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POLISH-AMERICAN FOUNDATION OF CONNECTICUT INC
POLISH-AMERICAN FOUNDATION OF CONNECTICUT INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $531,437 to it, the largest being THE ELZBIETA & DAVID GROVE PRIVATE FOUNDATION INC ($206,150). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $498k
- Funders on record
- 20
- Grants received
- $531k
- Net assets
- $278k
What Polish-American Foundation of Connecticut Inc does
Mission
The polish-american foundation of ct, inc. Seeks to enhance the cultural and economic development of the community by sponsoring cultural and educational programs, activities, improving access to and providing social and workforce development service, promoting opportunities, preserving and promoting cultural and immigrant heritage, fostering inter-ethnic understanding and international exchange.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
During the year, the organization discontinued its fryderyk chopin program and associated concert series. This change occurred in connection with the program's transition to an independent entity after it filed for and was granted its own nonprofit (tax-exempt) status. As part of this separation, the organization transferred certain assets directly related to the program's operations, including recording equipment and program-designated cash, to the newly established nonprofit. Following this transition, the organization no longer conducts or supports the fryderyk chopin program or its concert series as part of its ongoing program services.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
The connecticut-based song and dance ensemble "polanie" was formed in 2006, joined polish-american foundation soon thereafter, and now consists of more than 70 individuals. The group has four dance groups, a band, and a circle of singers. Beginning in 2013, polanie began hosting annual international dance festivals in local towns. The events are attended by over 700 people and feature dance and music performances from groups representing the ukraine, peru, germany, portugal and poland, in addition to the united states. Polanie is also proud to partner with and host artists from various famous polish ensembles. Famous artists from "mazowsze and "ziemia bydgoska" performed with polanie. The group is passionate about polish music and dance. Due to its varied repertoire polanie has had the privilege of performing at consulate offices, weddings, parades, national festivals, and schools in the united states and poland.the mission of "polanie" song and dance ensemble is to engage in enthusiastic performances that provide joy to our audience. The group is able to achieve this with the hard work and help of the committee, members, and the families of the dancers.
$131,102 spent$32,663 earned by the program34% of program spendingPolonia business association - international networking ring that links business individuals throughout the world, serves polonia community and organizes the annual "little poland" festival. Since its humble beginnings just over a decade ago, the little poland festival has grown to become one of the fastest-growing and most popular cultural festivals in all of new england. The annual festival takes place in new britain's little poland neighborhood which to this day is home to one of the largest and most vibrant polish communities in all the us.each year, the festival attracts over 30,000 participants from across all of new england and the east coast who come out to enjoy our exciting entertainment lineup on two stages, traditional folks dancing performances, dozens of restaurants serving delicious polish food, beer gardens, over 100 vendor booths, an antique car show and plenty of attractions for our youngest festival goers.
$63,279 spent$120,836 earned by the program16% of program spendingWelcome home is an invitation for americans of polish descent to reconnect with their polish heritage. The program includes the polish language school for adults, folk art classes, genealogy and trips to poland. Our annual pisanki (decorated easter eggs) classes have become a new easter tradition for many people. Our trips to poland are about exploring the culture and traditions of poland unlike any other poland trips. We also sponsored a genealogy conference in poland and are adding genealogy indexes not found on other websites. Our polish language school for adults offers several levels of polish language classes and well attended by over 200 students annually.
$33,454 spent$27,227 earned by the program9% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$162,879 spentof which $93,468 as grants$28,755 earned by the program42% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $390,714.
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 2023 to 2024, from $961k to $288k (−70%).
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 6% · 2018 1% · 2019 1% · 2020 22% · 2021 22% · 2022 3% · 2024 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
58% of POLISH-AMERICAN FOUNDATION OF CONNECTICUT INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as 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 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 broadened from 1 funder to 7 funders, grant income rose $4k → $44k.
10 of 20 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 36% 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 POLISH-AMERICAN FOUNDATION OF CONNECTICUT 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
POLISH-AMERICAN FOUNDATION OF CONNECTICUT INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 39% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
39% 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 POLISH-AMERICAN FOUNDATION OF CONNECTICUT INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 75% · 2020 97% · 2021 58% · 2022 19% · 2023 25% — 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
50% of POLISH-AMERICAN FOUNDATION OF CONNECTICUT INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 45% 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
POLISH-AMERICAN FOUNDATION OF CONNECTICUT INC draws 78% of its grant income from funders outside Connecticut, across 6 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $194k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
POLISH-AMERICAN FOUNDATION OF CONNECTICUT INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like POLISH-AMERICAN FOUNDATION OF 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
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
72%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds POLISH-AMERICAN FOUNDATION OF CONNECTICUT INC?
- POLISH-AMERICAN FOUNDATION OF CONNECTICUT INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $531,437 to it, the largest being THE ELZBIETA & DAVID GROVE PRIVATE FOUNDATION INC ($206,150). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does POLISH-AMERICAN FOUNDATION OF CONNECTICUT INC have?
- IRS filings report 20 organizations giving $531,437 in grants to POLISH-AMERICAN FOUNDATION OF CONNECTICUT INC, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of POLISH-AMERICAN FOUNDATION OF CONNECTICUT INC?
- THE ELZBIETA & DAVID GROVE PRIVATE FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $206,150 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like POLISH-AMERICAN FOUNDATION OF 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.
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 20 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