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Norwalk 20 Inc

Norwalk 20 Inc (Connecticut) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,500 to it, the largest being THE AIELLO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ($4,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2019
$36k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$6k
Net assets
$31k
1/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 16%
01What it does

What Norwalk 20 Inc does

Mission

We provide education and insights into building and supporting the new creative economy workforce. We organize events and activities that support and promote organizations and initiatives that make our downtown vibrant and cool. We encourage a sense of community in the greater Norwalk region through intentional economic development.

As stated on its FY2019 Form 990-EZ.

Program

Norwalk 2.0 continued operating the Sounds of Liberty Square Music Seriers in Constitution Park at Liberty Square with third year of the Iconic Norwalk Program. Iconic Norwalk was a city wide photo essay about what makes Norwalk Iconic.

The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($23k) Expenses 100 ($45k) Net assets 100 ($60k)2018 Revenue 81 ($19k) Expenses 79 ($35k) Net assets 73 ($43k)2019 Revenue 152 ($36k) Expenses 106 ($47k) Net assets 53 ($31k)
201720182019
Revenue (152)Expenses (106)Net assets (53)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $60k to $43k (−27%).

$60k
$43k
$31k
201720182019
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of Norwalk 20 Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 18,808 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.

−$21k
’17
−$16k
’18
−$12k
’19
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2020: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $3k → $2k.

From the IRS filings of Norwalk 20 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

Norwalk 20 Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 73% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

73%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% — broadly stable.

“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

73% of Norwalk 20 Inc's grant income comes from Connecticut funders.

NY
CT

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Connecticut out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Norwalk 20 Inc has grown faster than three-quarters of the 9,361 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−34% · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)23% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,361 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2019

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CT

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Norwalk 20 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 Norwalk 20 Inc?
Norwalk 20 Inc (Connecticut) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,500 to it, the largest being THE AIELLO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ($4,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Norwalk 20 Inc have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $5,500 in grants to Norwalk 20 Inc, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Norwalk 20 Inc?
THE AIELLO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $4,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Norwalk 20 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 FY2019 (financials across 2017–2019), and the filings of 2 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