as grants$15,000 earned by the program12% of program spendingCt food 4 thought (ctf4t) provides safe, clean "green jobs" to members of the community in the emerging field of hydroponics. Specifically, ctf4t offers job opportunities to individuals with intellectual disabilities, those previously incarcerated, and those who are unemployed as a way to provide a path to higher level employment opportunities in both this industry and others, such as: the field of nutrition, food safety, environmental management, and horticulture. In addition, ctf4t provided over 374,400 four ounces containers of lettuce to local communities including food pantries throughout connecticut to economically disadvantaged individuals and 89 grocery stores.
$3,469,471 spent$444,782 earned by the program9% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $39,010,892.
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 2021 to 2022, from $9.5M to $14M (+42%).
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 92% · 2018 91% · 2019 91% · 2020 93% · 2021 94% · 2022 95% · 2023 93% · 2024 92% · 2025 87%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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.
Board chair
Melissa Green
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 14 funders, grant income rose $1.5M → $2.4M.
4 of 36 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% 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 OPPORTUNITIES INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 36 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
NEW OPPORTUNITIES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 68% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
97% 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 NEW OPPORTUNITIES INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 63% · 2018 71% · 2019 65% · 2020 72% · 2021 76% · 2022 62% · 2023 70% — 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
50% of NEW OPPORTUNITIES INC's funders are still giving 3 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
97% of NEW 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. $807k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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 NEW OPPORTUNITIES INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $192.0M on record — $14.1M federal, $177.9M state.
- Corporation for National and Community Service$9.3M
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$4.3M
- Department of Health and Human Services$466k
- Pass thru Grant Non-State$134.8M
- Educational Services$16.1M
- Client Services-General$12.5M
- State Aid Grants$12.1M
- Loans$1.0M
- Other Program Expenses$903k
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 NEW 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
94% 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 1 state
Part of a family of 6 related entities
- North Square Gateway Terrace Inc · exempt
- New Opportunities Economic Development · exempt
- Camelot Limited Partnership · partnership
- Camelot Center Inc · corp_trust
- Community-Wide Investment Corporation · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NEW OPPORTUNITIES INC?
- NEW OPPORTUNITIES INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 36 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,704,041 to it, the largest being WESTERN CONNECTICUT AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC ($12,772,572). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NEW OPPORTUNITIES INC have?
- IRS filings report 36 organizations giving $18,704,041 in grants to NEW OPPORTUNITIES INC, 23 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NEW OPPORTUNITIES INC?
- WESTERN CONNECTICUT AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC is the largest funder on record, with $12,772,572 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NEW 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.
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 36 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing