Connecticut · Nonprofit
NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT ARTS COUNCIL INC
NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT ARTS COUNCIL INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $360,828 to it, the largest being THE CONNECTICUT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($163,717). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 58% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $192k
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $361k
- Net assets
- $182k
What Northwest Connecticut Arts Council Inc does
Mission
To support the culture in Northwestern Connecticut
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Grant Programs through the NEA and DECD to re-grant the funds received. The Creative Partnership Grant and Access Grant Programs were an initiative of the NW CT Arts Council to help arts and cultural organizations continue to recover from the economic impact of the pandemic. Funding was awarded through the National Endowment of the Arts as part of the American Rescue Plan Act. The CT Office of the Arts,through the DECD, contracted with the NW CT Arts Council to manage the administration of funds to arts contractors.
$70,096 spentof which $26,775 as grants77% of program spendingOther Programs
$11,186 spent$12,588 earned by the program12% of program spendingPrinted Events Calendars- promoting the region's cultural offerings.
$5,762 spent$3,545 earned by the program6% of program spendingOTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Other Programs OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: Grant Programs through the NEA and DECD to re-grant the funds received. The Creative Partnership Grant and Access Grant Programs were an initiative of the NW CT Arts Council to help arts and cultural organizations continue to recover from the economic impact of the pandemic. Funding was awarded through the National Endowment of the Arts as part of the American Rescue Plan Act. The CT Office of the Arts,through the DECD, contracted with the NW CT Arts Council to manage the administration of funds to arts contractors.
$4,111 spent$3,444 earned by the program5% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $91,155.
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 2021 to 2022, from $155k to $335k (+116%).
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: 2021 34% · 2022 66% · 2023 53%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
90% of NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT ARTS COUNCIL INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Sunday Fisher
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 7 funders, grant income rose $23k → $89k.
5 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 58% 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 NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT ARTS COUNCIL 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
NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT ARTS COUNCIL INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
95% 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 NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT ARTS COUNCIL INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 64% · 2020 83% · 2021 74% · 2022 57% · 2023 56% — 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
71% of NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT ARTS COUNCIL INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% 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
58% of NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT ARTS COUNCIL 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 $152k that is directly attributable, 96% of it comes from Connecticut funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $208k 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.
Against its field
NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT ARTS COUNCIL INC receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $361k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT ARTS COUNCIL INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $699k on record — $150k federal, $549k state.
- National Endowment for the Arts$150k
- State Aid Grants$315k
- Pass thru Grant Non-State$223k
- Fellowships & Stipends$8k
- Conf/Seminars/Workshop-Hosting$4k
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 NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT ARTS COUNCIL 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.
Public support
89%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT ARTS COUNCIL INC?
- NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT ARTS COUNCIL INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $360,828 to it, the largest being THE CONNECTICUT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($163,717). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 58% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT ARTS COUNCIL INC have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $360,828 in grants to NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT ARTS COUNCIL INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT ARTS COUNCIL INC?
- THE CONNECTICUT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $163,717 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT ARTS COUNCIL 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 13 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